Room Spinelli 1G369, European Parliament, Brussels
Rue Wiertz 60, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgio
The event, organised by ENoLL and kindly co-hosted by the Member of European Parliament Bruno Tobback, aims to provide a constructive exchange between policymakers and innovation stakeholders on how Living Labs and participatory innovation approaches can become a stronger structural component of future European programmes and policy frameworks.
As Europe advances the discussions on Framework Programme 10 (FP10) and the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF), increasing attention is being dedicated to how European research and innovation investments can more effectively strengthen competitiveness, accelerate market uptake, support strategic autonomy, and generate tangible societal impact. Recent policy discussions around FP10 and the ECF highlight the importance of collaborative research, knowledge valorisation, stakeholder engagement, innovation uptake, and stronger connections between research, industry, territories, and society, and real-world experimentation.
In this context, Living Labs are increasingly emerging as strategic infrastructures for European innovation policies, capable of supporting the objectives of FP10 and the ECF. By bringing together citizens, public authorities, academia, industry, SMEs, and civil society organisations in real-life experimentation environments, Living Labs enable co-creation, stakeholder engagement, citizen science, and evidence-based innovation processes that help reduce innovation risks, accelerate deployment, improve knowledge valorisation, and strengthen the societal relevance and adoption of innovation.
The discussion will explore how user-driven and place-based innovation ecosystems can contribute to key European priorities, including industrial competitiveness, climate neutrality, soil health and sustainable agriculture, urban transitions, health and wellbeing, digital innovation, education and skills, sustainable resource management, and stronger science-society collaboration. Particular attention will be dedicated to how participatory approaches and real-world experimentation can contribute to the broader FP10 and ECF objectives of increasing collaborative research and innovation uptake, mobilising innovation ecosystems, supporting SMEs and scale-up capacities, and strengthening Europe’s long-term competitiveness and resilience.
The event is reserved to ENoLL Effective Members and Innovation Partners.
| 11:30 – 11:40 | Institutional Opening – Framing the discussion | Bruno Tobback – European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy |
| 11:40 – 11:55 | Setting the scene: from excellence to uptake | Wim De Kinderen – President, ENoLL |
| 11:55 – 12: 25 | Evidence from practices: concrete insight form EU initiatives and territories | Alexandra Petcu – UVT Digital and Green Living Lab Evdokimos Konstantinidis – Thessaloniki Action for Health & Wellbeing Living Lab, AUTH Dimitri Schuurman – iMEC.livinglabs Giulia Campodonico – ENoLL and SOILL coordinator Marta Martorell – Colaboratoris Catalunya – i2cat Josep Maria Salanova – Thessaloniki Smart Mobility Living Lab Moderator: Martina Desole – Director ENoLL |
| 12:25 – 12:50 | Policy Dialogue with Members of the European Parliament | Members of the European Parliament Moderator: Martina Desole – Director ENoLL |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Closing, reflections, and key takeaways | All participants |
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