apollon overview - the project
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General overview of the Apollon Pilot, as presented by its coordinator Pieter Ballon, at the Valencia conference of the European Network of Living Labs (April 14th, 2010)TRANSCRIPT
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
CONTACT US�www.apollon-pilot.eu [email protected]