The document discusses user-centric design and usability. It outlines an agenda that includes user and task analysis, conceptual design and prototyping, experimentation and evaluation. The goal is to adapt new technologies to users through an iterative process involving analysis, design, and evaluation. The results include recommendations for improving interface design based on user testing.
This document outlines the research areas and methods of an ICT policy research group. The key thematic areas they examine are media policy and regulation, telecom policy and regulation, eGovernance policy, and innovation policy. Their methods include benchmarking and comparative analysis, policy assessment and evaluation, and foresight studies. Specific projects mentioned include studies of public service broadcasting, digital switchover, wireless city networks, e-government services, quality of experience in telecom regulation, and analyzing open innovation platforms.
This document discusses the future of internet networks, media, and services. It outlines three visions for the future internet: as a unifying communication platform connecting billions of people and devices; as an intelligent application platform that will take over functionality currently provided on personal platforms; and as an immersive medium that will support natural interaction between people and their environment. It then discusses example research areas including cognitive radio networks, autonomic systems, immersive and context-aware collaborative environments, and energy efficiency in and by ICT. The document concludes with an example research unit roadmap and organization structure.
This document discusses videoconferencing tools and provides an overview of their advantages and technologies. It shares the IBBT community's experience with videoconferencing meetings based on an online survey. Tips are provided for both web-based and dedicated videoconferencing technologies. Best practices are outlined for conducting effective videoconferencing meetings. Finally, future developments in videoconferencing like the ICON iCoCoon project are briefly mentioned.
The document summarizes the EPICS project, which researched creating an educational platform for cultural heritage. The platform would develop modules for aggregating, manipulating, and distributing digital cultural heritage content and transforming it into learning objects. The project involved 9 companies, 6 research groups, and took place over 215 months with a budget of over 1.8 million euros. A key goal was transforming digital heritage objects into learning objects that could be used across educational platforms, classrooms, libraries, and mobile devices. The project delivered knowledge in areas like user research, legal issues, and educational transformation of technology. It also aimed to have a positive effect on heritage education and reuse of digital cultural content.
Facebook is the largest social media platform and companies can create a Facebook Fan Page to engage customers. The document provides steps to create a Fan Page including filling out basic company information, adding administrators, and setting privacy settings. It also recommends regularly updating the Fan Page with posts, photos and videos to engage fans and promote positive recommendations of the company.
This document discusses the bottlenecks to internet growth in sub-Saharan Africa and ways to overcome them. The main bottlenecks are lack of infrastructure, unsympathetic geography, high costs and lack of technology. To address this, the document recommends adopting models used in Latin America using private initiatives and public programs. It also advocates for increased use of wireless technologies like mobile internet and WiMAX to expand broadband access. Finally, it argues governments should support internet deployment, training, local content creation and policies to encourage ICT investment and competition.
MamaBear Family Tech Conference: Paid Acquisition for StartupsSeth Berman
The document discusses different channels for acquiring users through ad buys, including signup ads to collect user contact information and app ads to drive downloads. Signup ads are described as a way to acquire users who are not currently searching for your service in order to grow email lists, social media followers, and deliver deals. App ads are presented as a way to promote app discovery and installs through targeted recommendations and video clips for users unaware of your app. Metrics like cost per lead or cost per install are emphasized for evaluating acquisition strategies on different channels.
The document discusses user-centric design and usability. It outlines an agenda that includes user and task analysis, conceptual design and prototyping, experimentation and evaluation. The goal is to adapt new technologies to users through an iterative process involving analysis, design, and evaluation. The results include recommendations for improving interface design based on user testing.
This document outlines the research areas and methods of an ICT policy research group. The key thematic areas they examine are media policy and regulation, telecom policy and regulation, eGovernance policy, and innovation policy. Their methods include benchmarking and comparative analysis, policy assessment and evaluation, and foresight studies. Specific projects mentioned include studies of public service broadcasting, digital switchover, wireless city networks, e-government services, quality of experience in telecom regulation, and analyzing open innovation platforms.
