The conference on

Social
entrepreneurship

Vestfold and Telemark

June 18 Hjertnes cultural center, Sandefjord

Program and registration for seminar on social entrepreneurship in Vestfold and Telemark.

Program

Today’s presenter is Sara Ajzenhamer-Selnes, CEO of Horten Næringsforum. With energy and commitment, she will guide us through the day!

When?	What?
09:30	Opening. Vice Principal for Research, Heidi Ormstad, USN.
09:40	County Mayor of Vestfold, Anne Strømøy.
09:50	Café table conversation 1: What hinders/inhibits social innovation and entrepreneurship in our region? Use of large puzzle pieces on the tables.
10:15	Social entrepreneurship in Norwegian headwinds - Headwinds are for sailing in, they say. Really? But then you have to be able to handle both boat and sail, right? Can we do that in our region? Lars U. Kobro, USN-SESAM.
10:30	A conversation that points towards the parallel session. AiR Ung, Rauland (work/health), Solveig Svardal. GET Academy (school/work life), Eskil Domben. Henrik Finsrud, KS. Supervisuell AS, Finn Arild Thordarson Ramona Lorentsen, USN. Leading the conversation.
11:00	Short break - Participants go to the appropriate parallel session.
11:10	Parallel session: Public services/NAV; municipalities and county council services. Innovative procurement from social innovators. Hanne Solgård-Øverlier from LUP. NAV manager in Sandefjord, Ole Petter Gravningen and business manager Jan Erik Hvidsten on local solutions. Henrik Finsrud, KS, more about challenging municipal frameworks. Social entrepreneurship in schools and education; secondary schools, VGS, higher education. Ramona Lorentsen/Mariann Mustvedt USN and Thommy Andersen from KBT. Social entrepreneurs in a balancing act between idealism and a cash register. Emphasizing social entrepreneurship in work inclusion. Chris Klemmetvold from Impact Startup.
12:00	Lunch.
12:45	Social entrepreneurship can't be measured, but we have to do it anyway... Thoughts on an "impossible" task. Katinka Greve Leiner, FERD social entrepreneurship.
13:10	Café table conversation 2: What can/should we do together to make Vestfold and Telemark a socially innovative region?
13:50	Summary in plenary.
14:00	Short break.
14:10	We need more social innovation to succeed with work inclusion. Kristin Saga, Regional Director NHO Vestfold and Telemark.
14:25	Work integration without requirements is cowardly! CEO of the VI Foundation, Bjørnar Erikstad.
14:40	Two good examples of social entrepreneurship for work inclusion.
15:00	A regional initiative: A regional ecosystem for the development of social innovation and entrepreneurship in Vestfold-Telemark. Ramona Lorentsen from USN and Jan Terje Olsen from Sparebankstiftelsen Telemark.
15:30	Finish.

Goal setting

Promote interest in and knowledge of social entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurs as a driving force for social sustainability and innovation in the Vestfold-Telemark region.

Target groups

Public servants, politicians, managers and volunteer representatives in the non-profit sector, business leaders with ambitions to engage more in social sustainability, as well as social entrepreneurs. People who work as social entrepreneurs or who come into contact with social entrepreneurship in their job/organization.