Responsible Innovation Labs in the COMPASS project – sector tailored series of workshops with and for SMEs in nanotechnology, cyber security and biomedicine sectors already kicked off. These labs will be all about co-creation and experimentation of new practices. They will allow companies to look at their own practices and methods to see what improvements can be made in order to maximise mid to long term profits or extend their markets through becoming more receptive to the needs of customers and users. Join upcoming labs!

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology will host the next PRISMA project Stakeholder Dialogue "Setting the agenda of RRI in Industry", on November 20-21 and the Third Consortium Meeting on November 22, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The Dialogue will bring together representatives of industry, research conducting organisations, Civil Society Organizations and others who are interested in fostering RRI approach in industry.

The project Ark of Inquiry: Inquiry Awards for Youth Over Europe is a research and development project on teacher training, oriented towards raising science awareness, particularly that of youth aged 7 to 18, to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Funded by the European Commission and involving 13 project partners from 12 countries, the project started in 2014 and has a duration of 4 years. Currently, Ark of Inquiry is inviting teachers, researchers and other EU projects to join at its final conference, to be held 20 November, 2017 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.

Sparks is an ambitious EU engagement project on the topic of technology shifts in health and medicine. Its aim is to raise awareness and communicate the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) through the topic of technology shifts in health and medicine. Sparks organizes an interactive touring exhibition called "Beyond the Lab: the DIY science revolution", currently on display in Lithuania, The Netherlands, and the Czech Republic, which will be exhibited in 29 EU countries along with hundreds of public events. In collaboration with science centers and museums the project utilizes creative disruptions to engage various stakeholders and create local multi-stakeholder collaborative partnerships.

HoNESt (History of Nuclear Energy and Society) is a three-year interdisciplinary H2020 project. Its main objective is to understand how societies have engaged with nuclear energy sector, and how the sector has engaged with societies over course of the past 60 years. Based on a critical examination of past experiences, HoNESt’s results will contribute to a more reflexive debate on future energy sources and the transition to sustainable, secure, and clean energy provision in the future. HoNESt is organizing a stakeholder workshop in January 2018 at the Science Museum in London. More information will be available shortly on the project’s website.

Last week a major milestone in the RRI-Practice project was achieved when representatives of research conducting and research funding/policy organisations from 12 countries within and outside Europe, as well as project researchers, met at the beautiful premises of the Helmholtz Foundation in Berlin to share experiences in implementing RRI in practice. There seemed to be a shared enthusiasm among most of the participants related to RRI; not necessarily because the RRI concept is the best concept for all countries, but because the substantial content of what was discussed as "RRI" was regarded as important by all participants. The workshops were an important arena for calibrating RRI understandings and hopefully inspiring new reflections on how RRI - and responsibility in research and innovation more generally - can and should be implemented in the organisations participating in the project.

HEIRRI workshop in Accra ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’. Registration is now open! The GUNi’s Regional Office in Africa, together with the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Global University Network for Innovation Secretariat, organize the workshop ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’ in the framework of the HEIRRI internationalization plan to spread the project amongst Higher Education Institutions outside Europe. The workshop is aimed to gather together researchers, teachers and university staff interested in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).

The PROSO project organised a one-day conference in Brussels, in June, to discuss third sector organizations views on barriers and motivations for societal engagement with R&I. Relevant messages from the event include: (1) In RRI, impact is less tangible. As such it is important to share results and success stories; (2) Conflict is part of democracy. A variety of perspectives should be understood as a valuable resource; (3) Transparency is key, particularly regarding the use of results and its intended impact. (4) Be selective in what is tackled. Engagement policies need to reflect on the areas and types of research where it is most likely to have an added value; and, (5) Give results back to those that participated and acknowledge their efforts.