This document discusses the future of internet networks, media, and services. It outlines three visions for the future internet: as a unifying communication platform connecting billions of people and devices; as an intelligent application platform that will take over functionality currently provided on personal platforms; and as an immersive medium that will support natural interaction between people and their environment. It then discusses example research areas including cognitive radio networks, autonomic systems, immersive and context-aware collaborative environments, and energy efficiency in and by ICT. The document concludes with an example research unit roadmap and organization structure.
This document discusses videoconferencing tools and provides an overview of their advantages and technologies. It shares the IBBT community's experience with videoconferencing meetings based on an online survey. Tips are provided for both web-based and dedicated videoconferencing technologies. Best practices are outlined for conducting effective videoconferencing meetings. Finally, future developments in videoconferencing like the ICON iCoCoon project are briefly mentioned.
The document summarizes the EPICS project, which researched creating an educational platform for cultural heritage. The platform would develop modules for aggregating, manipulating, and distributing digital cultural heritage content and transforming it into learning objects. The project involved 9 companies, 6 research groups, and took place over 215 months with a budget of over 1.8 million euros. A key goal was transforming digital heritage objects into learning objects that could be used across educational platforms, classrooms, libraries, and mobile devices. The project delivered knowledge in areas like user research, legal issues, and educational transformation of technology. It also aimed to have a positive effect on heritage education and reuse of digital cultural content.
Facebook is the largest social media platform and companies can create a Facebook Fan Page to engage customers. The document provides steps to create a Fan Page including filling out basic company information, adding administrators, and setting privacy settings. It also recommends regularly updating the Fan Page with posts, photos and videos to engage fans and promote positive recommendations of the company.
This document discusses the bottlenecks to internet growth in sub-Saharan Africa and ways to overcome them. The main bottlenecks are lack of infrastructure, unsympathetic geography, high costs and lack of technology. To address this, the document recommends adopting models used in Latin America using private initiatives and public programs. It also advocates for increased use of wireless technologies like mobile internet and WiMAX to expand broadband access. Finally, it argues governments should support internet deployment, training, local content creation and policies to encourage ICT investment and competition.
MamaBear Family Tech Conference: Paid Acquisition for StartupsSeth Berman
The document discusses different channels for acquiring users through ad buys, including signup ads to collect user contact information and app ads to drive downloads. Signup ads are described as a way to acquire users who are not currently searching for your service in order to grow email lists, social media followers, and deliver deals. App ads are presented as a way to promote app discovery and installs through targeted recommendations and video clips for users unaware of your app. Metrics like cost per lead or cost per install are emphasized for evaluating acquisition strategies on different channels.
This document discusses interactivity in online newspapers in Bangladesh. It finds that while Bangladeshi online newspapers have been available for over 10 years, they provide very limited interactive features and follow a traditional one-way information delivery model, despite the potential of the internet to enable more discussion and debate. In contrast, online portals created by the Bangladeshi diaspora tend to be more interactive. Over half the users of Bangladeshi online newspapers come from outside the country, mainly Bangladeshis living abroad. The document provides background information on internet usage and the large Bangladeshi expatriate population before analyzing specific online newspapers.
The DEUS project aims to develop an easy to deploy and use versatile wireless network infrastructure for dynamic environments. It identifies four network domains: a wireless backbone, wireless sensor networks, access points, and backend servers. The backbone mesh provides a secure, self-organizing transport network between components. Wireless sensor networks share features with the mesh but support multiple routing protocols. Global routing optimizes paths between sensors and connects different network domains in a transparent way. Access points deployed on the mesh provide seamless client mobility. The architectural concept forms the basis for DEUS proof of concept implementations across different use cases.
Jos van Sas - Testimonial Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labsimec.archive
- Bell Labs Alcatel-Lucent is an innovation engine with over 1,000 scientists and researchers across 8 countries collaborating with over 300 academic institutions. It has over 27,900 active patents and publishes over 400 papers per year.
- Experimentation facilities are important for evaluating solutions under realistic conditions at scale beyond theoretical research and simulations. This allows moving research closer to eventual product development.
- Examples of projects using large-scale emulation on the iLab.t platform include FP7 OCEAN investigating scalable content-aware delivery over CDNs and FP7 ECODE adding learning-based control to networks.
