Overview of the IBBT-iLab.o Apollon Pilot project (An EC CIP ICT PSP pilot B), including 30 partners from all over Europe, trying to improve innovative SME access to the EU-wide marketspace by using harmonized Living Lab Methodologies and tools.

1. The APOLLON Pilot:
Overview
Koen De Vos
Pilot Operations Manager, IBBT iLab.o
Coordination WP Leader, APOLLON Pilot

2. The reason why we’re here
WHY APOLLON?

3. Early Living Labs
3

4. Going City-Wide
4

5. Expanding in an EU network
5

6. Becoming a known ‘brand’
• Living Labs have now been established at a local scale
– as
environments
for
real-­‐life
tes/ng
and
experimenta/on
of
new
services,
products
and
systems
with
communi/es
of
real
users
– allowing
early
feedback
and
co-­‐design
by
end-­‐users
– following
a
collabora/ve,
itera/ve
and
stochas/c
process
– focused
on
sustainable,
social
innova/on:
not
just
purchase
decision,
but
behavioural
pa>erns
and
changes
are
the
central
concern
– offering
an
open
and
neutral
pla@orm
where
all
stakeholders
(technology
suppliers,
service
providers,
business
customers,
ins/tu/ons,
policy
makers
and
regulators,
end-­‐users)
can
interact
and
co-­‐innovate
6

7. Taking the next Step
• Current Living Labs
– Living
Labs
in
Europe
form
a
new,
vibrant
and
growing
community
– Locally
implanted
ini/a/ves
– Great
variety
in
applica/on
domains,
approaches
etc.
• Current federation on European scale
– European
Network
of
Living
Labs
is
a
federa/on
of
Living
Labs
conforming
to
a
number
of
general
benchmark
criteria
– European
projects
addressing
exchange
of
best
prac/ces
and
methodologies
for
individual
labs
• Apollon addresses the next frontier in Living Lab Research
– Leverage
local
implanta/on,
overcome
local
limita/ons
– Do
joint
tes/ng
in
cross-­‐border
living
lab
projects
– Offering
opportuni/es
for
innovators
(i.e.
SMEs)
to
innovate
and
scale
up
interna/onally
much
faster

8. Our objectives
• APOLLON will demonstrate the positive impacts of cross-border domain-
specific Living Lab networks by setting up an advanced pilot composed of
4 thematically focused experiments
• Focus on enabling SMEs to take part in cross-border Living Lab activities
beyond their home markets, supported by large industrial companies,
academic centres and other stakeholders
• Main objectives
(1) piloting and evaluating added value of LL networks esp. for SMEs
(2) harmonised methodologies and tools for cross-border Living Lab
projects
(3) Sustainable cross-border domain-specific LL networks

9. Our expected results
1. A set of validated methodologies to set up and conduct cross-
border Living Lab networks
2. A recommended toolset for facilitating cross-border Living Lab
activities
3. The set-up of European thematic Living Lab clusters
4. A platform and practical guidelines for involving SMEs
5. An impact assessment of the specific added value in terms of
results as well as operational efficiencies of the cross-border
approach
6. Recommendations and action plans for viable, sustainable and
scalable roll-outs to further domains and sectors

10. What we’re actually doing
APOLLON, THE PILOT

11. APOLLON approach (1/5)

12. APOLLON approach (2/5)

13. APOLLON approach (3/5)
Transferring
local
ILS/homecare
applica/ons
into
Using
a
common
research
benchmark
on
another
country
Energy
Efficiency
in
4
Living
Labs
Pilo/ng
a
common
pla@orm
for
eManufacturing
in
Exchanging
and
integra/ng
local
ci/zen
3
Living
Labs
media
services
between
3
Living
Labs

14. APOLLON approach (4/5)

15. APOLLON approach (5/5)

16. Homecare & Independent Living - experiment

17. Homecare & Independent living
– Ability
to
do
cross-­‐border
experiments
faster,
easier
and
more
efficiently
– involved
SMEs
explore
new
markets;
– improve
the
technologies
and
devices
used
in
the
homecare
context
through
the
valida/on
in
different
contexts

