Powering a new future - Social Innovation International Conference

Lisbon is hosting the Social Innovation International Conference that marks the end of the EQUAL European Community initiative at a national and European level, running from 10 to 12 December at the FIL conference centre in Lisbon.

Click on each Day to watch presenters and participants comment on what they have learned during the eight years of EQUAL activity and what they consider important for the upcoming eight years of the European Social Fund.

This event is involving over two thousand national and international participants and representatives from political, economic and social entities from all over the European Union, including Vladimir Spidla, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. In addition to the debates and conferences by specialists and social entrepreneurs from around the world, there is also an exposition of projects, workshops, ad hoc forums, consultancy meetings and an exposition open to the public.

• Overview of the interviews
• Powering a New Future: 10 December 2008, Lisbon
• Powering a New Future: 11 December 2008, Lisbon
• Powering a New Future: 12 December 2008, Lisbon

For general information on the Powering a new Future conference, please visit http://poweringanewfuture.org/