After a successful online edition in 2020, this year the international space hackathon ActInSpace® is back in more than 70 cities around the world, including Turin, Italy. The event will be hosted on November 18^th and 19^th, 2022 by I3P, the Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico di Torino, in collaboration with the global organizers: the French Space Agency (CNES) and the European Space Agency (ESA). Operational execution will be supervised by ESA BIC Sud France, led by Aerospace Valley.

ActInSpace is a global innovation contest uniting space enthusiasts across 5 continents. Designed for students but open to everyone, ActInSpace aims to cultivate new entrepreneurial initiatives: participating teams will have 24 hours to imagine and design innovative services and products derived from space technologies and data. Local juries of experts and professionals from the space industry will then select the best projects, which will be awarded in local competitions and brought to compete in the international finals, which will take place in France in February, 2023.

The local event in Turin – the only Italian host city for this edition of ActInSpace – will be held in presence at the I3P headquarters within the Campus of Politecnico di Torino. The event will welcome all participants at its venue on Friday, November 18^th, from 2:00 to 2:30 PM CET. After introduction and team composition, the hackathon will start at 4:00 PM and participants will have 24 hours to work in groups on their projects, with assistance and useful advice from local mentors. During the event, the “space hackers” will also have the chance to get in touch with ESA BIC Turin, the incubation program managed by I3P with the scientific and technological support of Politecnico di Torino and LINKS Foundation, who offers funding opportunities and a wide range of business and technical services to boost the development of space start-ups.

In fact, ActInSpace is a marathon of creativity and innovation created to foster entrepreneurship in the space sector, especially among young people, where participants from a diverse range of backgrounds and with expertise in a variety of fields collaborate in small teams to take up one of more than 20 challenges set up by CNES, ESA and their international partners. The challenges are divided in four main categories: “Be a new space player”, “Business in everyday life”, “Space for Earth and humanity” and one new theme for 2022 “Fly to the moon and beyond”. Notably, ActInSpace proposes challenges based on either CNES or ESA patents, or on data supplied by event partners such as Pléiades, Copernicus, EGNOS, Galileo. The initiative aims to consolidate the vibrant image of the space sector, and to show how space technologies are supporting applications that reach into all areas of our daily lives.

The final part of the hackathon will take place on the afternoon of Saturday 19^th. The teams will pitch their projects to the local jury to win one of the local prizes offered by event sponsors. The best teams from each host city will then access the worldwide finals, and compete for several global prizes – for instance, a parabolic flight aboard a Zero-G Airbus A310.

Participation in ActInSpace is free of cost and open to all those who would like to try their hand at an innovative space-related project: students, developers, engineers, entrepreneurs, scientists, designers, logistics experts, marketers and communicators can all register to take part in the hackathon. Registrations to Turin’s local event are already underway, with limited places available: application forms must be filled out on the official ActInSpace international website.

“We are honoured to have the opportunity to collaborate with CNES, ESA and Aerospace Valley for the latest edition of ActInSpace, a Europe-born hackathon now spread all over the world. We’re especially proud to host this special event since it is aimed at fostering entrepreneurship in the space sector, a mission which is fully shared by the ESA BIC Turin incubation program”, said Giuseppe Scellato, President of I3P and Coordinator of ESA BIC Turin. “Mentors and consultants from our Incubator are more than ready to meet the teams and to assist them in shaping their innovative projects using current space technology and space-acquired data to develop what could become the core idea for a new successful start-up.”

The winning artists of the TSI Art Award will exhibit their works at Artissima from 4 to 6 November and will be the protagonists of a moment of dialogue between art and social innovation, in collaboration with La Stampa.

Talk at the Artissima Meeting Point
Saturday 5 November, 6:30 pm

The social impact of art
Turin through the eyes of artists

Speakers:

• Federico Pozuelo and Natália Trejbalová, winning artists
• Matteo Mottin and Ramona Ponzini, founders of the art project Treti Galaxie and tutors of the third edition of the prize
• Guido Bolatto, Secretary General, Turin Chamber of Commerce
• Francesca Gambetta, Head of Mission Creating Attractiveness, Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation

Moderator: Cesare Martinetti, journalist, La Stampa

A potential ally and driver of social innovation, art can offer unexpected visions capable of breaking down stereotyped social constructions, giving a voice even to those who risk being excluded from contemporary production systems.

