The APOLLON Pilot:�Overview

Koen De Vos

Pilot Operations Manager, IBBT iLab.o Coordination WP Leader, APOLLON Pilot

WHY APOLLON? The reason why we’re here

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Early Living Labs

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Going City-Wide

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Expanding in an EU network

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Becoming a known ‘brand’ •  Living Labs have now been established at a local scale

–  as  environments  for  real-­‐life  tes/ng  and  experimenta/on  of  new  services,  products  and  systems  with  communi/es  of  real  users    

–  allowing  early  feedback  and  co-­‐design  by  end-­‐users  –  following  a  collabora/ve,  itera/ve  and  stochas/c  process  –  focused  on  sustainable,  social  innova/on:  not  just  purchase  decision,  

but  behavioural  pa>erns  and  changes  are  the  central  concern  

–  offering  an  open  and  neutral  pla@orm  where  all  stakeholders  (technology  suppliers,  service  providers,  business  customers,  ins/tu/ons,  policy  makers  and  regulators,  end-­‐users)  can  interact  and  co-­‐innovate    

Taking the next Step •  Current Living Labs

–  Living  Labs  in  Europe  form  a  new,  vibrant  and  growing  community  

–  Locally  implanted  ini/a/ves  –  Great  variety  in  applica/on  domains,  approaches  etc.  

•  Current federation on European scale –  European  Network  of  Living  Labs  is  a  federa/on  of  Living  Labs  conforming  to  a  

number  of  general  benchmark  criteria    

–  European  projects  addressing  exchange  of  best  prac/ces  and  methodologies  for  individual  labs  

•  Apollon addresses the next frontier in Living Lab Research –  Leverage  local  implanta/on,  overcome  local  limita/ons  

–  Do  joint  tes/ng  in  cross-­‐border  living  lab  projects  –  Offering  opportuni/es  for  innovators  (i.e.  SMEs)  to  innovate  and  scale  up  

interna/onally  much  faster  

Our objectives

•  APOLLON will demonstrate the positive impacts of cross-border domain-specific Living Lab networks by setting up an advanced pilot composed of 4 thematically focused experiments

•  Focus on enabling SMEs to take part in cross-border Living Lab activities beyond their home markets, supported by large industrial companies, academic centres and other stakeholders

•  Main objectives (1) piloting and evaluating added value of LL networks esp. for SMEs (2) harmonised methodologies and tools for cross-border Living Lab

projects (3) Sustainable cross-border domain-specific LL networks

Our expected results

1.  A set of validated methodologies to set up and conduct cross-border Living Lab networks

2.  A recommended toolset for facilitating cross-border Living Lab activities

3.  The set-up of European thematic Living Lab clusters

4.  A platform and practical guidelines for involving SMEs

5.  An impact assessment of the specific added value in terms of results as well as operational efficiencies of the cross-border approach

6.  Recommendations and action plans for viable, sustainable and scalable roll-outs to further domains and sectors

APOLLON, THE PILOT What we’re actually doing

APOLLON approach (1/5)

APOLLON approach (2/5)

APOLLON approach (3/5)

Transferring  local  ILS/homecare  applica/ons  into  another  country  

Using  a  common  research  benchmark  on  Energy  Efficiency  in  4  Living  Labs  

Pilo/ng  a  common  pla@orm  for  eManufacturing  in  3  Living  Labs  

Exchanging  and  integra/ng  local  ci/zen  media  services  between  3  Living  Labs  

APOLLON approach (4/5)

APOLLON approach (5/5)

Homecare & Independent Living - experiment

Homecare & Independent living

–  Ability  to  do  cross-­‐border  experiments  faster,  easier  and  more  efficiently  

–  involved  SMEs  explore  new  markets;    

–  improve  the  technologies  and  devices  used  in  the  homecare  context  through  the  valida/on  in  different  contexts  

Energy Efficiency - experiment

Energy Efficiency

–  be>er  understanding  of  user  behaviour  and  processes  to  s/mulate  behavioural  change  in  terms  of  Energy  consump/on;    

–  contribute  to  decreasing  the  Carbon  Foot  Print;    

–  assess  the  poten/al  of  the  Nokia  Home  Control  centre  

eManufacturing - experiment

•  An ‘App Store’ around a manufacturing platform: link up machines, sensors, etc.

