G-Flux creates smartphone applications that combine outdoor activities, GPS, and fun. They have developed a prototype Android app called BikeFlux that tracks cycling routes and activities. Going forward, they plan to continue developing new apps, find customers, and release beta versions on a monthly basis through their student-entrepreneurship venture.
Version Control and Issue Tracking
This document discusses version control and issue tracking systems. Version control allows document changes to be saved without overwriting previous versions and enables features like rollback, branching, and collaboration between distributed teams. Issue tracking systems manage bug reports and customer support tickets with information like descriptions, priorities, statuses, and assignees. The document considers integrating these tools with the myBBT project management platform for benefits like single sign-on but also notes advantages to separate specialized tools connected through shared ticketing.
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.
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.
G-Flux creates smartphone applications that combine outdoor activities, GPS, and fun. They have developed a prototype Android app called BikeFlux that tracks cycling routes and activities. Going forward, they plan to continue developing new apps, find customers, and release beta versions on a monthly basis through their student-entrepreneurship venture.
Version Control and Issue Tracking
This document discusses version control and issue tracking systems. Version control allows document changes to be saved without overwriting previous versions and enables features like rollback, branching, and collaboration between distributed teams. Issue tracking systems manage bug reports and customer support tickets with information like descriptions, priorities, statuses, and assignees. The document considers integrating these tools with the myBBT project management platform for benefits like single sign-on but also notes advantages to separate specialized tools connected through shared ticketing.
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.
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.
Uday Gajendar is a principal product designer at Citrix who gave a presentation on design partnerships. The presentation covered identifying design needs, hiring a designer, core design skills, the general design process, major deliverables, collaboration issues, and advice. It emphasized that designers aim to create great user experiences, not just make things "pretty", and stressed the importance of iteration, prototyping, and managing expectations in design work.
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.
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.
Steven Logghe & Pieter Audenaert - Mobirouteimec.archive
This document summarizes the MobiRoute project, which developed a multimodal route planner with predictions based on historical traffic information. The project combined data from trains and cars to plan routes using multiple transportation methods. It included clustering historical traffic data to predict congestion and developed applications to showcase route planning capabilities.
Break out: Project Communication and Dissemination - Jeroen Poppeimec.archive
The document outlines a communication strategy for a digital archiving project. It discusses using conferences, publications like books or films, mainstream media, a website, and newsletter to reach target groups like archives, heritage institutions, cultural sectors, and education. Events would include both project events and participation in existing conferences to engage all involved. Mainstream media, YouTube, and the project website could help disseminate information more broadly. The newsletter would share important updates without overwhelming subscribers.
The document describes a mediatuin living lab for cross-media innovation. It discusses conducting surveys of a mediapanel to understand users' technology usage, interests, and habits across different media. The lab develops test content and transmedia storytelling pilots across multiple devices and formats. Examples provided include an iMpulse case of mobile storytelling around World War I tourism and a FAB music 2.0 pilot to activate fans across media. The lab also provides inspiration, basic, and custom lab services to quickly test concepts with representative user groups.
iMinds 2011, Wim De Waele, IBBT, Past Present Futureimec.archive
This document outlines the strategy and goals of IBBT, an organization focused on ICT innovation research. The goals are:
1) Achieve excellence in demand-driven research.
2) Support entrepreneurship and innovation.
3) Foster human capital through knowledge exchange.
Key aspects of the strategy include aligning research with societal challenges, developing strategic research themes, supporting startups through an incubator program, attracting and developing research talent, and achieving excellence through international collaboration.
The document discusses enhancing ICT security research in Flanders. It outlines essential objectives like performing world-class basic and applied security research, transferring knowledge to industry, and contributing to student training. It also discusses maintaining expertise across many security areas like cryptography, privacy, and secure software development to address trends in security for applications involving e-health, e-commerce, and more. The overall goal is to be a "one-stop shop for ICT security research" through several research programs.
Conversion Conference: Conversion on Mobile DevicesSeth Berman
Seth Berman is the Director of Global Marketing at BabyCenter. He presented on BabyCenter's leadership in the pregnancy and parenting space, the rapid growth of mobile adoption in 2011, and tips for improving email and mobile web conversion rates. Some key points include:
- BabyCenter has 24 million users worldwide and is the #1 trusted source for pregnancy and parenting information.
- Smartphone adoption increased 50% from 2010-2011, with 1 in 3 Americans now owning a smartphone. Moms are 18% more likely to have a smartphone than average.
- 53% of moms purchase a smartphone after becoming a mom, prioritizing features like cameras, apps, and social media.
