The second of four #CrossBorderConvos explores the role of institutions & advocacy in building safe, healthy & empowered communities.
Cross-Border Conversations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a series of virtual dialogues that showcase strategies and stories from the frontlines of SDG action – in Canada and the United States.
On October 13, the series returns for a discussion with Camden, NJ’s police chief on how his city overhauled and rebuilt its police department in 2013. We’ll hear from him and local leaders about the role of institutions and advocacy in building community trust and safety, and invite questions and insights from participants about what safe, healthy, and empowered communities mean to them.
Why this conversation? Systemic racism, violence, and over-policing are longstanding challenges in communities across Canada and the United States, brought into focus most recently by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Aubrey, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, and many others. The death of Abdirahman Abdi in Ottawa has reverberated throughout the city since 2016, and people are reexamining the relationship between institutions and communities, including the delivery of police and mental health services.
What can you expect? Through lightning talks and breakout discussions, we aim to create a brave space for honest dialogue among participants and panelists about what it takes to build safe, healthy, and empowered communities. While we won’t be able to address the full complexity of these issues in 90 minutes, our hope is to bring together a range of perspectives so that we may learn from what’s worked, what hasn’t, and continue to chart a way forward together.
Tickets
In an effort to make this event as accessible as possible and remove cost as a barrier to participating, we’re offering a tiered pricing system with a limited number of fully-subsidized tickets. Upon checkout, please select the option that best suits your needs – no questions asked.
Accessibility
Impact Hub Ottawa and our partners are committed to hosting accessible events. To that end, here are a few things to note:
This event will be held virtually, on Zoom
This event will be recorded – you will not be required to use your webcam
A recording will be sent to all who register via Eventbrite.
Automatic closed captioning in English will be provided
Please identify your accommodation requirements during the registration process and be aware that while we endeavor to address all requirements, it may not be possible to fulfill all requests.
More on the series
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) address serious global challenges, which won’t be solved without major changes to the way we live, work, and interact with our environment. Cross-Border Conversations on the SDGs is a virtual event series highlighting strategies and stories from the frontlines of SDG action.
Hosted by Impact Hub Ottawa, the series showcases social justice and sustainability leaders from Canada and the US, sharing their stories on how to work strategically towards the Goals.
The series includes four events:
February 25: The SDGs as a Blueprint for Building Liveable Cities (SDG 11)
October 13: Building Safe, Healthy & Empowered Communities (SDG 16)
November: Decolonizing the Way We Work (SDG 10)
December: (Re)Centring Anti-Racism & Indigenous Tradition in Sustainability (SDG 13)
November and December dates to be announced. Sign up here for updates!
Impact Hub Houston and Sketch City invite you to connect and collaborate with Houston at our virtual Open Project Night focusing on “Climate Action.“
Let’s connect and collaborate (virtually) with passionate people who are working on projects, ventures, and collaborations to improve the resilience and quality of life in Houston. If you have an idea, are working on something, or are looking for ways to collaborate with people who are doing work at the intersection of innovation and impact this event is for you! The event requires both a mixture of presenters and people from the community to support, listen, and collaborate with the presenters.
EVENT SCHEDULE: 5:00-6:00 PM
5:00-5:10pm Group Introductions
5:10-5:25pm Guest Presentations + Q&A
5:25-5:45pm Virtual Breakout Rooms to discuss potential solutions for the topic.
5:45-5:55pm Report Back! Your Open Pitch should be max of 2 mins each and answer the following questions before the community can provide feedback:
Brief personal introduction + What is your project/idea?
What stage are you currently at? (idea/testing/implementation etc)
What are your next series of steps?
What are you currently looking for in the way of talent/skills from the community?
We’ve been in this pandemic for a while now, in this workshop we’ll revisit your business model to identify where you can make timely updates and implement strategies to continue updating as things change. These FREE workshops are about exploring ways to adapt to this new reality. Together, we will explore the steps necessary to make sure that your passion doesn’t go to waste by building resilience skills and tools to help weather this storm.
THIS WILL BE A VIRTUAL CONVENING! WE’LL BE HACKING SOLUTIONS FROM HOME, TOGETHER!
Impact Hub Houston and Sketch City invite you to connect and collaborate with Houston at our virtual Open Project Night focusing on “Climate Action.“
Let’s connect and collaborate (virtually) with passionate people who are working on projects, ventures, and collaborations to improve the resilience and quality of life in Houston. If you have an idea, are working on something, or are looking for ways to collaborate with people who are doing work at the intersection of innovation and impact this event is for you! The event requires both a mixture of presenters and people from the community to support, listen, and collaborate with the presenters.
