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Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: FP7 » 24 hours of Innovation

version: 1 / created: 2010-08-10
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Originally submitted by: Vanessa Watkins
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 8 - Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Blue Sky Research on emerging issues and other research economies

Optional reference/s to FP7 project/s

Use the following format: Project Acronym (Project Reference No.). Use commas if more than one project is associated to this Wild Card, for example: ALFA-BIRD (213266), SAFAR (213374), LAPCAT-II (211485)
Source: INFU (225229) - http://www.innovation-futures.org/ www.boardofinnovation.com

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
24 hours of Innovation

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
The Board Of Innovation, an online network of innovators, organised a 24 Hour non-stop marathon of innovation projects around the world on May, 15th of 2009. During a full day and night more than 60 participants presented their innovation initiatives in predefined timeslots, ranging from small innovation blogs up to large multinationals. This event included live-streamed brainstorming sessions, a free access to an inspiration-database and multimedia presentations of all the latest innovation projects.

Keywords

innovation, idea contest, global event, creativity, real-time

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 Change in current innovation patterns new/emerging
 		neutral
 		now-2015

Under what assumption the Weak Signal might evolve.

This is a signal that companies and even regions might tend to conduct a more open and innovative way to promote their innovation activities to the environment. In this case the communication of innovations is not merely restricted to the common stages of market launch and implementation but is rather applied much earlier in the process. Furthermore, the spectacular character of this event could be able (if being advertised in a broader attempt) to captivate a wide range of distinct external knowledge and transfer it into new products and services. Co-creating innovation could become a mass event.

Importance

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Level 2: important for a particular world region all regions with internet access

Key driving forces of this signal

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Driver 1 Driver 2
Technological/Scientific Technical possibilities of the Web 2.0 enable innovative forms of communication and business promotion
Economic Innovative business organisations are increasingly forced to showcase their innovation projects to a broad audience in innovative and spellbinding manners.
Values/Ethical/Cultural Presentations using different media can attract interested people to co-create and collaborate in open innovation projects.

Major risks & opportunities associated to the signal

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Risks Opportunities
before 2015 Organising co-creation in an event-like manner can also increase the reservation of users towards participating in open innovation projects, if they feel it is “only a show”. The crucial characteristic of live-streaming creativity-techniques might pave the way to highly interactive methods of idea- and solution-generation. This could lead to the emergence of Rapid-Online-Innovation-Projects and Just-In-Time-Implementation of the ideas being produced.

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Innovation dynamics

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
ICT - Information & communication technologies
Science in society

Pan-European strategies influencing the signal

please justify:
particularly relevant
Fostering and facilitating coherent international cooperation in science and technology