- Lessons learned are that large-scale emulation is important for validation and understanding before
The document discusses distributed software and its increasing importance as companies and organizations collaborate using network connections. It notes the need for appropriate software systems beyond network infrastructures, consisting of collections of collaborating software entities allocated in different locations worldwide. The document then outlines various architectures for distributed software, such as multi-tier architectures, service-oriented architectures, sensorware architectures, peer-to-peer architectures, multi-agent systems, aspect-oriented middleware, grid computing, and data-driven architectures. It also discusses related technologies, support, deployment and management techniques, and development methods.
This document discusses the role of grids in engineering simulation. It summarizes the key business challenges in manufacturing industries and how grids can help address them by enabling collaboration and optimizing processes. It provides an example from the automotive industry where grids reduced a simulation task from 22 hours to 1 hour. While grids provide opportunities, challenges remain around business models, legal frameworks, middleware standards, and deployment environments. The document argues that grids must move innovation beyond just applications to truly unlock their value through expanded use of applications.
Crsm 4 2009 Peter Anker Rspg Towards An Eu Policy For Cognitive Radioimec.archive
The document discusses the potential for cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access in Europe. It notes that the Radio Spectrum Policy Group is examining cognitive radio and its implications. The document outlines challenges with cognitive radio like sensing spectrum availability and avoiding interference. It also discusses two access models - license exempt white spot access and market based access. Finally, it proposes that European regulators introduce more flexibility in spectrum use and management to fully realize the benefits of cognitive radio.
The document outlines the agenda and presentations for a Wireless Building Automation demonstration at Vooruit. The agenda includes general presentations on WBA and demonstrations of managing video surveillance over a wireless mesh network, intelligent video transmission and control, SANET use cases, indoor positioning, and SANET network solutions. The document also provides details on WBA, including its architecture, applications to building management systems, and research partners.
I Minds2009 Health Decision Support Prof Bart De Moor (Ibbt Esat Ku Leuven)imec.archive
This document discusses trends and opportunities in health decision support systems. It notes the exponential growth of data from technologies like genomics and imaging. This data tsunami creates opportunities for advanced decision support through integration of heterogeneous data sources. Multimodal imaging data and gene prioritization are examples given. The document also discusses building clinical decision support systems, policy decision support, and embedded decision support systems. It outlines several areas for further research and development like information security, population data mining, home health monitoring, and advanced signal processing.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document summarizes a presentation on smart cities as innovation ecosystems sustained by the future internet. Some key points:
1) Smart cities are not yet a reality, but rather an urban development strategy and vision focused on empowering citizens and creating an "urban innovation ecology."
2) The FIREBALL project aims to bring together cities, living labs, and future internet stakeholders to explore how open innovation and user participation can support experimentation and adoption of future internet technologies.
3) Case studies of smarter cities show examples of technology districts, living lab initiatives, infrastructure development, and efforts to engage citizens. However, challenges remain around skills gaps, funding, and measuring impact.
Show Me the Outcomes!
Evaluating and Proving Your Impact on the Community
Learn how to:
1. Understand how to build a successful outcomes plan for your nonprofit organization
2. Increase your funding by proving your program success to your funders
3. Make informed decisions about future programming and resource allocation
You will also receive an inside view of the Apricot Outcomes Palette™, a dynamic outcomes reporting tool
Presented by:
Kathryn Engelhardt-Cronk
Founder/CEO/President
Community TechKnowledge, Inc.
BLCC presents on their Mobile Adaptive Personalised Learning Experience (Maple) project. BLCC is a business that provides language training to companies. They believe in mobile learning to make learning more flexible and accessible. Through Maple, BLCC explored how to develop an adaptive mobile learning system using tracking and logging data. This provided insights into user expectations. It resulted in two demonstrators, including one focusing on adaptive content selection and delivery based on a user's device. Next steps involve exploring new business models and content partnerships to further develop Maple.
