Horizon Europe – ambitious Research and Innovation programme
Next research and innovation programme – Horizon Europe – was proposed by the European Commission. The programme is so far the most ambitious R&I programme. Horizon Europe will build on the achievements and success of the previous research and innovation programme – Horizon 2020 in which the Living Lab community was actively participating. The new […]
What are Living Labs? U4IoT video explains
This Living Lab intro video has been created in the context of U4IoT project, a support action for the European IoT Large-Scale Pilots programme focusing on end-user engagement and co-creation. The video introduces the Living Lab approach, describes the common elements and a typical innovation process in Living Labs, and gives useful advice on […]
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations speaking at OLLD18
Michael Møller, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and current Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, will give a keynote speech at the OpenLivingLab Days 2018 (OLLD18) conference in Geneva. His speech will take place on the first day of the conference – 22 August in the afternoon. Mr Møller, has been appointed […]
SynchroniCity Open Call for SMEs
ENoLL is partner of the SynchroniCity Large Scale Pilot representing the first attempt to deliver a digital single market for IoT-enabled urban services in Europe and beyond – in 8 European cities and more worldwide – connecting 39 partners from 13 countries over 3 continents. With a running start, SynchroniCity will serve as frontrunner […]
Welcome 12th wave members
With the June edition of the ENoLL newsletter we have announced new ENoLL members. These Living Labs have passed the quality assessment by an evaluation team and are therefore invited to join the network as adherent members. The 12th wave welcoming ceremony will be held at the OpenLivingLab Days in Geneva, Switzerland (22-24 August). This year ten […]
OLLD18 Call for Papers – important dates
We would like to thank all authors who have responded to the OpenLivingLab Days 2018 Call for Papers. Due to a high volume of papers and an extended submission deadline the evaluation period is still ongoing. Important Dates: 15 June – Evaluation Period Ends 15-16 June – Notification of Results 15 July – Paper […]
City of Espoo wins Intelligent Community Award
One of the main shareholders of Laurea and the second-largest city in Finland, Espoo has won the international Intelligent Community Awards 2018. The theme of the contest was ‘humanizing data’. This refers to the use of data for people-oriented service development. City of Espoo open innovation ecosystem co-creates with citizens, firms and universities. Services are developed […]
Framework for Agile Living Labs
The Living Lab concept proposes a number of guidelines (user-centric design, iterative in-the-wild testing, user involvement & panel management, etc…), yet does not offer much in term of practical guidance on how to run an innovation project in real-life. Agile project management methodologies do offer such guidance yet have been critiqued for not providing a […]
Call for Evaluators
The call for evaluators is open! Please consult the text below explaining further who can apply for each call and what are application procedures. As the three calls for evaluators are overlapping and the evaluation activities are also taking place simultaneously, we encourage you to apply to maximum two positions, and to consider your availability […]
Mediterranean Innovation came to Brussels!
Mediterranean Innovation came to Brussels! The past 7th May, ENoLL with the support of Creative Ring, held a networking event in Brussels aimed at triggering cross-border project collaboration and knowledge exchange between two creative communities of practice: the Med Creative Community and the Belgian Creative ecosystem. Inspired by Kristel Van Ael’s System Design methodology, participants co-created […]
