The document summarizes information about the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) annual conference. ENoLL facilitates cooperation between over 320 accredited living labs across Europe. Living labs provide a real-life testing environment where users and producers co-create innovations. ENoLL supports knowledge sharing and projects between member living labs. Examples include science museums that test technologies with visitors. The conference will include presentations on ENoLL initiatives and projects in areas like smart cities and creative industries.

1. ECSITE Annual Conference
World Forum Convention Centre - Den Haag (Netherlands)
April 24th, 2014
Paolo Aversano (@paoloaversano)
European Network of Living Labs
@openlivinglabs #LivingLabs
#smartcities #creativecities
#openinnovation

2. What is ENoLL about?

3. Diversity!!
Community: Living Lab researchers and Living
Labs practisioners
Network: +320 accredited Living Labs
International non-profit association: facilitates
cooperation and exploitation of synergies
between members

5. Living Labs
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

6. Evaluation Criteria
Operations:
Evidence of expertise gained from the LL operations
Business-citizens-government partnership - strength & maturity
Organization of LL governance, management & operations
Interest and capacity to be active in EU innovation system
Openness:
Level of own commitment to open innovation process
IPR principles supporting capability and openness
Openness towards new partners and investors
Channels (web etc.) supporting public visibility and interaction
Resources:
Availability of required technology and/or test beds
Business model for LL sustainability
International networking experience and capability
People/positions dedicated to Ll management & operations
Users &
Reality:
Measures to involve users
Reality of usage contexts, where the Ll runs its operations
User-centricity within the entire service process
Quality of user-driven innovation methods and tools
Value:
Evidence of co-created values from Res Dev and Innovation
Values/Services offered/provided to LL actors
Full product lifecycle support - capability and maturity
LL covers several entities within value-chain(s)

7. ENoLL: Supporting organisation to
the Open living labs 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 (14 projects)
•Services to members
•Policy influencing
•Engagement with other networks and initiatives
•Worldwide reference point for #livinglabs
•OpenLivingLab days (ENoLL Summer School and Open Living
Lab Summit)

8. Observing the ENoLL Living
Lab ecosystem

9. Living Labs operations

10. Best practices
from the ENoLL community
A number of science museums are part of the ENoLL community.
Spaces bringing together audiences, local authorities and
researchers and acting as multi-stakeholder facilitators.
- MIMMA (Interactive Music Museum) in Málaga, Spain. Involving
visitors to test technologies related to sound and music
- Living Lab Tokyo, Japan. At the National Museum of Emerging
Science and Innovation (Miraikan) living space environment
tested by visitors
- Universcience Living Lab in Paris, France. It groups two Parisian
science centers: Le Palais de la Découverte and la Cité des
sciences et de l'industrie

11. ENoLL and its projects
Why?
• To contribute to building ENoLL assets, sometimes also
targeted by ENoLL working groups;
• To support joint activities in-between ENoLL members,
typically gathered in groups or sub-networks related to
ENoLL thematic domains;
• To contribute to meet one or several ENoLL objectives as
per bylaws.
Habitual tasks in projects: dissemination, community
building, exploitation, linking projects to members through
e.g. best practices or tools.

12. ENoLL and its projects
Smart cities Future Internet
Creative industries Design, gamification, …

13. The Creative Ring and
Europeana Creative
The Creative Ring is a new experimental
community for sharing creative contents all
over Europe. Four pillars: hubs, partners,
tools and projects.
Europeana Creative promotes greater re-use
of cultural heritage resources by creative
industries. It sets the stage for collaborations
between content-providing cultural heritage
institutions and creative industries
stakeholders.

14. Strategic initiatives
Collaboration with the World Bank, where ENoLL is supporting
the creation of a toolbox for cities to improve public services,
increase civic participation and drive green growth.

15. The ENoLL
OpenLivingLab Days
2014

16. OpenLivingLab days 2014
Amsterdam Sep 2-5
ENoLL Summer School + Open Living Lab Summit

17. OpenLivingLab days 2014
A Living Lab mosaic made of:
- Research day
- Visits to Dutch Living Labs
- Workshops
- World Living Lab Summit
- Networking activities
The OpenLivingLab Days 2014

18. Paolo Aversano
European Network of Living Labs
Paolo.aversano@enoll.org
@paoloaversano
@openlivinglabs
info@enoll.org
www.openlivinglabs.eu