1. Barcelona Urban Labs esteve almirall esteve.almirall@esade.edu anna majo anna.majo@22barcelona.cat
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4. Urban Labs= Test spaces in the middle of the city Urban Labs = The City as a Urban Laboratory Urban Labs = Urban Living labs Urban Labs = Real-life experimentation with users in Cities
5. Urban Labs – Living Labs Example: Urbiotica pilot - Barcelona 8 containers for: Rubbish Paper Glass Plastics
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8. FASTPRK - Parking Sensors (30) - Worldsensing When we thought that the system was operative we tested it in the 22@Urban Lab. Testing in real-life environments allowed us to improve aspects that we couldn't even think of in the lab. The Urban Lab has been our best laboratory. JordiLlosa- Development officer Worldsensing
9. SIIUR - LED Lighting Pilot (12) - Arelsa, Circuitor, Santa&Cole, e-Control, Prysmian, Semal The SIIUR experience allowed us the development of the SmartTower, a new family of electrical boxes for Smart Cities. Anna Urbiztondo - Project Development Director - SECE
10. SIIUR - LED Lighting Pilot (12) - Arelsa, Circuitor, Santa&Cole, e-Control, Prysmian, Semal With SIIUR Santa&Cole gained the opportunity to work with innovative companies and through that we have improved the functionality of our street lighting products. Jose Maria Serra - Urban Division- Santa&Cole
11. SIIUR - LED Lighting Pilot (12) - Arelsa, Circuitor, Santa&Cole, e-Control, Prysmian, Semal Because of the pilot and the experience acquired in the Urban Lab, Eindhoven chose SIIUR for environmentally sustainable city lighting in one of the main districts of the city. Gemma Batlle- TIC Cluster Director - BDigital
12. Why? Urban Labs 1.- To develop innovative products taking advantage of real-life environments and involving citizens in design, proof of service and proof of business validation. 2.- Bridge the cognitive distances between city administrations and innovative companies. 3.- Create an initial demand & provide a showcase for innovative solutions. - learn locally, compete globally-
19. Service Providers Platform orchestrators - govs. - co-developed with users, communities free and not-free empowering entrepreneurship driven by innovation stimulating growth developed in-house always fall short high-cost no sharing local offer fragmented
