Welcome new ENoLL members!

The 5th wave ENoLL members were welcomed on May 16^th in conjunction with the Future Internet Week in Budapest, The event was honored by the presence of Mr. Vilmos Németh, Head of Department, National Office of Innovation and Mr. Per Blixt, Head of Unit, Information Society and Media Directorate General of the European Commission on the behalf of Mr. Zoran Stančič, Deputy Director-General, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media.  

The 5th wave ENoLL members were welcomed on May 16^th in conjunction with the Future Internet Week in Budapest, The event was honored by the presence of Mr. Vilmos Németh, Head of Department, National Office of Innovation and Mr. Per Blixt, Head of Unit, Information Society and Media Directorate General of the European Commission on the behalf of Mr. Zoran Stančič, Deputy Director-General, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media.  

The 5^th call for new members had been announced in December 2010 during the Future Internet Week in Ghent, and 122 pre-registrations were made and 80 applications were received. The rigorous evaluation process, as carried out in previous waves, resulted in 62 accepted new members to the global network of living labs. This increased the number ENoLL Living Labs into 274, out of which 48 were from EU member states and altogether 14 were non-EU members from countries such as Australia (1), Canada (1), Colombia (6), Egypt (3), Tunisia (1) and Switzerland (1). 

For full list of ENoLL 5^th Wave members, see the attachment.

After the official announcement, the stage was open for the new members to present their organizations in a BarCamp session. The rest of the afternoon was dedicated to presentations of recent and upcoming ENoLL activities such as the ENoLL led Public Private Partnership initiative for Living Labs, the concrete steps taken towards Africa EU cooperation on Living Labs and the upcoming Living Labs Summer School organized in Barcelona at the Citilab Cornelia (August 2011).  The evening was dedicated to networking on a boat ride on the beautiful Danube river at the heart of Budapest.

See here for all the presentations of the 5th Wave members in Budapest.