The document describes SENSORICA, an open innovation and peer production network based in Montreal. It discusses how open and collaborative networks can accelerate innovation by reducing costs. SENSORICA builds partnerships between traditional stakeholders and new stakeholders using approaches like hackathons and workshops. It has developed an Open Value Network model and infrastructure to support large-scale collaboration and turn networks into economic agents. The document requests funding to improve SENSORICA's physical space and IT infrastructure to further support open innovation.

1. Accelerated Innovation in
Open and Collaborative
Networks

2. Hello!
We are SENSORICA
An open innovation and peer production network
www.sensorica.co

3. Innovation in Open & Collaborative Networks1
Credit: Todd Huffman CC BY 2.0

4. Why Open & Collaborative Networks?
Open and collaborative
networks reduce the costs of,
and accelerate innovation.
The most disruptive new
technologies, such as 3D
printing, personal drones and
blockchain, have been
created and popularized by
open networks.
Ethereum Montreal meetup Oct.
24, 2015 at Sensorica

5. Why Open & Collaborative Networks?
The rise of the OPEN signals
profound, but positive
socioeconomic changes.
Well-structured open and
collaborative networks
outcompete traditional,
hierarchically organized
institutions.

6. Why Open & Collaborative Networks?
Open collaborative networks
create sustainable innovation,
and put in place sustainable
production and distribution
systems. They also implement
better mechanisms for
redistribution of wealth and offer
work environments that are
purpose driven and more
humane.

7. “
The current economy advocates infinite growth on a
finite planet, and tries to make artificially scarce
what is naturally abundant (knowledge). Peer
production models respect the limits of the natural
world and insure the free flow of shared knowledge.
- Michel Bauwens
Credit: Walter Siegmund CC BY-SA 3.0

8. Global Context
The global market for the collaborative
economy is expected to reach $335
billion US by 2025, up from $15 billion in
2014, 63% annual growth rate. The
collaborative economy is a heavy,
structuring and promising trend.
Europe is introducing new policies to
foster open science/innovation, the
commons and p2p practices, and
allocates millions of euros yearly to
programs that nurture these initiatives.

9. Current Challenges in Innovating2
Credit: The White Mountain School CC BY-SA 4.0

10. What are some of today’s challenges in innovating?
■ Solving local problems, locally
■ Gaining input from the stakeholders in all stages of development
■ Curtailing extractive / exploitative crowdsourcing
■ Distributing equitable value to innovators
■ Fostering collaboration in a cross-disciplinary / international / intercultural
context
■ Countering job fatigue / dissatisfaction
■ Tapping excess creative capacities
■ Next generation IT infrastructure and ecosystem process automation

11. Today’s challenges in innovation?
New Stakeholders hold a lot of value. Traditional Stakeholders can greatly benefit from leveraging these New
Stakeholders but have trouble understanding their practices and interfacing with them. For more than six years,
SENSORICA has been building bridges between the two, so that Canada can become a leader in the New
Economy.
Traditional Stakeholders Interface New Stakeholders
Business
→
←
Fab labs, makerspaces,
hackerspaces
Industry Open Value Networks (OVNs)
Education Peer Producers
Government
Hobbyists (Drones, IoT, Blockchain
etc.)

12. SENSORICA: Approach to Innovation3
eCommunity Garden prototype at EcoHackathon, October 18th, 2014

13. Montreal lab: 3485 Saint-Laurent Street
Credit: Jean Gagnon CC BY-SA 3.0
Created in February
2011, in Montreal,
SENSORICA is
recognized worldwide
as one of the most
advanced pilot
projects for the
collaborative economy.

14. What is SENSORICA?
SENSORICA is an open innovation and peer-production space
based in Montreal, Canada, and an international community of world-
renowned leaders in P2P technologies and new organizational models.
SENSORICA is a for-benefit organization, with an economic model
centered around open innovation, open source development.

15. 2332 Commits
On Github for IT infrastructure development
4268 Logged Contributions
For SENSORICA projects in 2016
45 Commercial Projects
In open science, open source software and hardware

16. SENSORICA Experience and Network Reach
The world’s first truly peer-production network:
■ 6 years expertise
■ 116 members from around the world
■ infrastructure for large-scale collaboration

17. How Does SENSORICA Work?
SENSORICA builds production and distribution
capacity on top of open innovation. It is the next logical
step in the evolution of open source communities, turning
them into full-fledged economic agents, able to innovate,
produce and distribute with increased efficiency,
predictability and accountability.

18. How Does SENSORICA Work?
Using emerging technologies and state of the art open
and collaborative business practices, SENSORICA
integrates the latest trends in social networking, hack
spaces, sharing and collaborative platforms to create
socio-economic alternatives.

