Open Innovation by Living Labs Across Borders:␣ the APOLLON project Living Labs and Smart Cities, 14 December 2010, Ghent (Belgium)

1. Open Innovation by Living Labs
Across Borders:
the APOLLON project
Prof. Dr Pieter Ballon
General Manager IBBT iLab.o
APOLLON Project Manager

2. Living Labs as local platforms
• Living Labs have now been established at a local scale
– as
environments
for
real-­‐life
tes/ng
and
experimenta/on
of
new
services,
products
and
systems
with
communi/es
of
real
users
– allowing
early
feedback
and
co-­‐design
by
end-­‐users
– following
a
collabora/ve,
itera/ve
and
stochas/c
process
– focused
on
sustainable,
social
innova/on:
not
just
purchase
decision,
but
behavioural
pa>erns
and
changes
are
the
central
concern
– offering
an
open
and
neutral
pla@orm
where
all
stakeholders
(technology
suppliers,
service
providers,
business
customers,
ins/tu/ons,
policy
makers
and
regulators,
end-­‐users)
can
interact
and
co-­‐innovate
2

3. Taking the next step
• Current Living Labs
– Living
Labs
in
Europe
form
a
new,
vibrant
and
growing
community
– Locally
implanted
ini/a/ves
– Great
variety
in
applica/on
domains,
approaches
etc.
• Current federation on European scale
– European
Network
of
Living
Labs
is
a
federa/on
of
Living
Labs
conforming
to
a
number
of
general
benchmark
criteria
– European
projects
addressing
exchange
of
best
prac/ces
and
methodologies
for
individual
labs
• APOLLON addresses the next frontier in Living Lab Research
– Leverage
local
implanta/on,
overcome
local
limita/ons
– Do
joint
tes/ng
in
cross-­‐border
living
lab
projects
– Offer
opportuni/es
for
innovators
(i.e.
SMEs)
to
innovate
and
scale
up
interna/onally
much
faster

4. APOLLON:
Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks
How
can
SMEs
use
Living
Lab
networks
to
test
and
enter
What
is
needed
for
cross-­‐border
new
markets?
Living
Lab
Networks?
Common
Homecare & ILS
Energy Efficiency
methodology
Common ecosystem
approach
Common research
benchmark
eManufacturing
Social Media
Common platform
guidelines
Common integration
framework
The
APOLLON
objec.ves:
 Demonstrate
the
value
for
SMEs
of
a
European
network
of
local
open
innova/on
pla@orms

Set
up
thema/c
networks
of
Living
Labs
across
Europe

Develop
a
common
approach
for
cross-­‐border
Living
Lab
experiments

5. Consortium Partners

6. Consortium Partner Distribution

7. APOLLON Methodology Basic Scenario
• Methodology as a harmonization framework for cross-border Living Lab
networks
• Includes strategies & concepts for cooperation, tools & methods for user
involvement, best practices & lessons learned from earlier projects, as well as
framework and templates for impact assessment
• Methodology builds on the following basic scenario:
1. SME Contacts
a local Living Lab 8. Lessons
(LL1) or ENoLL Learned
Domain Network
added to
LLKC
2. Match is
7. PC and
found from LL2
SME assess
knowledge
benefits and
center (LLKC)
plan next
step
3. Project
coordinator (PC)
is assigned, 6. LL2 assesses
project model 4. LL2 collects 5. PC leads market
agreed (LL2 or local the project potential for
LL1 + LL2)
stakeholders, PC using LLKC local business
takes over
tools
case

8. APOLLON Methodological Structure
• Living Lab partner search
function
• Check-lists and templates for
• Platform for promoting project planning
projects
• Guidelines IPR handling
• Check-lists and templates for • Collaboration tools
project scoping
• Success cases, best practices
• Model contracts
Set
Boundarie
Connect
s and
engage
Support
Manage
and
and track
govern
• Monitoring and assessment • Supporting services and tools:
guidelines & templates
• Methods and tools for co-
• Success criteria and KPI innovation
indication
• Project management support
• Material for market entry and • Best practices from thematics
commercialization

9. APOLLON Methodology Elements
Set Boundaries and
Connect:
Support and Govern:
Manage and Track:
Engage:
• Template for • Template for • Research Framework • Success stories
contacting LLs (in the collecting SME (large for collecting the • Checklist for things to
online tool)
company, LL) materials
consider
• Format of how the LLs objectives for cross- • Checklist for things to • Impact evaluation
would profile border project
consider
templates (topics,
themselves in the tool
• Standard agreement • References to SME, large company,
• Checklist for things to template including research methods and LL, project outcome)
consider
roles, risk sharing etc.
project management • Commercialization
• References or quotes • Checklist for things to tools
related services
to success stories
consider
• Interaction and description*
• Interaction and • Instructions to IPR Feedback
• Business plan
feedback
handling
• Market analysis
• Description of • Project closing
applying STOF model checklist
in the planning
• Interaction and
Feedback

10. http://knowledgecentre.openlivinglabs.eu/

11. Experiment 1: Homecare & Independent
Living

Remote
gateway
and
sensor
based
systems
for
homecare
and
independent
living

Transfer
local
market
solu/ons
to
another
na/onal
market

Help
involved
SMEs
explore
new
markets;

