Catalyst

@catalystproj www.catalystproject.org.uk

Today’s event

Catalyst Connects13.45 Catalyst Overview

14.00 Catalyst Serendipity Café: Grand Challenges – Eric Gill

15.30 Tea Break

16.00 Show & Tell – Sun Terrace

17.15 Future Opportunities

Prototype Launch 18.30 – 20.00 Patchworks

Catalyst research aims

• Digital Technology for Social Change• Understanding behaviour

– Why do people participate (or not) in society/civic actions?

• Tools for change– Next generation social tools for social change

• Citizen-led• Inter-disciplinary

Citizen-Led

co-research & co-production

• Serendipity Cafes

• Research Sprints

• Launchpads• Research

Relays

#Patchworks #Patchworks

Prototype #Pat!

#Pat Goes Wilder!

Launchpad: Local Trade

Launchpad: Local Trade

Launchpad: Activism & Social Media

Access ASD

Get Involved - opportunities

• Expressions of interest for Serendipity cafes - looking for 2nd half of 2013

• Applications to Launch pads – deadline 14th December 2012

• Round 3 Sprints – call opens 2013

Project criteria

• Contribute to the Catalyst research aims• Develop a prototype of a new digital

technology that supports citizen-led social innovation

• Community-Academic partnerships

Team & Networking

• @catalystproj– #catalystas

• Catalyst Project• www.catalystproject.org.uk