Alcatel-Lucent Innovation award 2007 / IBBT iLab-O inauguration

1. DIMES
LiTe Open
Living Labs and Testbeds
Open Innovation Forum
Kimmo Ojuva
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2. Dimes Mission
This is what we want to be
We create an
open innovation environment
for the (Finnish) ICT Cluster, where technology and competences will
effectively be turned into customer driven
Services
earlier than elsewhere, benefiting business and society
elsewhere
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3. Dimes Vision
This is what we are reaching for
The Finnish strength is mainly based on successes in
technology creation – Nurturing and piloting
innovations is the weak link in Finland.
Our strength is quick implementation of new
iinnovations based on effective service creation d i d
ti bd ff ti i ti derived
from customer needs and analysis of weak signals and
disruptive iinnovations.
di ti ti
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4. Dimes Association - 60 members and growing
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5. Dimes Organization
DIMES BOARD
OPERATIONS
FINANCIALS / RTT Ltd.
COORDINATOR GROUP
DIMES STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO STEERING DIMES MULTIPOLIS REGIONS
Program Directors Regional Directors and Steering Groups
Cluster Creation
Dimes Programs
and Project Execution
Service Innovation Service Oriented
Foresight Systems
E-Bus
Living Labs and
Li i Lb d
Rich Media
TestBeds -
Services ICT SHOK
Open Innovation Forum
Dimes EU-Finland
Panlab
Cooperation Network
Cooperation framework ”Mirror”
NorthRuLL
Public Sector
Enterprises
Organizations
Panlab Finland
Regional and
Ri l d
Interregional
B-Star
Cooperation
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6. Dimes Program Contributions to Service
Development
Dl t
DIMES STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO STEERING
Disruptions, radical
Program Directors Reliable, interoperable
cross sector ideas,
and healthy ICT
social context platforms
Dimes Programs
Service Innovation Service Oriented
Foresight Systems
Versatile multimedia LivingLabs and Maximizing user
Rich Media
services creating Testbeds -
engagement of new
Services
Open Innovation Forum
consistent habit of services, minimizing life
use cycle costs
Dimes EU-Finland
Cooperation Network
Cooperation framework
P bli Sector
Public S t
High hit rate, useful and
Enterprises
Organizations
productive EU cooperation
Regional and
Interregional
Cooperation
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7. Dimes Operational Principles
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DIMES
• Offers an open innovation network and environment for its members and partners
• Actively promotes new service innovation opportunities for SME's, public sector
actors and research institutions in cooperation with large ICT enterprises
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• Provides concrete ICT-industry initiatives for national public R&D programs
• Is a neutral and national forum for PPP strategy development
• Off it capacity t ramp-up programs of national and i t
Offers its it to f ti l d international impact
ti l i t
Dimes promotes networked projects, which have high level of ambition in terms of
applicability and productivity.
Main criteria: business orientation, strategic impact
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8. Why is testing important?
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9. A Theory for Trends
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Complexity
p y
300
250
Fragmentation
200
150 Number of
involved
100 parties
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Time-to-market
t kt
50
0
Product life-
2000 2007 2014 2021
time
Figure 1 Trends related to ICT products
1.
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10. European competitiveness
• P d ti processes need t adapt to th t d
Production d to d t t the trends
• European society has a strong Public-Private-Partnership
modell
d
• Historically: Good technology developers, Poor innovation
producers
d
• Emphasis on: Cooperation, Multi-disciplinary, Cross-branch
research h
• Mission: To foster and to develop networked testing
facilities
f iliti iin order to b
d t become world-leader iin customer-
ld l d t
driven service creation
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11. Beta-testing culture
Beta testing
• Shorter life-cycles force to engage more testing
• Testing reduces
g
– risk
– time-to-market
• Testing is a natural handshake between industry and
academia
• Testing is cooperation in action
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12. Living Labs ->
User Driven I
U Di Innovation, UDI
ti
• From 3 P to 4 P
– Public
– Private
– Partnership
– Persons
•EEngage users
– Content producers -> innovators?
– Community builders
– Verified value-adding services
– Pre-marketers loyal customers
Pre-marketers,
– Exposing cultural nuances
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13. Finnish Experience in Living Labs
• Active, more satisfied citizens (Arabianranta)
• Reduced health-care costs in pilot communities (
p (Well-Life
Centre)
– enables living at home longer
– ad-hoc / on demand services
• Enabled cross branch research (Snowpolis NorthRuLL)
cross-branch (Snowpolis,
• More and better targeted services in remote areas
(Archipelago)
• Verified technologies (RFID lab)
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14. Why cooperation?
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15. Combined resources
1. Quality
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2 Economy
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16. 1 Quality
1.
• Interoperability
• Large-scale tests
g
• Multi-context testing (incl. UDI)
• Best practise sharing
• Faster evolution
• More accurate results
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17. 2 Economy
2.
• Economies of scale
• New market
– Shorter time-to-market
– Sharing risk
• Towards 24/7 operation
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18. More advantages
advantages...
• Unique possibilities for SMEs
• Globally together
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– better-targeted resources
– better knowledge of services
– better visibility
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19. Belgium & Finland
• Small nations in Europe
• Diversified cultures within
• High-tech countries
• Pragmatic approach
• Shared interest to Living Labs and open innovation
• Belgium: Gate to West and South
• Finland: Gate to East and Scandinavia
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20. Th k Y !
Thank You!
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www.dimes.fi
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