18. Energy Efficiency - experiment

19. Energy Efficiency
– be>er
understanding
of
user
behaviour
and
processes
to
s/mulate
behavioural
change
in
terms
of
Energy
consump/on;
– contribute
to
decreasing
the
Carbon
Foot
Print;
– assess
the
poten/al
of
the
Nokia
Home
Control
centre

20. eManufacturing - experiment
• 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

21. eManufacturing
– improve
innova/on
lifecycle
for
SMEs
in
the
automo/ve
industry;
– use
pla@orm
for
seamless
exchange
of
informa/on
between
suppliers,
subcontractors
and
consumers
in
the
experiment;
– increase
in
the
collabora/on
between
those
partners
as
well
as
a
more
efficient
and
cost-­‐reduc/ve
workflow

22. eParticipation - eMedia

23. eParticipation
– pilot
integrated
services
for
ci/zen
par/cipa/on
in
city
life
will
be
piloted;
– increase
the
dialogue
between
ci/zens
themselves
as
well
as
ci/zens
and
government
or
public
organisa/ons
and
thus
the
empowerment
of
the
user;
– be>er
understanding
of
new
technologies
like
3D,
social
media
and
RFID
as
such
and
their
value
for
ePar/cipa/on
services.

24. What we want to achieve
APOLLON IMPACT

25. Impact for Living Labs (1/2)
• For existing Living Labs:
– the
possibility
to
leverage
local
exper/se
across
European
borders;
– more
effec/ve
and
more
efficient
cross-­‐border
projects;
– be>er
results
in
terms
of
outcomes
and
comparability
of
the
Living
Lab
research
as
well
as
in
terms
of
valorisa/on
opportuni/es
– a
be>er
value
proposi/on
for
their
local
stakeholders
through
an
enlarged
footprint
and
an
improved
and
harmonised
methodology

26. Impact for Living Labs (2/2)
• For new Living Labs:
– the
availability
of
a
network
of
experienced
Living
Lab
partners
with
clear
exper/se
in
their
specific
domain
throughout
Europe
– a
pla@orm
where
best
prac/ces
are
shared
and
new
project
opportuni/es
are
opened
up
– a
roadmap
towards
cross-­‐border
excellence

27. Impact for SMEs
– Access
to
new
markets
beyond
the
home
market
– Access
to
new
ecosystem
partners
and
business
opportuni/es
– Pan-­‐European
user
tes/ng
will
ensure
more
user-­‐oriented
services
and
products
and
higher
user
acceptance
at
European
level
– Support
of
compe//veness
because
of
enlarged
scale
and
faster
deployment
of
novel
services
and
processes
– Easy
access
to
all
local
relevant
stakeholders
via
a
Single
Point
Of
Access
– Access
to
tools,
applica/ons,
services
and
infrastructure
of
the
different
Living
Labs
as
well
as
the
other
partners
related
to
the
Living
Lab
– Lower
thresholds
to
engage
in
cross-­‐border
Research,
Development
and
Innova/on
(RDI).

28. Impact for Other stakeholders
• Large enterprises:
– be>er
methodological
support
for
Pan-­‐European
research
projects.
– new
users
for
solu/ons
and
pla@orms
– expansion
of
their
tradi/onal
ecosystems
through
new
strategic
partnerships
with
SMEs.
• Government bodies:
– possibility
to
assess
and
benchmark
current
policies
and
funding
schemes
related
to
Living
Labs.
– poten/al
to
complement
local
RDI
ac/vi/es
with
cross-­‐border
ac/vi/es

