Why Manchester? Obvious choice, as Machester is notable for its architecture, culture, music scene, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact and sporting connections. Manchester was the site of one of the world’s first railway stations, and the place where scientists first split the atom and developed the first stored-program computer. The City is served by two universities, including the largest single-site university in the UK, and has one of the country’s largest urban economies. Last but not least, Manchester is also the third-most visited city in the UK by foreign visitors.

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What is a Living Lab? 

It’s simple, a Living Lab is a real-life test and experimentation environment where users and producers co-create innovations in a trusted open ecosystem that enables business innovations.

 

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Connected Smart & Creative Cities is the theme of the 4^th ENoLL Living Lab Summer School 2013. Here you’ll meet with a wide set of initiatives that support the development of Connected and Creative Smart Cities in Europe such as EPIC, combining cloud computing with Future Internet technologies to provide cities with tools and possibilities for the creation and sharing of ‘smarter’ city services and the Creative Ring, bringing together wikipedians, digital artists, local media producers, fablabbers, arduins, new designers with universities, local authorities and ICT companies in European cities and regions. 

 

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European Network of Living Labs is the international federation of benchmarked Living Labs in Europe and worldwide. Founded in November 2006, the network has grown in ‘Waves’ up to this day. To this date, 6 Waves have been launched, resulting in over 300 accepted Living Labs. Summer School features the publication of the results of the 7th Wave! See more here.

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What is the Summer School about? ENoLL Living Lab Summer School includes several sessions, workshops, lively discussion panels and  on-site visits with the aim of giving the participants a wider insight about models, theories and technologies related to Living Labs and the opportunity to gain hands-on experience from the leading experts on the subject and to network with other Living Lab enthusiasts. On the final day of this years’ Summer School, we welcome the 7th Wave of new ENoLL members to the network, and hold a special plenary session on the World Wide Community of Open Living Labs, with the special participation of the World Bank.

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What is the Research Day? We are pleased to invite submission of abstracts for presentation among other themes on Bottom-up Living Labs, Living Labs for Social Innovation, Service Design and User Experience, Tools and Methodologies for Living Labs, Living Labs and Smart Cities, Impact Assessment for Living Labs at the upcoming ENoLL 4th Living Lab Summer School Research Day on August 27th 2013 as part of the main programme of the Summer School. Read more…

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On the 27th (afternoon) we will organise a special Living Lab Speed Dating session for Research & Development & Innovation Matchmaking with an eye on the Horizon 2020 of the European Commission. Find out more…

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0 KEYNOTE SPEECH FROM JOAN MULVIHILL

Joan Mulvihill “Digital Colonialism, Courage and the Protocol of Trust”

The defining characteristics of true innovation are the courage to change and widespread adoption of that change to realise the benefits — what’s to be a real innovation ? Joan Mulvihill, CEO of the Irish Internet Association, shared her passion for technology and the internet of things, and for digital innovation at the 4th ENoLL Summer School Conference on Aug 30th, 2013.

Are we at the era of Digital Colonialism? In such a new way of life, great responsibility, courage and trust will move us from being colonialists of others to co-creators.

Read the full inspiring speech: Digital Colonialism, Courage and The Protocol of Trust

0 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND WELCOME TO THE 7TH WAVE OF NEW ENOLL MEMBERS

Official Announcement & Welcome to the 7th Wave of new ENoLL Members 

As of August 30th, the 7th Wave of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) brought to the consolidation of the network by means of twenty-five additional network members.Most of the new 7th wave ENoLL members come from European countries with representation from Cyprus, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland. Over a quarter of the new members are from non-European countries with a strong representation from Canadian Living Labs. Asia, Africa and the Caribbean countries are also represented.

The result shows a continuing reinforcement of ENoLL both in Europe and throughout the world, setting the stage for a strong role of the Living Lab movement in the context of EU 2020 Innovation Union and other relevant European Union policies. The increasing numbers of non-European members can be a reflection about how Living Labs are also being integrated in non-European Innovation policies. The Wave process, dating back to 2006, has up to today resulted in 345 accredited ENoLL Living Labs.

The 7th Wave of ENoLL Membership was announced in Manchester, UK in conjunction with the 4th ENoLL Summer School.

You can find the list of new members here.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/165349533/7th-Wave-Member-List

0 A COLLECTION OF PROCEEDINGS FROM THE RESEARCH DAY PUBLISHED

A Collection of Proceedings from the Research Day Published

The European Network of Living Labs published a collection of Proceedings from the 4th ENoLL Summer School Research Day on August 27th, 2013.

Research day consisted of three sessions, a i) plenary focusing on Living Lab research foundations, concepts and tools, and two parallel session on ii) Urban and territorial innovation with Living Labs and iii) Case studies in Living Lab application domains.

