M-T1-BV-16 · Theme 1 · Business Visibility
Rotary Business Innovation Forum
Connects business, technology and community problem owners to evaluate responsible innovations against need, feasibility, risk and adoption—not novelty alone.
What could this idea change?
Local challenges gain tested innovation options and organisations avoid adopting technology that creates new exclusion, privacy or safety harms.
A simple way to start
- Validate the challenge and success test with users and operators. Who could lead it: Forum challenge owner
- Invite solution briefs through an open, non-procurement process. Who could lead it: Innovation coordinator
- Screen proposals for evidence, conflicts and unacceptable risks. Who could lead it: Technical and ethics reviewers
- Run user-led comparisons and select at most one bounded experiment. Who could lead it: Independent forum chair
- Document the trial authority, stop conditions and evaluation owner. Who could lead it: Pilot sponsor
What should we look for?
- Proposals assessed against the full rubric.
Before we say yes
- Does it fit a real local need?
- Can people take part safely and fairly?
- Are the facts, permissions and Rotary branding right?
- Who will lead it, and when will we review it?