The document discusses the concept of "The Lab" as a new model for innovation in 2050 that could create universal innovation systems open to every citizen. It envisions digital infrastructures enabling new economic, social and political structures. Living labs and citizen labs are presented as ways to open up innovation systems to more people, similar to how European healthcare systems cover entire populations through various facility types. The document argues for training "local innovation agents" to lead social digital innovation at citizen labs and providing them a foundation in synthetic social sciences and technoanthropology.

1. The Lab,
As we may live in 2020
Artur Serra
i2cat
CAPS
July 1-2 2014 Brussels

2. I. We are already connected.
Now what?

3. Soon everything will be connected.
Then what?

4. The Spanish Paradox
100% of young generation is
already connected to Internet....
and 50% of them are
unemployed!!

5. A new digital infrastructure
is connecting
old economic ,social , political
structures and superestructures

6. II. The Lab
As we may live in 2050.

7. “The Lab”:
a new meme.

8. New digital infrastructures
allow
new economic ,social ,
political structures.
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9. “The Lab” hypothesis
Is it possible the opening of the
innovation system to every citizen?
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10. Living labs/Citizen labs:
Towards
Universal Innovation Systems.

11. Is it possible to create a universal
innovation system for every citizen,
upon Internet.

12. What a Universal System is about?.
See some European examples.

13. European
universal healtcare systems
Covering 100% of population
Speciallized
Hospitals
Intermediate
Clinics
Primary Health Centers

14. The current Innovation Systems
Universities,
company labs,
national labs. ….
An elitist and
minority
system. ?

15. The European movement of
Living Labs

18. Training leaders of citizen labs
A) A new professional profile:
– The local innovation agents. Leader in
social digital innovation
B) Providing theoretical basics to social innovation
– Synthetic social sciences.
– Technoanthropology

19. The Lab motto.
ISOC (1991).
“Internet for everyone”
The Lab (2020)
“Innovation is for everyone”

20. Thanks a lot!
artur.serra@i2cat.net