Welcome to the Humanitarian
Innovation Jam 2016,
Kampala, Uganda
Bottom-up Innovation
21 - 23 March 2016
Local challenges. Local solutions.
This is an adaptation of “The Dancer, the Saleswoman” by Jake Stimpson under CC 2.0
The Event
The Humanitarian Innovation Jam brings together humanitarians, academics, and the private sector to discuss and problem-solve around humanitarian innovation. The 2016 edition will have a special focus on convening refugee and host community innovators who want to develop the best possible solutions to some of their community’s biggest challenges. This is a conference with little talk, but lots of action. If you’re a local innovator, addressing issues facing your community, expect to walk away with practical tools and resources.
At the end of this event we hope to answer these key questions:
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How can we, as local innovators increase impact?
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How can humanitarian organizations build up the creative capacity of communities, and empower them to innovate for themselves?
From: Monday, March 21, 2016, 9:00
To: Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 18:00
(Optional) Field visits: Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 9:30 - 13:00
Makerere University, - St. Francis Student Center, Mary Stuart Road, Kampala, Uganda
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Background & Objectives
As more and more humanitarians talk about ‘innovation’, we must make sure that innovation driven by affected communities stays front and center in this conversation. Empowering crisis-affected communities to identify challenges and create their own solutions (rather than relying only on top-down innovation approaches) provides a wider range of sustainable solutions to current and future humanitarian challenges.
Objectives
Focused on bottom-up innovation, Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 hopes to:
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Identify barriers to local innovation, and needs of local innovators;
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Analyze good practices and tools to support innovators in crisis-affected communities;
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Rethink approaches to humanitarian innovation and understand how institutions can facilitate bottom-up innovation.
Programme of Events
Subject to change
21 March 2016 Agenda
Structures and Moving Forward
- 9:00 - 9:30 Welcome remarks & Keynote address
- 9:30 - 10:30 Panel Discussion: Identifying barriers to local innovation
- 10:45 - 12:15 Workshop: Rapid prototyping innovations for local communities; Moving through the Innovation Cycle
- 12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Break
- 12:30 - 13:00 Lunch Talk
- 13:15 - 13:45 Innovator Talk & Q+A: Local innovators share experiences followed by an audience Q+A for 10 minutes.
- 13:35 - 15:15 Workshop: Building empathy and the Human Centered Design process
- 15:15 - 15:30 Tea Break
- 15:30 - 17:00 Workshop: Appropriate technology: Finding solutions based on a defined community challenge. Focus on the process and not the tool.
Youth/Student Innovators Showcase & Side Event
- 17:15 - 18:45 Evening Youth/Student Side Event + Exhibits and networking: Students follow the PechaKucha Night model of short presentations: 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide, 2 hour session - drinks/snacks. Young innovators showcase.
22 March 2016 Agenda
Resources and Knowledge
Track 1 (Individual Innovators)
- 9:30 - 12:15 MIT D-Lab: Creative Capacity Building
- 12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Break
- 13:15 - 14:45 MIT D-Lab: Creative Capacity Building continues...
- 14:45 - 15:00 Tea Break
- 15:00 - 17:30 Track 1 + Track 2: Co-create
Track 2 (Organizational Innovators)
- 9:30 - 10:30 Panel Discussion: How Limited Resources (environment, energy) Will Fuel Innovation
- 10:45 - 12:15 Workshop: Design Thinking
- 12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Break
- 13:15 - 14:45 Creative Capacity Building; training of trainers
- 14:45 - 15:00 Tea Break
- 15:00 - 17:30 Track 1 + Track 2: Co-create
Videos
10 Items
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | Bottom-up Innovation
Watch the trailer video: What is Bottom-up innovation?
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | Identifying barriers to local innovation
This opening session examine some of the barriers to local innovation as well as the critical elements of an ecosystem that supports local innovators.
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | Accelerating Ideas Q&A with Yunus Social Business
The Humanitarian Innovation Jam brings together humanitarians, academics, and the private sector to discuss and problem-solve around humanitarian innovation. The 2016 edition have a special focus on convening local innovators who want to develop the best possible solutions to some of their community’s biggest challenges. This is a conference with little talk, but lots of action.
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | Innovator Talk & Q+A
Innovator Talk & Q+A: Local innovators share experiences followed by an audience Q+A
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | Workshop: Rapid prototyping innovations for local communities
Workshop: Rapid prototyping innovations for local communities; Moving through the Innovation Cycle. In this workshop, we learn about rapid prototyping and moving through the various stages of the innovation cycle to meet community-defined challenges.
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | Workshop: Co-Creation
Creative Capacity Building is a methodology that engages refugee and host community members in designing and creating innovative technologies to solve their own problems. This hands-on workshop will provide an introduction to the design process and will teach participants practical skills for making their own useful technologies. The workshop will close by showcasing examples of innovations created by refugees and host community members in humanitarian settings.
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | How Limited Resources Enviroment, Energy Will Fuel Innovation
In many ways, creativity is at its best when there are clear and strict boundaries. In this afternoon panel discussion we discuss how we can make the most from resourceful with limited resources to create something new and meaningful. The panel will discuss case studies, past experiences and ways forward for innovators.
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | Design Thinking
The Humanitarian Innovation Jam brings together humanitarians, academics, and the private sector to discuss and problem-solve around humanitarian innovation. The 2016 edition have a special focus on convening local innovators who want to develop the best possible solutions to some of their community’s biggest challenges. This is a conference with little talk, but lots of action.
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | Workshop: Creative Capacity Building
Creative Capacity Building is a methodology that engages refugee and host community members in designing and creating innovative technologies to solve their own problems. This hands-on workshop will provide an introduction to the design process and will teach participants practical skills for making their own useful technologies. The workshop will close by showcasing examples of innovations created by refugees and host community members in humanitarian settings.
Humanitarian Innovation Jam 2016 | Workshop: Finding Data and Appropriate Technology
In this first part of the workshop we introduce the process of working with data to achieve people-oriented and empathy-driven decisions.
Refugee Innovation
University of Oxford’s Humanitarian Innovation Project launched this report last year. The report focuses on examples and case studies of ‘bottom-up innovation’ among different refugee populations.
Scaled Innovation
In this Resilient Africa Network Lab ‘MKIT’, innovation expert, Banny Banerjee leads a 6-part series on scaled innovation.
Refugee Tech Innovators
This SciDevNet slideshow and article written by Imogen Mathers showcases refugee tech innovators in Uganda.
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