Find the proceedings here

0 PRIZE FOR THE BEST ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION IN THE MEMORY OF VELI-PEKKA NIITAMO

Prize for the best academic contribution in the Memory of Veli-Pekka Niitamo 

Veli-Pekka (Vellu) Niitamo

The award is made in memory of Veli-Pekka (Vellu) Niitamo, father of the European Living Lab movement, member of ENoLL Council and one of the founding members of the association. The award is based upon the best academic contribution at the Research Day in conjunction of the 4^th ENoLL Living Lab Summer School and will be awarded based on both the evaluations of the Scientific Committee and on the votes received by the conference participants.

You can vote below for the abstract/paper that you wish to see awarded (scroll down to see the full list and to submit your vote).

0 ENoLL LIVING LAB MEETINGS

 

Meeting 1: ENoLL – World Bank collaboration (restricted to Effective and Associated partners)

Thursday 29th from 13:30 to 17:00. Meeting room (TBC)

This meeting in between the ENoLL Council and the World Bank’s representatives aims at progressing in the WB Framework Agreement and commonly discuss about potential upcoming projects.

Who should join: ENoLL Council members and in particular those ones who showed interest in being part of the WB Framework Agreement.

 

Meeting 2: Defining a Strategy to establish Living Labs within the academic community

Wednesday 28^th from 16:30 to 18:00. Meeting room (tbc)

This session is aimed at Living Lab researchers and will identify the needs and problems they encounter when trying to get their work published in highly acclaimed conferences and journals. Based on these inputs, we will use this session to set-up and determine future collaborations amongst the ENoLL research community and see how we can organise ourselves as a sub-community within ENoLL. The ultimate goal is to advance the quality of Living Lab publications and to get Living Lab papers in the top journals of relevant disciplines and to compete for ‘best paper’ awards at renowed conferences.

Moderator of the session are Seppo Leminen (Laurea University of Applied Sciences) and Dimitri Schuurman (iLab.o, iMinds, University of Ghent) Anna Stahlbrost (CDT-LTU)

Who should join: Open for all interested participants of the Summer School

 

Meeting 3: Living Labs for SMEs (restricted to Effective and Associated members)

Wednesday 28^th from 15:30 to 17:00. Meeting room (TBC)

The objective of this meeting is to further explore how Living Labs can help SMEs to expand their business beyond their regional markets and how ENoLL could become a marketplace for exchanging Living Lab services in between members for this purpose.

After exploring some existing and past experiences (presentations from some of our ENoLL members) the concrete objective is to discuss the feasibility of this proposal, to define a roadmap of actions to implement this cross-Living Lab collaboration.

Who should join: ENoLL effective and associated members with experience or interest to offer cross-border services to SMEs.

 

Meeting 4: Living Labs, Regional Innovation Strategies and Smart Specialisation

Thursday 29^th at  3:30 – 5:30 (Open for all ENoLL members) Room tbc

Focus for this meeting is to explore Living Labs and their role in the Smart Specialization strategies as well as the Regional Innovation Strategies. The outcome of this meeting is a draft position paper by the Living Lab community, targeted towards DG Regio.  Faciliated by Adam Olsewski (Poznan LL) and Artur Serra (i2Cat).

Who should join: Open for all interested ENoLL members

Meeting 5: World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (WSIE) in New York, October 9-11, 2013

Thursday 29^th,  17:00 – 18:00 (Open for all ENoLL members) Room tbc

The aim of this meeting is to gather a group of active ENoLL members and jointly explore the possibility to organize a common ‘innovation rumble’ on the Future of Living Labs at the WSIE event taking place in New Your.  The World Summit is the first global experience to bring together emerging European leaders like you to contribute to and advance the future of global living labs & world wide community using ENoLL’s success on this field.

More about the WSIE: http://www.thewsie.org/splash.html

Who should join? Open for all ENoLL members, in particular delighted to have members from Eastern Europe to join us!

Meeting 6: Living Labs and Education

Thursday 29^th 1:30-15:00 (Open for all ENoLL members) Room tbc

Dedicated workshop meeting for Living Labs and Education in order to establish a special interest group in ENoLL for all ENoLL members interested in the matter. Moderator: Francesco Molinari.

Who should join: Open for all interested ENoLL members

For the full programme of the 4th Living Lab Summer School you can find here.

 

 

0 CHECK OUT THE SITE VISITS!

During the 4th ENoLL Living Lab Summer School, participants get the change to get out into the (urban) fields. Developing global knowledge exchange through local action, all participants are invited to meet Manchester based local organisations and individuals involved as change agents, innovators and entrepreneurs through a series of study visits with the focus on how local innovation can benefit from cross-border collaboration in exchanging ideas, practice and experiences.

