iMinds!Living Lab research & support

22 Oct 2015 – KIC Living Lab workshop - Warwick

Bram Lievens - Living Lab researcher, iMinds

Flanders’ digital research and entrepreneurship hub

DIGITAL RESEARCH

BUSINESS INCUBATION

Strategic research

Applied research

Spin-offs

Global expansion for tech businesses

Start-up support for (student) entrepreneurs

Living lab research

European research projects

Future Internet acceleration for SMEs

Markets

3!

•  Capturing real-life users’ interactions with new products and services!

•  Iterative, agile co-creation and prototyping process!

•  Designing business models and go-to-market definition!

Living labs!a 360° Business Innovation!!

4!

Types of Living Lab

5!

Adaptive Living Lab approach For Value Chain

Innovation

In and With Cities For SMEs and

Starters

For Large Enterprises

Living Lab

Lab in Residence

Open Innovation

Lab

Smart City Lab

Accelerator Lab

Fit to innovation cycle

7!

being a Living Lab

doing Living Lab

8!

Being a Living Lab User based Infrastructure & eco-system based

9!

23 innovation projects from

2 waves

6 regional community-

driven platforms

+ 2 Brussels projects

Infrastructure = panel

Care Living Lab – open innovation lab

61%

LEsSMEs

Type of company

36%

70%

30%

...

participating businesses from various domains

INSURANCES

CONSTRUCTION

TRANSPORT

carelivinglabs@iminds.be This graphic was created by the Program Office, based on a description of KIO’s ecosystem."Leys M. and Pots L. namens KIO, (2014, September), ecosystem Flanders’ Care Living Labs"

care sector (27%)

governments (12%)

networking organizations (8%)

education and research (14%)

public well-being initiatives (9%)

end users and 112 organizations collaborate

This is an overview of the broad ecosystem including subcontractors and the organizations from the coordination organs Program Office and KIO, the Knowledge Platform for Innovation in Elderly Care.

www.carelivinglabs.eu

companies (30%)

FOOD

Panel > 500 end users (seniors, professionals, informal caretakers,...)

10!

Company Gateway to health market

Homedeliveryofmedica/on

Topshake:newbreakfastconceptforpeoplewithswallowproblems

CubigoICTpla>orm:developacarecommunityforoneselftosupportindependentliving

“ageproof”Homesandpublicspace

AIPA

iMinds Living Labs

Living Lab USER research

Business Innovation Support

Panel & community management

Prototyping and testing support

driven by

supported by Panel of

+21,000 test users in Flanders

Concept + Design +

Development

Qualitative + Quantitative Research

Full E2E Service View

European Network of Living Labs Care Living Labs Flanders connecting to

EU scale Leading partner

PO Support

Doing Living Lab!