EVENT SCHEDULE: 5:00-6:00 PM
5:00-5:10pm Group Introductions
5:10-5:25pm Guest Presentations + Q&A
5:25-5:45pm Virtual Breakout Rooms to discuss potential solutions for the topic.
5:45-5:55pm Report Back! Your Open Pitch should be max of 2 mins each and answer the following questions before the community can provide feedback:
Brief personal introduction + What is your project/idea?
What stage are you currently at? (idea/testing/implementation etc)
What are your next series of steps?
What are you currently looking for in the way of talent/skills from the community?
Dakota currently serves as the chairman of the student board for the Johns Hopkins University Energy Policy and Climate program, while also serving as a leader of a grassroots network of over 2000 energy industry employees tackling the energy transition. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Technicology, L.L.C. and Footprint App, Inc., and is a well known environmental activist on social media. He has represented the United States as a facilitator of a United Nations innovation lab addressing the sustainable development goals (UNLEASH), and is also on the committee for the Gaia campaign for sustainable change within the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He has founded six organizations and served on the board of over ten community and educational associations across the United States, including Global Environmental Brigades and a Keep Texas Beautiful affiliate. Within these roles, Dakota has lead numerous successful sustainability campaigns, including a food waste reduction campaign, a carbon emissions reduction campaign, and an energy efficiency campaign that received state-wide recognition from the Texas Environmental Excellence Awards. Aside from leadership and activism, Dakota has also worked on multiple innovation projects, including the solar tracking project that eventually won Shell Ideas360, an international innovation competition. He has been featured multiple times in the Houston Chronicle and was nominated by a Vice President of Shell for Forbes Under 30.
Impactathon for Future Flourishing is an interactive hackathon experience to innovate inclusive solutions to global poverty amid covid-19.
Calling all changemakers and social entrepreneurs driven to find new ways to uplift communities and alleviate poverty in a post-pandemic world.
Join participants from hubs around the world for a two-day virtual Impactathon® where you have a chance to deepen your understanding about what causes poverty locally and globally and work in teams to develop solutions.
Poverty, in this moment
Since launching this unique Impactathon in early June, covid19 cases have surged and systemic racism has emerged as a global movement. Poverty is a critical part of this story. Estimates for global poverty have been increased by 50M attributed to covid-19 (Brookings).
An Impactathon focusing on the mindset of “building an inclusive future”
For this 16th Impactathon® Innov8social is partnering with Join the Journey, an international empowerment organization, to take participants on a journey of discovery– diving into realities much of the world faces living day-to-day without stable electricity, water, and paved roads–and exploring how covid-19 affects these issues. Teams will work together to ask questions, research existing solutions, identify gaps, and brainstorm and build approaches to build a thriving future using innovative strategies and existing technologies in a sprint-to-the-finish 24-hour push. Teams with the best solutions can earn cash prizes.
Hear from a handful of speakers and mentors who have started social enterprises and impact organizations that have helped hundreds of thousands of people. You will hear their candid experiences in how they navigated unique challenges with an entrepreneurial mindset.
No background in social impact is required. Bring a deep curiosity, a sense of empathy, and a problemsolving mindset. We will walk you through design-thinking approaches to understanding a problem and developing solutions. If you have ever felt a deep desire to create positive impact, whether locally in your city or globally for the world, this event was designed for you
Don’t have a team? Don’t worry. You’ll have an opportunity to pair up either in the lead-up to the event or in the first few hours. This Impactathon is about inclusion…and we want you to feel included!
Agenda*
Friday, Aug 21st 2020
12:00 pm EST | 9:00 am PST | 7:00 pm Nairobi — Kickoff & welcome
12:30 pm EST — Release of scenarios + Impact Talks
1:15 pm EST — Virtual speed networking & team formation
2:00 pm EST — Impact Workshop + teams complete Milestone 1
3:15 pm EST — Pitch deck overview
4:00 pm EST — Impact Catalyst informal panel talks and OH + hackathon group time
Saturday, Aug 22nd 2020
10:00 am EST | 7:00 am PST | 5:00 pm Nairobi — Day 2 welcome + Milestone 2 + Pitch slot signup
10:45 am EST — Impact Talk
12:30 pm EST — Team tech checks
1:00 pm EST — Final pitches
4:00 pm EST — Winners announced + Judges’ comments + closing remark
*agenda is subject to change
Impact Talk Speakers include
Mike Sehzue, Partner at Global SouthxSouth, Founder of Miseh Distilling Company. Social Entrepreneur, Impact Investing Advisor.
