General introduction of the European Network of Living Labs introducing what living labs are about and network structure

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Living Labs and ENoLL
Paolo Aversano and Lorna Stokes!
ENoLL Office!
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Brussels, September 18th, 2015 !

2. A Living Lab is a real-life test and experimentation
environment!
where users and producers co-create innovations!
In a trusted, open ecosystem that enables business and
societal innovation!

3. “The only way to really bring people into
the process is to start with people, not the
technologies, from the initial moments of
conceiving and designing a technological
system or a service application”!
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Citizen-Driven Innovation, ENoLL and World Bank !
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4. Building blocks!
!Technology
paradigms: Cloud,
IoT, Open Data,…!
Methodologies:
Idea generation,
Co-design, service
design,…!
Policies!
Facilities! Stakeholders!
Context and
communities!
Art & Culture &
Science!
Societal and
business impact!

5. ENoLL Vision !
“Empowering everyone to innovate”!

6. At OpenLiving Lab Days 2015, two LL managers: !
“Problem solving is key to stimulate user involvement”!
“Users needs to be put at the beginning of the value chain”

7. User involvement and problem solving!
Fundao, Portugal
Small city in the central hills of Portugal, high
unemployment rate. !
Launch of Social Innovation Strategy in 2011:
opening of FabLab, Incubator and co-working
space to attract start ups and investments. !
Now perceived as service center: 300 highly
qualified jobs, 40 start-ups, 10 innovative NGOs!

8. User-centered innovation: for all! !
Helsinki, Finland
In one experiment, school children in Helsinki
started a competition between classes to see
who could produce the greatest energy savings.
Using smart meters, they discovered that the
highest consumption came from the school
kitchen, so they re-negotiated the weekly menu
with the cooks. !
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Citizen-Driven Innovation, ENoLL and World Bank !

9. The ENoLL formula
I. Collaborating!
II. Sharing!
III. Implementing!

10. Community: Living Lab researchers and Living
Labs practitioners!
Network: 370 historically recognised
Living Labs, 170+ active members !
International non-profit association: facilitates
cooperation and exploitation of synergies
between members!
ENoLL!

11. 25 new members in 2015. Yearly call for membership
applications, quality assessment by evaluation panel
ENoLL, a growing community

12. ENoLL: Worldwide view!

13. ENoLL European view!

14. !
ENoLL: !
Supporting organisation to the
Open living lab community
• ENoLL Office in Brussels facilitates knowledge exchange, joint
action and project partnerships between the members!
• Community management, communications, dissemination!
• Partner in key strategic initiatives and projects of strategic
importance and benefit to the whole network (10 ongoing
projects)!
• Services to members!
• Policy influencing!
• Engagement with other networks and initiatives!
• Worldwide reference point for #livinglabs!

15. Online Living Labs database with regularly updated info on 170+
members: LL objectives, main projects/activities, contacts !
Support from ENoLL Office to get in touch with members !
Living Lab database!

16. 5 ENoLL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS to map
talents and collaborate on specific tracks !
Services for SMEs
Health
Smart Cities
Regional Living Labs
Research & Vision

17. ENoLL in projects!

18. ENoLL in Projects - collaboration!
• Collaborative events/workshops!

19. • Exploitation of research, tools, toolkits!
& facilitated knowledge transfer!
ENoLL in Projects - collaboration!

20. • International & cross border Living !
Lab Testing!
ENoLL in Projects - collaboration!

21. How to join and contribute?
- ENoLL 10th wave - call for Living Labs
(tbc)
- OpenLivingLab days 2016 (Montreal,
end of August 2016)
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THANKS!!
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lorna.stokes@enoll.org!
paolo.aversano@enoll.org!
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