Living Labs and Smart Cities: Platforms for the Future Internet Prof Dr Pieter Ballon, IBBT iLab.o Living Labs and Smart Cities, 14 December 2010 Ghent (Belgium)

1. Local host welcome address
Living Labs & Smart Cities Conference, Future
Internet Week, Ghent, Belgium, 14/12/2010

2. The Interdisciplinary institute for
BroadBand Technology
enabling e-government
technologies
e-health
new media
mobility

3. Living Labs as Open Innovation Platforms!
Ballon, Pierson & Delaere, 2005
 Living Lab as open innovation platform
 Real-life experimental introduction of new services and products
 Local and Trusted environment
 Critical Mass of users
 Public-Private-People Partnership
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5. The iLab.o offering
 What do we offer?
 User selection and management
• From
need
 New methods for usage logging
Need
• To
concept
and monitoring
finding
 Application co-design
 Strategy & policy tools
• From
concept
 What are the results?
• To
prototype
Shaping
 User & Social requirements
 Market Potential & Business
models
 Co-designed and Validated
• From
prototype
products/services
Business
• To
business
model
Modelling

6. Pioneering Living Lab trials since 2003
• First pilot of interactive
television in Flanders
• World’s first • First trial of mobile
• 300 households
development of an television via DVB-H
• 1 year trial (2003-2004) electronic newspaper in Belgium
• Partner: Telenet • 200 users • App. 100 users
• 2 month trial (March - • 1 year trial
May 2006) (September 2007 - May
• Partners: iRex, 2008)
Belgacom, De Tijd,.. • Partners: VRT,
Siemens, Telenet,
Belgacom, Option,…

7. iLab.o and ENoLL
 Selected as First Wave ENoLL member
 Founding member of ENoLL association
 Hosting the ENoLL secretariat in Brussels
 Developing and hosting the new ENoLL
websites and newsletter

8. Living Labs and Smart Cities: Agenda
I. Opening of the conference (9:15 – 10:15)
II. Living Labs, Smart Cities & Future Internet (10:15 – 10:50)
Coffee Break (10.50 – 11.10)
III. Living Labs and Smart Cities: European project portfolio (11:10 –
13:00)
Lunch (11:10 – 13:00)
IV. Towards Future Internet: what can it mean for Living Labs and Smart
Cities (14:00-15:45)
Coffee Break (15:45-16:00)
V. Towards Innovation Ecosystems: from Smart Cities to Smart Regions
(16:00-17:20)
VI. Launch of the ENoLL 5th Wave Call for Membership Applications
(17:20 – 17:45)
VII. Closing of the Day (17:45-18:00)
Boat trip to joint dinner (18:30)
Joint conference dinner (19:30)