The SMART-map project provides innovators with tools that will help them meet society’s needs, concerns and expectations on new technologies. A roadmap towards responsible innovation.
It pioneered a participatory method that enabled innovators, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders to design this new tools together.
It tested these SMART Maps in actual industrial settings, ensuring that innovators can use them easily within their existing processes.
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.
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#futureRRI is the hashtag of the final conference of SMART-map, which on Monday 1st October 2018 will discuss 3 “SMART Maps”
The third multistakeholder workshop has been planned on 6th September in Pavia
The RRI tools selected through the Industrial Dialogues have been tested in three different contexts
Participants from different sectors will compare approaches and experiences in the field of responsible innovation
Synthetic Biology
Synthetic Biology has the potential to transform the industrial landscape and lead to more sustainable manufacturing. But public acceptance is essential for its commercial and societal viability.
Precision Medicine
Several industries are pioneering technologies that will change the way genomics is impacting on medicine. As the market grows and public health services explore new possibilities, the role of citizens is also changing.
3D Printing in the biomedical field
Thanks to 3D printing, biomedical devices and consumables can be custom-made, tailored to the needs of a single patient. Products can be developed on the spot, fostering bottom-up approaches in which patients have an unprecedented key role.
RRI roadmaps and the goal of the project
The aim of SMART-map (RoadMAPs to Societal Mobilisation for the Advancement of Responsible Industrial Technologies) was to define and implement concrete roadmaps (SMART Maps) for the responsible development of technologies and services in three key time-changing fields. It builds on the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approach promoted by the European Commission. This approach asks innovators to take into account potential implications and societal expectations in their work, and to adapt their business process accordingly.
The project aimed to reach its ambitious goals by developing a new format for open and collaborative dialogues between industry and societal actors (Industrial Dialogues) which allowed the co-design of the roadmaps. Based on the Societal Challenges of Horizon2020, SMART-map addressed the areas of precision medicine, 3D printing in the biomedical field, and synthetic biology.
The calendar of the events
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The partners and the geography of the project
SMART-map partners represent a diverse range of backgrounds both in terms of topics and in terms of professions: social scientists, life scientists, journalists and managers who all have experience in interacting with industries.
- Aarhus Universitet (Coordinator)
Aarhus, Denmark - Közép-európai Egyetem
Budapest, Hungary - Fondazione Giannino Bassetti
Milan, Italy - Formicablu srl
Bologna, Italy - Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
Karlsruhe, Germany - Instituto de Medicina Genómica
Valencia, Spain - Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, UK - University of Manchester
Manchester, UK - Zentrum für Soziale Innovation GmbH
Wien, Austria
SMART-map addressed the areas of precision medicine, 3D printing in the biomedical field, and synthetic biology. On each of these areas we paired two regions of Europe, on the North/South and East/West axes, and the unique partnership enabled a comparative assessment of these innovation fields.
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