For the third year, Artissima and Torino Social Impact are promoting the Torino Social Impact Art Award in collaboration with Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, a project that aims to foster emerging talents from multicultural and migrant backgrounds. Focusing on the space that multiculturalism has in today’s society, the award aims to propose new relationships and open up unexpected scenarios through the languages and gaze of the winning artists. Also important is the role of the Turin Chamber of Commerce, promoter of Torino Social Impact, which has always supported Artissima, of which it is co-owner.

The two winners of the third edition of the competition – Federico Pozuelo (Madrid, 1992) and Natália Trejbalová (Košice, Slovakia, 1989) – were selected by the “Torino Social Impact Art Award” Committee composed of Luigi Fassi, director of Artissima, Mario Calderini, Politecnico di Milano and Spokesperson for Torino Social Impact, Alberto Anfossi secretary general of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Lorenzo Sassoli de Bianchi, president of Fondazione ICA Milano, Ilda Curti, president of Associazione IUR Innovazione Urbana Rigenerazione, Matteo Bergamini, editor-in-chief of Exibart, and Matteo Mottin and Ramona Ponzini, founders of the art project Treti Galaxie and tutors of the third edition of the award.

From 27 June to 27 July, the two artists were hosted in the Piedmontese capital at Combo to create two video works inspired by the theme of the 2022 call for entries, Rebellions and Rebirths: the creative potential of confrontation: an invitation to reflect on the theme of social conflict in its various manifestations and latent forms; a tangible and concrete phenomenon that has always found in art a peaceful means of expression, but at the same time one with a strong potential for denunciation. Guided and supported by Matteo Mottin and Ramona Ponzini, the two artists recounted through their works the contemporary society of Turin as emblematic of a country in transformation, confronting their own multifaceted and unprecedented points of view with the stimulating context of the city and its most significant cultural and social expressions.

The videos produced during the residency period will be presented at Artissima 2022 in a dedicated space.

Federico Pozuelo presents a film project that aims to investigate the different historical narratives of Northern Italy, through the language of detective and horror, focusing on Turin, from the 1970s to today.

Natália Trejbalová investigates the network of underground spaces, time capsules and archives of human and non-human traces, in a journey through a parallel world to discover the hidden face of Turin.

The talk The social impact of art starts with an analysis of how art is able to provide tools and physical spaces for questioning the social urgencies of the contemporary world, and broadens its gaze to other tools that can produce social innovation. More information here.

On November 7 and 8, the Global Social Business Summit, promoted by Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and of which Torino Social Impact is a partner, will take place in Turin.

Before launching the Summit, on the of 6th November, Prof. Yunus will visit Sermig with the Yunus and Grameen delegation from Bangladesh and the social businesses. He will have a special conversation with the young people of Turin and the 3Zero Club, the global network of young changemakers created by Prof. Yunus with the vision of creating a world of 3 zero (zero net carbon emissions, zero wealth concentration for ending poverty and zero unemployment by unleashing entrepreneurship in all) starting from one simple power: the power of youth!

The dialogue is co-organized by The Grameen Creative Lab and Sermig- Arsenale della Pace.

Register for the event here.

The full capacity of the Auditorium will be of 250 seats . A streaming possibility will be offered in the Sala del Dialogo as well (400 seated places).

Dai Senso al Profitto – Give meaning to profit, is the Bocconi’s project created to stimulate students whom are studying management to deepen the topic of social impact for a different business model.

In this context, Pasquale and Alessandro, enrolled in Bocconi, are part of the FLY University Project Team for two months. While with us they will develop the first sustainability report of the non-profit organization and will support fundraising and communication activities.

For more information on the students click here
For more information on the project click here

Turin is the custodian of great and small hidden treasures: among them, the courtyard of Palazzo Costa Carrù della Trinità, home since 2019 of the Circolo del Design.

After an initial start-up phase lasting four years, the CDD is now a point of reference for designers and companies that want to design on and for the territory.

We discover more about this reality with Sara Fortunati, director of the Circolo del Design.

Interview by Francesco Antonioli.

Watch previous episodes here.

The Global Social Business Summit is the annual gathering of the social business community around Nobel Laureate Prof. Yunus.

Would you like to be a part of THE GATHERING of the social business community and help us organize it? The Grameen Creative Lab, organizer of the event, is looking for volunteers!

By becoming a volunteer at the Global Social Business Summit 2022,  you will play a key role in supporting the organization of the conference and you will have at the same time the opportunity to join the Summit and interact with thought leaders and professionals from the social business ecosystem and hear about impact best practices from around the world.