29. Who we are?
PARTNERS

30. Consortium Partners

31. Consortium Partner Distribution

32. Supporting Partners
• 3D2+ (c)
• Halmstad
Living
Lab
(s)
• Luleå
University
of
Technology
(c)
• 3D Living Innovation (s)
• Helsinki
School
of
Economics
(c)
• Manchester
City
Council
(c)
• 83 Degrees South (s)
• Meshining
Engineering
Kc
(s)
• Adv. Information Modelling Institute (s)
• Home
Automa/on
Europe
(c)
• Homokhà/
Rural
Living
Lab
(s)
• NAVIDIS
(c)
• AF 83 (s)
• NIK
-­‐
Nuremberg
Ini/a/ve
for
Communica/on
• Agilion GmbH (s)
• Hungarian
Vehicle
Engineering
Cluster
(c)
Industry
(s)
• Alcatel/Touch a Tag (s)
• i2CatLab
(s)
• NOKIA
(c)
• AlfaMicro (c)
• iAvante
(c)
• Amsterdam Innovation Motor (c)
• Novay
(c)
• Arches (s)
• IBBT
(c)
• Nuremberg
Mobile
Applica/ons
Centre
for
• ICT
Usage
(s)
Elderly
&
Disabled
(s)
• Arquiled (s)
• ArraboCAD Ltd. (s)
• ICT
Valley
Turkey
(s)
• PatHS
Living
Lab
(s)
• Bearstech (s)
• Innovi/ng
(c)
• People's
Voice
Media
(c)
• Bertin Technologies (s)
• Philips
Applied
Technology
(s)
• Ins/tuta
Nokia
de
Tecnologia
(s)
• Cesbio (s)
• Process
Vision
(c)
• Companhia de Desenvolvim. de Vitòria (s)
• Intelligent
Sensing
Anywhere
(c)
• Process
Vision
NL
(s)
• Copenhagen Living Lab (s)
• ISSY
Media
(c)
• Rio
Nacimiento
Living
Lab
(s)
• Creative Knowledge Center LL (s)
• Laurea
Living
Labs
(s)
• SAP
(c)
• Cyber Care Clinique Living Lab (s)
• Lens
Living
Lab
(s)
• Smart
Houses
Madrid
(s)
• Digital Spaces Living Lab (s)
• Liander
(c)
• SME
Self
Energy
(s)
• eHealth Living Lab (s)
• Living
Lab
Cybermoor
(s)
• S/ch/ng
Living
Lab
(s)
• ENTAL Research Development and Consulting
ltd (s)
• Living
Lab
Levier
(s)
• Suupohja
LL
Finland
(s)
• ESOCE Net (c)
• Living
Lab
Malta
(s)
• TELEVIC
(c)
• Espoo City Planning Board (s)
• Living
Lab
NorthRull
(s)
• TASLAB
-­‐
LL
Tren/no
(s)
• Evolaris Mobile Living Lab (s)
• ubigrate
GmbH
(s)
• Fabernovel (s)
• Living
Lab
Thessaly
(s)
• Université
de
Paris
VIII
(c)
• Fiapal Living Lab (c)
• LL
for
Design
and
Services
(s)
• University
of
Maribor
(c)
• Forum Virium (c)
• LL
Living
Piemonte
(s)
• Varinex
Informa/cs
(s)
• Logica
Management
Consul/ng
(c)
• Virtech
(s)
• Logica
Suomi
Oy
(s)
• Virtual
Dimension
Center
(s)
• Lulea
Energi
(c)
• Ydreams
(c)
• …
30
core
and
over
60
suppor/ng
APOLLON
partners:
Living
Labs,
SMEs,
Large
enterprises,..

33. Linking to the Community
• APOLLON works closely with the European Network of
Living Labs
– As
host
of
the
domain-­‐specific
networks
of
Living
Labs
– As
a
dissemina/on
channel
for
the
APOLLON
project
results
– As
a
broker
for
possible
par/cipa/on
and
collabora/on

34. APOLLON Timeline
Duration of the project: 30 months
Project kick-off: Brussels, 17-19 November 2009

35. Become a Supporting Partner yourself
CONTACT US
www.apollon-pilot.eu Pieter.ballon@vub.ac.be