Eva Sørensen is professor of public administration and democracy at Roskilde University in Denmark and Professor II at NORD university in Bodø. She is a leading international scholars in the field of public governance and is also working closely with researchers all over the works as well as with government officials and public employees in a number of North European countries.

For the past three years Sarah has been employed in Bydel Gamle Oslo exploring the potential of social enterprise and innovation, particularly related to housing, as methods to underpin social sustainability in urban renewal. As part of this she founded Tøyen Unlimited – a community incubator for locally based individuals with a drive to make positive change for their families and neighbors. Sarah has previously worked as Director of the British Council in Norway, as co-founder of the Human Rights Human Wrongs film festival, with innovation strategy at the University of Oslo, with the UN Law of the Seas at GRID-Arendal and as a researcher and lecturer in geology.

Randi Stokke, registered nurse with clinical experience from intensive care and community health care services. Master in Pedagogy. Awaiting assessment of her PhD in Public Service Innovation, focusing on experiences with welfare technology in municipality care services, using the social alarm as a case. Currently working at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Gjøvik, Centre for care research and additionally teaching at several bachelor and master program at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Nina Martinussen, daily manager (CEO) at Sagenehjemmet, a private non profit Diaconal nursing home in Oslo. Her background is as nurse with master in management, with many years of practice from health care of elderly patients. She has been working at Sagenehjemmet for the last 6 years. Sagenehjemmet tries to include people into working life, as well as cooperate with the community around the nursing home, schools and others. In addition of being a good nursing home, at Sagenehjemmet wants to participate in the important goals of the Norwegian society.

Henrik D Finsrud, PhD, MSc, is chief advisor for innovation at the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities. The association organizes all municipalities and regions in Norway, and the overall mission for Finsrud and his team is to foster innovative capacity in these member organizations. Before taking the position at the national association, Finsrud worked with participative change projects as an action researcher for 25 years. His field of interest includes public sector innovation, collaborative regional development, networks and clusters, industrial democracy, design of national programmes and systems of innovation. His PhD delt with cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder regional collaboration.

Cathrine Skar co-founder of SoCentral with extensive experience in designing and implementing social innovation projects in the public sector. The projects have established new cooperative structures across state, municipality, research and working life, where the goal has been to develop more user-oriented and goal-oriented services. Cathrine is committed to co-design, co-creation and collaboration across sectors as key contributors for innovation and change.

Synne Lerhol is the Secretary General for the Norwegian Association for Youth with Disabilities (Unge funksjonshemmede), an umbrella for 35 organisations for disabled or chronically ill youth. The association works to ensure equal access in education, the work force, health and welfare services, and active participation society. Lerhol has an MA in European Studies from Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Kristin Asdal is Professor of Science, Technology and Culture at the University of Oslo, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK). Originally trained in economic history, she later moved to science and technology studies. She has been a visiting scholar at CSI (Paris), Centre for science studies (Lancaster) and at OUCE (Oxford). In her research Kristin has been particularly interested in exploring the exchanges and confrontations between natural science and economics in politics and administration.