•  SMEs can add or mash up these services to new, innovative apps

•  Test them in live ‘Living Lab’ factories

eManufacturing

–  improve  innova/on  lifecycle  for  SMEs  in  the  automo/ve  industry;    

–  use  pla@orm  for  seamless  exchange  of  informa/on  between  suppliers,  subcontractors  and  consumers  in  the  experiment;    

–  increase  in  the  collabora/on  between  those  partners  as  well  as  a  more  efficient  and  cost-­‐reduc/ve  workflow  

eParticipation - eMedia

eParticipation

–  pilot  integrated  services  for  ci/zen  par/cipa/on  in  city  life  will  be  piloted;    

–  increase  the  dialogue  between  ci/zens  themselves  as  well  as  ci/zens  and  government  or  public  organisa/ons  and  thus  the  empowerment  of  the  user;    

–  be>er  understanding  of  new  technologies  like  3D,  social  media  and  RFID  as  such  and  their  value  for  ePar/cipa/on  services.  

APOLLON IMPACT What we want to achieve

Impact for Living Labs (1/2)

•  For existing Living Labs: –  the  possibility  to  leverage  local  exper/se  across  European  borders;    

–  more  effec/ve  and  more  efficient  cross-­‐border  projects;    

–  be>er  results  in  terms  of  outcomes  and  comparability  of  the  Living  Lab  research  as  well  as  in  terms  of  valorisa/on  opportuni/es  

–  a  be>er  value  proposi/on  for  their  local  stakeholders  through  an  enlarged  footprint  and  an  improved  and  harmonised  methodology  

Impact for Living Labs (2/2)

•  For new Living Labs:

–  the  availability  of  a  network  of  experienced  Living  Lab  partners  with  clear  exper/se  in  their  specific  domain  throughout  Europe  

–  a  pla@orm  where  best  prac/ces  are  shared  and  new  project  opportuni/es  are  opened  up  

–  a  roadmap  towards  cross-­‐border  excellence  

Impact for SMEs –  Access  to  new  markets  beyond  the  home  market  

–  Access  to  new  ecosystem  partners  and  business  opportuni/es  

–  Pan-­‐European  user  tes/ng  will  ensure  more  user-­‐oriented  services  and  products  and  higher  user  acceptance  at  European  level  

–  Support  of  compe//veness  because  of  enlarged  scale  and  faster  deployment  of  novel  services  and  processes  

–  Easy  access  to  all  local  relevant  stakeholders  via  a  Single  Point  Of  Access  

–  Access  to  tools,  applica/ons,  services  and  infrastructure  of  the  different  Living  Labs  as  well  as  the  other  partners  related  to  the  Living  Lab  

–  Lower  thresholds  to  engage  in  cross-­‐border  Research,  Development  and  Innova/on  (RDI).  

Impact for Other stakeholders

•  Large enterprises: –  be>er  methodological  support  for  Pan-­‐European  research  projects.    

–  new  users  for  solu/ons  and  pla@orms  

–  expansion  of  their  tradi/onal  ecosystems  through  new  strategic  partnerships  with  SMEs.  

•  Government bodies: –  possibility  to  assess  and  benchmark  current  policies  and  funding  

schemes  related  to  Living  Labs.    

–  poten/al  to  complement  local  RDI  ac/vi/es  with  cross-­‐border  ac/vi/es  

PARTNERS Who we are?