What we offer:

• A basic conference ticket for free and will be able to interact with the social business community
• Meals are provided on all days
• A certificate signed by Prof. Yunus for having supported the organization of the GSBS that can be used for your professional purposes
• No economic compensation will be given

What is required:

• You will have to be in Turin from the 5^th -9^th November 2022.
• Before the event some onboarding calls will be organized from the 20^th October
• You can take care of accommodation and travel expenses on your own.
• You have a good knowledge of English to interact with guests and the team
• You have a passion for social impact topics and are motivated to join a fast-pace working environment

Candidates already in Turin will be preferred due to logistic matters, but we are open to explore candidates that want to go the extra mile and join us in Turin.

If you are interested in volunteering fill in this form with your brief profile (CV), language skills, availability in Turin and your motivation.

We hope to see you in Turin and can’t wait to meet you!

Find out more about GSBS 2022:

• The GSB is looking for volunteers for the Summit in Turin
• Website
• Tickets

 October 27-28, 2022 | Two days of training and discussion aimed at companies, designers, researchers and students.

What role do companies play in society today?
What questions must they answer in order to innovate and be competitive?
How then do the themes of social innovation speak to corporate culture and its evolution?

The traditional parameters within which companies have operated until now are changing, in search of a necessary response to the urgent challenges the world is presenting us with, from climate chaos to pandemics, from demographic pressures to socio-economic inequalities.

In this new scenario, the number of companies that in the development of their business model also pursue aims of common benefit is increasing, where responsibility, sustainability and transparency, towards people, communities, territories and the environment, have become indispensable factors for corporate growth, distinction in the market and response to increasingly conscious consumer behaviour.

For companies today, it is crucial to identify the values that can be encouraged, to communicate these principles in order to give visibility to the actions that concretely pursue them, and to activate a development plan to define future objectives that are in tune with them and with current market needs. These are all activities in which design – with its specific methods, tools and languages – can be of vital support to companies.

In fact, design, by placing itself in the right dialogue with the other disciplines involved and participating in the planning of social impact, becomes the ally of companies in orienting participatory processes, building inclusive decision-making paths, elaborating contemporary languages, realising visions and values by acting on spaces, products and supply chains.

On 27 and 28 October, the protagonists will be entrepreneurs, who will present successful case studies, designers, who through testimonials and training workshops will show the tools of design useful to companies that want to innovate and act for a conscious change, and economists, who will frame the proposed themes in the current scenario, also providing tools for assessing the social impact.

“Rooted in a solid history of social entrepreneurship, the establishment of a system of expertise on the topic of social impact has become central in Turin” recalls Sara Fortunati, Director of the Circolo del Design. ‘This creates fertile ground for making our area a point of reference for the application of design skills on social and environmental innovation issues.

By placing itself in the right dialogue with the other disciplines involved and participating in the design of social impact, design in fact becomes the ally of companies to guide participatory processes, build inclusive decision-making paths, elaborate contemporary languages, realise visions and values by acting on spaces, products and supply chains.

Also on this front, the relationship with the Chamber of Commerce is confirmed as fundamental in the development of projects and activities in favour of the use of design as a lever of innovation.”

“The Chamber of Commerce has been actively pursuing the topic of social economy for years, also thanks to the promotion of the Torino Social Impact Platform, which operates in the territory in order to promote it as a suitable place to develop business and impact finance,” explains Guido Bolatto, Secretary General of the Torino Chamber of Commerce. In the same way, we promote the relationship between designers and the business world, aware of the support that design methodologies can bring to the world of production and services. The same methodologies can also favour and support social enterprises and help bring the traditional business world closer to these increasingly topical issues. “Next now” will be an important opportunity to understand how design can ensure a pragmatic approach to social entrepreneurship issues, through well-trodden paths and procedures”.

Discover the programme and register on Eventbrite.

For information and bookings:
info@circolodeldesign.it
Marta D’Angelo – 331 4321195

Next Now is a project of Circolo del Design.
With the support of: Turin Chamber of Commerce and Iren
With the scientific partner of: Polimi DESIS Lab and the collaboration of the Department of Architecture and Design of the Politecnico di Torino
In collaboration with: Torino Social Impact and Unione Industriali

On 24 and 25 October 2022, Social Value Matters Europe, a conference dedicated to best practices and innovations in the world of impact assessment and management, will be held in Turin, Italy, with the aim of highlighting the fundamental role that social value measurement can play in creating a sustainable world.

