Universcience is a new French institution that combines two famous Parisian science centers. It is establishing a Living Lab to foster collaborative projects focusing on areas like digital culture, new applications in museology, and the interaction of science, technology, and arts. The Living Lab will provide digital technology and facilities, emphasize interactions between science and art, create a school of mediation, develop regional partnerships, and encourage best practices and innovative projects through membership in ENoLL.

1. ENoLL
5wave
Launch
–
Budapest
–
16.05.2011
Universcience
France
Jean-­‐Marc
Merriaux
jean-­‐marc.merriaux@universcience.fr

2. Living
Lab
DescripGon
Universcience
is
a
new
french
insGtuGon
which
groups
two
famous
Parisian
science
centres
«
le
Palais
de
la
découverte
»
and
the
center
of
the
industry
and
the
sciences,
the
science
museum
in
France.
The
Living
Lab
(ULL)
will
permit
to
foster
collaboraGve
projects
focusing
on
spheres
such
as
digital
culture
and
new
applicaGons
in
museology
and
interacGon
between
science,
technology
and
arts,
educaGon
and
mediaGon
in
close
contact
with
the
scienGfic
and
educaGonal
community.
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3. Living
Lab
Partnership
Video
games,
Design,
Digital
Heritage,
Audiovisual
and
New
Media,
e-­‐EducaGon
and
e-­‐Learning
and
Teaching,
Knowledge
Engineering,
CollaboraGve
Technologies
and
Intelligence
ICT
…
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4. Living
Lab
AcGviGes
Digital
Technology
Firstly,
it
intends
to
provide
digital
technology,
tools
and
faciliGes
featuring
state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art
informaGon
technologies
to
invite
a
large
public
to
take
part
in
developing
research,
discovering
the
innovaGon
processes,
trying
out
new
products,
understanding
how
they
work
and
making
creaGve
contribuGons.
A
digital
campus,
will
offer
areas
for
3D
simulaGon
experiments,
design
of
serious
games,
use
of
digital
educaGonal
content
and
much
more.
Science
and
Art
Secondly,
the
Living
Lab
will
be
placing
considerable
emphasis
on
the
highly
fruiaul
interacGon
between
Science
and
Art
and
is
intended
to
develop
an
online
art-­‐and-­‐science
social
network,
supporGng
researchers
and
young
arGsts
in
residence,
promoGng
creaGve
work
in
the
digital
arts
(visual
and
sound),
and
hosGng
interdisciplinary
conferences
(art
and
neuroscience,
art
and
mathemaGcs,
science
and
the
humaniGes...).
School
of
mediaGon
Thirdly,
in
creaGng
a“school
of
mediaGon”
in
synergy
with
universiGes
and
research
bodies,
Universcience
will
become
a
reference
pole
in
cultural
and
scienGfic
mediaGon
at
the
naGonal
and
internaGonal
level.
Through
exchange
of
pracGces,
tools
and
methods
among
its
networks
in
Europe
such
as
Ecsite
(The
European
Network
of
Science
Centres
and
Museums);
A
new
partenerships
with
the
regional
partners
Fourthly
the
development
of
regional
partnerships
is
a
key
strategy.
Universcience
is
commieed
to
design
and
prepare
new
governance
for
science
culture
on
a
naGonal
scale
in
French
regions.
This
objecGve
can
be
achieved
through
invesGng
in
digital
technologies,
increasing
pracGces
of
co
creaGon
and
collaboraGve
work
with
a
plaaorm
of
partners
from
Research
and
Industry
including
users.
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5. ParGcipaGon
in
ENoLL
Universcience
stands
as
a
specific
model
in
Europe
as
regards
its
exemplary
use
of
digital
technology
to
sGmulate
the
understanding
of
science
and
technology
for
large
audiences.
The
Living
Lab
will
aim
to
encourage
best
pracGces
and
cross-­‐disciplinary
innovaGve
projects
through
membership
cooperaGon
and
networking.
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6. Contact
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