1. SomeTime as a Living Lab
Presentation 25.11.2011
Heikki Hallantie

2. What is a Living Lab?
A living lab is a research concept. A living lab is a user-centred,
open-innovation ecosystem,often operating in a territorial context (e.g.
city, agglomeration, region), integrating concurrent research and
innovation processes within public private-people partnership.
The concept is based on a systematic user co-creation approach
integrating research and innovation processes. These are integrated
through the co-creation, exploration, experimentation and evaluation of
innovative ideas, scenarios, concepts and related technological artefacts
in real life use cases. Such use cases involve user communities, not only
as observed subjects but also as a source of creation. This approach
allows all involved stakeholders to concurrently consider both the global
performance of a product or service and its potential adoption by users.
This consideration may be made at the earlier stage of research and
development and through all elements of the product life-cycle, from
design up to recycling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_lab

3. Related Concepts
● Action research ● Cognitive science
● Collective intelligence ● Community informatics
● Context awareness ● Contextual design
● Crowdsourcing ● Emotional Design
● Empathic design ● Human-computer interaction
● Information science ● Open innovation
● Participatory design ● Social computing
● Ubiquitous computing ● Usability
● User-centered design ● User experience
● Wisdom of Crowds

4. European network of LL:s
● European network of Living Labs has over 300
members
● EU commission registers and supports officially
creation and developing of Living labs.
● Living labs are very diverse and work in vary
many fields of society.
● Living Labs have growing positive impact on
socities.

5. SomeTime as a Living Lab
● SomeTime is a Finland-based real-life and
virtual open societal community with emerging
global precence.
● SomeTime can already now be seen as a Living
Lab on Open Innovations, Using Social Media
as booster of positive developments and
Empowerment of individuals.
● SomeTime is a truly self-organized union of
highly motivated participants.
● SomeTime considers registrating to the
European network of Living Labs
.