On 6 and 7 October, the final meeting of the Islands of Innovation project took place. The highlight was our final seminar on 6 October, with many results from our project during the first and second phase. Due to Covid the maximum audience of 100 persons were present in the large conference room. Mr Jan Wibier, chair of the Frisian stakeholder group, hosted this seminar.
The seminar was also broadcasted. Link full symposium: (1/2) & (2/2)
Programme meeting
Sander Bos, Province of Fryslân, Flying over the Blue Delta
Eileen Blackmore, House of Design, Wad of value: from plastic soup to veggie soup
Linda Vermaat, Director Innofest, Change by design or by disaster
Mark de la Vieter, New Energy coalition, Local energy innovation on islands
Jeanine Bhagwandin, UX Designer, New applications for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Hannah Mareike Marczinkowski, Aalborg University, Modeling islands’ energy transition
Bonnie Lewtas, Turtle & Co, Follow-up of the Tipping Approach and Islands of Innovation
Alexis Francois, Interreg Europe (online), State of the art of the Interreg Europe program
Simon Tijsma, Province of Fryslân, Reflection & Closing speech by Jan Wibier & Han Brezet
Regional Undersecretary of the Presidency - Pedro Faria e Castro Azores - Outermost Region and InnovationRegional Undersecretary of the Presidency - Pedro Faria e Castro Azores - Outermost Region and Innovation
All presentations of international speakers, are linked to a good practices that was transferred during the project, but with a future-oriented approach to make a basis for follow-up projects.
