ABOUT SIS-RRI

SIS-RRI CONFERENCE: SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND SOCIETY – ACHIEVING RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

SIS-RRI is an international Conference organised during the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and supported by the European Commission.

On November 19-21 the National Research Council (CNR) in collaboration with the Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE) will host the International Conference on “Science, Innovation and Society: achieving Responsabile Research and Innovation”.  The conference locations will be the Auditorium Parco della Musica and the MAXXI-National Museum of XXI Century Arts.

The Conference will debate on how Responsible Research Innovation (RRI) can better engage society in research and innovation activities throughout the six following Key Areas:

  • Public Engagement
  • Gender Equality
  • Science Education
  • Ethics
  • Open Science
  • Governance

Six workshops sessions, exhibition areas, social and brokerage events will be carried out during the Conference with the participation of important stakeholders.

The main events are: 

The Art&Innovation Exhibition will be opened in the first day of the Conference during the Networking dinner at MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts. It will run, open to the public at large, for two weeks. The exhibition will explore the interplay between Science, Art and Society.

A Networking Event  will be held with the objective of exploring and presenting opportunities available under the new Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015 to SwafS stakeholders. It aims to encourage previous and future clients/applicants to participate by providing information about the possibilities existing under the new H2020 WP 2014-2015, and sharing project ideas and finding appropriate partners.

a Market place for projects will be set up, in which project activities, results and best practices will be displayed in order to give projects added visibility.

What is RRI?

Responsible Research and Innovation means that societal actors work together during  the whole research and innovation process in order to better align both the process  and its outcomes, with the values, needs and expectations of European society.

RRI is an ambitious challenge for the creation of a Research and Innovation policy  driven by the needs of society and engaging all societal actors via inclusive  participatory approaches.