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Responsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100How Can We TRACK, ASSESS & IMPROVE Responsible Innovation in Business | Emad Yaghmaei | Responsible Innovation 100Emad Yaghmaei, Senior Researcher, TU Delft and Managing Director of consulting firm (YAGHMA B.V.) provides a deep dive into non-financial (responsible) innovation impact assessment and monitoring methods, including: Timestamp: 00:03:24 Emad's career journey to responsible innovation 00:04:57 What is responsible innovation? 00:07:25 How has Emad's approach to Responsible Innovation changed over the years? 00:09:48 What are the macro, management and product level trends in responsible innovation management? 00:13:50 What are the key steps and milestones of a responsible innovation project? 00:18:03 How can we navigate value differences between different stakeholders? 00:19:37 How can we assess and improve the social performance of innovation? 00:24:27 Monitoring Responsible Innovation...2023-04-1745 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Building Capacity & Innovation Ecosystem for Net-Zero Emissions | Megan Fisher, Director and CEO, EnergyLab, AustraliaStep into the world of sustainability and decarbonisation with Megan Fisher, Director & CEO of EnergyLab. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:04 Q1.1_What motived the founding of the EnergyLab? 00:04:38 Q1.2_How has EnergyLab's mission evolved? 00:07:28 Q2_Can you share some examples of successful clean energy startups that EnergyLab has supported over the years. What do you think has been key to their success? 00:10:52 Q3_How does EnergyLab identify and select the startups it works with, and what qualities do you look for in entrepreneurs and their ideas? 00:12:11 Q4_What are some of the biggest challenges facing the clean energy industry in Australia today, and...2023-04-031h 01Responsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Unlocking Innovation Potential at the Centre of Science, Ethics & Politics | Fern Wickson | Responsible Innovation 100Dr. Fern Wickson is an Australian citizen living and working in Norway for 15 years. With a PhD across natural and social sciences and a keen interest in how we think about, talk about and enact the relationship between humanity and nature, Fern identifies as a transdisciplinary ecologist. Her work aims to advance sustainable and resilient futures for the whole community of life on Earth through understanding and facilitating interactions between science, ethics and politics in environmental conservation and management. Fern is currently the Scientific Secretary of NAMMCO (the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission) - an intergovernmental organisation that provides...2023-03-0641 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Post-Growth Economy: Innovating in a Post-Growth Era | Dr. Mario Pansera | Responsible Innovation 100In this episode, we take a step back and look at the entire system we operate within – the free-market economy. Mario shares his views on how we got here, where we are going and whether we need to reimagine our economic system to achieve true sustainable prosperity in a world where our resources are finite.  About Mario:  Dr. Mario Pansera's work focuses on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Innovation for Sustainability.  He is a Distinguished Researcher at the University of Vigo (UVIGO) in Spain...2023-02-2058 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Improve Innovation Systems to Enable Socially Desirable Tech | Dr.Dr. René von Schomberg | Responsible Innovation 100How can we drive innovations toward socially desirable outcomes? Moreover, how can we improve the structure of our innovation systems to incentivise collaboration and meaningful innovation that address pressing global challenges? In episode 6 of Future Up Close, René von Schomberg* (Brussels, Belgium) kindly shares his experience and the latest on innovation policies and programmes designed to improve the quality of our innovation systems and encourage us to become agents of socially desirable change.  About René von Schomberg*: Dr. Dr.phil. René von Schomberg is a philosopher and an STS scho...2023-02-0652 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Turn Your Commitment To Do Good into Daily Action | Dr. Ibo van de Poel | Responsible Innovation 100Professor Dr. Ibo van de Poel is an Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor in Ethics and Technology of the Department of Values, Technology and Innovation in the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at TU Delft, the Netherlands. Ibo has published various research papers and is the editor of books covering engineering ethics, moral acceptability of technological risks, design for values, responsible innovation, moral responsibility in research networks, ethics of newly emerging technologies, and the idea of new technology as a social experiment. For three years (2016- 2019), Ibo led a Horizon 2020 project called PRISMA, where he worked with eight businesses...2023-01-2355 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Global Science & Technology Policy - Together Towards Common Goals | Dr. Miltos Ladikas | Responsible Innovation 100Countries with the strongest economies today often also have the most vibrant science and technology (STI) sectors in the world. Building such vibrant innovation ecosystems require collaboration among start-ups, SMEs, large corporates, policymakers, NGOs, the public and other innovation stakeholders.  