Current status of the Apollon Pilot, as presented by its coordinator Pieter Ballon, at the Valencia conference of the European Network of Living Labs (April 14th, 2010)

1. APOLLON
Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks
Prof. Dr Pieter Ballon
General Manager IBBT iLab.o
APOLLON Project Manager

2. APOLLON CIP PSP Pilot B
Project kick-off: ENoLL Office, Brussels, 17-19 November
2009
Duration of the project: 30 months

3. IBBT (Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand
Technology)
600+ researchers in 16 groups, annual project
budget of over 25 Mio
3 Lab facilities: Living lab, testbed and usability
lab
Currently involved in 20+ EU Future Internet
running projects / project negotiations
Hosting the ENoLL Office
Secretariat services for all members
Specific services for paying members
Supporting the ENoLL council

4. APOLLON:
Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks
Can SMEs use Living Lab networks to test and What is needed for cross-
enter
new markets?
border Living Lab Networks?
Common
Homecare & ILS
Energy Efficiency
methodology
Common ecosystem
approach
Common research
benchmark
eManufacturing
Social Media
Common platform
guidelines
Common integration
framework
The
APOLLON
objec.ves:
 Demonstrate
the
value
for
SMEs
of
a
European
network
of
local
open
innova8on
pla9orms

Set
up
thema8c
networks
of
Living
Labs
across
Europe

Develop
a
common
approach
for
cross-­‐border
Living
Lab
experiments

5. APOLLON
Cross-Border Methodology Framework

6. Current activity: Baseline research
• Online questionnaire aimed at
– Partner
SMEs
– Partner
Living
Labs
• 50 questions about the different aspects of LL networking
• Questions for possible categorization of LL's and their
– Motivation and Methods of Collaboration
– Tools and Techniques used in Cross-Border Collaboration,
– Needs and wants for Methodological instruments
All
aimed
at
understanding
the
present
state,
and
the
needs
for
development

7. Experiment 1: Homecare & Independent
Living

Remote
gateway
and
sensor
based
systems
for
homecare
and
independent
living

Transfer
local
market
solu8ons
to
another
na8onal
market

Help
involved
SMEs
explore
new
markets;

Improve
the
technologies
and
devices
used
in
the
homecare
context
through
the
valida8on
in
different
contexts

8. Current activity: Requirement identification
and design of experiment
• Requirement checklist on different levels:
• Organiza8onal,
technical,
research,
roles
&
responsibili8es,
legal
/
regulatory
• Role of the ‘host’ living lab
– Informa8on
provider
• Insight
in
contextual
factors
• Knowledge
of
the
local
eco-­‐system
– Broker
• Distribu8on
hub
and
Connec8on
to
local
partners
• Set-­‐up
partnerships
• Operational
– Need
to
work
in
small,
dedicated
teams
– All
necessary
stakeholders
involved
from
the
start

9. Experiment 2: Energy Efficiency

Assess
the
poten8al
of
Home
Control
pla9orm

BeRer
understanding
of
user
behaviour
and
processes
to
s8mulate
behavioural
change
in
terms
of
Energy
consump8on;

Contribute
to
decreasing
the
Carbon
Foot
Print

10. Current activity: Requirement identification
and establishment of SME partnerships
ISA
interna8onaliza8on
strategy
to
establish
business
partnerships
in
Luleå
and
Vitória
(equipment
distribu8on),
integrated
solu8ons
in
Helsinki
and
Amsterdam
(incorpora8ng
added
value
with
other
equipments
and
services)
and
adding
value
by
technology
transfer
from
Amsterdam.

11. Experiment 3: eManufacturing
• An ‘App Store’ around a
manufacturing platform: link up
machines, sensors, etc.
• SMEs can add or mash up these
services to new, innovative apps
• Test them in live ‘Living Lab’
factories

12. Current activity: use case refinement and
SME engagement

13. Experiment 4: eParticipation - Social
Media
First Pilot: The
Digital Fort
Project, Issy Les
Moulineaux
A pilot on the aggregation of Media Technologies using 3D, cross-media,
community reporting and context aware mobile applications to include
citizens in the urban innovation process.
Test how eMedia technologies can be aggregated to enable citizens to
take part in urban planning of the City of the Future & to explore its
History

14. Current activity: Requirement analysis
and Refining scenario for the experiment
SMEs Cross-Media Community Report Context Aware Interactive 3D
technologies Documentary SME: People Voice mobile app Urban Plan
SME: 3d2+ Media SME: Air Graffiti SME: Navidis
Technology’s Facilitate Foster participation
Enhance Awareness
role Citizen’s involvement and innovation
Users’ role Providing Documents, learn Witness, Journalism Imagine the future
City Timeline Past Present Future

15. Consortium Partners

16. APOLLON Consortium Partner Distribution

17. Towards Sustainable Impacts
In order to create a sustainable impact two actions will be undertaken: the
development of “Cross Border Piloting Service” and the setting-up of
Thematic Domain Networks
• Establishment of 4 cross-border Living Labs Domain Networks:
-­‐
LL
Domain
Network
for
Health
-­‐
LL
Domain
Network
for
Energy
-­‐
LL
Domain
Network
for
Manufacturing
-­‐
LL
Domain
Network
for
Media
Main
impact:
Building
Commons,
Reaching
Cri8cal
Mass,
Contribu8ng
to
Domain
Innova8on
• Development of “Cross Border Piloting Service”:
-­‐
deliver
a
service
offering
the
APOLLON
set
of
methodologies
and
the
consultancy
on
how
to
implement
them
-­‐
released
through
the
European
Network
of
Living
Labs
Main
impact:
possibility
to
develop
new
pilots
at
local
and
European
scale
&
to
replicate
local
pilot
in
different
markets
around
Europe

18. Additional Partners: Involvement Level
Benefits
Mechanisms
Commitments
• Knowledge
of
APOLLON
• Customized
• Sign
a
LeRer
of
methodology
and
emerging
Dissemina8on
Material
Support
to
commit
for
prac8ce
• General
and
Domain
dissemina8on
• Customized
informa8on
for
Specific
events
• contribu8ng
to
the
Suppor.ng
APOLLON
stakeholders
(i.e.
• Dedicated
APOLLON
APOLLON
best
prac8ce
Partners
SMEs,
LLs,
Large
Enterprises,
web
portal
sec8ons
for
exchange
ac8vity
Research
centers)
Suppor8ng
Partners
• Opportunity
to
par8cipate
to
and
SMEs
new
projects
at
CIP
and
local
level
• Access
and
gain
direct
• Par8cipa8on
to
• Sign
a
Declara8on
of
Experience
with
APOLLON
APOLLON
internal
Accession
solu8ons
workshops
• Conduct
ac8vi8es
Associate
• Access
to
Business
• Par8cipa8on
to
within
pilots
Partners
opportuni8es
within
APOLLON
APOLLON
Pilots/ • Provide
Feedback
stakeholders
demonstra8ons
from
experimenta8on

19. APOLLON Partners
Suppor.ng
Partners:
68
organisa8ons
(58
at
the
project
kick-­‐off)
from
23
European
Countries
signed
a
leRer
of
support,
commidng
to
one
or
several
ver8cal
domains.
Associate
Partners:
17
organisa8ons
(0
at
the
project
kick-­‐off)
from
7
European
Countries
are
in
the
process
of
becoming
Associate
Partners.

20. CONTACT US
www.apollon-pilot.eu Pieter.Ballon@vub.ac.be