The document describes a Plug & Play program that allows high tech ICT startups from Belgium to spend up to 3 months living in an IBBT apartment in Silicon Valley and working out of the Plug & Play Tech Center. This partnership gives the startups exposure to potential customers and investors in Silicon Valley and a chance for a flying start in the global tech industry. The next call for applicants to the Plug & Play program will be in April 2012.
The document summarizes the IBBT security department, which enhances ICT security research in Flanders through first-class basic and applied research, knowledge transfer to industry, lowering regulatory compliance costs, and training students. The department has expertise across many security areas and collaborates between its COSIC, DistriNet, and ICRI groups. It has a strong track record of FP6/FP7 projects and commercial spin-offs. Research focuses include assurance for future internet services, privacy, identity management, and cybercrime.
The document discusses a living lab for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to involve users in the product development process from an early stage. Some key benefits mentioned include detecting unintended problems or opportunities through active user involvement, conducting multi-method research to enrich products academically, and allowing technologies to be domesticated by users rather than just consumed. The living lab offers services to SMEs to help fast track the process from ideation to demonstration through co-creation with various user types and extra funding and support opportunities.
This document discusses the iterative process of co-creating an ontology with stakeholders. Researchers conducted contextual inquiries through documentation analysis, observations, and interviews across multiple healthcare sites. Scenarios were developed and used in workshops with various stakeholders including medical professionals, engineers, and social scientists. The workshops introduced ontologies and involved role playing, decision making, and concept evaluation. A proof of concept was developed using a personal electronic device to demonstrate the ontology. The document reflects on further refining the process and developing the research.
This document discusses interactivity in online newspapers in Bangladesh. It finds that while Bangladeshi online newspapers have been available for over 10 years, they provide very limited interactive features and follow a traditional one-way information delivery model, despite the potential of the internet to enable more discussion and debate. In contrast, online portals created by the Bangladeshi diaspora tend to be more interactive. Over half the users of Bangladeshi online newspapers come from outside the country, mainly Bangladeshis living abroad. The document provides background information on internet usage and the large Bangladeshi expatriate population before analyzing specific online newspapers.
The DEUS project aims to develop an easy to deploy and use versatile wireless network infrastructure for dynamic environments. It identifies four network domains: a wireless backbone, wireless sensor networks, access points, and backend servers. The backbone mesh provides a secure, self-organizing transport network between components. Wireless sensor networks share features with the mesh but support multiple routing protocols. Global routing optimizes paths between sensors and connects different network domains in a transparent way. Access points deployed on the mesh provide seamless client mobility. The architectural concept forms the basis for DEUS proof of concept implementations across different use cases.
Jos van Sas - Testimonial Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labsimec.archive
- Bell Labs Alcatel-Lucent is an innovation engine with over 1,000 scientists and researchers across 8 countries collaborating with over 300 academic institutions. It has over 27,900 active patents and publishes over 400 papers per year.
- Experimentation facilities are important for evaluating solutions under realistic conditions at scale beyond theoretical research and simulations. This allows moving research closer to eventual product development.
- Examples of projects using large-scale emulation on the iLab.t platform include FP7 OCEAN investigating scalable content-aware delivery over CDNs and FP7 ECODE adding learning-based control to networks.
- Lessons learned are that large-scale emulation is important for validation and understanding before
The document discusses distributed software and its increasing importance as companies and organizations collaborate using network connections. It notes the need for appropriate software systems beyond network infrastructures, consisting of collections of collaborating software entities allocated in different locations worldwide. The document then outlines various architectures for distributed software, such as multi-tier architectures, service-oriented architectures, sensorware architectures, peer-to-peer architectures, multi-agent systems, aspect-oriented middleware, grid computing, and data-driven architectures. It also discusses related technologies, support, deployment and management techniques, and development methods.
This document discusses the role of grids in engineering simulation. It summarizes the key business challenges in manufacturing industries and how grids can help address them by enabling collaboration and optimizing processes. It provides an example from the automotive industry where grids reduced a simulation task from 22 hours to 1 hour. While grids provide opportunities, challenges remain around business models, legal frameworks, middleware standards, and deployment environments. The document argues that grids must move innovation beyond just applications to truly unlock their value through expanded use of applications.
