The document discusses Laurea University of Applied Sciences' role in developing collaborative innovation through its LivingLabs network in the Helsinki region of Finland. Key points: - Laurea operates multiple LivingLabs focused on welfare, knowledge business, security, and social responsibility that bring together stakeholders from education, business, healthcare, and government. - The LivingLabs use an open innovation approach to address challenges like an aging population through projects generating new technologies, services, and solutions. - Laurea aims to strengthen regional development and international cooperation by connecting centers of excellence across Europe and Asia and supporting multidisciplinary, public-private innovation partnerships.

1. EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Directorate C - Research and Innovation
Unit C.1 – Innovation Policy
Platform Breaking Down Barriers Between Key Players at Regional Level
Laurea LivingLabs Network with the Helsinki - Uusimaa region as
an open innovation ecosystem based on human centric RDI
European Innovation Partnerships – meeting societal challenges and reinforcing
competitiveness
Simulation Seminar for ERAC regarding the pilot "Active and Healthy Ageing”
Ways of identifying and tackling obstacles to Innovation
Tuija Hirvikoski, PhD
Director| Laurea University of Applied Sciences| Internationalisation of RDI | ENoLL council member and co-ordinator of the thematic domains |
Sendai-Finland Wellbeing Centre steering group member |
| Tuija.Hirvikoski@laurea.fi | www.laurea.fi | http://www.openlivinglabs.eu/ | http://vimeo.com/16424693| http://sendai.fwbc.jp/en/index.html |
22nd of February, 2011
Berlaymont building, room Schuman, 200 rue de la Loi, Brussels

2. New Collaborative Innovation Paradigm, Why?
• due to the multi-layered, • apart from new
multidisciplinary, multi- technologies and
sector, multi-stakeholder
products, we also need
complexities
new production and
• we need to improve the
effectiveness and impact of consumptions that will
policies, programmes and renew local and global
projects services, markets and
industries
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3. New Collaborative Innovation Paradigm
How?
LivingLabs =
enlarged Triple Helix model & open
Research, Development and
Innovation (RDI) infrastructures and
methodologies
Learning and Co-Innovating for
Development
local, regional and cross-
boarder collaboration
addressing the grand
challenges Hirvikoski (2009)
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4. Laurea’s Operating Environment
• the Greater Helsinki Metropolitan Area produces
approximately 50% of Finland’s gross domestic
product
• Uusimaa region consists of urban and rural areas
• The social and health care sector is strongly influenced by demographic changes and
struggling with the challenge of ensuring equal services for rural and urban areas with
limited budgetary conditions. The ageing population, long distances and the possible
lack of qualified work force are common challenges in particularly in the archipelago
• In its operating environment, Laurea is specializing
in service innovations and focusing on regional
development of the metropolitan area
Helsinki Smart City Showcase
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5. Laurea’s LivingLabs Network
and the partners in the Uusimaa Region
Medical
and
Care
Simula#on
Centre
Strategic Intent 2015:
In 2015 Laurea will be
an internationally
Hospital
Area
User
Driven
Innova#on
acknowledged
Hyri
and
TechVilla
Centre
university of applied
sciences specializing
in future expertise
and regional
development in the
Service
Innova#on
and
Design
Lab
metropolitan area.
Care
Innova#on
and
Design
Hub
The focus of the LivingLabs is on welfare,
Otaniemi
Uusimaa
Regional
knowledge intensive business services, security
Marke#ng
Council
and social responsibility. The basis for Laurea’s
Culminatum
HUS,
THL
R&D&I is a holistic view of well-being which
CKIR
/Aalto
provides sustainable direction for businesses and
Ac#ve
Life
Village
Forum
Virium
for the development of entire service systems
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6. Learning by Developing (LbD) with an open RDI Ecosystem =
Laurea LivingLabs
Institutional Strategic Business Execution Design Personal
enviroment environment environment
professional development enviroment environment meanings
orchestration
table
Political Enablers Utilizer Developer
guidelines New Technologies, products, services, User
New production and consumption
spin-offs,
User behavior transformation
renewal of markets, industries and societies

7. Why a University of Applied Sciences?
Case Laurea: Strategic Choices and Central Measures for
2010-2015
1. LbD: Generating Future Expertise and Service
Innovations and Promoting Student
Entrepreneurship
• Strengthening the student-oriented learning culture
based on creativity, which brings together teaching
and R&D&I.
• Promoting the commercialization of ideas and
innovations.
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8. Why a University of Applied Sciences?
Case Laurea: Strategic Choices and Central Measures for 2010-2015
2. Developing the
Greater Helsinki
Metropolitan Area
• Participating in world
class networks that
develop the
metropolitan area.
• Promoting multi-
stakeholder functional
entities that develop the
metropolitan area.
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9. Why a University of Applied Sciences?
Case Laurea: Strategic Choices and Central Measures for 2010-2015
3. Internationally
Recognized and
Productive R&D&I
• Increasing Laurea’s
international recognition,
reputation and influence.
• Increasing international
competence transfer that
enriches Laurea’s
partners and the region.
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10.
New Collaborative Innovation Paradigm, How?
Cross-boarder collaboration
In the world without boarders, the diversity of cultures, technologies
and business models nurtures innovation and learning
New opportunities emerge whilst ideas, knowledge and innovation
travel from country to country

