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Living Labs Added Value: from Outputs to Outcomes
User-driven Open Innovation ecosystems go really local… across borders
May 23th, 2012
Customer Relationship DirectorEsa Ala-Uotila Tampere University of Applied Sciences, New
Factory / Suuntaamo Living Lab, Tampere, Finland
Target Level for Tampere Innovation Culture
”Collision system”
- Meeting places - research, development and innovation environments (to be used also as learning environments for students)
- need further development and internalization (f. ex. New Factory including Demola and Suuntaamo, Healthy Sleep Facilities etc.) - companies, researchers, specialists, consultants, teachers, students and especially product and service users are all involved - The Living Lab Network of Universities of Applied Sciences “Neloskierre”, ENoLL
- domestic and foreign partnership networks to create demand and user driven innovations and localize products and services from Tampere Region SMEs to different market areas and vice versa
R&D&I environments PractiCo®
Healthy Sleep Facilities
Operated by Hermia Ltd.
Demola as Innovation Platform Engine Combines fresh ideas of students with needs and support from project partners and customers
• Focuses on creative action, does not produce papers!
• Turns needs, ideas and knowledge into demos of products and services
• Creates new jobs and business
Operated by Hermia Ltd.
Initial concepts and guidance come from project partners
• Real market potential
• Interesting project topics and valuable experience
Operated by Hermia Ltd.
Students own the intellectual property and results created in the project!
• Possibility to start own business based on IPR created in demo project
Operated by Hermia Ltd.
Benefit for partners and teams!
• Project partner can buy a license to project results or become a shareholder
Operated by Hermia Ltd.
Some outcomes (February 2012)
• Company projects done 170
• Students involved 940 (1/3 international students)
• Already employed students 80
• Results licensed 93%
• Payments from companies to student groups 610.000
• Start-ups 18
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Contact information:
Mr. Esa Ala-Uotila,
Customer Relationship Director,
R&D and Education Services
tel. +358 50 568 5352