The document provides tips for giving successful presentations. It recommends keeping presentations simple with minimal text and clear visuals. Presenters should maintain eye contact, stand up straight, and use gentle hand gestures to demonstrate active body language. Speakers should avoid filler words and listen to their own speaking, including some humor while being honest. Additional tips include practicing the opening, dressing professionally, breathing, and concluding by relaxing and smiling.
Peter Schelkens - Future Media and Imagingimec.archive
The document summarizes the mission and structure of the Future Media & Imaging Research Department. The department aims to become a center of excellence for media research and applications through collaborations with industry and academic partners. It is organized into four research units focused on media representation, video/image content analysis, quantitative tomographic imaging, and metadata-based content adaptation. The units will conduct research across the full media life cycle from capturing to visualization and address issues like complexity, forensics, and large amounts of metadata.
Crsm 8 2009 John Chapin Mit Cognitive Use Of Tv White Spaceimec.archive
The document summarizes a presentation on cognitive use of TV whitespace and the associated regulatory and market implications. It discusses how cognitive radio techniques could be used to access unused TV spectrum in the US while protecting existing primary users. It analyzes the FCC's proposal to allow unlicensed secondary access and compares it to alternative market-oriented and non-market policy options. It also examines some key technical challenges for the FCC approach and uncertainties around potential viable applications and market adoption.
The document contains a collection of inspirational quotes about success, life, and achievement from various notable figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Venus Williams, and Winston Churchill. The quotes provide words of encouragement about working hard, believing in oneself, embracing challenges, and making the most of life's opportunities.
Qo E E2 E5 User Centric Approach Katrien De Moorimec.archive
The document summarizes presentations from a closing event on Quality of Experience (QoE) held at IMEC, Leuven on January 29, 2009. It discusses three main topics: 1) Evaluating QoE by bridging the gap between technical parameters and human experience factors. 2) Situating network neutrality in context and developing an analytical framework for distributing internet content. 3) The European response to network neutrality in the context of electronic communications reform. It also outlines challenges in conceptualizing and measuring QoE, and the need for interdisciplinary and anticipatory approaches.
Heide-Mieke Scherpereel - Sensotec WoDy Audiokrantimec.archive
The document provides an overview of two Stevin projects: WoDy and AudioKrant. WoDy is a word prediction program for dyslexic users developed in partnership between Sensotec and Lexima, featuring speech output, self-correction, dictionaries and other support features. AudioKrant is a spoken newspaper service launched in 2008 that uses synthetic speech and a structured Daisy format to make newspaper content accessible for people with reading disabilities. Both projects aimed to develop Dutch language technological resources and demonstrate applications to stimulate innovation for people with specific needs.
Jan Smits - Municipal fiber network in the Netherlands: three different legal...imec.archive
Presentation at the Workshop on Municipal Fiber Networks, October 24th 2011 in Ghent, Belgium. The workshop was organised by Ghent University - IBCN / IBBT. More information about this event can be found at http://http://events.ibbt.be/en/workshop-municipal-fiber-networks.
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.
Uday Gajendar is a principal product designer at Citrix who gave a presentation on design partnerships. The presentation covered identifying design needs, hiring a designer, core design skills, the general design process, major deliverables, collaboration issues, and advice. It emphasized that designers aim to create great user experiences, not just make things "pretty", and stressed the importance of iteration, prototyping, and managing expectations in design work.
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.
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.
Steven Logghe & Pieter Audenaert - Mobirouteimec.archive
This document summarizes the MobiRoute project, which developed a multimodal route planner with predictions based on historical traffic information. The project combined data from trains and cars to plan routes using multiple transportation methods. It included clustering historical traffic data to predict congestion and developed applications to showcase route planning capabilities.
Break out: Project Communication and Dissemination - Jeroen Poppeimec.archive
The document outlines a communication strategy for a digital archiving project. It discusses using conferences, publications like books or films, mainstream media, a website, and newsletter to reach target groups like archives, heritage institutions, cultural sectors, and education. Events would include both project events and participation in existing conferences to engage all involved. Mainstream media, YouTube, and the project website could help disseminate information more broadly. The newsletter would share important updates without overwhelming subscribers.
The document describes a mediatuin living lab for cross-media innovation. It discusses conducting surveys of a mediapanel to understand users' technology usage, interests, and habits across different media. The lab develops test content and transmedia storytelling pilots across multiple devices and formats. Examples provided include an iMpulse case of mobile storytelling around World War I tourism and a FAB music 2.0 pilot to activate fans across media. The lab also provides inspiration, basic, and custom lab services to quickly test concepts with representative user groups.
iMinds 2011, Wim De Waele, IBBT, Past Present Futureimec.archive
This document outlines the strategy and goals of IBBT, an organization focused on ICT innovation research. The goals are:
1) Achieve excellence in demand-driven research.
