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March news from ENoLL
Your monthly update on Living Labs, events, calls for funding, papers or experts, EU Projects & of course ENoLL member activities.
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NEWS AND STORIES FOR THIS MONTH
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Open Innovation 2.0 Conference and Living Labs
The 4th edition of the Open Innovation 2.0 Conference takes place in the vibrant city of Amsterdam on the 23rd and 24th of May 2016. Expected to gather more than 350 people, welcoming innovation experts, policy-makers, academics and citizens, it is one of the key events for innovation actors this year with inspiring keynotes from Markku Markkula, Tuija Hirvikoski, Alain Heureux, Henry Chesbrough and more.
As a part of the event, ENoLL has the pleasure to collaborate with organisers, DG CONNECT's Open Innovation Group (OISPG), to bring participants the innovative session "Living Labs Network as a Future Backbone for Digital Single Market" on the 24th of May. Additionally we will organise a ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ENoLL and announce our new 10th wave members making it a great moment to bring together the wider Living Lab community.
Conference participation is open to everyone and must not be missed. Register for the event here and contribute your voice to help define the role of Living Labs and Living Lab networks in the Digital Single Market.
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Co-create the agenda at OpenLivingLab Days 2016
OpenLivingLab Days 2016 takes place from the 23rd to the 26th of August in Montreal, Canada and is hosted by Canadian Living Lab Communautique and Concordia University. We're working hard preparing the agenda, here are a few ideas on how you can contribute to the co-creation of the event:
- Submit a workshop proposal: transfer knowledge, find your peers and build future. Potential workshops themes could include Health & Active/Creative Aging, Social innovation, Smart Cities, Regional Living Labs, Education, Living Lab methodologies etc. Deadline: Thursday April 14th. For more information and to submit please use this form.
- Submit a research paper: the call for papers on living Labs is a key part of OpenLivingLab Days as it brings together a state-of-the-art review of Living Lab concepts and their usage both for managers and scholars, strengthens Living Labs as an area of innovation and helps to better asses new trends, current challenges and developments of Living Labs. The deadline for submission is Monday April 11th. If you're interested in submitting a paper then a full list of suggested themes and useful information can be found here.
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Early bird tickets for OpenLivingLab Days now available
We are pleased to announce that tickets for OpenLivingLab Days 2016 are now available for purchase! Early bird tickets are now open for a limited time with ENoLL members benefiting from a 40% discount on listed ticket prices. Read more and purchase tickets directly here.
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Cities & Regions functioning as Living Lab ecosystems for large scale experimentation
As a practice-driven phenomenon, the Living Lab paradigm is constantly evolving and the concept, methods and tools are being constantly renewed. Whilst maintaining the same principles and foundations, such as user and citizen involvement, open innovation, value co-creation, real-life experimentation and multi-stakeholder and multidisciplinary collaboration, Living Labs are moving from controlled experiments towards large scale pilots for early adoption and deployment. Read more about this new phenomenon here.
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Coventry University feature in the March BQ Magazine
A great article profiling Coventry University appeared in Business Quarter Magazine in a special report on Health Care and Life Sciences. Coventry University, leading the City Lab Coventry Living Lab project, is widely recognised for its research and for the quality of its education provision. This article puts the spotlight on the research and development work of Coventry and highlights why and how the West Midlands (UK) is excelling healthcare projects thanks to their creative approach to service design and numerous projects including assistive technology. Read the full article here.
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iMinds The Conference, 28th April 2016, Brussels
iMinds The Conference puts the spotlight on tomorrow’s products and services that will impact our digital future. The exhibition floor will showcase more than 50 demos including the latest and most exciting iMinds research projects as well as a selection of the highest-potential tech start-ups that iMinds supports. It is also the perfect event to exchange thoughts with other researchers, industry leaders, innovation managers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and investors. The program includes expert talks on IoT, Big Data, Digital Manufacturing and Digital Trust. Discover the full program here.
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Open Data & Mobility in Urban LLs - Beyond the data conference
The European Beyond Data Event hosted last week in Eindhoven by Eindhoven Living Lab, showcased the front running realised Smart City and Open Data cases within Europe. During the event experts shared experiences about implemented projects, on-going collaborations and their outcomes including what next steps this can lead to. Examples from cities, industries, research institutions and also innovative start-ups, challenge the early adopters for new insights. Read the conclusions of the day and find the presentations here.
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ECIM app challenge in Brussels
ECIM simplifies the integration and improves interoperability of different mobility related services, such as parking and payment. The ECIM experimental platform is calling developers to submit ideas and prepare prototypes to exploit its potentials. Your challenge is to create user friendly multi-modal apps that integrate different mobility services and provide a simplified payment process. Learn more about the challenge here and submit your idea till 15th May to win big prizes!
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Join us at "Design and the City" conference on April 22nd including a dedicated Living Lab session
On the 22nd of April ENoLL and Tampere UAS co-organise the workshop "Lose your way: Towards a Citizen-driven city" in Amsterdam during the Design and the City Conference. This is a full-day workshop exploring the concept of Smart Cities through a lens that promotes citizens as the driving force of urban innovation and urban planning. You can register online, participate in the pitching session, join us on the dedicated Facebook page. Discover more here.