See the list of site visits here.

Ask more information and register to the visits at the Registration Desk at the Summer School!

 

0 MANCHESTER PRIDE ON AUGUST 23rd – 26th

Attendees of the 4th ENoLL Living Lab Summer School should be aware that the big Manchester Pride is taking place the weekend before (and stretching until the Monday 26th). For those arriving before the actual starting date of the Summer School, be aware that Manchester will be crowded but at the same time there are lots of things happening all over the city.

More information about it here.

0 GET THE SMARTLLSS2013 MOBILE APP

ENoLL is excited to offer our SMARTLLSS2013 mobile app for attendees again this year. This FREE app gives you access with one click to the Summer School-schedule, speakers and sponsor lists. Orient yourself easily by locating conference rooms on the map. Plan your agenda, point out your preferred sessions, add notes, check who’s who and stay informed to Summer School news.

Available on Google play and on App Store.

How to use it?

1. Download it
2. You need an activation code linked to your account. Request it by inserting email used to register to the conference (or use a previous code received by pressing cancel and following the instructions)
3. Insert the code received by email (please check also spam folder in case of missing delivery)
4. Change user details, add information… (go to Participants -> click on the button in the upper right corner to access your profile)

In case of problems downloading the app or getting your activation code, contact ENoLL Office (info(at)enoll.org).

0 JOINING US AT THE SUMMER SCHOOL: PEOPLE OLYMPICS

Peoples Olympics: New Social Game for Healthy and Active Living for All

ENoLL is proud to present People Olympics: New Social game promising healthy and active Living for all Launched at Biovision 2013, who will be joining us at the 4th ENoLL Living Lab Summer School.

People Olympics: 10.000s strong teams competing for their city WellBeing, fun and social
transformation. A social innovation game based on collective physical activity competition
Social Innovations are innovations that are not only good for society but also enhance society capacity to act. Social innovations take place across boundaries between the public sector, the private sector, the third sector and the household. European Commission DG Enterprise Social Innovation Competition.

The People Olympics game is based on competing cities. Each city has a team of 10.000 participants, which reflect that city demographics. The members of the team track their physical activity trough portable devices, which provide all the physiological data. A system collects all data and updates the real time cumulative fitness activities at city level, and compares it with the value of the other competing cities.

People Olympics enables a totally innovative new experience, new sense of belonging, new emotions, new relationship and healthy competition, and a compelling motivation for a physically active and healthy living: People exercising at home, at work, in the city and on the go, get new excitement, healthier living and avoid boredom. People Olympics is the motivational mechanism par excellence and is dedicated to all, young and old, male
and female, collaborating and competing trough their daily physical, social and co-creation activities in their normal living scenarios.

This approach promises to change the behavior of people because it involves a collective action, which is an extraordinary motivating factor influencing people ability to change. PEOPLE OLYMPICS is a disruptive approach, conceived by Roberto Santoro, President of ESoCE Net (the European Society of Concurrent Engineering, member of the ENoLL Council, both non profit associations focusing on Collaborative Social Innovation), for societal change at large,  with the objective of focusing collective intelligence to the Joint Intent of addressing today Societal Challenges.This major initiative has been announced by Roberto Santoro himself at the BIOVision Conference: the World Life Sciences Forum, held March 24-26, 2013 in Lyon, France. With over 3,000 participants, 200 highlevel speakers and more than 30,000 Internet followers, BIOVISION is the most-attended multi-stakeholder meeting for all life sciences’ players. BIOVISION welcomes Ministers, Nobel Prize Laureates, European
Commissioners, CEOs or Directors of large multinational groups, Executive Directors of international organizations (WHO, FAO, UNEP…) and NGO leaders (WWF, OXFAM…) to foster a productive dialogue on life sciences discoveries and their impact on society, and to translate innovative ideas into actionable solutions for the benefit of citizens.

BIOVision website here.

See more about the Peoples Olympics Initiative.

0 RESEARCH 2: WORKING MEETING

Defining a strategy to establish Living Labs within the academic community

 

This session is aimed at Living Lab researchers and will identify the needs and problems they encounter when trying to get their work published in highly acclaimed conferences and journals. Based on these inputs, we will use this session to set-up and determine future collaborations amongst the ENoLL research community and see how we can organise ourselves as a sub-community within ENoLL. The ultimate goal is to advance the quality of Living Lab publications and to get Living Lab papers in the top journals of relevant disciplines and to compete for ‘best paper’ awards at renowed conferences.

Moderator of the session: Seppo Leminen (Laurea University of Applied Sciences) and Dimitri Schuurman (iLab.o, iMinds, University of Ghent)

Inform the ENoLL Office (info(at)enoll.org) if you wish to attend this working meeting.