FUTURES - Social Innovation Forum programme

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March - Day 1 (9.00 – 16.30)

8.00 - 9.00 Registration 9.00 - 9.30 Welcome and Introduction

- Welcome address by Keith Davies, Country Director - British Council Sri Lanka - Speech by Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, Group Chief Executive - Dialog Axiata PLC (Principal Partner) - Speech by Stephan Roman, Regional Director - British Council South Asia - Briefing on the programme structure/how to use the FUTURES mobile app/Social Media integration 9.30 - 10.00 Setting the scene for FUTURES (plenary)

- Introduction to FUTURES – Social Innovation Forum (presentation) by Eranda Ginige (10 min) - Video presentation on FUTURES – Social Innovation Forum partnerships (15 min) • • • • •

Michael de Soyza, Head of Group Corporate Office - Dialog Axiata PLC Anusha Alles, Head Corporate Social Responsibility Division - Brandix Ashok Pathirage, Chairman - Softlogic Holdings PLC Upul Daranagama, CEO - Horizon Campus Kushan Wijewickrama, Director- Human Resources and Shared Services - AMW

10.00 - 10.30 Break 10.30 - 12.30 Understanding the problem (from multiple perspectives) - 3 parallel sessions (World Café Style)

- Introduction and open discussion by moderators for each group (5 min) • • •

Selected social issues Key statistics Cause and effect (fish-bone) analysis

- Group discussion (10 members in each group) led by group leader (60 min) – Questionnaire driven cause and effect analysis (different aspects in each table, aimed at understanding the causes for each issue) – each group rotates (world café style) after 10 min

- Presentation by each group (30 min – 5 min each) - Open discussion led by moderators – plenary (30 min) Identify key points

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12.30 - 13.30 Lunch 13.30 - 16.30 Knowledge sharing (plenary) 13.30 - 14.00 : Social Innovation: the big picture by Dan Gregory, Head of Policy - Social Enterprise UK 14.00 - 14.30 : From CSR to Social Innovation: case study (local and international) by Deepal Sooriyaarachchi, Chairman - Sri Lanka Inventors Commission 14.30 - 15.30 : Panel discussion - Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, General Secretary - Sarvodaya (Social Enterprise sector) - Michael De Soyza, Head of Group Corporate Office - Dialog Axiata PLC (Corporate sector) - Deepal Sooriyaarachchi, Chairman - Sri Lanka Inventors Commission - Dr. Chandra Embuldeniya, Founder and Former Vice Chancellor, Uva Wellassa University - Dr. Palitha Mahipala, Director General of Health Services - Ministry of Health - Dr. Herath Manthrithilake, Head, Sri Lanka Development Initiative - IWMI - Anoka Abeyrathne - Eco-social Entrepreneur - Dan Gregory, Head of Policy - Social Enterprise UK - Amanda Feldman, Director - Volans 15.30 - 16.30 : Technology: the social innovation enabler (presentation) by - Harsha Purasinghe, CEO - Microimage - Rohan Jayaweera, Country Consultant - Google - Isura Silva, Manager - Sarvodaya Fusion

END OF DAY 1

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March - Day 2 (9.00 – 15.00)

09.00 - 11.00 Building Futures: Beyond 2020 09.00 - 09.20

: Introduction to Breakthrough Capitalism by Amanda Feldman, Director - Volans (Short Plenary)

- What is the theory of change?

- Why we have to: • Pursue systemic rather than incremental change • Expand the scope of our work, from narrower to wider horizons • Dig deeper into our analysis • Raise ambitions and targets • Stretch time scales - What are the three trajectories: • Breakdown • Change-as-Usual (CAU) • Breakthrough 09.20 - 09.40

: Building Futures: Scenario Exercise - Teams re-group into Day 1 ‘Understanding the Issue’ groups (10 per group + 1 facilitator/leader) - Each team will explore the WEF Risk Interconnection Map and key drivers around their issues areas.

- Sample prompt searches: • WATER - water supply crises/land and waterway use mismanagement • HEALTH - rising rates of chronic disease/vulnerability to pandemics • EDUCATION - massive digital misinformation/backlash against globalisation

09.40 - 09.50

: Open discussion led by moderators to set the scene for scenario-building (10 min)

09.50 - 10.20

: Scenario preparation in teams, led by group facilitator (20 min)

10.20 - 10.45

: 5 minute presentation by each group (25 min)

10.45 - 11.00

: Plenary discussion of key themes with all moderators (led by Amanda)

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11.00 - 13.00 Designing solutions for the future - products and services for the future (hackathon style) 11.00 - 11.30

: Designing sustainable solutions (presentation) by Kate Dempster - British Council (short plenary)

- Open discussion led by moderators (10 min) - Group ideation (10 ideas in each group) (30 min) led by group leader - Speed dating (30 min) - Open discussion with panel (20 min)

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 14.45 Action planning (plenary open discussion - moderator led)

- Each group/team with idea(s) to discuss about next steps (need not share ideas) (30 min)

14.45 - 15.00 Closing

- Closing remarks by Michael De Soyza – Dialog Axiata PLC (Principal Partner) - Thank you note by Keith Davies, Country Director British Council Sri Lanka