Consortium Partners

Consortium Partner Distribution

Supporting Partners

•  3D2+ (c) •  3D Living Innovation (s) •  83 Degrees South (s) •  Adv. Information Modelling Institute (s) •  AF 83 (s) •  Agilion GmbH (s) •  Alcatel/Touch a Tag (s) •  AlfaMicro (c) •  Amsterdam Innovation Motor (c) •  Arches (s) •  Arquiled (s) •  ArraboCAD Ltd. (s) •  Bearstech (s) •  Bertin Technologies (s) •  Cesbio (s) •  Companhia de Desenvolvim. de Vitòria (s) •  Copenhagen Living Lab (s) •  Creative Knowledge Center LL (s) •  Cyber Care Clinique Living Lab (s) •  Digital Spaces Living Lab (s) •  eHealth Living Lab (s) •  ENTAL Research Development and Consulting

ltd (s) •  ESOCE Net (c) •  Espoo City Planning Board (s) •  Evolaris Mobile Living Lab (s) •  Fabernovel (s) •  Fiapal Living Lab (c) •  Forum Virium (c)

•  Halmstad  Living  Lab  (s)  •  Helsinki  School  of  Economics  (c)  •  Home  Automa/on  Europe  (c)  •  Homokhà/  Rural  Living  Lab  (s)  •  Hungarian  Vehicle  Engineering  Cluster  (c)  •  i2CatLab  (s)  •  iAvante  (c)  •  IBBT  (c)  •  ICT  Usage  (s)  •  ICT  Valley  Turkey  (s)  •  Innovi/ng  (c)  •  Ins/tuta  Nokia  de  Tecnologia  (s)  •  Intelligent  Sensing  Anywhere  (c)  •  ISSY  Media  (c)  •  Laurea  Living  Labs  (s)  •  Lens  Living  Lab  (s)  •  Liander  (c)  •  Living  Lab  Cybermoor  (s)  •  Living  Lab  Levier  (s)  •  Living  Lab  Malta  (s)  •  Living  Lab  NorthRull  (s)  •  Living  Lab  Thessaly  (s)  •  LL  for  Design  and  Services  (s)  •  LL  Living  Piemonte  (s)  •  Logica  Management  Consul/ng  (c)  •  Logica  Suomi  Oy  (s)  •  Lulea  Energi  (c)  

•  Luleå  University  of  Technology  (c)  •  Manchester  City  Council  (c)  •  Meshining  Engineering  Kc  (s)  •  NAVIDIS  (c)  •  NIK  -­‐  Nuremberg  Ini/a/ve  for  Communica/on  

Industry  (s)  •  NOKIA  (c)  •  Novay  (c)  •  Nuremberg  Mobile  Applica/ons  Centre  for  

Elderly  &  Disabled  (s)  •  PatHS  Living  Lab  (s)  •  People's  Voice  Media    (c)  •  Philips  Applied  Technology  (s)  •  Process  Vision  (c)  •  Process  Vision  NL  (s)  •  Rio  Nacimiento  Living  Lab  (s)  •  SAP  (c)  •  Smart  Houses  Madrid  (s)  •  SME  Self  Energy  (s)  •  S/ch/ng  Living  Lab  (s)  •  Suupohja  LL  Finland  (s)  •  TELEVIC  (c)  •  TASLAB  -­‐  LL  Tren/no  (s)  •  ubigrate  GmbH  (s)  •  Université  de  Paris  VIII  (c)  •  University  of  Maribor  (c)  •  Varinex  Informa/cs  (s)  •  Virtech  (s)  •  Virtual  Dimension  Center  (s)  •  Ydreams  (c)  •  …  

30  core  and  over  60  suppor/ng  APOLLON  partners:  Living  Labs,  SMEs,  Large  enterprises,..  

Linking to the Community

•  APOLLON works closely with the European Network of Living Labs –  As  host  of  the  domain-­‐specific  networks  of  Living  Labs  –  As  a  dissemina/on  channel  for  the  APOLLON  project  results  

–  As  a  broker  for  possible  par/cipa/on  and  collabora/on  

APOLLON Timeline

Duration of the project: 30 months Project kick-off: Brussels, 17-19 November 2009

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