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Living Lab News
New EU Funding for Positioning and Navigation Applications
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Mon, 2010-09-06 09:55The GSA (GNSS Supervisory Authority) has asked to disseminate the information relevant to the 3rd call for proposals for Satellite Navigation research and development under the EU's 7th Framework Programme (FP7), which was published on 20 July 2010.
Launch of 2nd phase of GNSS Living Lab Prize: Call for 'reality check' pilots in Living Lab
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Tue, 2010-08-17 09:32On 31st July, the first phase of the GNSS Living Lab Prize was concluded successfully with the submission of 57 complete ideas for satellite navigation applications ready to be tested and validated in a Living Lab.
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Jarmo Eskelinen, ENoLL Vice-Chair, on open public data as a new resource for user driven innovation
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Thu, 2010-08-05 10:26Whole countries and cities are opening up access to their data. How can open public data become reality beyond the buzz word? What does it really change? Are we experiencing a paradigm change and is the public sector ready for it?
EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum Autumn
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Thu, 2010-07-29 10:27Invitation to the Autumn Event 19th-20th October 2010 in Birmingham: Advancing smart growth in smarter cities.
Programme and registration can be found here
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Community website for living lab knowledge
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Mon, 2010-07-19 09:18The Living Lab Knowledge Centre developed by the Amsterdam Living Lab is now online: http://amsterdamlivinglab.novay.nl. This community website about living lab methodology supports developers who want to design or evaluate new products or services. It is also a platform for researchers to share and discuss their experiences with and knowledge about living lab research.
CALL: LUTIN Userlab Paris needs help of ENoLL-Community
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Mon, 2010-07-26 10:21From Claudio Vandi and Charles TijusLUTIN - Living Lab (www.lutin-userlab.fr)
Dear fellows Living Labs,LUTIN Userlab in Paris needs your letter of support for a project that would foster our activities and would benefit all the community of our partners.
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ENoLL Member Citilab (Spain) awarded Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Award for Excellence
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Thu, 2010-07-01 11:03On June 28th, 2010, Citilab Cornellà, a member of the European Network of Living Labs since November 2008, received the prestigious Urban Land Institute's Award for Excellence. ULI’s mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.
New Research throws light on Trends in User Orientated Innovation
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Thu, 2010-07-01 12:08A new report ‘Exploring the Quadruple Helix’, is launched today, as part of a European exchange project aimed at improving innovation policy.
The Quadruple Helix refers to the interaction of four pillars in innovation ecosystems: knowledge institutions, enterprises, government and civil society.
Lighting Living Lab will create Street Lighting cadastre
Submitted by enoll on Wed, 2010-06-02 15:20
The Lighting Living Lab was created one year ago and is developing a project that will permit the creation of the cadastre of street lighting in the municipality at the moment. This will assure higher energy efficiency; another ongoing project addresses the identification of user needs to improve services.
Unforgettable Valencia
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Tue, 2010-04-27 13:57The fifth wave of ENoLL, Future Internet and social networks in a true emergency test
Who would have thought that social networks, Future Internet and enlargement of the living lab community were to be put in action before the Valencia week was over! It was also clearly understood and demonstrated that people are on the move to a large extent nowadays and that networks and networks of people make the difference.
Bill Mitchell, Father of the Living Lab Concept, passed away this weekend
Submitted by enoll on Wed, 2010-06-16 09:59William Mitchell, MIT dean and professor, architect, urbanist and theorist, widely regarded as one of the most prominent thinker on “smart cities”, has passed away. He lost the fight with cancer at the age of 65. Mitchell was considered one of the world's leading urban theorists.
Fabrique du futur AND A.R.T.S. endowment fund announced the launch of SmartSystem
Submitted by enoll on Thu, 2010-05-27 08:43With the increase in importance of the creative economy, the objective is to give to all the creators the real means to build the future
SmartSystems, a revolutionary project to create value and give rise to the products and uses of the future.
SmartSystems is primarily a creative economy's ecosystem which consists of businesses of all sizes, industrials, technological and territorial partners from the world of research, but also artists, designers, architects, thinkers ....
MIT plugs 'living lab' in energy efficiency
Submitted by enoll on Thu, 2010-05-27 08:38CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is out to prove that green buildings don't have to be all that high tech.
GNSS Living Lab Prize: grab your chance now!
Submitted by enoll secretariat on Wed, 2010-05-05 11:16Do not miss the opportunity to participate to the GNSS Living Lab prize within the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010. Submit your ideas from 1st May till 31st July 2010 at www.galileo-masters.eu for Galileo Satellite empowered innovative services for health, energy and media.
The GNSS Living Lab Prize will award three winners, who will get the opportunity to conduct a “reality check trial” in a suitable Living Lab with the involvement of relevant user communities and potential future customers.
Living Lab Methodologies can drive Innovative Public Procurement
Submitted by enoll on Fri, 2010-04-30 11:36On March 23-24th, the European Commission organized a conference on "Promoting Innovation through Public Procurement: Best Practice & Networking". Alvaro Oliveira, Chairman of the European Network of Living Labs, argued that the Living Labs methodologies could provide a solid base for new ways of innovative procurement in Europe.