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The summer school was hosted by the Lien Centre for Social Innovation from 15 \u2013 17 September 2010, and brought together many of the leading social innovation practitioners from all parts of the world, from business, government and the non-profit sector. The theme was ‘SIX and the city’ looking in particular at how cities could harness the energy, knowledge and creativity of its inhabitants to speed up their ability to respond to the climate change, chronic disease and ageing populations

As the demography of the world is changes, more of us are living longer, and more than half the world\u2019s population now lives in cities. It is recognised that to deal with these changes, and with the acute social and environmental challenges they bring, we need to innovate better solutions. Cities all over the world have long been finding imaginative ways of dealing with these challenges, but for radical innovations to spread, we need to speed up the process of learning and exchange between countries.

The event drew together the best examples of city innovations from around the world, and enabled participants to learn from each other to address:<\/p>\n\n\n\n