Ghent Living Lab

Ghent Living Lab focuses on the societal challenges relevant to the City of Ghent in Belgium. Focus areas of the City’s Strategic Plan ‘More than a Smart City’ are Healthcare, Education and Climate transition. Ghent remains open to any other relevant new upcoming areas. Ghent Living Lab is the umbrella under which various innovation projects are initiated. It combines the creative forces of various partners from the quintuple helix, in an open collaborative network led by the City of Ghent. Ghent Living Lab draws on more than 10 years of experience of the City’s work on innovative approaches to urban regeneration, including the use of digital technologies to support e-inclusion and e-participation. It works closely with the local research and innovation communities to take R&D out of the research labs and into real-world testbeds to create use-cases for future applications and services. The scope of this collaboration spans far beyond the Digitisation and ICT-related issues.

Areas of work:

• Agriculture and (Agri-)Food
• AI and Emerging technologies
• Circular Economy
• Culture and Creativity (creative sectors)
• Education and/or vocational training
• Energy
• Environment/climate change
• Health and Well Being
• Industries and Manufacturing
• Mobility
• Smart Cities and Regions
• SME and Start-ups
• Social Innovation & Inclusion
• Urban
• Zero pollution & decarbonization