Crsm 4 2009 Peter Anker Rspg Towards An Eu Policy For Cognitive Radioimec.archive
The document discusses the potential for cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access in Europe. It notes that the Radio Spectrum Policy Group is examining cognitive radio and its implications. The document outlines challenges with cognitive radio like sensing spectrum availability and avoiding interference. It also discusses two access models - license exempt white spot access and market based access. Finally, it proposes that European regulators introduce more flexibility in spectrum use and management to fully realize the benefits of cognitive radio.
The document outlines the agenda and presentations for a Wireless Building Automation demonstration at Vooruit. The agenda includes general presentations on WBA and demonstrations of managing video surveillance over a wireless mesh network, intelligent video transmission and control, SANET use cases, indoor positioning, and SANET network solutions. The document also provides details on WBA, including its architecture, applications to building management systems, and research partners.
I Minds2009 Health Decision Support Prof Bart De Moor (Ibbt Esat Ku Leuven)imec.archive
This document discusses trends and opportunities in health decision support systems. It notes the exponential growth of data from technologies like genomics and imaging. This data tsunami creates opportunities for advanced decision support through integration of heterogeneous data sources. Multimodal imaging data and gene prioritization are examples given. The document also discusses building clinical decision support systems, policy decision support, and embedded decision support systems. It outlines several areas for further research and development like information security, population data mining, home health monitoring, and advanced signal processing.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document summarizes a presentation on smart cities as innovation ecosystems sustained by the future internet. Some key points:
1) Smart cities are not yet a reality, but rather an urban development strategy and vision focused on empowering citizens and creating an "urban innovation ecology."
2) The FIREBALL project aims to bring together cities, living labs, and future internet stakeholders to explore how open innovation and user participation can support experimentation and adoption of future internet technologies.
3) Case studies of smarter cities show examples of technology districts, living lab initiatives, infrastructure development, and efforts to engage citizens. However, challenges remain around skills gaps, funding, and measuring impact.
Show Me the Outcomes!
Evaluating and Proving Your Impact on the Community
Learn how to:
1. Understand how to build a successful outcomes plan for your nonprofit organization
2. Increase your funding by proving your program success to your funders
3. Make informed decisions about future programming and resource allocation
You will also receive an inside view of the Apricot Outcomes Palette™, a dynamic outcomes reporting tool
Presented by:
Kathryn Engelhardt-Cronk
Founder/CEO/President
Community TechKnowledge, Inc.
BLCC presents on their Mobile Adaptive Personalised Learning Experience (Maple) project. BLCC is a business that provides language training to companies. They believe in mobile learning to make learning more flexible and accessible. Through Maple, BLCC explored how to develop an adaptive mobile learning system using tracking and logging data. This provided insights into user expectations. It resulted in two demonstrators, including one focusing on adaptive content selection and delivery based on a user's device. Next steps involve exploring new business models and content partnerships to further develop Maple.
The document describes a Plug & Play program that allows high tech ICT startups from Belgium to spend up to 3 months living in an IBBT apartment in Silicon Valley and working out of the Plug & Play Tech Center. This partnership gives the startups exposure to potential customers and investors in Silicon Valley and a chance for a flying start in the global tech industry. The next call for applicants to the Plug & Play program will be in April 2012.
The document summarizes the IBBT security department, which enhances ICT security research in Flanders through first-class basic and applied research, knowledge transfer to industry, lowering regulatory compliance costs, and training students. The department has expertise across many security areas and collaborates between its COSIC, DistriNet, and ICRI groups. It has a strong track record of FP6/FP7 projects and commercial spin-offs. Research focuses include assurance for future internet services, privacy, identity management, and cybercrime.
The document discusses a living lab for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to involve users in the product development process from an early stage. Some key benefits mentioned include detecting unintended problems or opportunities through active user involvement, conducting multi-method research to enrich products academically, and allowing technologies to be domesticated by users rather than just consumed. The living lab offers services to SMEs to help fast track the process from ideation to demonstration through co-creation with various user types and extra funding and support opportunities.
