Anna Kivilehto, Network Manager at iMinds-iLab.o

1. European Network of Living Labs
(ENoLL)
AAL Forum
Anna Kivilehto
Network Manager
ENoLL Office
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2. Overview
• ENoLL, history and value..
• What is the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
• Who are our members?
• ENoLL supports the EIP AHA
• ENoLL in Smart City- and Future Internet
Initiatives
• Find out more…
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3. What is (the value of)
a Living Lab?
• Living Lab is a real-life test and
experimentation environment where users and
producers co-create innovations
• Public-Private-People Partnership (PPPP) for
creation, prototyping, validating and testing
new technologies, services, products etc in
real-life contexts
• Empower citizens (end-users) as active co-
creators of value, ideas & innovations that can
benefit the whole society
• Moreover, Policy-makers & citizens can use
Living Labs to design & refine new policies in
real-life scenarios
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4. Where does it come from and how
did it evolve into ENoLL?
• Originated for MIT (US), further developed in
Europe
• Supported by EC as bridging the gap between R&D and
market entrance (faster take up of R&D results) and
enable SMEs obstacles on local and regional markets
in the fragmented European market place
• Linked with EC policies and initiatives EU2020,
Digital Agenda, especially through Smart Cities,
EIP AHA, Future Internet, Design …
• Several Living Lab initiatives supported by the EC
as well as national programmes
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5. ENoLL in short (1/2)
• ENoLL informal network launched in 2006 under the
Finnish EU Presidency, grown into a non-profit
international association representing a diverse
community of over 300 ENoLL ‘certified’ Living Labs
All Living Labs:
www.openlivinglabs.eu/livinglabs
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6. ENoLL in short (2/2)
• ENoLL association is lead by ENoLL effective and
associated members (General Assembly) with elected
management board (Council of 20 members)
• ENoLL office in Brussels (2010) facilitating knowledge
exchange, joint action and project partnerships
between its members:
• Network events to exchange information and best practice
• Disseminates information on EU funding and project opportunities,
supports to build project consortia and develop joint projects
• Influences EU policies and engages in debate with EU institutions
• ENoLL is also partner to key strategic initiatives and
projects of strategic importance and benefit to the
whole network
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7. ENoLL full members
• IBBT-iLab.o (BE)
• Flemish Living Lab Platform (BE)
• Northern Rural-Urban Living Lab (FI)
• Laurea Living Labs Network (FI)
• HumanTech LivingLab (FI)
• Suuntaamo Tampere Central Region Living Lab (FI)
• Helsinki Living Lab - Forum Virium Helsinki (FI)
• Ways Of Learning for the Future (FR)
• Telecommunication Networks Integrated Services Laboratory (EL)
• Trentino as a Lab (IT)
• Lighting Living Lab (PT)
• i2Cat- Catalonia Digital Lab (ES)
• espaitec Living Lab (ES)
• Bird Living Lab (ES)
• Consorcio Fernando de los Rios Living Lab (ES)
• Botnia Living Lab (SV)
• Manchester Living Lab (UK)
• City Lab Coventry (UK)
• The European Society of Concurrent Enterprising Network (IT)
• Aalto University School of Economics (FI)
• ESADE (ES)
• Finnish Living Lab Network of Universities of Applied Sciences
(FI)
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8. Living Labs, Smart Cities
& Future Internet
Smart cities:policies,
application pull,
public data, citizens initiatives
[ Citizens ]
Living lab: User-driven
playground for co- creating
Future Internet testbeds as and validating innovative
technology platforms scenarios and services
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9. EIP AHA
ENoLL Commitment
• ENoLL
published
a
commitment
to
EIP
AHA
Ac=on
Group
C2:
Interoperable
independent
Living
Solu=ons
• Ac=ve
in
the
Interoperability
sub-­‐group
in
the
area
of
applica=on
interoperability
and
suppor=ng
the
socio-­‐economic
evidence
and
implementa=on
subgroups
(mainly
in
the
WPs
related
to
User
Empowerment
and
involvement)
• ENoLL
Commitment
is
built
on
following:
• Coordina=on
of
a
pan-­‐European
community
of
Living
Labs
in
the
domain
of
Health
and
AAL
that
will
contribute
to
the
availability
of
interoperable
independent
living
solu=ons
with
special
focus
on
applica;on,
organiza;onal
and
service
interoperability,
and
that
will
support
cross-­‐border
development
and
tes;ng
of
solu;ons,
considering
contextual
factors,
business
models
and
strong
involvement
of
user
communi=es
• Predecessor
of
this
commitment
is
the
APOLLON
project,
carried
out
by
many
ENoLL
members,
and
that
has
taken
an
important
role
in
networking
and
harmonising
Living
Lab
approaches
throughout
Europe
• Results
from
the
APOLLON
project
have
been
officially
transferred
to
ENoLL
for
open
exploita;on
towards
the
wider
community
of
Living
Labs,
including
the
Health
and
Independent
Living
Thema=c
Network
• ENoLL
is
also
involved
in
the
FI-­‐PPP
as
a
partner
in
the
CONCORD
project
suppor=ng
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one
of
the
main
FI-­‐PPP
pillars:
the
user
driven
approach

10. EIP AHA
ENoLL Planned Activities
• Based
on
the
concept
of
community
and
consensus
building
and,
exchange
of
knowledge
and
experiences,
ENoLL
carries
out
projects
and
relies
on
its
members
while
collec=ng
and
bringing
together
knowledge
from
mul=ple
projects
and
ac=ons
carried
out
a
local,
regional
and
European
level
in
the
AHA
domain.
As
part
of
its
networking
ac=vi=es,
ENoLL
plans
for
organising
AHA
workshops
and
networking
ac=vi=es
to:
• Gather
input
from
many
projects
about
the
current
usage
of
standards,
challenges
and
success
stories
in
the
implementa;on
of
interoperable
solu;ons
and
applica;ons
for
Independent
Living
• Promote
the
usage
in
current
and
future
projects
of
interoperable
AHA
solu;ons
aligned
with
EIP-­‐AHA
plan
and
ac=ons.
• Forster
partnerships
among
the
ENoLL
members
and
between
them
and
the
FI-­‐PPP
and
AALOA
community
as
a
plaYorm
to
design
and
implement
these
solu=ons
and
applica=ons
involving
many
SMEs
and
many
users
all
over
Europe
to
gather
evidence
about
return
of
investment
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11. Find out more…
• www.openlivinglabs.eu
• Follow us on Twitter @openlivinglabs and on facebook
• www.fireball.eu
• http://smartcitiesnetwork.eu/ (beta)
• www.apollon-pilot.eu
• www.fi-ppp.eu
• http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/
livinglabs
• Technology Innovation Management Review (Sep 2012)
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12.
THANK YOU !
Contact the ENoLL Office
info@enoll.org
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