The event is promoted by the United Nations with the aim of sensitizing and creating awareness among citizens on the New Urban Agenda.
The Campus is designed as an open space for workshops and seminars, an opportunity to share and promote positive urban transformations.
Main outcome of the Right to the Future international debate will be a set compelling visions for the future of Palermo.
Through the Intensive School, we will transform those visions into real plans.
Five days to understand, innovate and prototype solutions for Palermo’s most challenging urban issues and, if they work there, for the whole world.
Thirty international participants will get funnelled into an intensive program that will look at human-centered design as a medium to tackle pressing urban problems and inspire new hopes for the future of cities.
Citizens will be our starting point, technology and Service Design will be our tools, prototyping our way to start new possible ventures.
DAY 1
Tuesday 18
MORNING SESSION
Intensive School introduction
Discovery Toolkit
AFTERNOON SESSION
Urban Safari
Field research activities
DAY 2
Wednesday 19
MORNING SESSION
Knowledge & ideas sharing
Design challenges
AFTERNOON SESSION
Context mapping
Team forming and stakeholder analysis
DAY 3
Thursday 20
MORNING SESSION
Ideas generation
Brainstorming session
Creative techniques
AFTERNOON SESSION
User Centred Design
Service design thinking approach to urban innovation
DAY 4
Friday 21
MORNING SESSION
Prototyping
Turn ideas into tangible service experiences
AFTERNOON SESSION
Testing
Validating concepts with users and iterate
DAY 5
Saturday 22
MORNING SESSION
Value proposition
Business thinking and Social impact
AFTERNOON SESSION
Final presentations
Pitch to city leaders and civil society
EVENING SESSION
Celebration
Connecting projects, people and experiences
DEEP DIVE INTO A CHALLENGING CONTEXT
Palermo is a complex city, with its multi-layered culture, history and architecture: an ideal place to stress test your ability to innovate in a urban environment.
WORK ON REAL PROJECTS AND LEARN TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Learning by design, working with local stakeholders and professionals: tackle practical briefs and move from vision to project.
BRING VALUE AND DELIVER HIGH SOCIAL IMPACT
Be a changemaker: take your skills and experience to improve civil society and citizen’s life.
CONNECT WITH PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
Develop an international network, meet potential collaborators, exchange knowledge and learn from your peers.
ENJOY SICILIAN SPRING
From street food to sunny sightseeing, discover the vibrant social life of a multicultural city.