ict-led innovation in the caribbean : "connect to innovate and grow" :: lorna green
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ICT-Led Innovationin the Caribbean
“Connect to Innovate and Grow”
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Silburn’s Take Home Messages
Let’s structure economic payoffs to favour innovators and innovating firms in order to drive sustainability, flexibility and competitiveness.
Let’s expand and infuse creative thinking, creative problem finding and solving within schools, universities and firms.
Let’s foster a process, structure and culture of innovation using the Triple Helix Approach
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Ilari’s Innovation Policy Take Home Message
Innovation eco-systems thrive when platforms for promoting collaborative partnerships are established, e.g.
• Public – private partnerships• Integration of users and customers with innovation processes • Innovation forums • Innovation and technology platforms at national, regional and
local levels• Collaboration ventures of any kind• Intersectoral and inter-ministerial collaboration
Where and with whom would you establish your first open innovation platform?
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Jeff’s Open Data and Open Government Take Home Message
If governments are active partners in an ecosystem - willing to invest, experiment and even fail (on a small scale) – they will see real innovations spring from their Open Government and Open Data efforts.
If you could have 1 dataset from government, what would it be?
If you could give feedback to improve 1 government service, which one would it be?
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Rob’s Crowdsourcing Take Home Messages
Whether for emergency response or civic affairs: crowdsourcing is happening, and we have best practices to allow us to do it smarter. Let’s harness crowdsourcing to improve public services and entrepreneurship.
What existing services could benefit from a direct connection with the public as information provider? What major challenges in your country could benefit from crowdsourcing applications?
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a. Innovation in the Caribbean: Let’s structure economic payoffs to favour innovators and innovating firms
in order to drive sustainability, flexibility and competitiveness. Let’s expand and infuse creative thinking, creative problem finding and
solving within schools, universities and firms. Let’s foster a process, structure and culture of innovation using the Triple
Helix Approachb. Open Innovation and Co-creation Platforms: Innovation eco-systems thrive when platforms for promoting collaborative
partnerships are established. a. Open Government and Open Data:
If governments are active partners in an ecosystem - willing to invest, experiment and even fail (on a small scale) – they will see real innovations spring from their Open Government and Open Data efforts.
b. Social Governance, Ushahidi: Whether for emergency response or civic affairs: crowdsourcing is
happening, and we have best practices to allow us to do it smarter. Let’s harness crowdsourcing to improve public services and entrepreneurship.
Take Home Messages
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a. Innovation in the Caribbean: How can we expand and infuse creative thinking, creative problem finding
and solving within schools, universities and firms?b. Open Innovation and Co-creation Platforms: Where and with whom would you establish your first open innovation
platform?c. Open Government and Open Data:
What existing services could benefit from a direct connection with the public as information provider? What major challenges in your country could benefit from crowdsourcing applications?
d. Crowdsourcing : What existing services could benefit from a direct connection with the
public as information provider? What major challenges in your country could benefit from crowdsourcing applications?
Questions for the Discussion