This document discusses experiments with Living Labs approaches in Quebec, Canada to stimulate information and communication technology adoption and use in rural and regional areas. Two pilot projects were launched in 2011 - one focused on graphic design in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the other on youth engagement in Longueuil. The projects aimed to test whether Living Labs methodologies used in Europe could be adapted to support sustained regional development in Quebec through creative uses of ICT. A collaborative online portal was also created to share tools, literature and discussions between the research team and pilot projects.

1. Living
Labs
for
Regional,
Rural
and
Territorial
Development
:
Experimenta;ons
in
Québec
(Canada)
Presentation
D. LAFONTAINE-BOYER
Université du Québec à Rimouski-CRDT
and CEFRIO Associated researcher
Helsinki, August 20, 2012

2. -­‐
An
Ini'a've
of
CEFRIO*
(summer
2010)
=
Centre
facilitant
la
recherche
et
l’innova0on
dans
les
organisa0ons,
à
l’aide
des
technologies
de
l’informa0on
et
de
la
communica0on
(TIC)
h<p://www.cefrio.qc.ca/accueil/
(VP
V.
TANGUAY,
G.
Bertrand)
(some
financing
from
MDEIE
=
Ministère
du
Développement
économique,
Innova'on
et
Exporta'on,
Québec)
-­‐ Universi(es
and
Research
Coop
NISKA:
Université
du
Québec
à
Rimouski
(UQAR-­‐
CRDT,
D.
Lafontaine,
since
summer
2010),
Université
LAVAL
(F.
Demers,
F.
Piron;
INRS-­‐Culture
N.
Gallant,
M.
Boire;
Research
Coop
NISKA
(M.
Lagacée,
E
Lapierre-­‐For'n)
-­‐ Regional
Council
Autori(es
from
2
Region
(Rural
;
Peri-­‐
Metropolitan
(Montréal
adjacent)
-­‐ 2
Pilote
projects
(official
start:
january
2011):
B.
Trépanier
and
team/users
for
Graffici;
Mar'n
Turbide
and
team/users
for
Forum
Jeunesse,
N.
Dubois
et
al.
)
2

3. An
Ini'a've
of
CEFRIO*
(summer
2010)
Projet
Title:
Des
Laboratoires
Vivants
pour
des
Territoires
Innovants/
Living
Labs
for
Innova;ve
Territories
Central
ques(on:
-­‐ Can
LL
approach/methodologie-­‐s
experimented
in
Europe
and
elsewhere
(specially
under
ENoLL)
be
adapted/adopted
in
Québec
to
s(mutate
ICT
appropria(on
and
crea(ve
uses
in
Region?
-­‐
for
a
sustained
regional,
rural,
territorial
developement?
#
Regional
Development
in
Québec:
various
approaches
and
methodologies
SINCE
1960:
NOW:
Regional
System
of
Innova(on
(Créneaux),
Rural
Laboratories
and
PACTES-­‐
cf
Leader
in
Europe)
3

4. Source:
hcp://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/na'onal/can_poli'cal_e/
referencemap_image_view
4

5. 2
REGIONS,
2
PROJECTS
Source:
h]p://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/ • RURAL
(11-­‐
Gaspésie-­‐Iles-­‐de
regions/profils/region_00/
region_00.htm
la
Madeleine)
• (2011)
20
272
km2;
4,6
ha/
km2;
93
130
h
– GRAFFICI
(Thema(c/
Territorial)
• PERI
METROPOLITAN
(Montérégie/Aggloméra'on
de
Longueuil)
• (2011)
282,km2;
1
439,7
hab/k2;
408
571
hab
– FORUM
JEUNESSE
(Thema(c/Territorial)
5

6. 6

7.
Summer-­‐Aut
2010…How
to
start...…
Search
for
pilote
project
and
methodologies…
7

8.
We
started!…January
2011
(Photos
DL,
jan
2011)
A
group…
A
Pilote..,
(Graffici)
A
team…
(Longueuil)
Chercheure
Mélanie
L
et
intervenantes
8

9. Summer
2011:
sharing
a
Spring
2011
:
Sharing
comprehension…around
li]erature….!
Workshops
«
dimensions
»
of
a
LL…
around
7
9

10. Contruc(ng
a
Collabora(ve
evolu(ve
Portal
…
(leadership
G.Bertrand
,
with
Team
collabora(b
(from
ACFAS
2011)
(version
march
2011)

11. An
evolu've
Portal
for
Tools,
discussions
(research
team,
Pilote
projects)
11

12. Extrated
from
PPT
ACFAS
2011
OPEN
INNOVATION
»
?
«
(Acfas
Sherbrooke
may
2011)
LINÉAIRE
TERRITORIALE
OUVERTE
§ V.
BUSH
1945-­‐80
§ FRIEDMANN
1973, 1979, 1992, 2007 § WIESNER/NEGROPONTE/
§ PORTER
1988
§ GAROFOLI;
MOULAERT
MITCHELL
1977,
85-­‐2010
§ OCDE
(MO1992,
§ AYDALOT
1986,
GREMI
§ Von
HIPPEL,
1976-­‐-­‐2010
1997
)
§ BAGNASCO,BECATTINI
§ PRAHALAD,
2003
§ STORPER,
SCOTT
§ CHESBROUGH
2003,
2011
§ LUNDVALL,
EDQUIST
§ MULDER, VELTHAUSZ*,
§ BRACZYK
ET
AL.
KRIENS 2008
§ SANTORO* 2008
§ COOKE
§ ALMIRALL* 2008
§ ASHEIM
ET
GERTLER
§ GUZMAN, SCHAFFERS,
del CARPIO 2009
§ CRDT,
CRISES
§ GENOUD ET
SCHWEITZER 2009
TIM (MOULAERT et SEKIA,2003; § OLIVEIRA 2011
D.
Lafontaine,
2011
LAGENDIJK, 2003)
12