11. New Collaborative Innovation
Paradigm. How?
European Network of Living Labs
(ENoLL) was founded in 2006 under
the auspices of the Finnish EU-
presidency
• contributes to the creation of a
dynamic, multi-layered and
multidimensional, future European
innovation ecosystem
• supports co-creative, human-centric
and user-driven research, Hirvikoski (2009)
development and innovation in order
to better cater for people’s needs
All current 212 Living Labs listed on
www.openlivinglabs.eu/livinglabs
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12. Average growth of turnover in Danish firms, 2005-2007
(Source: Fora & Statistics Denmark, 2010)

13. New Collaborative Innovation Paradigm
How?
The long term vision on Public- Europe as a dynamic, multi-layered and
Private-People Partnerships (PPPP)
for user-driven open innovation
multi-dimensional European Innovation
includes: Ecosystem
• Living Labs as Open Access
Platforms for Smart Cities and
Regions
• Alliances with Local Authorities to
integrate Living Lab Innovation and
Sustainability Policies
• Cross-border and Cross-Thematic
Cooperation addressing the grand
challenges of our time
• Large-scale User Behaviour
Transformation through Social and
Societal Innovation
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14. European Union
Living Lab Partnerships
City- and Regional
Governments
Social Networks
Citizens Groups
International Organizations
FAO, UN, World Bank, OECD
International Partnerships
with Living Labs in other Regions
Universities
Research Institutions
SMEs
ICT Industries

15. Apollon - Homecare and Independent Living
Experiences of SMEs
▶ Evaluates the different services in another country – forces to
re-think the initial business case
▶ Provides a “lessons learned” in transferring or setting-up
cross border Homecare and Independent products – better
value proposition and better product fit
▶ provides opportunity to discuss the Health care eco-system in
another country to identity different needs and to explore
new business opportunities
▶ provides insights into the requirements and operational issues
related to transferring products to other markets outside the
base market
Innovating, Televic

16. Connec&ng
the
Dots
of
Excellence
across
European
and
Asian
Aging
Socie&es
Elderly Welfare Promotion Group, National Taiwan University INSIGHT
Suan-Lien Living Lab
Innova&ons
of
Long-­‐Term
Care
Services
for
the
Elderly
in
Chuncheon,
Hallym
University,
Korea

17. Connecting the Dots of Excellence across
European and Asian Aging Societies
Comparative research
City/region level Northern
East
Asian
civic
analysis European
societal
model
scaling up the results welfare
model
to the system level
=>
new
products,
services
and
solu#ons
to
be
scaled
up
from
the
micro
level
to
the
system
level
and
to
the
global
market
What
is
the
role
of
the
ci#zens,
users,
and
people
?
How
does
the
public,
private,
people
partnership
evolve?
LivingLabs/Testbeds
role?

18. Pre-Commercial Procurement Good Practice
Procure R&D in steps (solutions, prototypes, test
series) to reduce the risk and give SMEs a
chance
Risk-benefit sharing with Suppliers
Competing development with multiple Suppliers
Sharing R&D costs with other Procurers

19. Harvesting Results
|Virtual Elderly Care Services | A Guardian
Angel for the Extended Home Environment
| DiYSE | CaringTV | Clinic Art & Encounter
Art | Active Aging |Express to Connect
(E2C) | Polar heart rate monitoring devises
| Helsinki Metropolitan Entrepreneurship
Academy | Radiology and Laboratory
Service System | Senior Trainer |
Konkkaronkka | Sendai-Finland Wellbeing
Centre | Nordic Walking in Japan | 250 new
companies in social service and healthcare
sector

20. Lessons Learned - Action Through a Policy Mix
- enabling health and social care policy, educational policy,
industrial and innovation policy (management by vision,
evaluation and incentives)
⇒ integration of education and RDI to foster motivated professionals
⇒ integration of bottom-up (demand and human driven, self-organising)
and top-down (scalable, transferable solutions) approaches
⇒ parallel incremental development and systemic paradigm sift of
active and healthy aging (care systems, health behaviour, societal
innovation etc.)
⇒ enhancing innovation in pre-commercial public purchasing processes
& sustainable urban innovations through multidisciplinary R&D
cooperation (as The Innovative City® Program)
⇒ simultaneous innovative procurement and support for growth
companies => business expansion, generates new job opportunities
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21. Lessons Learned - Improving the Coordination of
Key Players by PPPP
• enabling structures and platforms (LivingLabs) to address
the multi-stakeholder, multi-layer, multi-disciplinary,
multi-sector complexities => effectiveness and impact of
policies
• proactive platform activators => trust, coherent value
bases, good collaboration among stakeholders => strategic
agility
• empower the elderly, citizens, care professionals and
students => innovative solutions & diffusion of innovation
• connect the dots of excellence across European and Asian
aging societies

22. Scaling up the PPPP model: Europe as a dynamic,
multi-layered and multi-dimensional Innovation
Ecosystem - Consequences
- involves creative and motivated professionals and citizens
to the development of Active and Healthy Ageing solutions
and the transformation of behaviour
- creates innovative solutions from the micro to the most
macro level of the Active and Healthy Ageing systems
- decreases innovation obstacles
- boosts Europe as a lead market of Active and Healthy Aging
- boosts new spin-offs and supports growth companies
- gives companies an opportunity to grow in the emerging
Asian (global) markets
- generates meaningful new jobs
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23. Thank you
Image Tuija
January
14,
2011,
Taipei
,
Taiwan
Interna#onal
Forum
on
Smart
Living
Summer
School
Ini#a#ves
in
Asia
Tuija
Hirvikoski
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