2) Support entrepreneurship and innovation.
3) Foster human capital through knowledge exchange.
Key aspects of the strategy include aligning research with societal challenges, developing strategic research themes, supporting startups through an incubator program, attracting and developing research talent, and achieving excellence through international collaboration.
The document discusses enhancing ICT security research in Flanders. It outlines essential objectives like performing world-class basic and applied security research, transferring knowledge to industry, and contributing to student training. It also discusses maintaining expertise across many security areas like cryptography, privacy, and secure software development to address trends in security for applications involving e-health, e-commerce, and more. The overall goal is to be a "one-stop shop for ICT security research" through several research programs.
Conversion Conference: Conversion on Mobile DevicesSeth Berman
Seth Berman is the Director of Global Marketing at BabyCenter. He presented on BabyCenter's leadership in the pregnancy and parenting space, the rapid growth of mobile adoption in 2011, and tips for improving email and mobile web conversion rates. Some key points include:
- BabyCenter has 24 million users worldwide and is the #1 trusted source for pregnancy and parenting information.
- Smartphone adoption increased 50% from 2010-2011, with 1 in 3 Americans now owning a smartphone. Moms are 18% more likely to have a smartphone than average.
- 53% of moms purchase a smartphone after becoming a mom, prioritizing features like cameras, apps, and social media.
The document provides tips for giving successful presentations. It recommends keeping presentations simple with minimal text and clear visuals. Presenters should maintain eye contact, stand up straight, and use gentle hand gestures to demonstrate active body language. Speakers should avoid filler words and listen to their own speaking, including some humor while being honest. Additional tips include practicing the opening, dressing professionally, breathing, and concluding by relaxing and smiling.
Peter Schelkens - Future Media and Imagingimec.archive
The document summarizes the mission and structure of the Future Media & Imaging Research Department. The department aims to become a center of excellence for media research and applications through collaborations with industry and academic partners. It is organized into four research units focused on media representation, video/image content analysis, quantitative tomographic imaging, and metadata-based content adaptation. The units will conduct research across the full media life cycle from capturing to visualization and address issues like complexity, forensics, and large amounts of metadata.
Crsm 8 2009 John Chapin Mit Cognitive Use Of Tv White Spaceimec.archive
The document summarizes a presentation on cognitive use of TV whitespace and the associated regulatory and market implications. It discusses how cognitive radio techniques could be used to access unused TV spectrum in the US while protecting existing primary users. It analyzes the FCC's proposal to allow unlicensed secondary access and compares it to alternative market-oriented and non-market policy options. It also examines some key technical challenges for the FCC approach and uncertainties around potential viable applications and market adoption.
The document contains a collection of inspirational quotes about success, life, and achievement from various notable figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Venus Williams, and Winston Churchill. The quotes provide words of encouragement about working hard, believing in oneself, embracing challenges, and making the most of life's opportunities.
Qo E E2 E5 User Centric Approach Katrien De Moorimec.archive
The document summarizes presentations from a closing event on Quality of Experience (QoE) held at IMEC, Leuven on January 29, 2009. It discusses three main topics: 1) Evaluating QoE by bridging the gap between technical parameters and human experience factors. 2) Situating network neutrality in context and developing an analytical framework for distributing internet content. 3) The European response to network neutrality in the context of electronic communications reform. It also outlines challenges in conceptualizing and measuring QoE, and the need for interdisciplinary and anticipatory approaches.
Heide-Mieke Scherpereel - Sensotec WoDy Audiokrantimec.archive
The document provides an overview of two Stevin projects: WoDy and AudioKrant. WoDy is a word prediction program for dyslexic users developed in partnership between Sensotec and Lexima, featuring speech output, self-correction, dictionaries and other support features. AudioKrant is a spoken newspaper service launched in 2008 that uses synthetic speech and a structured Daisy format to make newspaper content accessible for people with reading disabilities. Both projects aimed to develop Dutch language technological resources and demonstrate applications to stimulate innovation for people with specific needs.
Jan Smits - Municipal fiber network in the Netherlands: three different legal...imec.archive
Presentation at the Workshop on Municipal Fiber Networks, October 24th 2011 in Ghent, Belgium. The workshop was organised by Ghent University - IBCN / IBBT. More information about this event can be found at http://http://events.ibbt.be/en/workshop-municipal-fiber-networks.
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.
Masterclass Kwaliteitsnetwerk Bouw: "BIM in relatie tot kwaliteitsmanagement"nielssmit
Wij kijken terug op een zeer leuke en informatieve Masterclass van het Kwaliteitsnetwerk Bouw waar volop informatie is uitgewisseld en een ieders netwerk is uitgebreid. Hierbij de presentatie.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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