The conference on

Social
entrepreneurship

Vestfold and Telemark

June 18 Sandefjord

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

Program

When?What is it?
09:30Opening. Vice Rector for Research, Heidi Ormstad, USN.
09:40County Mayor of Vestfold, Anne Strømøy.
09:50Café table conversation 1: What hinders/inhibits social innovation and entrepreneurship in our region? Use of large puzzle pieces on the tables.
10:15Social 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 panel discussion with three participants; look forward to the parallel session.

Ramona Lorentsen, USN. Leading the conversation

11:00Short break - Participants go to the appropriate parallel session.
11:10

Parallel sessions:

  • 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. Gro Herheim, KS, more about challenging municipal frameworks.
  • Social entrepreneurship in schools and education; secondary schools, VGS, higher education. Ramona Lorentsen 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.
12:00Lunch.
12:45Social entrepreneurship can't be measured, but we have to do it anyway... Thoughts on an "impossible" task. Katinka Greve Leiner, FERD social entrepreneurship.
13:10Café table conversation 2: What can/should we do together to make Vestfold and Telemark a socially innovative region?
13:50Summary in plenary.
14:00Short break.
14:10We need more social innovation to succeed with work inclusion. Kristin Saga, NHO Vestfold and Telemark.
14:25Work integration without requirements is cowardly! CEO of the VI Foundation, Bjørnar Erikstad.
14:40Two good examples of social entrepreneurship for work inclusion.
15:00A regional initiative: A regional ecosystem for the development of social innovation and entrepreneurship in Vestfold-Telemark. USN and Sparebankstiftelsen Telemark.
15:30Finish.

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. Ò People who work as social entrepreneurs or who come into contact with social entrepreneurship in their job/organization.

Information

Target, number of participants
100 people, at least 20 participants from the business community.

Location
Hjertnes kulturhus, Sandefjord.

Price for participation
Kr. 300.

Organizers
The working group for the Inclusion Days in Vestfold, USN-SESAM and Sparebankstiftelsen Telemark.

Academic coordinator
Lars U. Kobro. Tel. 909 42 561, kobro@usn.no.

Technical coordinator
Mathea Wasvik, tel. 454 17 607, mathea.wasvik@usn.no

Registration module and participant registration
Wera AS, Solveig Iren Kleveland, solveig@wera.no

Addresses

Chris Klemmetvold
chris@impactstartup.no

Heidi Ormstad
ormstad@usn.no

Anne Strømøy
stromoy@vestfoldfylke.no

Kristin Saga
saga@nho.no

Ole Petter Gravningen
Petter.Gravningen@nav.no

Jan Erik Hvidsten
Erik.Hvidsten@sandefjord.kommune.no

Solveig Svardal
Svardal@air.no

Eskil Domben
eskil@getacademy.no

Thommy Andresen
andresen@kbtkompetanse.no

Bjørnar Erikstad
bjornar@bjornarerikstad.com

Ramona Lorentsen
lorentsen@usn.no

Siri Krohn-Fagervoll
siri@sparebankstiftelsen-telemark.no

airidas@relasjonsskaperen.no

Lars U. Kobro
kobro@usn.no