The document discusses regional innovation and the concept of territorial living labs. It describes how innovation approaches have evolved from a sectoral to a more systemic and user-driven view. Living labs take a user-centered open innovation approach and territorial living labs apply this to a region. The document outlines several EU-funded projects taking a living lab approach to regional innovation, including smart cities and smart macro-regions. It argues that a balanced, participatory regional ecosystem can effectively support innovation through a living lab network.

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A Territorial Approach to
Regional Innovation
Jesse Marsh, Atelier Studio Associato

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Innovation: a typical view

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Regional innovation approaches

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Trends in innovation thinking
• Demand-driven innovation: Lead Market Initiative
• User-driven innovation: user involvement, Living Labs
• From sector to transversal, systemic view
• Include social and non-technical innovation
• Design thinking: FabLabs, InfoLabs, HackLabs

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Living Labs
“A Living Lab is a user-driven open innovation ecosystem
based on a business – citizens – government partnership
which enables users to take part an active part in the
research, development and innovation process.”
Territorial Living Lab
“… integrally applies the LL approach to a territory and its
citizens, its model of governance and its strategic plans for
the future: in essence, it can be conceived of as a new
model for regional development.”

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TECHNICAL SOCIAL
NETWORK-BUILDING
INFRASTRUCTURES
SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY PARKS
TERRITORIAL /
COMMUNITY LIVING LABS
THEMATIC CLUSTERS /
POLES / DISTRICTS
PPP /
TRIPLE HELIX
Innovation Policy Evolution
INNOVATION
STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES

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Participatory Innovation Communities
ARTICULATION
OF DEMAND
COMMITMENT
OF ACTORS
TERRITORIAL
CAPITAL
TERRITORIAL
INNOVATION
POLITICAL
DECIDERS
TEAM OF
EXPERTS
CITIZENS,
BUSINESSES
ETC.
Based on: DG XVI Art. 10 TERRA “LORE” 1997-2001; DG XIII ISPO “ISIAS” 1998-2000

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Future Internet Based Innovation
CIP ICT PSP “PERIPHERIA: Networked Smart Cities for Sustainable Lifestyles”

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Smart City Arenas
CIP ICT PSP “PERIPHERIA: Networked Smart Cities for Sustainable Lifestyles”

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From Smart Cities to Smart Regions?
• Specific link with regional planning and funds
• Thematic shift towards regional issues:
– Energy
– Environment
– Population shifts
• Formal vs informal multi-level governance dynamics
• Infrastructural network issues
• From centripetal force to territorial pervasiveness
– Node to mesh

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Emerging Context
• Macro-regions for ERDF
– Baltic, Danube, Adriatic, Mediterranean
• PPPs for Framework Programme
– Future Internet Use Case Scenarios
– Regions for the Future Internet initiative
• Digital Agenda and Innovation Union for EU2020
– European Innovation Partnerships
• ENoLL
– Regional Living Labs
– LL-Regio Thematic Network
– Thematic MoUs: FAO, EBN, EUROCITIES, etc.
• CIP Smart Cities: are Smart Regions next?

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MedLab Regional Cases
Region Seed Issue Dynamic Scale
Andalusia LAGs RRN policy Adoption Region
PACA Cluster policy Case Territoriality Point
Lazio A Coastal ICZM Backbone Infrastructure Region
Lazio B Coastal ICZM User input Co-production Point
Sicily Kublai Sicilia Inter-networking Governance Region
Koper Incubator Business model Anticipation Point
RCM Innovation pole Web service Co-design Point
Cyprus TLL-Kypros Constitution Aggregation Region
ERDF TC MED: “MEDLAB: Mediterranean Living Lab for Territorial Innovation”

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Dynamics of Emergence
Node Mesh
Social-
networking
Co-production
Territorialisation
Governance
Aggregation
Technical-
business
Co-design
Anticipation
Adoption
Infrastructure
ERDF TC MED: “MEDLAB: Mediterranean Living Lab for Territorial Innovation”

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MedLivingLab Concepts & Objectives
• Smart Macro-region as a diffused innovation ecosystem
• Innovation creativity linked to cultural specificity
– Multi-regional EU in global market
• User-driven innovation for sustainable lifestyles
– Behaviour transformations driven by technology
• Smart specialisation
– Living Lab approach to bottom-up innovation policy networks
• Innovative role of the public sector in promoting innovation
for common good
– Including innovation through procurement
ERDF TC MED: “MEDLAB: Mediterranean Living Lab for Territorial Innovation”

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Conclusions
• Innovation has a growing role in EU and regional policy
• Innovation policy is shifting towards user-driven approaches
• Living Labs are developing territorial innovation concepts
• Participation plays a strong role in territorial innovation
• Smart City models use participatory territorial dynamics
• Emerging Smart Region concept is addressed in MedLab
• Regional innovation ecosystem can balance technical and
non-technical, node and mesh for “smart specialisation”
• Smart Macro-regions can scale up to capitalise on
culturally-specific territorial innovation capital

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• Thank You…
Jesse Marsh, jesse@atelier.it
www.atelier.it
tll-sicily.ning.com
www.peripheria.eu
www.medlivinglab.eu