Over the course of two days, social value practitioners, academics, policy makers, impact investors, sustainability experts and many others will come together to discuss the most pressing issues in the field.

Hosted in the Italian capital of impact, SVM 2022 – Europe will offer participants from across Europe and beyond a unique opportunity to connect, learn, share and create real solutions that can help us all achieve sustainability, equality and well-being.

Programme

Please note that the time below shown are in Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Day 1 – October 24th

10:00am – Registration Open & Refreshment

11:00am – Welcome & Opening

Guests:

• Michela Favaro, Deputy Mayor of Turin
• Marco Demarie, Spokesperson, Compagnia di Sanpaolo

Speakers:

• Ben Carpenter, CEO, Social Value International
• Mario Calderini, Spokesperson, Torino Social Impact

Moderated by Davide Dal Maso, President, Social Value Italia

11:30am – Opening Plenary: Impact evaluation: A tool to support the Plan for a new social economy

Speakers:

• Giuseppe Zammarchi, Head of ESG Metrics, Policies and Disclosure-Group Strategy & ESG, UniCredit
• Luca Gori, Researcher in Constitutional Law, S.Anna University of Pisa
• Patrizia Bussi, Director, European Network of Social Integration Enterprises
• Priscilla Boiadi, Policy Analyst, OECD

Moderated by Roberto Randazzo, responsible for the “ESG and Impact” industry & Alberto Anselmo, Project Leader in Sustainability Area, SCS Consulting

1:00pm – Lunch & Networking

Our Lunch is provided by Fonderie Ozanam, a nonprofit social cooperative that has been in the restaurant business for 33 years.

2:00pm – Panel Discussion: What wellbeing means in different cultural settings

Speakers:

• Awerangi Tamiheri, Chief Operating Officer, Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency and Te Whānau o Waipareria
• I. Renay Onur, General Manager & Board Member, Spor İstanbul
• Riccardo Atzei, Developmental neuro and psychomotor therapist, Dynamo Academy

Moderated by Stephanie Robertson, Founder and CEO of SIMPACT, Board Chair of Social Value Canada

2:00pm – Breakout Session: Accreditation and Certification

Speakers:

• Sophie Robin, Co-Founder, EsImpact and Stone Soup
• Jeremy Nicholls, Assurance Framework Lead of UNDP SDG Impact and Ambassador of Capitals Coalition

Moderated by Catherine Manning, Operations Director, Social Value UK

3:30pm – Networking Break

4:00pm – Breakout Session: Can the Principle 8 Be Responsive enhance learning from Social Impact Measurement?

Speakers:

• Awerangi Tamiheri, Chief Operating Officer, Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency and Te Whānau o Waipareria
• Erica Negro, Impact Measurement Manager, E4Impact Foundation

Moderated by Valentina Langella, Impact manager, ALTIS & Alberto Anselmo, Project Leader in Sustainability Area, SCS Consulting

4:00pm – Breakout Session: Discussion Around Wellbeing

Speakers:

• Charlotte Österman, Private Sector Lead, Social Value UK
• Maria Giulia Marini, Health Area Director, ISTUD
• Paola Chesi, Researcher and educator: Healthcare and Wellbeing Area, ISTUD

Moderated by Giuseppe Dellerba, General Manager, Fondazione Cottino

5:30pm – Side Visit

To learn more about Turin and examples of social innovation, two visits will be held at Cascina Fossata and San Salvario Neighborhood House.

7:30pm – Conference Dinner

We will have a Conference Dinner at the Cascina Fossata restaurant after the side visit. This is also included in the SVM2022 ticket entitlement.

Day 2 – October 25th

8:00am – Registration Open & Refreshment

9:00am – Workshop 1: Accounting for value – learning from developments, especially in relation to nature

Speakers:

• David Thomas, Communications Manager, Capitals Coalition
• Jeremy Nicholls, Assurance Framework Lead of UNDP SDG Impact and Ambassador of Capitals Coalition

9:00am – Workshop 2: SDGs Game and SDGs Impact Standards

Speakers:

• Salam Alkhatib, Founder, Social Value Arabia

9:00am – Workshop 3: An Organisational Approach to Embedding Social Impact – from the frontline staff to the backbone team

Speakers:

• Jo Nicholson, Director, Social Value Aotearoa
• Jacqui Harema, Director Whānau Ora, Te Whānau o Waipareira

10:30am – Networking Break

11:00am – Breakout session: Public procurement

Speakers:

• Raffaella De Felice, Head of Knowledge Management and Community, The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG)
• Cristina Almeida, Head of Platform, Maze Portugal
• Philippe Bernard-Treille, Senior Officer, Eif . European Investment Fund
• Giuseppe Zammarchi, Head of ESG Metrics, Policies and Disclosure-Group Strategy & ESG, Unicredit

Moderated by Federico Mento, General Secretary, Social Value Italia

11:00am – Breakout session: How much precision in social impact assessment do we need?

