Program of RGCS events in 2016
- Paris chapter
13 January (2 PM, espace one at Dauphine): comparison of local public policies about third places (with the City of Paris and the Conseil Régional Ile de France – La Fonderie)
25 January: RGCS seminar at Player (5 PM) about innovation and entrepreneurship
15th March (2 PM, espace one): study about Fab labs (presentation of a study about 80 European Fab labs, with Raphael Suire, Professor of economics at Université de Rennes)
21st March: RGCS seminar (5 PM) at Beeotop about ethnographical perspectives on maker spaces
17th May: RGCS seminar (4 PM) at Marketing space: “From open spaces to collaborative spaces” with a discussion with the City of Paris (Maud Berthier) about students coworking spaces supported by the city of Paris.
5th July (2 PM, espace one at Dauphine): presentation and open discussions with Sawsan Awada-Jalu (Association L’école de la Ville Buissonnière) about the implementation of a mobile platfor aiming at informing and involving inhabitants of the south of Paris about urban transformations linked to the emergence of the “Grand-Paris”.
12th October: RGCS seminar (4 PM) about “Collaborative Spaces : between common goods and business” with Alexandre Blein (ENPC) and Caroline Scotto (Mines ParisTech). Followed by a workshop about “education, innovations and third-places” at Le Labo de l’Edition. For more information.
3rd November: RGCS seminar (4 PM-6.30 PM, salle de visioconférence de l’université Paris-Dauphine) about “Placing organized work: how and why place is a useful concept for Management and Organization Studies” with Betrand Sergot and Anne-Laure Saives
30th November (5 PM at PSL headquarters): “Entrepreneurs et innovateurs : une nouvelle classe politique dans la cité ?”
16th December: First RGCS international symposium in Paris about “CallForPapersFirstRGCSsymposium2016-06“. All chapters and people interested in collaborative communities and collaborative spaces can join us for a conference and presentation of our white report.
Fore more information: julie.fabbri@gmail.com or devaujany@dauphine.fr or aurore.dandoy@dauphine.eu and caroline.scotto@mines-paristech.fr
2. London chapter
15th January, all day long at Cass Business School (9 AM-4 PM)
18th March, all day long at the French embassy (9 AM-4 pm)
17th June (5 PM) at the Cass Business School: “Coworking spaces and coworking movements in London: an overview of business models”
20th October (5 PM) at Cass Business School: “Entrepreneurship and innovation in the city: where is the visible hand?. Followed by a working group “Public policies of entrepreneurship and innovation in innovation: what are the invisible hands?”
For more information: helene.lambrix@gmail.com or stefan.haefliger.1@city.ac.uk
3. Montreal chapter
15th January at UQAM ( 1 PM to 3 PM)
24th May at UQAM (3 to 5.30 PM at UQAM): “Collaborative communities in Montreal: main trends”
Other dates to come soon
Contact: sergi.viviane@uqam.ca
4. Grenoble and Lyon chapter
17 March (5 PM-7 PM), in Grenoble at the IAE of Grenoble
9th June (5.30 PM at the Tuba), in Lyon “Des soyeux aux makers/coworkers : la tradition lyonnaise des tiers-lieux producteurs d’innovations“
11th October (5.30 PM) at IAE of Grenoble, “Collaborative communities: the role of space and architecture”
Other events in Lyon and Grenoble will be published soon
Contact: sabine.carton@iae-grenoble.fr and david.vallat@univ-lyon1.fr
5. Barcelona Chapter
22nd-23rd September 2016: first meeting, research seminar about “Coworkers, Makers, Hackers and Fabbers: main trends in Barcelona“, at the University of Barcelona with Montserrat Pareja, Ignasi Capdevilla and Roser Pujadas.
More information: mparejaeastaway@gmail.com, ignasi.capdevila@gmail.com or r.pujadas@lse.ac.uk
6. Milan-Bologna-Roma chapter
First meeting in September 2016. More details soon.
More information: paula.ungureanu@unimore.it
7. Saint Etienne chapter
More information very soon