Local host welcome address

Living Labs & Smart Cities Conference, Future Internet Week, Ghent, Belgium, 14/12/2010

The Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology

e-government

e-health

enabling

technologies

mobilitynew media

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Living Labs as Open Innovation Platforms!

  Living Lab as open innovation platform   Real-life experimental introduction of new services and products   Local and Trusted environment   Critical Mass of users   Public-Private-People Partnership

Ballon, Pierson & Delaere, 2005

  What do we offer?   User selection and management   New methods for usage logging and monitoring   Application co-design   Strategy & policy tools

  What are the results?   User & Social requirements   Market Potential & Business models   Co-designed and Validated products/services

The iLab.o offering

Need  finding  

• From  need  • To  concept  

Shaping  

• From  concept  • To  prototype  

Business  Modelling  

• From  prototype  • To  business  model  

Pioneering Living Lab trials since 2003

•  First pilot of interactive television in Flanders

•  300 households •  1 year trial (2003-2004) •  Partner: Telenet

•  World’s first development of an electronic newspaper

•  200 users •  2 month trial (March -

May 2006) •  Partners: iRex,

Belgacom, De Tijd,..

•  First trial of mobile television via DVB-H in Belgium

•  App. 100 users •  1 year trial

(September 2007 - May 2008)

•  Partners: VRT, Siemens, Telenet, Belgacom, Option,…

  Selected as First Wave ENoLL member   Founding member of ENoLL association   Hosting the ENoLL secretariat in Brussels   Developing and hosting the new ENoLL websites and newsletter

iLab.o and ENoLL

Living Labs and Smart Cities: Agenda

I. Opening of the conference (9:15 – 10:15) II. Living Labs, Smart Cities & Future Internet (10:15 – 10:50) Coffee Break (10.50 – 11.10) III. Living Labs and Smart Cities: European project portfolio (11:10 – 13:00) Lunch (11:10 – 13:00) IV. Towards Future Internet: what can it mean for Living Labs and Smart Cities (14:00-15:45) Coffee Break (15:45-16:00) V. Towards Innovation Ecosystems: from Smart Cities to Smart Regions (16:00-17:20) VI. Launch of the ENoLL 5th Wave Call for Membership Applications (17:20 – 17:45) VII. Closing of the Day (17:45-18:00) Boat trip to joint dinner (18:30) Joint conference dinner (19:30)