This document discusses the iterative process of co-creating an ontology with stakeholders. Researchers conducted contextual inquiries through documentation analysis, observations, and interviews across multiple healthcare sites. Scenarios were developed and used in workshops with various stakeholders including medical professionals, engineers, and social scientists. The workshops introduced ontologies and involved role playing, decision making, and concept evaluation. A proof of concept was developed using a personal electronic device to demonstrate the ontology. The document reflects on further refining the process and developing the research.
PRoF is a living lab that builds very life-like environments using state-of-the-art products to enable early testing and concept validation. It provides an ecosystem for innovation and business across companies, academia, users, and care actors. PRoF has a long history of collaboration and has had a big impact on innovation in healthcare.
Results of the Apollon pilot in homecare and independent livingimec.archive
The document summarizes the results of the Apollon pilot project evaluating the use of living lab networks for testing homecare and independent living services across borders. The pilot involved transferring three such services between four living labs in different countries. A key finding was that a common cross-border ecosystem model for living labs in healthcare was not feasible due to differences between countries in areas like value networks, organization of healthcare, regulations, and infrastructure. However, living labs could still effectively serve as brokers and matchmakers to enable cross-border collaboration by addressing issues around stakeholders, access to users, liability, ethics, rules, and safety. Based on this pilot, the document advocates for a domain-specific network of smart care living labs to facilitate knowledge
Delivery of feedback on Health, Home Security and Home Energy in Aware Homes ...imec.archive
This document discusses the CASALA Living Lab, which conducts research on delivering feedback to users about their health, home security, and energy usage using sensors in ambient assisted living homes. The CASALA Living Lab has multiple stages, including virtual environments, a facility called Great Northern Haven with over 2,000 sensors collecting data from 16 apartments, and community deployments. The lab aims to understand user behavior from real-world data and provide feedback to empower users. Challenges include lack of market awareness for ambient assisted living and siloed funding, while successes involve end-user involvement and driving education and adoption of these technologies.
The document describes the Emmanuel Haven Living Lab located in Motherwell, South Africa. The Living Lab was established to provide prevention, treatment, care and support to communities impacted by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and diabetes. It aims to mitigate the health, psychological and socio-economic effects of these diseases through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and community programs. Some of its initiatives include using mobile technologies to enable home-based care, nutritional education, and skills development for disabled community members. The Living Lab faces challenges such as lack of infrastructure, connectivity and access issues, as well as social challenges like poverty and low literacy levels in the community.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Health-Lab Amsterdam is a living lab platform focused on testing and improving ICT and healthcare solutions together with users. It has three dimensions: 1) a platform where people can meet and discuss new care solutions, 2) living labs where solutions can be tested with users, and 3) new educational programs focused on implementing solutions. The living lab has apartments equipped with sensors to study user needs, concepts, and acceptance of new solutions. Students from various fields participate in minors to learn about digital health and intelligent environments.
The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) is a non-profit international association representing over 300 certified Living Labs across Europe. Living Labs are real-life test environments where users and producers co-create innovations. ENoLL was launched in 2006 and supports various EU initiatives related to aging well, smart cities, and future internet technologies by facilitating partnerships between its member Living Labs. ENoLL is committed to the EU Active and Assisted Living Program and plans workshops and projects to promote interoperability and gather evidence on independent living solutions.
This document summarizes the process and outcomes of the 6th Wave of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). It describes how 72 proposals were submitted and evaluated by 6 teams against 20 criteria on a scale of 0-5. 46 Living Labs were ultimately selected, including 31 from EU countries and 15 non-EU members. The document provides details on the evaluation phases and typical weaknesses seen in applications. It concludes by welcoming the new members and thanking those involved in the evaluation process.
The Connected Smart Cities Network and Living Labs - Towards Horizon 2020 - K...imec.archive
The document discusses how EU Cohesion Policy supports innovation, particularly through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It provides an overview of how over €86 billion was spent on research and innovation during 2007-2013 to build research capacity and infrastructure in all regions. For 2014-2020, there will be a thematic focus on research and innovation, ICT, and SME competitiveness to maximize impact. Regions will develop research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation to concentrate resources on competitive advantages. Synergies between Cohesion Policy and Horizon 2020 are aimed at supporting research and innovation from the idea stage to market.