19. How Does SENSORICA Work?
SENSORICA is built on P2P principles of sharing,
whole-systems thinking and well-being. Holding a
global network outlook, SENSORICA welcomes
participants from all over the world, while supporting local
economic initiatives.

20. SENSORICA’s Organizational Structure
SENSORICA is a non-
registered association (open
network) that interfaces with
the market through Exchange
firms (limited liability
corporations).
Agents within the SENSORICA
network are called Affiliates
(freelance individuals or
organizations)

21. SENSORICA Montreal Hub structure: An Integrated Space
Techshop
Adjacent space, interface
with the larger community
of innovators and
entrepreneurs.
Revenue model: Pay-per-
use.
Fab Lab
Adjacent space, interface
with larger community of
innovators and
entrepreneurs. Members
subject to classical fablab
governance.
Revenue model: Monthly
membership fees
Incubator
Adjacent space, interface
with the larger startup
community.
Revenue model: Desk
rental and techshop-type
access to equipment.
SENSORICA lab
An open innovation hub with support for open and collaborative ventures. Affiliates are subject to SENSORICA’s governance for
open innovation and peer-production. No application fees for becoming an affiliate. Revenue model based on commercial activity,
products and services.

22. Montreal lab: 3485 Saint-Laurent Street

23. Recognition
Numerous institutions have endorsed SENSORICA for its groundbreaking development.
The White House - Invitation to present
advantages of collaborative crowdsourcing
Montreal Heart Institute - Received grant for
Mosquito Project
Government of Canada - Ongoing
relationship… initiatives for the collaborative
economy.
TEDx - Presentation Open Value Networks as new
economic model at TEDxMontreal.
McGill University - Developed Open Source
Hardware for Scientific Instruments.
École Polytechnique - Development of optical fibre
based sensor.
Queen’s University - Developed Open Source
Scientific Hardware.
P2P Value - Part of stakeholders’ board. Involved in
consortium’s research initiatives.
HEC Montreal
A New Economy Documentary - Featured in
documentary A New Economy
D

24. SENSORICA: Projects4
Image source: Sensorica

25. SENSORICAbuilds global networks and forges ties with communities of
practice to catalyze and amplify local economic activity

26. Our Core Competencies
3D Printing
Design and rapid
prototyping with FDM
and DLP printers
Internet of Things
Sensors, mesh
networks
microcontrollers and
cloud
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency, smart
contracts and
distributed ledgers
Open Source
Hardware
Electronics, optics,
microfluidics and
computing
Open Source
Software
Architecture, design,
development and
deployment
SENSORICA is focusing on 5 core areas

27. 3D Printing
Optical Fibre scoring machine
By SENSORICA
According to Jeremy Rifkin, 3D
printing signals the beginning
of a third industrial revolution.
SENSORICA activities
3D modeling, 3D printing,
prototyping, education, public
events.

28. Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) Applications
Source: Sensorica
Funneling innovation to local
industries.
IoT for heavy industry.
Partner: Robco.
Delivered: Smart seals
■ High speed open innovation
by remixing open source
technology
■ 60% R&D cost reduction by
crowdsourcing

29. Blockchain
Source: Pexels CC0
Developing next generation IT
infrastructure and ecosystem
process automation.
It allows disintermediation and reduces
the cost for managing relations between
organizations.
Partner: eVision
Delivered: Interspace Access
Management
■ Reduced development costs
■ Attracted rare skills to project

30. Therapeutic Medical Devices
Breathing Games hardware design and
user testing workshop
Development of smart therapeutic
devices. Exploration of a blockchain-
based patient data management
system.
Partner: multiple academic
Delivered:
■ Prototype device for asthma,
cystic fibrosis, and other chronic
respiratory diseases.

31. Scientific Instruments
Two axis directional gimbal platform using brushless
dc motors with direct drive system, magnetic base
micromanipulators, made almost entirely using 3D
printing technologies.
Open source scientific
instrument for photovoltaic
material characterization. An
Open Science project in
collaboration with Queen’s
University.

32. Scientific Instruments
The Mosquito is an ultra sensitive
force and displacement sensor,
used in physiology research.
Open source scientific
instrument for manipulating
individual muscle cells and for
measuring single cell
contraction forces.
In collaboration with the
Montreal Heart Institute.

33. Network Resource Planner (NRP)
The future of accounting and
management.
The NRP is an IT tool for resource
management, similar to the ERP used by
enterprises. It incorporates solutions for
collaborative and network economic activity.
Created by SENSORICA, the NRP is now
cited in papers for international accounting
standards and is the subject of new academic
research in accounting and management.

34. Innovation & Open Value Networks (OVN)5

35. SENSORICAhelps open-source communities become full-fledged economic agents
connects traditional organizations with open innovation networks

36. SENSORICA - an Open Value Network (OVN)
The SENSORICA network has developed and implemented a new
paradigm for open innovation and peer production, called the Open
Value Network (OVN) - now the subject of numerous publications,
international conferences, documentaries, and university courses.

