exploring THis YEar's Theme...
LOOKING, THINKING, and MOVING FORWARD.
Innovation is people-driven progress: the capacity of individuals to successfully explore a new idea, to realize a material and social effect. Through the development of new technologies, processes, and services, innovation engenders change. Innovation can sustain and promote democracy. And yet, the last century has proven that new and better are not synonymous. Byproducts of contemporary innovation can exacerbate societal challenges, as evidenced by worsening environmental degradation, socioeconomic inequalities, and heightened divisiveness.
Innovation is people-driven progress: the capacity of individuals to successfully explore a new idea, to realize a material and social effect. Through the development of new technologies, processes, and services, innovation engenders change. Innovation can sustain and promote democracy. And yet, the last century has proven that new and better are not synonymous. Byproducts of contemporary innovation can exacerbate societal challenges, as evidenced by worsening environmental degradation, socioeconomic inequalities, and heightened divisiveness.
COD 2022 challenges every individual to recognize innovation as a process with shared social purpose, understanding that it is not merely driven by scientific and technological advancement, but rather, it is a negotiated political process that involves choice and ethical decision-making. Innovation, in its best form, is a forward-looking, forward-thinking, and forward-moving influence with the power to positively impact our democracy.
COD 2022 challenges every individual to recognize innovation as a process with shared social purpose, understanding that it is not merely driven by scientific and technological advancement, but rather, it is a negotiated political process that involves choice and ethical decision-making. Innovation, in its best form, is a forward-looking, forward-thinking, and forward-moving influence with the power to positively impact our democracy.