The Living Lab Summer School 2010 pursues its working process towards a Living Lab Handbook

After the editing of LLSS2010 post-proceedings, the next initiative of  the Living Labs Summer School 2010 is to co-author a handbook based on  the experiences, thinking, and their future challenges defined by the  participants.

Over 75 participants who took part in the successful three-day LL Summer
School 2010 will co-author a Living Lab Handbook to capture the tacit knowledge on the Living Labs development. The aim of this book project is to facilitate the professional development of the community and to encourage others to join.

After the editing of LLSS2010 post-proceedings, the next initiative of  the Living Labs Summer School 2010 is to co-author a handbook based on  the experiences, thinking, and their future challenges defined by the  participants.

Over 75 participants who took part in the successful three-day LL Summer
School 2010 will co-author a Living Lab Handbook to capture the tacit knowledge on the Living Labs development. The aim of this book project is to facilitate the professional development of the community and to encourage others to join.

The first edition of the handbook will be published by the time of the second edition of the Summer School, to be held in Barcelona in August
2011.  It relies as a starting point on the reporting of each working group inside  the LLSS2010 post-proceedings (available by December 2010).

The Living Lab Handbook is among other thing expected to provide an initial list of role models of LL professionals in the field as well as serve as a easy-to-access compendium of professional practices in the field. The overall aim is to show that the community is dedicated to developing professional standards, remains open in its development process, and welcomes new members in the growing community of Living Labs.

The editorial process is co-chaired by the ENoLL Council members, Professor Bernhard Katzy (CeTIM, Knowledge Workers Living Lab) and Professor Brigitte Trousse (INRIA, ICT Usage Lab).

The Living Lab Summer School 2010, the first initiative of the  “Learning Living Lab and Open Innovation” ami-community was organized by two French living labs (ICT Usage Lab, Integrative Usage Lab) Esocenet and Unbla. It gathered participants coming from 24 countries,  including Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, Senegal and Singapore.