37. SENSORICA - an Open Value Network (OVN)
The Open Value Network (OVN) model is
at the heart of the P2P economy. It allows
individuals and organizations to:
■ Co-create value through large-
scale collaboration
■ Distribute value where it is
needed
■ Redistribute revenue to all
contributors, in proportion to
their contributions.

38. SENSORICA - an Open Value Network (OVN)
The SENSORICA OVN rests on a unique IT infrastructure, and uses
governance and methodologies tailored for network production. It
turns networks into formidable economic agents of comparable merit to
corporations and co-ops. Data shows that the OVN model is on a path to
become an important catalyst of local and international economic
development.

39. OVN: Revolutionising Open Source
The OVN innovation and production paradigm is now being adopted
across the world by open innovation networks in order to become
full-fledged economic agents
Streamline economic activities
Innovate, produce and distribute with increased efficiency,
predictability and accountability

40. OVN: Helping Traditional Institutions Transition
The OVN model helps traditional organizations form
larger collaborative ecosystems in order to:
Cut costs by mutualizing resources
Increase the speed and the quality of innovation
Facilitate transactions
Streamline logistics

41. OVN: Helping Traditional Institutions Transition
SENSORICA has prototyped mutually beneficial relations
with traditional institutions: government, academia and the
private sector.
These relations constitute bridges between the new
collaborative economy and the traditional one, allowing for
a smooth economic transition.

42. Advancing OVN
New p2p technologies like Blockchain, IPFS and Ceptr allow OVNs to
scale to epic proportions yet significantly reduce operational costs. We are
again at a turning point in the development of this new production
paradigm. In order to fuel the transition to a much larger capacity,
SENSORICA needs funding for its physical lab in Montreal and for
the improvement of its IT infrastructure.

43. Building Local Engagement6
Image source: Sensorica

44. Hackathons
Etherium Montreal meetup Oct.
24, 2015 at Sensorica
SENSORICA provides hands-on
learning opportunities for the local
community by organizing hackathons
around our high social impact
projects.
People learn new technical skills,
experience a collaborative work
environment, network and have fun.

45. Workshops
Etherium Montreal meetup Oct.
24, 2015 at Sensorica
SENSORICA provides in-context
learning opportunities for the local
community by organizing workshops
on new technologies and new
economic practices.
We help people demystify the new
trends, identify new possibilities and
guide them towards new potential.

46. Youth Camp
Robotics workshop for kids with
Grandir sans frontières
SENSORICA hosts playful learning
activities for young kids, on
alternative energy, robotics and 3D
printing.

47. Community Events
Presentation on the Blockchain at
Ouishare’s École du collaboratif Oct. 27, 2016
Sensoricans are often solicited to
participate in local events, and are
invited as experts to present our
collaborative economic model, new
technology trends, new socio-
economic trends, etc.

48. Community Events
3D printing day at SENSORICA
SENSORICA host diverse public
events, and we invite other local
communities to contribute, reinforcing
the collaborative economy ecosystem
in Montreal.

49. Why an Open Innovation Hub?7
Credit: Walter Siegmund CC BY-SA 3.0

50. Benefits of Working with SENSORICA
Students
go hands on with
innovative technologies
Entrepreneurs
find skills and
resources that lower
time and cost to market
Companies
acquire solutions and
crowdsourced
innovation
Individuals
gain new skills and
earn equity in project
Communities
learn about new
collaborative
methodologies
For the past 6 years, we have made a positive difference for

51. Acknowledging Open Networks
Open networks must be acknowledged as legitimate organizations able to
undertake complex activities, with high efficiency, predictability, and accountability.
Open networks have given the world Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Blockchain technology,
3D printing and consumer drones, among many other things. Informal small-scale
networks have always existed and are an important element of our socio-economic
fabric. Large scale, Internet-enabled networks have been under development for
over two decades. Over time, they have built infrastructure for resource and
process management, governance and methodologies. SENSORICA is an
important player in this development.

52. Acknowledging Open Networks
Today, some networks are more predictable than corporations for their activities
and output. SENSORICA is leading the way in turning open innovation networks
into effective economic agents, by proposing the Open Value Network model
(OVN). Governments and other traditional institutions are still struggling to
recognize networks and to interface with them.

53. Funding Proposal for an Open Innovation Hub8
Image source: Pixabay CC0

54. Our costs
■ Physical space improvement
■ Recurring costs and operations
■ IT infrastructure

55. Physical Space Improvement
Work description Estimation
- ventilation $1,760
- walls $6,134
- misc. $34
- toilette $10,473
- stairs rails $1,008
- floor $6,119
- green wall $24,180
- furniture $1,350
- drain pit protection $300
- front door access $100
- equipment $8,625
- electrical $2,438
Total $62,524
See
budget
The new SENSORICA lab is
located in the heart of Montreal,
on St-Laurent street.
$62,524 for renovations

56. Physical Space Improvement
Old lab, 2011 to 2015
A Physical Hub for
Accelerated Innovation

57. Physical Space Improvement
New lab in renovation
A Physical Hub for
Accelerated Innovation, new
business model incubation.

