Demand and User-driven Open Innovation and Experimentation Driving the Renewed Lisbon Strategy: European Network of Living Labs Promotes European Innovation Strategy and Policy
Presidency Roadmap for European Network of Living LabsAccompanied event on the Living Labs during the Slovenia European Council Presidency
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Location:
Husa President Park, Blvd du Roi Albert II, 44, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
The nearest public transport points are
the railway station "Brussels North" (7 minutes) and metro Place Rogier (15
minutes)
Co-organized by:
- Government of Slovenia
- European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General
- European Commission, Regional Policy Directorate-General
- European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General
- European Network of Living Labs - ENoLL
- Slovenia initiative Innovation for Life Quality - Slovenia Living Lab
Registration is required at:
Program
9:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:30
Opening Words
Žiga Turk, Minister
Government of the Republic of Slovenia, Office for Growth
Antti Ilmari Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General for DG: Information Society and
Media, European Commission
10:30 – 11:45
Renewed Lisbon Strategy and European Innovation Policy: the Role of Open and
Usercentric Innovation
Chair:
Antti Ilmari Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General for Information Society and
Media, European Commission
Panellists:
Carlos Zorrinho, National Coordinator of the Lisbon Strategy and the
Technological Plan, Portugal & Professor, Department of Business Administration,
University of Évora
Miloš Kuret, Undersecretary
Information Society Directorate, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and
Technology, Republic of Slovenia
Jean-Baptiste Roger,
Conseil Régional Ile de France, France
Seija Kulkki, Director
Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research (CKIR), Helsinki School of
Economics, Finland & Partner, Finnish ICT SHOK - Strategic Competence Center
11:45 - 12:00
Announcement of the Call for Expressions of Interest in the 3rd Wave of the
European Network of Living Labs
Roberto Santoro, Leader
CoLLabs Thematic Project funded by CIP, European Programme for Competitiveness
and Innovation & President, European Society of Concurrent Enterprising Network
- ESoCE Net Association & Chair of AMI Communities & Chair of Governance Task
Force & Living Labs Portfolio Leadership Group
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
How does the European Network of Living Labs promote human and demand and user
driven research, development and innovation in the cross-border eRegions of the
EU?
Co-chairs:
Marko Starman, State Secretary
Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, Republic of
Slovenia
Álvaro Duarte de Oliveira, Managing Director,
Alfamicro Lda, Research, Engineering and Consultancy, Portugal & Vice Chairman,
Living Labs Portfolio Leadership Group, European Network of Living Labs – ENoLL
Panellists:
Colin Wolfe, Head of Unit
European Commission, Regional Policy Directorate-General, European Territorial
Cooperation/INTERREG
Veli-Pekka Niitamo, Director of Research
Business Infrastructures, Nokia, Finland & Chairman, Living Labs Portfolio
Leadership Group, European Network of LivingLabs – ENoLL
Mikael Börjeson, CEO, Centre for distance-spanning technology, Luleå University
of Technology, Sweden & Vice Chairman, Living Labs Portfolio Leadership Group,
European Network of LivingLabs – ENoLL
Iordana Eleftheriadou, eBSN Coordinator
European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, The European
e-Business Support Network for SMEs – eBSN
Olivier Rerolle, Research Coordinator
Center for Technology and Innovation Management - CeTIM, University BW München,
Germany
15:00- 15:30 Coffee Brake
15:30 -16:30
How should we further promote the demand and user-driven open innovation
strategy and policy in Europe?
The concluding conversation chaired by
Jean-Pierre Euzen, Head of Sector for Living Labs
European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate- General, New
Infrastructure Paradigms & Experimental Facilities
Jože Gričar, Professor & eCenter Director
Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Slovenia & Member,
Coordinating Committee, Innovation for Life Quality - Slovenia Living Lab
Patrick Schouller, Head of Unit
Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, France & ICT Programme of European
Union, France Delegation Member
Pre-conference Living Labs Workshop
Monday, April 7, 2008
Co-organized by:
European Network of Living Labs - ENoLL
Free University Brussels (VUB)
An interactive workshop with all ENOLL members, focusing on the definition of the network services for the members benefit and on the governance of the network for its transition to self sustainability. Afternoon parallel streams will be on: 1) Network services, governance, sustainability, 2) Setting up wide-scale Living labs thematic pilots, 3) ICT research and development results and future needs. This event is organised by The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), The European Society of Concurrent Enterprising Network (ESoCE NET), The Free University Brussels (VUB).
Programme:
http://ami-communities.eu/pub/bscw.cgi/d350811/2008-04-07%20-%20ENoLL%20Workshop%20-%20Programme.pdf
The 3rd wave enlargement of the European Network of Living Labs - ENoLL in 2008:
- Announcement of the Expressions of Interest, Slovenia LLs Event, Brussels, April 8;
- Call for ENoLL Membership Applications for the 3rd wave, Bled eConference, June 15-18
- New ENoLL members announced, EU IST Event 2008, Lyon, November 26-28.
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