Catlab Living Labs In Action

Artur SerraCollabs Workshop

Regional LL Policy for Benefits SMEsJanuary 27, 2010

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ActionAction

1. The Regions: Laboratories for the new user-driven innovation system.

Catlab: 7 Members accredited by EnoLL:

• i2cat, www.i2cat.net • “BCN Living lab”:

– 22@,www.22barcelona.com – Bdigital,www.bdigital.org – Citilab,www.citila.eu – Tecnoampus Mataro,– Neapolis-Vilanova,www.neapolis.cat

• Guifinet,www.guifi.net

CATLAB members

2. Living Labs as a social innovation.

Living Labs as a social innovation and a social “IP layer”.

• 1. First Hispalab Meeting, 2009. Citilab.– PPPP as a social innovation in itself.– SMM, Small and Medium Municipalities

• 2. LL as an social “IP protocol”. interconnecting other innovation networks:

– Espacios Sociales de Innovacion (eVIA)– Centros de Conocimiento (SETSI)– Clusters industriales (Ministery of Industry)– Science and Technology Parks (Ministery of

Science)

2. The projects: new network services

Example1: Anella Cultural (Cultural Ring)

The project team:

In collaboration with

Ajuntament Barcelona

La Xarxa Transversal: a network of local cities interested in sharing culture

Example 2: Industrial Ring

BSC

Anella Audio-visualExample 3: Anella Audio-visual

Conclusions

• 1. The region a lab of the new user-driven innovation systems

• 2. The Lls as a social innovation and social IP layer.

• 3. Lls projects: new network services.• 4. New steps:

– Research group on Lls at ENoLL– 4th wave EnoLL meeting in Spain. To start

thematic meeting on eHealth LL. – March 26th, Centros de Conocimiento

national meeting at Citilab.