58. Physical Space Improvement
Terrasse event space (under construction). An
interface between the public and SENSORICA
Digibit Incubator. A space dedicated to
local entrepreneurs and established
companies + services
Event space. Education,
workshops, conferences,
networking
Hardware store (under
construction). An interface
between the public and DaHub.
Bitcoin Embassy.
A pioneering crypto exchange
place in Canada
New SENSORICA Montreal Lab. A
new kind of incubator and accelerator
based on open innovation and peer
production

59. IT Infrastructure Costs
IT Infrastructure costs
Design & Development $304,100
Support roles $125,000
Services $281,344
Others $28,000
TOTAL $738,444
$738,444 for improvements
See
budget
SENSORICA’s IT infrastructure is
now used by various open
innovation networks and
communities.
It can also empower consortia of
traditional organizations, and
reinforce the interface between
traditional organizations and open
networks.

60. IT Infrastructure Costs
Network Resource Planning
(NRP)
Among many other improvements, the
new NRP will have a better UX/UI,
better tools for accounting and
reporting, and some blockchain
applications to support resource
management, exchanges and
redistribution of benefits.

61. Recurring Costs and Operations
Rolling expenses per year
Essential purchased services
Rent, Insurance, Internet, Hosting $26,700
Support roles $206,400
Responsible $94,080
Guide $38,400
Administration $40,320
Animator $33,600
Outreach $50,400
IT $30,720
Others
Consumables, supplies, equipment $6,000.00
Total $239,100
See
budget
SENSORICA will expand its activities,
providing more opportunities to local
entrepreneurs and traditional
companies.
$239,100 for rolling costs

62. SENSORICA Resource Intake Statements
SENSORICA needs an injection of funding
to scale to a much larger capacity

63. Governance for Managing the Funds
■ The fund for development and maintenance are held by ACES-CAKE, the
Custodian, a non-profit organization registered in Quebec.
■ SENSORICA is a non-registered association of affiliated freelance
individuals, organizations and networks.
■ The affiliates form a council and create a project governance document,
which will guide their conduct and the decision making processes based on
the initial planning, the mission and the vision of the project.
■ The project is executed by the affiliates of SENSORICA

64. Governance for Managing the Funds
■ The Custodian signs a Custodian agreement for all the affiliates,
guaranteeing a formal process for the allocation of the fund, according to a
development plan previously agreed upon and formalized by the affiliate
council, based on priorities, and on the accomplishment of pre-established
milestones.
■ All material assets purchased with the fund will legally belong to the
Custodian, guaranteeing access to all affiliates, in perpetuity, based on
SENSORICA’s access rules.

65. Return on Investment
■ A new kind of Incubator - a physical space for local entrepreneurs to incubate and
launch collaborative ventures, based on new commons-based and p2p practices.
■ Infrastructure for collaborative networks - The network resource planning and
value accounting tools (NRP) developed by SENSORICA are offered under an open
source license.
■ New collaborative business models - SENSORICA’s model is documented on a wiki
under a Creative Commons license, along with other variations of the model tested by
partner organizations.
■ Rare skills hub - the SENSORICA lab is a magnet for people with new and rare skills
pertaining to cutting edge technologies and new economic practices.

66. Return on Investment
■ Open-source hardware and software - IoT and blockchain applications, scientific
instruments, precision agriculture, robotics, 3D printing, lab-on-a-chip, etc.
■ Events - SENSORICA hosts events on cutting edge technological and economic trends,
such as IoT, blockchain, commons and p2p.
■ Education -
■ Free and paid courses/workshops for entrepreneurs and companies on new
technologies and new business models.
■ Internships for students, exposing them to collaborative and participatory practices,
and to open methodologies.
■ Engaging and educational activities for kids, such as 3D printing, robotics, basic
electronics and solar energy.

67. Credits
Special thanks to all the people who contributed to creating this proposal:
■ Abran Khalid (open innovation)
■ Tiberius Brastaviceanu (open innovation and peer production)
■ Jim Anastassiou (blockchain, collaborative infrastructures)
■ Nassima Mecheri (open innovation)
■ Maria Frangos (infrastructure and process design)
■ Brigitte Marcotte (marketing)
■ Thiago Carlos Oliveira (management)
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68. Thanks!
Any questions?
3485 Boul St-Laurent,
Montréal, QC H2X 2T6
Phone: (514) 418-8384
http://www.sensorica.co/home/contact-us