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SOCIAL INNOVATION NATION
www.kws-‐forum.com
ABOUT US
Help people to use technology as a tool to achieve their needs worldwide
What we do?
-‐ Conferences
-‐ Workshops
-‐ Summer jobs
-‐ Consul>ng
What is Social Innova>on?
Social innova;on refers to the crea;on, development, adop;on, and integra;on of new concepts and prac>ces that put people and the planet first. Social Innova;ons resolve exis;ng social, cultural, economic, and environmental challenges.
h?p://socialinnova;on.ca/about/social-‐innova;on
2011: Canada -‐ USA – UK were leading the pack
2013: Canada -‐ USA – UK, but also India and Italy
The interest for social innova>on is growing year aEer year worldwide
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Who are the social Innovators?
22M+ supporters worldwide
40K tweets with #socent during the last 30 days
The Impact of Technology
iCow is an Agricultural
Informa;on Service with a variety of products available as a subscrip;on service through *285# to help
farmers enhance produc;vity
CROWDBREAKS
A project in beta at Penn State aims to use public data from social
networks to find disease outbreaks
Concerned about our dependence to fossil fuels, mainly responsible for global warming, Pierre Blanchet decides to change his career and devote himself en;rely to this problem…
Hacking Health, EcoHack, the worldbank are examples to check out…
Coming Soon : Technology and Social Innova;on week : Sept 29th to October the 3rd 2014
www.kws-‐forum.com
Contact
Franck NLEMBA
Co-Founder KONGOSSA TECHNOLOGY
Maison du Développement Durable 5e étage (Amnistie Internationale)
50, Sainte-Catherine Ouest Montréal, QC, H2X 3V4