Julie-Anne Savarit-Cosenza, Founder & Executive Director of the African Education Program. Systems thinker in poverty alleviation.
Impact Catalysts and Panel Speakers include
Ezenwayi Amaechi, PhD,Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship, Johnson & Wales University, Market Strategist. Social Entrepreneur.
Heather Arora, M.S. in Organizational Behavior, Founder of Purple Plants. Impact Ecosystem Builder.
Marc Alain Boucicault, Founder and CEO at Banj. Impact Ecosystem Builder.
David Babbs, PhD Social Work (Social Innovation), Activist, Macro, Veteran. Educator.
Brendan Barbato, Startup pitch expertise, Brand & Partnerships. Social Entrepreneur.
Chuck Brown, Founder of Orion Consulting, Social Enterprise Alliance Board Member. Impact Ecosystem Builder.
Nick Brown, Founder at Clear Purchase. International Payment System Expert.
Theresa L Carpenter, Navy Public Affairs Officer, Communication Professional, Advocate for women and companion animals.
Adam Cole, Founder of Join the Journey, US Navy Servicemember. Social Entrepreneur.
Gloria Ferrer, International Economic Development Specialist, Partner at COMPETITIVENESS. Founder of KINADONA. Social Entrepreneur.
Miloni Gandhi,Founder and Principal International LLC, Adjunct Faculty Foothill College. Impact Ecosystem Builder.
Andrew Hening, Co-founder Opening Doors Marin, Director of Homeless Planning & Outreach San Rafael. Systems Thinker.
Prasad Jaladi, Chief Facilitator of Suraksha.Social Entrepreneur.
Radha Basu, CEO of iMerit Technology Services, Founder of Frugal Innovation Lab at Santa Clara University.
Will Harris, CEO of Willpower Consulting, Chairman of Willpower Humanitarian Foundation.
Grace Rodriguez, CEO/Executive Director of Impact Hub Houston, Advisor to Social Enterprises
Eric Van Trump, Board Member at Join the Journey, Entrepreneur.
Cash Prizes
Join the Journey is awarding cash prizes of $2,000+ to top teams.
Who Should Attend
Social entrepreneurs with proven ideas and traction who are looking to scale their work.
Student changemakers
Young Professionals looking to learn more about social enterprise
Experienced/retired professionals seeking to leverage expertise for social good
The veteran tech community
Faith-based groups seeking to serve through social innovation
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
SDG Goal 1 is Eliminating Poverty. From the UN, “The decline of global extreme poverty continues, but has slowed…. People who continue to live in extreme poverty face deep, entrenched deprivation often exacerbated by violent conflicts and vulnerability to disasters. Strong social protection systems and government spending on key services often help those left behind get back on their feet and escape poverty, but these services need to be brought to scale.”
Open to All
This event is open to all participants and is not based upon participant race, religion, ethnicity, socio-economic background, sexuality, and gender.
Financial Aid
Please email [email protected] or [email protected] in case in need of financial support. Early bird rates are also available until 8/7/2020.
Outreach/Ecosystem Partnership
We welcome aligned partners to share Impactathon with their communities and be featured in our marketing efforts. To learn more about how to become a media partner, email [email protected] or [email protected]
Impact Report + Sponsorship
Read the Impact Report to learn more about this event and the impact we seek to co-create! We welcome community and corporate sponsors to make this event come to life. Contact us to sponsor a team, sponsor an award, or be an in-kind supporter. Email [email protected].
A conversation evaluating the possibilities and challenges using blockchain technology in the fight against climate change
About
There is a long standing discussion about sustainability when it comes to blockchain. While Blockchain alone cannot solve the climate crisis, there are interesting concepts, ideas and solutions that are using the technology for creating an impact. In recent years, blockchain technology has been utilised to improve global carbon markets, however there are challenges in increasing the positive impact and expand the markets.
In this webinar, we will take a look into how blockchain technology specifically work in the areas of carbon markets and hear from a group of panelists about different concepts/tools that are being currently developed and used.
