ENoLL generic presentation short

1. Generic presentation – January 2015
(Basic)
European Network of Living Labs
@openlivinglabs

2. 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

3. Living Labs
• Defined in multiple ways (research literature review)
• Bringing the lab to the real-life environment: Research and
development in ICT, bringing “users/citizens” into the
system of innovation.
• Linking student and researchers creativity with the
surrounding
• Services as ideation, analysis, construction, deployment,
use, evaluation, research and management of innovation in
real-world convergence of different forms of research and
practices
• Close to other kind of collective innovation spaces
(makerspaces, hackerspaces, Fab Labs, co-creation spaces
or co-working spaces…)

4. Living Lab Typologies
(Leminen et al., 2012; Leminen, 2013)
The typology is based on two dimensions:
1) Top-down and bottom-up focus
2) Driving party roles: Living Labs as providers,
users, utilizers, and enablers (Westerlund &
Leminen, 2011):

5. Building blocks
Technology
paradigms: Cloud,
IoT, Open Data,…
Methodologies:
Idea generation,
Co-design, service
design,…
Policies
Facilities Stakeholders
Context and
communities
Art & Culture &
Science
Societal and
business impact

6. Diversity!!
Community: Living Lab researchers and Living
Labs practisioners
Network: 370 recognised Living Labs
International non-profit association: facilitates
cooperation and exploitation of synergies
between members
ENoLL

7. ENoLL: Worldwide view

8. ENoLL European view

9. ENoLL in waves

10. ENoLL:
Supporting organisation to the
Open living lab 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 (10 ongoing
projects)
• Services to members
• Policy influencing
• Engagement with other networks and initiatives
• Worldwide reference point for #livinglabs

11. Join the Open Living Labs community!
9th Wave of Membership Applications
Opens February 2015
Become part of ENoLL

12. To join and contribute

13. @openlivinglabs
info@enoll.org
www.openlivinglabs.eu