Speakers:

• Ben Carpenter, CEO, Social Value International
• Erica Melloni, Senior Manager, Change, Avanzi

11:00am – Breakout session: How Social Investors Create Value

Speakers:

• Alessia Gianoncelli, Head of Knowledge Community and Market Development , EVPA
• Bonnie Chiu, Managing Director, The Social Investment Consultancy
• Carola Carazzone, Secretary General, ASSIFERO

Moderated by Davide Dal Maso, President, Social Value Italia

12:30pm – Lunch & Networking

Our Lunch is provided by Fonderie Ozanam, a nonprofit social cooperative that has been in the restaurant business for 33 years.

1:30pm – Plenary: The Social and Solidarity Economy – Learnings from a Peer Learning Partnership

Speakers:

• Irene Basile, Head of the Social Economy and Innovation Unit, OECD
• Kruno Karlovcec, Undersecretary, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Slovenia
• Luca Meini, Global Head of Sustainability initiatives and Circular Economy, Enel

Moderated by Federico Mento, General Secretary, Social Value Italia

2:30pm – Plenary: How are we contributing positively to sustainable development?

Speakers:

• Jeremy Nicholls, Assurance Framework Lead of UNDP SDG Impact and Ambassador of Capitals Coaltion
• Bonnie Chiu, Managing Director, The Social Investment Consultancy

Moderated by Becca Harvey, Head of Community and Engagement, Social Value International

3:30pm – Closing Remarks

Read more about the speakers here

TSI won the prestigious Absolute Press Jury Award, chaired by Forbes Italy, and second place in the Public Communication category of the Areté Award.

The award ceremony took place in the setting of the CSR Fair of Responsible Communication, at Bocconi University in Milan. The aim of the award, now in its 19th edition, is to valorise individuals who have distinguished themselves for the effectiveness of their responsible communication, presenting virtuous examples to the business community and the general public. Candidates are selected by the Jury after careful monitoring, not by the spontaneous application.

‘The communicative strength of Torino Social Impact lies in the breadth and heterogeneity of its more than 220 partners: third sector, foundations, for-profit companies including 30 benefit societies, organisations and institutions voluntarily committed to generating social impact through their activities. These awards give us confirmation that the voice of the ecosystem is heard and appreciated, and encourage us to give it ever greater echo’. These were the words of Guido Bolatto, Secretary General of the Torino Chamber of Commerce, which promotes the platform together with the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, in line with the Jury’s motivation: for the capacity of aggregation and inclusion, with more than two hundred actors, institutions, companies, research centres, third sector, to work together on a sustainable ecosystem.

President of the Press Jury is Alessandro Rossi, Director of Forbes.it. Mediapartners BFC Forbes, Gruppo24Ore, Askanews and Formiche.

Forbes interview to Guido Bolatto, Secretary General of the Turin Chamber of Commerce

Synesthesia is a benefit and digital experience company based in Turin, Italy, that focuses on website and mobile app development, marketing services and strategic consulting.

In this episode of Bench-Mark, Francesco Ronchi, President and Founder of Synesthesia, tells us why digital is important for social impact.

Interview by Francesco Antonioli.

Watch previous episodes here.

Réseau Entreprendre Piemonte, Thursday 29.09.2022, with an event in Turin in Rinascimenti Sociali, launched its IMPACT accompanying program.

Impact + is an accompanying program aimed at social enterprises, cooperatives and innovative startups with a social vocation, designed to help them pursue a greater positive impact for the future in the social, cultural and environmental fields. It aims to sensitize 100% of entrepreneurs to the challenges of a changing world.

The course is part of the Réseau Entreprendre international methodology and provides companies with a tool for diagnosing needs and measuring the impact generated, specialist support for the preparation of a Social Business Model Canvas and social planning tools enriched by hours of mentoring provided, free of charge, by a network of experienced entrepreneurs and professionals in various product sectors.

Impact + takes place within the START program of Réseau Entreprendre, aimed at newly established realities.