Co-creating the future; tapping in to our social capital ECNAIS Conference May, 2011 Madrid Looking into the future Foto glass looking glas Europe in hard times EUs leadership in science has eroded Source: European Commission based on data source Jrgen Schmidhuber, 2010 China has taken over EUs lead in the number of researchers In search for a new model of innovation New vision of innovation From invention to innovation technological but also social innovation Design thinking Facilitating instead of steering A state that creates with people Education is the only way to create the desired Europe of our future but Do we fully use the potential power of students, of teachers and of our organisations? The way forward: My dream: smart schools Schools where all students learn what they want, when they want and how they want Where students are skilled to co-create society Where diversity is embraced Where teachers are highly skilled professionals who cooperate and adhere to life long learning Where the organisation is transparant, flexible and able to learn. HOW? Stimulate social innovation Spark passion and create communities Give responsibility and ownership Focus on quality, on results To change education, is to change society The fellowship of Education It is daunting task, we do not know the way, but ECNAIS