Month: September 2020

Our coordinator, Stefan Philipp (ZSI), will share insights about CHERRIES methodology during the upcoming workshop organised by SISCODE, an EU funded project aimed at stimulating the use of co-creation methodologies in policy design, using bottom-design-driven methodologies to pollinate Responsible Research and Innovation, and Science Technology and Innovation Policies.

This 2-hours workshop will take place on the 7th of October and it is aimed  to explore the meaning of integrating and conveying RRI into STI projects, reflecting on how co-creation can help integrating RRI aspects in research questions/projects, using co-creation as a leverage/catalyst for RRI integration.

During the workshop, the experience of two of SISCODE’s ten co-creation labs  (Krakow Technology Park and Thess-Ahall) will be showcased as a basis for the discussion, together with a brief overview on how coordinators of invited project tackled co-creation actions in their projects. A group discussion with the participation of European Commission policy and Project officers will follow, focusing on how co-creation can help operationalize RRI.

More details at www.siscodeproject.eu 

On September 22, CHERRIES kick started its webinar series dedicated to the exploration of responsible healthcare ecosystems in Europe. Four episodes aimed at discussing with academic experts and innovation practitioners how the healthcare sector can approach a transition towards more inclusive, sustainable and responsible policies.

During the 1st episode “The role of need in open and user-led innovation approaches in healthcare” our speakers Wouter Boon (University of Utrecht) and Myriam Martin (ticbiomed | inDemand project) addressed some fundamental questions and aspects that will certainly find some additional answers and contributions in the coming episodes.

Moderated by Chiara Davalli (European BIC Network) and introduced by Stefan Philipp (ZSI | CHERRIES coordinator), the first episode aimed to answer the following questions:

• What is the role of users in the healthcare innovation process?
• How demand/need driven innovation approaches can result in improved healthcare ecosystems?
• Which are the key issues to be considered when launching a co-creation process?

Wouter Boon spoke about Demand-based and User innovation policies (download PPT Boon (2020) Demand-oriented innovation policy – guest lecture_CHERRIES Ep.1).

In his presentation he first set the scene on how we moved from linear innovation approaches towards demand driven innovation approaches. He then proposed some interesting considerations on the reasons to involve users in innovation processes and the importance of demand driven innovation policies. He then closed his talk by presenting three main challenges that need to be taken into account when shaping and implementing demand driven innovation policies.

Myriam Martin presented her insights from the practitioners’ point of view (download PPT 20200922 Ticbiomed presentation_CHERRIES webinars Ep.1).

Coordinator of inDemand project, Myriam shared with the audience six key issues that need to be taken into account when launching co-creation processes in the healthcare sector: 1) securing an innovation culture within healthcare organisations; 2) facilitating bottom-up processes; 3) ensuring the alignment with healthcare management priorities; 4) optimising users’ experience by promoting demand-driven approaches to the definition of new solutions; 5) spending public funds in a more efficient way by steering innovation from the demand side; 6) promoting ecosystemic approaches to innovation in the healthcare sector.

This is in a nutshell what was discussed during the 1st episode of CHERRIES webinar series “Exploring Responsible Healthcare Ecosystems”.

You can watch the full episode here

If you want to know more about CHERRIES and our webinar series download this presentation: Cherries_eu_webinar series_Ep.1

Next Episode is on September 29th at 12.30 pm, don’t miss it!

RRI practices in healthcare – 29 September (12:30-13:30). Rosina Malgarida (IrisCaixa Barcelona) and Barbara Kieslinger (ZSI)

The European healthcare sector is facing several challenges that are pushing for significant changes: aging population, increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, access to healthcare services in COVID-19 era, just to mention a few.

In this changing and challenging times for the sector, responsible and participatory approaches to healthcare innovation can offer interesting reflections.

CHERRIES project organises a series of four webinars to explore some aspects that can contribute to shape  more inclusive, accessible and sustainable regional healthcare innovation ecosystems –  Responsible Healthcare Ecosystems:

1. the demand driven and user-led approach to healthcare innovation;
2. how RRI can mitigate the complexity of healthcare ecosystems;
3. the role of procurement in healthcare innovation; and
4. how regional smart specialisation strategies can shape more inclusive and efficient healthcare ecosystems.

Thought for a diverse audience, including academic players, innovation-active actors, intermediary organizations and regional and health policy actors, each session will see the valuable contribution of our Advisory Board Members and other European experts addressing the main topic from different perspectives.

We will count on them to better understand these dimensions of innovation in healthcare and to get concrete inputs from different European ecosystems:

1. The role of need in open and user-led innovation approaches in healthcare – 22 September (15:30-16:30). Prof Wouter Boon (University of Utrecht) and Myriam Martin (TicBiomed)
2. RRI practices in healthcare – 29 September (12:30-13:30). Rosina Malgarida (IrisCaixa Barcelona) and Barbara Kieslinger (ZSI)
3. The role of procurement in healthcare innovation – 06 October (14:30-15:30). Dr John Rigby (University of Manchester | Bibliometica Ltd.) and Samuli Kauppinen (Oulu University Hospital)
4. Regional innovation ecosystems for healthcare – 13 October (14:30-15:30). Gaston Heimeriks (University of Leiden – CWST) and Anett Ruszanov (ERRIN)

Download the interactive flyer:Webinar series flyer – interactive V2  [discover more about the speakers and the session with a click!]

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About CHERRIES

CHERRIES | Responsible Healthcare Ecosystems is an EC funded project aimed to support Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) policy experiments in the healthcare sector in three European territories – in Murcia (ES), Örebro (SE) and the Republic of Cyprus (CY).

The CHERRIES experiments address opportunities and challenges associated with the role of demand at the crossroads of challenge-oriented, economy-enhancing, and sector-specific policy making within the healthcare sector, thereby addressing the SGC of health, demographic change and wellbeing.

The project aims to create more open, inclusive, and self-sustaining R&I ecosystems by ensuring the active involvement of all actors in the definition of needs, solutions and innovation policies of regional healthcare ecosystems in Europe.

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