Workshop Planning Sustainable

Innovation11:00-12:30

Objectives

•Consider how to implement innovation sustainably

•Devise strategies to overcome the barriers to innovation

Choosing an innovation

•Select an innovation which you would like to develop

• If possible, tie it to a specific site or context that you have first-hand knowledge of.

11:00-11:15

Defining your innovation

•What is your innovation called?•What are its key features?•What difference will it make? Who will benefit?

11:15-11:35

Overcoming Barriers to Innovation

• Which barriers are most likely to impede your innovation?

• What strategies can you use to mitigate or overcome those barriers?

11:35-12:10

Planning for sustainability

• How will you demonstrate the impact of your innovation?

• What does your innovation need to be sustainable? How can you secure these things?

• Long-term funding?• Political support?• Evidence of impact?• Strategy for replication?

12:10-12:25

Discussion

12:25-12:45