PICNIC SESSION
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Living Networks, Urban Labs

Speakers

Euro Beinat Professor or Location and Context Awareness, Salzburg University
Martijn Kriens Director Health-Lab and Amsterdam Living Lab
Peter Roelofsma Associate Professor, Sociology of VUA University Amsterdam
Nicola Villa Senior Director, Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG).

Date: Day 1 (Wednesday 14 September)
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Hangar A

Creating the cities of the future is not something that can be done from an ivory tower. Real life in cities is far more complex than planners and scientists can imagine from their offices. Therefore, we need strong involvement from real citizens that can co-create the solutions of the future together. Living Labs are experimentation environments all over Europe that take on this task. The European network of Living Labs (ENoLL, http://www.openlivinglabs.eu/aboutus) unites all these Living Labs in Europe.

At the PICNIC Festival, we’ll spend a full day exploring projects done by different Living Labs in Europe. The focus is on those that deal with city-based challenges like sustainability, energy efficiency, eHealth and eMobility. This session is organized by the Amsterdam Living Lab, together with ENoLL.

Short presentations by:
Bram Lievens: Homecare - Facilitating independent living projects in a cross-border setting.
Miriam Reitenbach: Health - A living lab approach for creating the care of tomorrow.
Rene Parker: RLABS - The social revolution
Ben Kröse: An Interactive Dollhouse - Participatory design for ambient assisted living.
Dave Carter: Smart Cities - Creating an inclusive and sustainable knowledge society (A local digital agenda for Manchester).
Eline Westerhout: The Euro-South HUB project
Alain Risbourg: Speeding the shift of society towards responsible managers.
Esteve Almiral: Bringing open innovation to cities - the case of urban labs.