III ENoLL Summer School, 20th – 23rd August 2012
To be held in Helsinki Metropolitan Region -the 2012 World Design Capital and European Entrepreneurial Region 2012.
III ENoLL Summer School, 20th – 23rd August 2012
To be held in Helsinki Metropolitan Region -the 2012 World Design Capital and European Entrepreneurial Region 2012.
The 2012 Summer School will offer four days full of happenings! Interesting and inspiring programme starting with the Pre-summer School workshop, continuing with three main Summer School days offering several workshops, presentations and excursions and site-visits with the aim of giving the participants a wider insight about models, theories and technologies related to Living Labs and the opportunity to gain hands-on experience from the leading experts on the subject and to network with other Living Lab enthusiasts.
You can find more information about the III ENoLL Summer School here.
After the two successful Summer School editions in Paris 2010 and in Barcelona 2011, the third edition will be held in Helsinki and Espoo, Finland. This Summer School is sponsored by the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) and will be organised by Laurea Living Labs Network with a close collaboration with ENoLL, Aalto, CKIR and Forum Virium Helsinki.
The theme of the III ENoLL Summer School is Bridging the gap between RDI results and their use from micro to the most macro level through Living Labs.
Participants
Researchers, developers, innovators, leaders, lecturers, students and other representatives from private and public sector as well as higher education institutions.
Dates
On Monday the 20th August, 2012 we welcome all participants of the summer school to attend a pre-summer school research day. This day is designed for people who would like to present their papers on Living Labs, User Driven Innovation and other related research topics. There is no additional fee for the pre summer school participation. Submission of abstracts is available on our summer school online registration which can be found in the summer school web pages.
Organizers profiles
Laurea University of Applied Sciences produces new competences in the field of service innovations and carries out professionally orientated education, regional development and R&D activities by following the Learning by Developing (LbD) operational model. Laurea employs approximately 500 personnel and has app. 8 000 students, of which app. 1 200 study in the adult education programmes.
Aalto University, merger of three Finnish universities: The Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki University of Technology and The University of Art and Design Helsinki. Aalto University School of Science and Technology providing a solid expertise in economics, arts and design and technology allowing the University to carry out world-class multidisciplinary research in active cooperation with the surrounding society.
Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research (CKIR) at the Aalto School of Economics established to promote research on sustainable, open and human-centric knowledge and innovation development, conducting interdisciplinary research on organization, management, and social sciences, as well as on individual and contextual perception, cognition and emotion; done from a firm, social, economic and technological point of view.
Forum Virium Helsinki of the City of Helsinki develops new digital services in cooperation with businesses, the City of Helsinki and other public sector organizations with the citizens of Helsinki participating in testing and developing services. FVH goal is to create better services and new businesses and to open up connections to international markets and collaboration networks and implement development projects. FVH theme areas are: Wellbeing, Media, Learning, Smart City and Innovation Communities.
European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) is the international federation of benchmarked Living Labs in Europe and worldwide. Founded in November 2006 under the auspices of the Finnish European Presidency, the network has grown in ‘waves’ up to this day. To this date, 6 Waves have been launched; resulting in more than 300 accepted Living Labs.
Venues
On the 20th, 22nd and 23rd, the Summer School will be held at Laurea Living Labs Network in Espoo city. Address: Vanha maantie 9, 02650, Espoo, Finland
In 21st of August the opening ceremony and first programme will take place at the Aalto University, School of Economics in Helsinki city. Address: Runeberginkatu 14 – 16 00076 Helsinki, Finland
Participations fees
Registration
The registration for the III ENoLL Summer School is now open. Please find further information on registration on the Summer School website. The participants can register for the event until 15th August, 2012.
As in all Laurea events students also have a big role in organising the 2012 LbD conference. A group of students will be working as conference assistants during pre- and main Summer School.
We look forward to welcoming all of you in Helsinki Metropolitan Region.
Kindly contact us for in case of any inquiries and need for clarifications:
The organisation team
III ENoLL Summer School, Helsinki Metropolitan Region
Vanha maantie 9, FI-02650 Espoo
GSM +358 401685535
Fax +358 9 8868 7401
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