The document discusses Urban Labs, which are test spaces located in cities that are used to experiment with innovative solutions involving citizens. Urban Labs provide real-life testing environments to improve products before broader deployment. They also help bridge relationships between city administrators and innovative companies. Examples are provided of companies that tested solutions like parking sensors and LED lighting in Urban Labs and how it helped them improve their products and win new contracts. The goals of Urban Labs are outlined as developing innovative solutions with users, creating initial demand, and providing a showcase for solutions to help them compete globally.

1. Barcelona Urban Labs esteve almirall esteve.almirall@esade.edu anna majo anna.majo@22barcelona.cat

4. Urban Labs= Test spaces in the middle of the city Urban Labs = The City as a Urban Laboratory Urban Labs = Urban Living labs Urban Labs = Real-life experimentation with users in Cities

5. Urban Labs – Living Labs Example: Urbiotica pilot - Barcelona 8 containers for: Rubbish Paper Glass Plastics

8. FASTPRK - Parking Sensors (30) - Worldsensing When we thought that the system was operative we tested it in the 22@Urban Lab. Testing in real-life environments allowed us to improve aspects that we couldn't even think of in the lab. The Urban Lab has been our best laboratory. JordiLlosa- Development officer Worldsensing

9. SIIUR - LED Lighting Pilot (12) - Arelsa, Circuitor, Santa&Cole, e-Control, Prysmian, Semal The SIIUR experience allowed us the development of the SmartTower, a new family of electrical boxes for Smart Cities. Anna Urbiztondo - Project Development Director - SECE

10. SIIUR - LED Lighting Pilot (12) - Arelsa, Circuitor, Santa&Cole, e-Control, Prysmian, Semal With SIIUR Santa&Cole gained the opportunity to work with innovative companies and through that we have improved the functionality of our street lighting products. Jose Maria Serra - Urban Division- Santa&Cole

11. SIIUR - LED Lighting Pilot (12) - Arelsa, Circuitor, Santa&Cole, e-Control, Prysmian, Semal Because of the pilot and the experience acquired in the Urban Lab, Eindhoven chose SIIUR for environmentally sustainable city lighting in one of the main districts of the city. Gemma Batlle- TIC Cluster Director - BDigital

12. Why? Urban Labs 1.- To develop innovative products taking advantage of real-life environments and involving citizens in design, proof of service and proof of business validation. 2.- Bridge the cognitive distances between city administrations and innovative companies. 3.- Create an initial demand & provide a showcase for innovative solutions. - learn locally, compete globally-

13. Service Providers Platform orchestrators - govs. -

14. Service Providers Platform orchestrators - govs. - resources to regulate (zero-sum game) resources to leverage (non zero-sum game)

16. Obstacles for Innovation in the Public Sector

17. Innovation Objectives

18. Policy

19. Service Providers Platform orchestrators - govs. - co-developed with users, communities free and not-free empowering entrepreneurship driven by innovation stimulating growth developed in-house always fall short high-cost no sharing local offer fragmented

20. esteve almirall esteve.almirall@esade.edu