What is SenseCamp?
SenseCamp Berlin 2018 is an unconference for social entrepreneurship and innovation happening in the vibrant city of Berlin on 19-21 of October. You can expect a weekend full of inspiring speakers, great workshops, stunning people, delicious food & drinks and a big party saturday night.
It’s the place to discover and exchange new ideas, actionable insights and success stories with like-minded people and changemakers.
Launched in 2012 in Berlin, SenseCamps have happened all over the world, from São Paulo to Singapore, and have featured speakers such as Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Prof. Guenter Faltin, Liam Black, Charles Eisenstein, Rodrigo Baggio, and many more.
The Organizer MakeSense is a dynamic global network of people who share common values of community, collaboration, open-mindness and a passion to create a better world through solving social and environmental concerns.
For more information visit: makesense.org
Global Goals: Co-creating the future we need
This year the theme is Global Goals: Co-creating the future we need.
‘In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 goals for a better world by 2030. These goals have the power to end poverty, fight inequality and stop climate change. Guided by the goals, it is now up to all of us, governments, businesses, civil society and the general public to work together to build a better future for everyone.’ – United Nations
How can we realise these goals and co-create the future we need? What role should social entrepreneurship and business play? How can we as a community and as individuals contribute towards achieving the Global Goals?
Come to SenseCamp to be inspired, challenged, meet like-minded people and have a lot of fun at the largest social enterprise community-driven event in Berlin!
For more information visit: globalgoals.org
Program
The SenseCamp will start on Friday afternoon, and end on Sunday evening.
- Friday afternoon – Activities & SenseDrink @TBA
- Saturday whole day (Lunch is included in ticket price) – Workshops, Keynotes & Activities @Impact Hub Berlin
- Saturday night till dawn – NonSense Party @Maze Club Berlin
- Sunday from 12 (Brunch is included, too!) – Barcamp & Activities @Impact Hub Berlin
We will release the full program with more details soon.
What to expect?
Inspiring Speakers
People with strong background in social entrepreneurship will come to share and inspire us with their stories and practical workshops
Community Sessions
The global MakeSense community and local network share their knowledge and participate in hands-on workshops, curated by MakeSense Berlin team
Barcamp
The best workshops are crowdsourced from the participants on the spot – you can suggest a topic or hold a workshop yourselve if you want!
Hold up
Innovative workshop in which multi-disciplinary participants generate creative solutions to a challenge of a social enterprise
NonSense Party
Private Berlin-style party in a beautiful location with great DJs, delicious drinks, and surprise treats.
Great Food
Delicious smoothies, great breakfast, lunch and a Sunday brunch will energize you! (in ticket price included)
MakeSense spirit
We consider ourselves as changemakers. Therefore our unconference is highly-interactive and focused on actionable output.
Join us for a weekend with inspiring speakers & great workshops
Meet stunning people from all over the world
Learn from each other and find solutions for current challenges
Need more inspiration?
Check out the videos of SenseCamp2015 and SenseCamp2017
SenseCamp Berlin 2017
SenseCamp Berlin 2015
Matthias Scheffelmeier – Ashoka Germany
Keynote: “Systemic change: Scale your impact, not your organisation”
Matthias Scheffelmeier is a partner at Ashoka Germany and a member of Ashoka Europe’s regional leadership team, a founding board member at the Social Entrepreneurship Netzwerk Deutschland (SEND) and co-founder of the “ChangemakerXchange” community. Ashoka is the world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs and provides stipends, technical assistance and access to a global network of peers to more than 3,200 Ashoka Fellows in ±80 countries.
Nathalie Roy – Sustainable development professional
Lightening talk: “Sustainable Development: Why the “how” matters”
Nadim Choucair – etventure
Interactive Workshop: “Sustainability by Design – The Global Goals as a design framework”
Nadim builds partnerships for a digital+sustainable society, and works on startup-corporate relations at etventure in Berlin. He recently graduated with a dual masters in business administration from IE Business School, and in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. He cycles, obsesses about fine stationery and good coffee, eats Montreal poutine and his Hummus is Lebanese.
David Lais – Organisation für nachhaltigen Konsum
Inspiration Session: “How to use modern technology (AI) to make our society more sustainable”
David is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of several innovative start-ups in the payment area. He started his first venture at the age of 16 and by coincident moved into the payment industry. After a life changing event in 2015 he decided to change his focus and use his knowledge for good to start fighting climate change. A few months later he started his latest venture, the German Non-Profit Organisation for Sustainable Consumption (Organisation für nachhaltigen Konsum – OfnK). David is focused on consumer education and uses modern technologies such as machine learning to help consumers understand their global impact based on their purchases by analyzing the underlying payment transaction.
Call for projects
We joined forces with our friends from a Berlin based Photojournalism group. They are currently looking for social projects, activists or entrepreneurs for their Global Goals visual storytelling project.
They will document your work and highlight the social or environmental issues you are trying to address.
Their images will also be exhibited during our SenseCamp at ImpactHubBerlin.
Get in contact with Jonathan, if you’re interested to collaborate: photojournalistgroupberlin@gmail.com
Lead a workshop
In our Barcamp session you can create the agenda of sunday afternoon!
A Barcamp is a unique experience where workshops are crowdsourced from the participants on the spot.
Bring your topic for a workshop and pitch it infront of the other participants. The majority decides which topics we will work on together on sunday after brunch.
Become a Sponsor
SenseCamp Berlin is a great opportunity to connect with a global crowd of influencers and tastemakers. To learn more about opportunities to support with SenseCamp and gain visibility, engage with talented leaders, and know what’s next in social innovation and entrepreneurship, please write us: berlin@makesense.org
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