First International Workshop on Social Innovation and Social
Media (SISoM 2011) Social innovation refers to new strategies,
concepts, ideas and organizations that meet social needs of all
kinds – from working conditions and education to community
development and health – and that extend and strengthen civil
society. [Wikipedia] Objectives: The workshop seeks to integrate
views at the intersection of several fields: computer and
computational social science, policy design, social innovation,
and technology development. The formal objective of the workshop
is the collaborative drafting of a Manifesto on Social Media for
Social Innovation, summarizing the challenges and proposals
discussed at the workshop. The workshop will explore two
dimensions along which research might help social innovation to
take place at a larger scale: - The conceptual and computational
development of new frameworks for public policy modeling and
implementation to help public authorities to harness the full
potential of Social Media and