Apollon Overview - the project

APOLLON �Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks

Prof. Dr Pieter Ballon

General Manager IBBT iLab.o APOLLON Project Manager

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Living Labs as local platforms •  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  –  Offer  opportuni/es  for  innovators  (i.e.  SMEs)  to  innovate  and  scale  up  

interna/onally  much  faster  

Can SMEs use Living Lab networks to test and enter new markets?

Homecare & ILS Energy Efficiency

Social Media eManufacturing

APOLLON: Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks

The  APOLLON  objec.ves:  

 Demonstrate  the  value  for  SMEs  of  a  European  network  of  local  open  innova/on  pla@orms  

   Set  up  thema/c  networks  of  Living  Labs  across  Europe  

   Develop  a  common  approach  for  cross-­‐border  Living  Lab  experiments  

What is needed for cross-border Living Lab Networks?

Common methodology

Common ecosystem approach

Common research benchmark

Common platform guidelines

Common integration framework

APOLLON Cross-Border Methodology Framework

Experiment 1: Homecare & Independent Living

Experiment 2: Energy Efficiency

Experiment 3: eManufacturing

•  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

Experiment 4: eParticipation - Social Media

Consortium Partners

Consortium Partner Distribution

Towards Sustainable Impacts

•  Establishment of 4 cross-border Living Labs Domain Networks: -­‐   LL  Domain  Network  for  Health  -­‐   LL  Domain  Network  for  Energy  -­‐   LL  Domain  Network  for  Manufacturing  -­‐   LL  Domain  Network  for  Media  

Main  impact:  Building  Commons,  Reaching  Cri/cal  Mass,                  Contribu/ng  to  Domain  Innova/on  

•  Development of “Cross Border Piloting Service”: -­‐   deliver  a  service  offering  the  APOLLON  set  of  methodologies  and  the  consultancy  on  how  to  implement  them  -­‐   released  through  the  European  Network  of  Living  Labs  

Main  impact:  possibility  to  develop  new  pilots  at  local  and  European  scale                    &  to  replicate  local  pilot  in  different  markets  around  Europe  

In order to create a sustainable impact two actions will be undertaken: the development of “Cross Border Piloting Service” and the setting-up of Thematic Domain Networks

Additional Partners: Involvement Level

Benefits   Mechanisms   Commitments  

Suppor.ng  Partners  

• Knowledge  of  APOLLON  methodology  and  emerging  prac/ce  • Customized  informa/on  for  APOLLON  stakeholders  (i.e.  SMEs,  LLs,  Large  Enterprises,  Research  centers)    • Opportunity  to  par/cipate  to  new  projects  at  CIP  and  local  level  

• Customized  Dissemina/on  Material  • General  and  Domain  Specific  events  • Dedicated  APOLLON  web  portal  sec/ons  for  Suppor/ng  Partners  and  SMEs  

• Sign  a  Le>er  of  Support  to  commit  for  dissemina/on  • contribu/ng  to  the  APOLLON  best  prac/ce  exchange  ac/vity  

Associate  Partners  

• Access  and  gain  direct  Experience  with  APOLLON  solu/ons  • Access  to  Business  opportuni/es  within  APOLLON  stakeholders  

• Par/cipa/on  to  APOLLON  internal  workshops  • Par/cipa/on  to  APOLLON  Pilots/demonstra/ons  

• Sign  a  Declara/on  of  Accession  • Conduct  ac/vi/es  within  pilots  • Provide  Feedback  from  experimenta/on    

Suppor.ng  Partners:  68  organisa/ons  (58  at  the  project  kick-­‐off)  from  23  European  Countries  signed  a  le>er  of  support,  commi^ng  to  one  or  several  ver/cal  domains.  

APOLLON Partners

Associate  Partners:  17  organisa/ons  (0  at  the  project  kick-­‐off)  from  7  European  Countries  are  in  the  process  of  becoming  Associate  Partners.    

APOLLON Timeline

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

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