13. Extract
PPT
ACFAS
Sherbrooke
Living
Lab:
«
Where»?
• Labs
in
«
living
environments
»,
recons'tués,
Living
Labs,
MIT
(1994)
• Open
Innova'on
and
co-­‐crea'on
in
«
Experience
environnment
»
Prahalad,
2003
13

14. Extracted ACFAS 2011
Santoro et
Conte, 2006,
2008
LL in open
functional
region
Oliveira, 2011,
LAB V interface
projets/real or
virtual
communities
14

15. «
The
Open
Innova(on
Model
»
…the
boundary
between
the
company
and
its
surrounding
envi-­‐
ronment
is
porous
(represented
by
a
dashed
line),
enabling
innova(ons
to
move
more
easily
between
the
two.
»
Chesbrough,
2003:37
§ «
In
closed
innova(on,
a
company
generates,
develops
and
commercializes
its
own
ideas.
This
philosophy
of
self-­‐
reliance
dominated
the
R&D
opera'ons
of
many
leading
industrial
corpora'ons
for
most
of
the
20th
century.
»
(p
36)
15

16. Principes
de
l’innova(on
ouverte
(focus
entreprise),
Chesbrough,
2003

17. «
Open
innova'on
»
?
(nov
2011)

18. LL:
tools
developed
in
collabora'on
:
representa'on
of
the
du
projet,
logical
frame,
etc.
Mélanie
Lagacé
Valérie
Vivier
Emanuèle
Lapierre-­‐For'n
18

19. LL:
Toward
realisa'ons…
PHOTOS
DL
Spring
2012
Mee'ng
at
Longueuil)
Nicole
Dubois
Mar'n
Boies
Chercheur
Stakeholders
from
Forum
Jeunesse
and
Centre
16-­‐18
19

20. Realisa'ons…
Photos
DL,
mai
2012
Au
Centre
16-­‐18
Room
ICT
At
s
mee(ng
with
Regional
May
2012,
Exposi(on
Autori(es
20

21. LL:
Realisa'ons…and
dialogue
about
Youth
par'cipa'on
and
services
!
Photos
DL,mai
2012e
With
Elected
representa'ves
21

22. GRAFFICI
hcp://www.graffici.ca/
22

23. Extrait
URQ
2011
DL
Graffici.org: from a monthley paper publication to
a daylay WEB multimedia for a vast region
Extrait
Portail,
6
septembre
2011
A
Regional
Plateforme
of
In
september
2011:
a
partnership
informa'ons
with
news,
dossiers,
for
a
special
covering
blog
(challenges:
organisa;onnals,
journalis;c
and
ci;zens!)
23

24. GRAFFICI
at
URQ!
(PHOTOS
DL,
SEPT
2011)
F.
DEMERS,
B.
TRÉPANIER,
V.
UN
PILOTE…À
SON
AFFAIRE!
TANGUAY
24

25. GRAFFICI
–
summer
2012
a
na'onal
«
OCTAS
»
prize
(educa'on,
media,
culture
category)
Organized
on
an
annual
basis
since
1987,
the
Concours
des
OCTAS
is
a
unique
opportunity
to
recognize
the
achievement
of
excellence
in
Quebec's
Informa'on
Technology
industry.
25

26. Conclusion:
An
experimenta'on
s'll
running…
-­‐ What
are
the
effects?
(how
can
we
observe/mesure
them?)-­‐
on
what,
for
who,
where?
–
on
regional,
rural,
territorial
development?
(specifici(es
of
territories)
–
«
Causal
model
»
-­‐ «
Are
we
innova(ng
»?
-­‐ In
Québec,
should
the
approach
be
experimented
in
other
pilote
project?
–
other
regions?
-­‐ What
«
tools
»
can/should
be
offered
to
facilitate
other
experimenta(ons?
-­‐ What
should
be
the
rela(ons
between
other
LL
in
Québec
(SAT*,
MANDALAB**),
Europe
(ENoLL),
and
other
thema(c
or
territorial
experimenta(on
of
the
approach?
*h]p://www.sat.qc.ca/post.php
id=114&lang=fr&post_id=2172
**
h]p://www.communau(que.qc.ca/projets/projets-­‐ac(fs/vers-­‐un-­‐mandalab.html
KIITOS!
Thank
you
for
your
a]en(on
and
for
this
formidable
ini(a(ve
of
LL
Summer
School,
and
to
the
responsables
here
in
26
Helsinki!