Good science and technology (S&T) policies provide these diverse groups with a framework for working together locally or abroad. In this episode, Dr. Miltos Ladikas will take us into national and global S&T policy development. Through the lens of Technology Assessment (TA), he will discuss and compare centralised and decentralised policy development systems across, in particular, European c...2023-01-091h 13Responsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Become a Better Decision Maker with STIR | Erik Fisher | Responsible Innovation 100 (Pilot: "Future Up Close") | Centre for Responsible InnovationKey to success - whether a project, business, career or life - is about making the best decisions we can, over time. In this episode of Future Up Close, Associate Professor Dr. Erik Fisher walks us through "STIR" (Socio-Technical Integration Research), a practical, effective and adaptive process he developed for boosting our human capacity for making better decisions while we work. --------------  About Erik:   Erik Fisher is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society within the College of Global Futures. He directs the Center for...2022-12-261h 27Responsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100From Technology Assessment to Responsible Innovation | Dr. Armin Grunwald | Responsible Innovation 100 (Pilot "Future Up Close")Armin Grunwald is a Full Professor of Philosophy at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. There, he is also the Director of KIT's Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis at KIT (ITAS). Since 2002, Armin has been serving as the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag.  Armin's professional background includes technology assessment, ethics of philosophy, theory of sustainable development, and the epistemology of inter- and transdisciplinary research.  In his professional work, Armin is a member of several advisory commissions and committees in various fields of technological advance.   In his...2022-12-1244 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation: Building A Future We Desire | Dr. Tsjalling Swierstra | Responsible Innovation 100 (Pilot "Future Up Close")Professor Dr. Swierstra is the Head of the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University (Maastricht, the Netherlands). He is also currently an adjunct professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)(Trondheim, Norway).   Tsjalling’s field of expertise is in the ethics and politics of new and emerging science and technology (NEST). He has published numerous research papers and reports covering moral controversies of immerging innovations including cloning, new reproductive technologies, genomics, food technologies, nanotechnology, synthetic and system biology, artificial gametes, neuroscience, and converging technologies. His work has received ongo...2022-11-2746 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100#2min RI100 Program Update from Xiao Han DrummondA 2-minute update from our program host Xiao Han Drummond.  Hi all, we hope you are enjoying the RI100 discussions. We are in the process of arranging new interviews for 2023 and would love to get your input and feedback to improve our program and make it as relevant and interesting as possible for you: 1) What other RI-related subjects would you like us to cover? 2) Which companies have you seen doing great RI work and should be featured on our program? 3) How is the length of our interviews?  4) Anything else yo...2022-11-2202 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Leading VENTURE CAPITAL towards IMPACT | Charlie Macdonald, Investment Manager, Giant Leap | Responsible Innovation 100Charlie Macdonald, Investment Manager of Giant Leap invites us into the world of impact venture capital. About Charlie: Charlie Macdonald is an Investment Manager at Giant Leap, an impact venture capital fund backing mission-driven founders addressing our most pressing challenges. Here, he is responsible for running the investment process, producing useful tools for impact founders, and impact measurement. Previously, Charlie helped early-stage founders find their first customers at Playbook Media and completed an MBA at Melbourne Business School. Learn more about Charlie: *Charlie Macdonald LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin...2022-10-3147 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Turning every EVENT TICKET into IMPACT | Joshua Ross, Co-CEO and Founder, Humanitix | Responsible Innovation 100In 2009,  best friends Adam McCurdie and Joshua Ross went hiking in Sri Lanka. Sitting under a starry night, they made a pact to keep each other accountable for pursuing a purposeful life. In this episode of Responsible Innovation 100, Josh takes us through how Humanitix began, the challenges they've faced and their vision for 2050. At the heart of this conversation is also a wonderful story of friendship, duty and perseverance. ------------- About Josh: Josh Ross is the Co-CEO and Founder of Humanitix.  "Prior to co-founding Humanitix, Josh spent 7 years in the investment te...2022-10-2451 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100How to BUILD A BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS: WHAT is it, HOW & WHY | Monika Jiang | Responsible Innovation 100In episode #5 of Responsible Innovation 100, Monika Jiang takes us to the future of work. We will discuss how business leaders can genuinely create spaces of meaning, purpose and belonging across the narrative, process, leadership and structural levels of business. --------------- About Monika: Monika Jiang is the head of curation and community at the House of Beautiful Business, a global community to make business more beautiful. A highly intuitive, fantastical soul, temporarily unfinished and forever wanting to play, she reaches to the margins, asks essential questions, and gently steps into the reality of others...2022-10-1736 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100RISK INNOVATION and the power of WONDER & AWE in innovation success | Dr. Andrew Maynard | Responsible Innovation 100Dr. Andrew Maynard (Arizona State University) and Xiao Han Drummond (Centre for Responsible Innovation) share a wonderful conversation about the changing nature of innovation, "risk innovation" and the power of wonder and awe in driving breakthrough science and innovation.  They also discuss the role of science fiction in enriching human imagination and possibilities. About Andrew:  Andrew Maynard is a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society and Director of the ASU Risk Innovation Lab. Trained as a physicist, his work cuts across di...2022-10-101h 05Responsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100Great S&T (Innovation) Policies UNLEASH HUMAN AGENCY - WHAT, HOW & WHY | Dr.Dr. René von Schomberg | Responsible Innovation 100In this episode of Responsible Innovation 100, René discusses why great innovation policies unleash human agency - and how this relates to trust in society.  About Rene: Dr Dr.Phil. René von Schomberg is a philosopher and an STS scholar. He graduated as an agricultural scientist from Wageningen University, was a European Union Fellow at George Mason University (USA) in 2007, and was with the European Commission from 1998 to 2021. René is currently a senior research fellow at the Kate Hamburger Kolleg, International Centre for advanced studies: Cultures of Research, RWTH university of Aachen, Germany. He is also a Gu...2022-10-0431 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100TRANSFORMATIVE Boards For Responsible Innovation - WHAT, HOW & WHY | Liselotte Engstam | Responsible Innovation 100Liselotte Engstam is a transformative board leader based in Sweden. We discuss responsible innovation from the board perspective, in addition to personal experiences that helped forge Liselotte's career.  About Liselotte:  Liselotte Engstam has a background in executive leadership positions in European, American, and Indian companies in the technology and services industries. Building on digital innovation and international leadership experience, she contributes to developing more sustainable businesses with broader value creation. Ms Engstam serves as Non-Executive Chair and Board Director at four listed companies (TietoEvry, Zalaris, Transtema Group, and Cint Group), at two pr...2022-09-2741 minResponsible Innovation 100Responsible Innovation 100RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION for BUSINESS - WHAT, HOW & WHY (and a short history on innovation and the rise of responsible innovation) | Dr. Vincent Blok | Responsible Innovation 100Today, innovation is largely seen as inherently good and the panacea to many of our grand societal challenges. However, did you know innovators and their innovations were not always seen as a positive force for society? Welcome to Responsible Innovation 100, an interview program for those wishing to maximise their innovation impact through responsible innovation. Our program will feature a diverse range of guests including investors, business leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and educators. Each guest will spend an hour with Xiao Han Drummond, our program host, to share how they are driving responsible innovation in their respective areas of work, and...2022-09-2256 min