Apollon-23/05/2012-9u30- Parallell session: Living Labs added value imec.archive
1) Living labs provide meeting places for research, development, and innovation where companies, researchers, specialists, teachers, students, and product users collaborate.
2) Demola is an innovation platform that combines student ideas with needs and support from project partners and customers, turning ideas into product and service demos.
3) Benefits of Demola include real market potential for projects, valuable experience for students, opportunity for students to start their own businesses, and license agreements or partnerships between students and project partners.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 11:30 - Local SME's - Innovating Across bordersimec.archive
This document outlines a methodology for setting up and operating cross-border networks of living labs to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with innovation. It describes a multi-phase process including connecting partners, planning projects, supporting experimentation, and evaluating results. A variety of methods and tools were developed and validated through pilot projects in different domains like healthcare, energy efficiency, and manufacturing. These methods and tools are accessible through an online knowledge center to facilitate cross-border collaboration between living labs.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document discusses Lisbon's efforts to become a smarter city through open innovation and citizen participation. It outlines challenges like economic issues but also opportunities from new technologies. Lisbon is promoting spaces and tools for public involvement, including participatory budgeting, living labs, open data, and co-working areas. It also supports entrepreneurship through initiatives like Lx Startup, Fab Lab, and Lx Academy. The city is investing in sustainable mobility and renewable energy programs. Overall, the goal is to engage citizens in developing solutions and make Lisbon a center for creativity, business, and green technology.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document describes an open data app challenge organized by Open Cities. It invites developers to create apps using European open data sources that solve citizen issues. The challenge runs from February to November 2012, with a submission period in August-September and finals at the Smart City Expo in November. Top prizes include €5,000 for first place. The goal is to promote open data apps and make city living easier through collaboration across Europe.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document describes open data platforms and sensor network platforms created by the Open Cities project. It discusses how the platforms provide open data and sensor data from multiple cities through common interfaces and tools. This allows developers to more easily access and build applications using the urban data. The platforms have seen increasing use, with thousands of data sets accessed from cities across Europe. Support is provided to developers through tutorials, code samples and documentation to help them create innovative apps using the open data.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 11:30 - Local SME's - Innovating Across bordersimec.archive
This document discusses the transition of a large living lab called i-City in Flanders into a spin-off MVNO business. It summarizes that i-City started as a wireless city project with over 500 hotspots and 2000 test users. Some of the alfa community members who received support went on to work for the founding companies. The spin-off took the community-focused approach of i-City and applies it to their MVNO business, which has grown to over 120,000 users through testing with focus groups and an open API. The plans are to expand the business model to other European countries using the same approach of building, testing, and rebuilding with community input.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
The document discusses the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), which connects over 320 Living Labs across Europe and globally. Living Labs are open innovation ecosystems that engage stakeholders to address societal challenges through user-driven collaboration. ENoLL supports its members through events, projects and services. It also works to expand globally through partnerships and regional networks. The Connected Smart Cities Network was launched to facilitate collaboration between cities on developing smart city solutions using Living Labs approaches.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
1) The FIREBALL project coordinates and aligns approaches between future internet research, experimentation testbeds, and user-driven open innovation to promote innovation in smart cities.
2) Smart cities require three components: cities/communities to define challenges, living labs as generators of solutions developed with citizen involvement, and internet technologies as facilitators of communication and information processing.
3) Key FIREBALL activities include developing a smart city vision and cases, building smart city innovation ecosystems and networks, and coordinating medium to long term future internet research with short to medium term applied research and large scale experimentation.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
This document summarizes a keynote about user-driven open innovation ecosystems across borders, and the Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (FI PPP) program. The FI PPP aims to make applications research drive technology development, make Europe a leader in future internet technologies, and accelerate sustainable innovation. It involves three phases: technology development, networked pilots and trials across Europe, and expansion of testbeds and pilots. The program is implemented through a series of calls for proposals totaling over 300 million Euros. It represents an effort to reinvent how the European Commission approaches internet-related research and innovation.