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EIP on AHA new portal and call for commitments
The 2016 Call for Commitments of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing remains open until the 15th of April. Are you a leader in innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing? Join the EIP on AHA and transform the future of our ageing society.! There are many reasons why this would be a great opportunity for your organisation to contribute and you can find out more details about it in the FAQ page.
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AAL Smart Ageing Prize
The Active and Assisted Living Programme has launched a €50,000 Challenge Prize to identify an innovation that uses the Internet of Things to empower older adults to achieve the quality of life they aspire to, socially and independently. Innovations must involve older adults in the development and testing of the technology so this is a great opportunity for a Living Lab working on the subject. Read more details about the prize here.
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MYGEOSS Third Call For Innovative Apps in the environmental and social domains.
MYGEOSS launched its 3rd open call for development of innovative applications (mobile or web-based) using openly available or crowd-generated data in different domains addressing citizens’ needs this month. The pool of open data for use includes but is not limited to the Data Collection of Open Resources for Everyone (GEOSS Data-CORE) as well as open data from EU-funded projects. The best applicants will be awarded up to €13.500 to develop their applications further. Deadline for submission: 8th April 2016. More info here.
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Net Futures 2016, 20-21st April 2016, Brussels
Net Futures is a innovative conference on the future of networks and, especially, the Future Internet. Net Futures 2016 will offer the opportunity to explore how the Future Internet can best serve and benefit from the Commission's Digital Single Market strategy. Pertinent questions covered in the different sessions are: What is the Internet's impact on new industrial business models? How can it help solve major society challenges? What is its key role in creating an innovative Digital Single Market? For more information and the full programme see the even website here.
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Forum on the EU Urban Agenda, 30th May 2016, Amsterdam
The European Committee of the Regions is organising a Forum on the EU Urban Agenda in the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam on Monday the 30th of May 2016. The event brings together representatives of local and regional authorities, EU institutions, Member States and relevant stakeholders where participants will discuss the concrete steps that are needed to implement the EU Urban Agenda and to improve the urban dimension in EU policy making. More details & registrations for the event here.
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Smart Regions Conference, 1-2 June 2016, Brussels
Hosted in Brussels and organised by the European Commission, this high-level event will highlight the key role of regions in developing new growth dynamics for Europe, based on bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovation. Areas of discussion will look at energy transition, digital growth, circular economy, agro-food and industrial modernisation focusing on how smart specialisation strategies can leverage new growth opportunities for all regions, when aligning their business driven smart specialisation investments in new European value chains. More information and registrations details here.
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Greater Copenhagen Smart Solutions: Living Labs for Liveable Cities, June 6-8 2016, Copenhagen
On June 6-8, 2016 the international Smart City conference Greater Copenhagen Smart Solutions: Living Labs for Liveable Cities will take place in Copenhagen. The conference will give a unique insight into some of the world’s leading Smart City solutions implemented in Greater Copenhagen and delve into Living Labs as an outlet for scaling urban solutions and as a method for creating smart cities. As organised by ENoLL member Gate 21 (DOLL Living Lab), the event is targeted at national and international decision-makers, employed at both municipal, regional and state level, along with CEOs and relevant organisations. For more information see the website here.
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Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) 2016, June 8-10 2016, Eindhoven
The Brainport Eindhoven Region hosts the European Commission's Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) 2016 and serves as a prime event under the flag of the Dutch EU Presidency. WIRE 2016 intends to increase awareness about the importance and urgent need to build regional innovation ecosystems in order to create impact, upscale and aim for global competitiveness. Policy makers, national and regional authorities, knowledge institutions and enterprises from all over Europe will come together in Eindhoven to discuss research and innovation practices and challenges throughout the European region with a specific focus on open innovation practices. Read more about the event here.
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Upcoming events for your calendar for 2016
- 21st Finnish National Conference on Telemedicine and eHealth, 14-16 April 2016, Helsinki, Finland
- Design & the City, 19-22 April 2016, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Net Futures Conference 2016, 20- 21 April 2016, Brussels, Belgium
- iMinds The Conference, 28th April 2016, Brussels, Belgium
- Smart Cities in Smart Regions 2016 Conference, 10-12 May 2016, Lahti, Finland
- Open Innovation 2.0 Conference, 23-24 May 2016, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Forum on the EU Urban Agenda, 30th May, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Internet of Things Event, 7-8 June 2016, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) 2016, June 8-10 2016, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Greater Copenhagen Smart Solutions: Living Labs for Liveable Cities, 6-8 June 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark
- European Conference on Networks and Communications, 27-30 June 2016, Athens, Greece
- OpenLivingLab Days 2016, 23-26 August 2016, Montreal, Canada
- Global Forum 2016, 19-20 September 2016, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- TCI Global Conference, 8-10 November 2016, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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