Underwood International College

SICA Fall 2018 Workshop Announcement

Greetings!

Social Innovation Creators’ Academia (SICA) is holding its 2018 Fall Workshop!

The SICA Fall 2018 Workshop is an opportunity to learn more about social innovation, to share thoughts through open discussions, and to network with other students from different universities. The workshop will help anyone who is interested in social innovation develop their own innovative ideas. This year’s theme is “MIX AND MATCH”; we aim to link different areas of society such
as the private business sector, the academic sector, and the public sector to tackle various social, political and economic issues.

[WHO]

Any university student, Yonsei or otherwise,

◊ who wants to learn about social innovation

 ◊ who is interested in social problems

 ◊ who has creative ideas and/or solutions to solve social problems

◊ who wants to network with people with similar interests

[WHEN]
◊ Sept 29th (Sat) - 30th (Sun), 2018

[WHERE]
◊ Design Factory Korea (DFK), Veritas B 206, Underwood International College, Yonsei
University, 85 Songdogwahak-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea, 406-840

[REGISTRATION]
◊ RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/C5uzFb055DkBPdFt1
◊ For students, registration fee will be 30,000 won. It covers participation, accommodation, four meals, and snacks.
◊ Please send the registration fee to the following account.
Woori Bank 1002-256-576815 (Sangyeop Kim)

 Participants will be awarded with a certificate from Yonsei Center for Social Innovation.

 Winning teams will be awarded with a prize.

** All formal workshop sessions will be conducted in English. (Planning sessions can be carried out in any language depending on the team’s preference.)

** Find out more about SICA at https://www.facebook.com/SICAyonsei or https://www.sicayonsei.com

** For any further questions, please contact us at sica@sicayonsei.com.

About Social Innovation Creators’ Academia (SICA)

Social Innovation Creators’ Academia (SICA) is an innovative student platform established in 2017 within Underwood International College, Yonsei University. SICA focuses on three aspects of social innovation: technological innovation, economic values, and social impact. Intersectoral collaboration is very important at SICA. The majors within (ISSD) and (TAD) all bring their own unique expertise and work together to create a pool of innovative concepts and ideas.

[Vision]
Bring positive and sustainable changes to the world through social innovation.
[Mission Statement]
Foster future social innovators by providing the appropriate resources through an innovative platform
[Program]
SICA holds General Sessions once a week every Wednesday where students gather to learn and discuss issues that can only be solved through social innovation. The general sessions consist of a guest speaker lecture, discussions, team presentation, and feedback. Students get the chance to interact with experts in the field, who are invited as guest speakers. This allows them to develop a more dynamic, complete picture of what is required to carry out social innovation. 

In addition to this, members of SICA are divided into teams and each team provides solutions to tackle a particular social problem by developing a business model, planning a campaign and through other solutions. The teams then present their proposals. These projects are streamlined through feedback from other SICA members as well as experts. At the end of each semester, the teams present their projects on social innovation and are examined by a panel of judges. Teams that have developed an outstanding idea receive the opportunity to carry out their projects on a larger scale by becoming part of the SICA umbrella group.