Sparks. Rethinking Innovation. Together

Richard Tuffs, ERRIN

ERRIN Health WG Meeting

23 February 2017

Sparks in a nutshell

• An awareness-raising project to show European citizens that they can get involved in science and that various stakeholders share the responsibility for scientific research and innovation

• Promoting RRI values through Public Engagement

• HOW? A travelling exhibition in 29 countries + local case study in each country + participatory activities during 2 months to engage citizens

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H2020 ISSI 01-2014 Science with and for Society 33 partners from 29 countries:Science centres and museums

Research and academiaEuropean networksCreativity experts

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Process and results: Touring

• RRI is an holistic approach: different levels of understanding need different levels of support.

• Big scale tour needs attention, anticipation and close coordination

• Maintenance of the exhibition is performed in close collaboration with the partners

• RRI is better communicated through real life situation: face to face

• We learn from each other

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Learning & Findings

‘Beyond the Lab’ the DIY science revolution travelling Europe

• Seven case studies on Do It Yourself (DIY) Science – health hackers, DIY biologists and citizen scientists

• Three artworks proposing visions of how technologies might impact the future of healthcare and society at large

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Scope: Technological changes in healthcare and medicine

Stimulating interaction between science and society

Defined in collaboration with a local stakeholders to engage the public in an active, original way

• Reverse Science Café

• (The dialogue is initiated by experts posing questions and listening to answers from

the audience).

• Science Espressos (short!)

• Pop-up science shop (empty shop)

• Scenario workshop (

• Incubation workshop (hackathon)• is a design sprint-like event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface

designers, project managers, and others, often including subject-matter-experts, collaborate intensively on ...

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Participatory activities

Evaluation and sustainability

• Objectives:• gather citizens’ perceptions (via survey) of RRI (actors, motivation, places of dialogue)

• understand what worked and how in terms of public engagement (formats, themes)

• Survey exhibition + activities: produce comparable data in 29 countries

• Questionnaire for local organisers: get inputs from the partners and their local stakeholders groups

• Outputs: Toolkit on activities to engage in RRI in the field of health

+ Policy recommendations to inform R&I policies

• STOA event in EP in June 8th 2017 – two case studies

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Feedback collection and analysis

Health hackers (1)

• Tim Omer

• Diabetes hacker

• Built own device and app to lower the cost of providers

• Monitors blood sugar level

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Health hackers (2)

• Prof Pedro Oliveira

• Patient Innovation Platform

• Support patients and carers

• Develop solutions together, e.g. 3D printed hand, lung cleaning device

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Health hackers (3)

• Sara Riggare

• Parkinson’s disease

• Monitoring if notices new symptoms or gets new medication

• Wearable devices

• Control 1 x year (1h) but collects data 365 days

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DIY biologists

• Laptop-sized DNA lab to examine genetics

• Pieter van Boheemen

• Antibiotics from soil, flowers, plants

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https://www.bento.bio/

Citizen scientists

• Shazia Ali - Webber

• Measuring pollution (pram level)

• Clean air campaign

• See also Brussels Clean Air campaign

• http://www.cleanairbxl.be/

• Doreen Walther

• Mapping mosquitos (carrier of lots of diseases)

• Practical use for the government to predict and avoid epidemics, diseases

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Artistic interventions: an alternative medium for engagement

• A disruptive point of view about the impact and aims of science and research, providing possible future scenarios

• Engage with a more human perception of the scientific and technological evolutions, questioning the values and meaning of innovation

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Agent unicorn

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• Anouk Wipprecht

• We shape technology but technology shapes us as well

• http://www.anoukwipprecht.nl/

• Relationship between human body and technology

• 3D printed unicorn for hyperactive kids to monitor their brain activity and attention

Nanobots for diabetes and obesity

• Imaginary robot in the body to communicate with neurons to suppress conscious and subconscious desires

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Human adaptability and frontiers of the body

• Lucy McRea

• http://www.lucymcrae.net/

• Visualises the body how it reacts to complex future scenarios

• Visionary artist

• Link science with imagination

• https://www.ted.com/talks/lucy_mcrae_how_can_technology_transform_the_human_body

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Local case studies

• Bonn: Diet – Body – Brain (DietBB): relation between diet and cognition decline

• Slovenia: Sweet – o –bike: educating diabetes patients of taking the right amount of sugar.

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Luxembourg: a helmet that can measure the impact on the brain in case of an accident. 16-year old boy!

The exhibition currently is in…

• Sweden

• Cyprus

• Slovakia

• Portugal

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Next stops will be in: (March 2017) EstoniaGreeceAustriaFrance

Come and see us

• In the European Parliament on 8th June 10:00 - 12:00 with STOA• Meet Pedro and Sara

• ‘Health systems for the future: making EU health systems resilient and innovative’

• Seeking 100+ participants

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More information

• Contact Anett Ruszanov projects@errin.eu

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