Agenda:
Welcome note from PositiveBlockchain, Climate KIC, Greentech Alliance
Basic introduction to blockchain
Potential of blockchain for voluntary carbon markets – Julia Hsiao-Pei Liao
Introduction by the panelists (20 mins)
Moderated panel discussion (30 mins)
Q & A (20 mins)
Speakers:
Paul Gambill, CEO of NORI
Magdalena Gronowska, Innovation & Policy, Blockchain for Climate
Laszlo Giricz, Founder and CEO of Poseidon
more speakers tbc
PositiveBlockchain.io is an open-source database, media platform, and a community exploring the potential of blockchain technologies for social and environmental impact. The database currently lists more than 800 projects and startups using blockchain for good. PositiveBlockchain is a non-profit association run by a global community of contributors.
EIT Climate KIC is a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. We identify and support innovation that helps society mitigate and adapt to climate change. We believe that a decarbonised, sustainable economy is not only necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change, but presents a wealth of opportunities for business and society.
Greentech Alliance is a community of Greentech companies from all over the world which connects the members to top tier VCs, media and experts.
Impact Hub Berlin is the home for social entrepreneurship in the German capital. A catalyst for social innovation – a community, a consultancy and a creative space. As part of the global network for social innovation, they inspire, connect and enable local community of changemakers to develop solutions to the greatest challenges facing people and the planet
Aalto University, Finland is a new multidisciplinary science and art community in the fields of science, business, and art and design.
COVID-19 has changed the way we work, and consequently, the way we network.
In Germany, the number of people out of work has risen by 40,000 month-on-month since March, according to the BA federal labour agency.
Whether you’re looking for new career opportunities or job hunting for the first time, it’s an intimidating scenario.
As Europe and other parts of the world reopen, it’s time to get out there and network – oh, wait! Is it safe? There are a lot of question marks over the game of networking, especially right now. Introducing yourself: yes. Shaking hands: definitely not!
We’ve always heard a lot that people are afraid of networking, even before COVID-19 complicated matters further. The little voices inside our heads tell us:
“I don’t have the skills to network.”
“I’m not ‘there’ yet.”
“It will be embarrassing because [fill in the blank].”
The good news is: you are not alone! The Tribe for Career Happiness has your back.
Join us at our virtual event to connect your head to your mind and find out how you can network authentically and efficiently – whatever the situation.
In the session we will:
Network with each other using an agile approach
Examine our own existing networks: who is already there?
Make networking feel less ‘awkward’
Work on our empathy and create win-win scenarios
Learn to position ourselves to connect to new opportunities online.
Are you ready to take this networking challenge and land yourself a job in the post-COVID-19 economy?
Design Thinking and Scenario Planning as a Compass for Innovation
The time has come to meet for a coffee and some brain thoughts again in person. We are happy to invite you again to our wonderful Impact Hub Vienna for a Skillshare breakfast.
This session will be possible to join live as well as online. So hurry up to sign up for limited amount of tickets or enjoy it from behind of your computer.
Together we will have the opportunity to look into the future and predict a bit.
If you have ever asked your self the question “Does my business model also works in the future?” you should not miss the chance to learn more about design thinking and scenario planning.
Scenario planning helps organizations become more agile by asking its practitioners to form a strategy for situations that seem far-fetched and even implausible today. Meanwhile, design thinking is an approach that puts a product’s or service’s users front and center.
Let’s discover the power of both!
What will you learn about at this Skillshare Breakfast?
➡️ Challenges for organizations during Covid-19 pandemic
➡️ Use of Scenario Planning and Design Thinking
➡️ Human-Centered Design as a compass for innovation
➡️ Methods
About the presenter
Maria is a User Experience Expert who specializes in Service Design and Product Strategy.
After studying Media Technology & Design in Berlin and international Design in Copenhagen, Maria spent several years abroad, where she gained valuable work experience with established giants, nonprofit organisations and ventures.
Today she works as Lead Designer at Empatic-UX in Austria, where she manages international clients in building Product Solutions from scratch.
She also teaches as a UX Coach at the Experience Design Institute in Germany and at several Universities.
Her passion lies in educational design, human industry and the impact of technology on society.
About #10SkillsFor2030:
2020 is a special year for Impact Hub Vienna: It has been 10 years since Impact Hub Vienna opened its doors (celebrate with us at #10YearsIHV!) and we have 10 years left to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Based on the OECD Learning Compass 2030, we’ve identified 10 skills needed for changemakers to make the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 a reality. Each of our Skillshare Breakfasts this year will focus on one of these skills to help you create a world that works for all. Curious? Learn more here: https://www.oecd.org/education/2030-project/
