KEY MESSAGES OF THE OPENING PANELISTS ENoLL Chairperson Fernando Vilariño and ENoLL Director Zsuzsanna Bodi welcomed the participants and those tuning in to the publicly broadcasted opening panel. The audience then tuned in to key messages by session moderator Daria Tataj, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Exeter - John Bessant, Chair of the UNESCO Information For All Programme and Board member of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education - Dorothy Gordon and Chief Evangelist and Founder of Funzi - Aape Pohjavirta.
Key messages of the Opening Panelists On digitalisation: Learn not only to use digital tools and how people are challenged by digital tools, but also be aware of people who feel they are not being able to contribute and don’t feel connected (Daria Tataj) On creating your own future: It is now up to us to use Living Labs around the world...which have become more critical for survival of individuals...to become more meaningful, responsible for the future. Otherwise, we live in somebody else’s future! (Aape Pohjavirta) 10
On surveillance capitalism : Actively engage as customers of those companies who are not using data in optimal ways! (Dorothy Gordon) On users : There is a hidden army of user innovators. How we find active users? How we help them articulate? (John Bessant) [listen to the song “User, User” to find the answers] Why bother with User Innovation song: https://youtu.be/G4nUIVc0SGU