Improve
the
technologies
and
devices
used
in
the
homecare
context
through
the
valida/on
in
different
contexts

12. Homecare & well-being ecosystem
Draft common eco-system for homecare & well-being
> identifying necessary actors
> description of the roles and responsibilities
First business opportunities explored
Home care
organization
Insurance
Government
Living
Care receiver
Lab
Developer
Informal care Service
giver
provider
Operator

13. Experiment 2: Energy Efficiency

Assess
the
poten/al
of
Home
Control
pla@orm

Be>er
understanding
of
user
behaviour
and
processes
to
s/mulate
behavioural
change
in
terms
of
Energy
consump/on;

Contribute
to
decreasing
the
Carbon
Foot
Print

14. Living Lab Cross-border Activity Example
ISA internationalization
strategy is to establish
business partnerships in
Luleå and Vitória
(equipment distribution),
integrated solutions in
Helsinki and Amsterdam
(incorporating added
value with other
equipments and services)
and adding value by
technology transfer from
Amsterdam.

15. Experiment 3: eManufacturing
• An ‘App Store’ around a
manufacturing platform: link up
machines, sensors, etc.
• SMEs can add or mash up these
services to new, innovative apps
• Test them in live ‘Living Lab’
factories
• Specific agreements between
SMEs and SAP concluded

16. eManufacturing use cases
Energy Monitoring
Asset maintenance and Logistics traceability and
optimization
optimization
• Connecting energy
monitors
• Device management
• Localization of tools and
• Asset hierarchy
materials on the shopfloor
• Identifying energy
bottlenecks in • Error reporting/Alert
manufacturing plants
conditions

17. Experiment 4: eParticipation - Social
Media
First Pilot: The
Digital Fort
Project, Issy Les
Moulineaux
A pilot on the aggregation of Media Technologies using 3D, cross-media,
community reporting and context aware mobile applications to include
citizens in the urban innovation process.
Test how eMedia technologies can be aggregated to enable citizens to
take part in urban planning of the City of the Future & to explore its
History

18. Second Pilot: United Kingdom
Manchester City Library Case
The pilot will enhance the work of two existing projects being run by
Manchester City Council – the refurbishment of Manchester Central
Library, and Manchester City Galleries‟ Decoding Art project.
The goal is to use context aware mobile applications, QR codes,
Community Reporters and 3D Models to involve citizens in the urban
development process and in sharing artistic content.

19. Towards Sustainable Impacts
In order to create a sustainable impact two actions will be undertaken: the
development of “Cross Border Piloting Service” and the setting-up of
Thematic Domain Networks
• Establishment of 4 cross-border Living Labs Domain Networks:
-­‐
LL
Domain
Network
for
Health
-­‐
LL
Domain
Network
for
Energy
-­‐
LL
Domain
Network
for
Manufacturing
-­‐
LL
Domain
Network
for
Media
Main
impact:
Building
Commons,
Reaching
Cri/cal
Mass,
Contribu/ng
to
Domain
Innova/on
• Development of “Cross Border Piloting Service”:
-­‐
deliver
a
service
offering
the
APOLLON
set
of
methodologies
and
the
consultancy
on
how
to
implement
them
-­‐
released
through
the
European
Network
of
Living
Labs
Main
impact:
possibility
to
develop
new
pilots
at
local
and
European
scale
&
to
replicate
local
pilot
in
different
markets
around
Europe

20. Additional Partners: Involvement Level
Benefits
Mechanisms
Commitments
• Knowledge
of
APOLLON
• Customized
• Sign
a
Le>er
of
methodology
and
emerging
Dissemina/on
Material
Support
to
commit
for
prac/ce
• General
and
Domain
dissemina/on
• Customized
informa/on
for
Specific
events
• contribu/ng
to
the
Suppor.ng
APOLLON
stakeholders
(i.e.
• Dedicated
APOLLON
APOLLON
best
prac/ce
Partners
SMEs,
LLs,
Large
Enterprises,
web
portal
sec/ons
for
exchange
ac/vity
Research
centers)
Suppor/ng
Partners
• Opportunity
to
par/cipate
to
and
SMEs
new
projects
at
CIP
and
local
level
• Access
and
gain
direct
• Par/cipa/on
to
• Sign
a
Declara/on
of
Experience
with
APOLLON
APOLLON
internal
Accession
solu/ons
workshops
• Conduct
ac/vi/es
Associate
• Access
to
Business
• Par/cipa/on
to
within
pilots
Partners
opportuni/es
within
APOLLON
APOLLON
Pilots/ • Provide
Feedback
stakeholders
demonstra/ons
from
experimenta/on

21. APOLLON Partners
Suppor.ng
Partners:
68
organisa/ons
(58
at
the
project
kick-­‐off)
from
23
European
Countries
signed
a
le>er
of
support,
commibng
to
one
or
several
ver/cal
domains.
Associate
Partners:
17
organisa/ons
(0
at
the
project
kick-­‐off)
from
7
European
Countries
are
in
the
process
of
becoming
Associate
Partners.

22. CONTACT US
www.apollon-pilot.eu Pieter.Ballon@vub.ac.be