News:Creative Knowledge Society Village

6-9 October 2008, Brussels.



Participants of the village and planned Open Days village activities

http://www.openlivinglabs.eu and http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/index_en.htm
 * 1	European Commission - DG-Infso

http://www.csjbacau.ro
 * 2	Bacau County

http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk
 * 3	Northern Ireland / Open Cities


 * 4	(New)


 * 5	Excellent University - Bratislava Region

Anglia Ruskin University and Motorola will organise Investors’ Café workshop (08A33, JDE63 on Wednesday the 08/10/2008 at 14.30-16.15): “Broadband, SMEs and Regional Development”. Will organise Reception in the village area (foreseen for Wednesday afternoon).
 * 6	Anglia Ruskin University

http://www.lodzkie.pl
 * 7	Lodz Region

The Lodz Region through the participation in the Investors Café will promote:

- the transformation from the industrial society into the knowledge society,

- the Lodz Region’s way to the creative knowledge society,

- the unique project of the Lodz Regional Broadband Network implemented in the period of 2008-2013 and providing whole region with access to the ICT system with huge network capacity.

http://www.RegioPKI.com
 * 8	EuroConseils – RegioPKI

EuroConseils – RegioPKI will introduce and promote advisory services and solutions for internet and web 2.0 under themes of trust, security, privacy protection and eIdentity management for Health and Social care, paperless processes and digital transactions for regions. Plans to organise 2-3 mini seminars for 10 – 15 people/each on the above subjects. Will organise an Investors’ Café workshop (07A19, on Tuesday the 07/10/2008 at 16.45-18:30): “People in a safe Knowledge Society – achieving digital inclusion for all”.

http://www.lca.org.mt
 * 9	Local Councils' Association - Malta

Malta will participate in the Investors Cafe as a national stand for "Malta - The Smart Island". Malta will organise a seminar on “Innovation at the service of Local Governments” that will be followed by a reception including participation of Maltese singer on the 8th October 2008 between 14:00 to 17:00hrs at JDE70. During the seminar, one of the innovative IT companies in Malta will make a presentation of its products and services. The meeting will also be addressed by a member of the Maltese Government, Parliamentary Secretary Dr. Chris Said, who is responsible for Local Government, Information and Dialogue.

EEP organises a high level panel debate on Applying ICT to reduce the carbon footprint of cities and regions: e logistics and urban development on Tuesday 7th October 2008 at 11:15am-13.00pm, venue: East Midlands European Office.
 * 10	EEP / European Enterprise Platform

http://www.tallinn.ee
 * 11	Tallinn City

European Capital of Culture 2011 Tallinn City in cooperation with NGO Culture Cauldron (Kultuurikatel) and Foundation Tallinn2011 will present in the Investors Café stand the concept “Opening the heart of the City to the Sea”.

Director of the Tallinn2011 Foundation Mr Mikko Fritze will brief the local and international press on 07 October 10h00-11h00 in the “village building” room JDE-70 on the 7th floor.

http://www.turku.fi The city of Turku and the region of Southwest Finland will first and foremost promote Turku – European Capital of Culture 2011. Several employees from Turku 2011 Foundation will be on the stand and they wish to discuss with anyone interested in European Capitals of Culture and especially Turku 2011. Besides the culture capital the stand will also promote creative industries in Turku and Southwest Finland. Several representatives of creative sector organizations and networks from Turku and Southwest Finland will take part in the event aiming to build European partnerships and to promote the growing and dynamic creative sector in the region.
 * 12	Turku and Southwest Finland

http://www.silesia-region.pl
 * 13	Silesia

http://www.istanbul2010.org/
 * 14	Istanbul Metropolitan Area

http://www.wirelessinfo.cz/czechlivinglab/
 * 15	Wirelessinfo (CZ)

http://sites.google.com/site/slovenianlivinglabs/Home?previewAsViewer=1
 * 16	Slovenia Living Lab (SI)

Cross-Border Cooperation and Innovation for Life Quality

Slovenia has a small open economy, increasingly exposed to international competition. For small countries managing technological and social development has become very complex and requires a coordinated approach to the development of innovation and technological potential by the end-users, SME´s, corporations, the public sector and academia. For that reason, a group of business, government and academic representatives has proposed the »Innovation for Quality of Life – Slovenia Living Lab” country-wide initiative in July 2007 (http://SloveniaLivingLab.org ).

A few research & development pilot projects of the highest relevance should be carried out delivering holistic ICT based solutions in the fields such as: eHealth, eInclusion, Disaster eResponse, eInvoicing and eProcurement, Intelligent Traffic Solutions, etc. These high added-value solutions shall bring synergy for additional and new business opportunities and life quality improvement in general. One of the most important objectives of the initiative is cross-border cooperation that will enable implementation of holistic solutions in the regions involved, helping citizens and organisations to become the most successful users of ICT solutions and services.

Slovenian Living Labs:

-	eLivingLab (http://eLivingLab.org ) Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, -	Slovenian Automotive Living Lab (http://www.acs-giz.si/ang/home.asp ) Automotive Cluster of Slovenia, -	Slovenian ICT Technology Network (http://www.ict-slovenia.net/index.php?lang=en).


 * 17	Living Lab info point

http://www.tid.es
 * 18	eHealth LL: eHealth Living Lab for Teleassistance & Home Hospitalisation (ES)

http://trail.ulster.ac.uk/ The TRAIL (Technologies for Rurality, Ageing and Independent Living) lab represents the development of innovation and research thinking in Northern Ireland to support independent living across several key disciplines including business, information & communication technologies, occupational therapy, art, health care, social care and clinical medicine. Based at the University of Ulster, TRAIL is focused on supporting this diverse set of stakeholders as we develop new technologies, research perspectives, processes and integrated service solutions that deliver real value to our users, the ageing people in the North of Ireland and further afield across Europe.
 * 19	TRAIL Living Lab@ University of Ulster (UK)

The change in health and social care service delivery to accommodate demographic and rural changes has large-scale implications for the redevelopment of healthcare infrastructures, their service provision and associated research. This is resulting in a shift in the allocation of resources from tertiary-care institutions towards the preventative management at the primary care level, as well as delivering services to individuals in their own home where they are likely to be most cost-effective.

In TRAIL, we develop innovative research that explores the implications of these changes and how they can promote sustainable collaboration between public, private and voluntary service providers. We utilise academic, business and community partnerships focused on participative research and design, encompassing living lab and open innovation methodologies and practices.

Each day in the Open days, we welcome visitors for discussions and coffee. We also would like to organise a workshop of living labs and health.


 * 20	Arc Labs Waterford (IE)

TLL Sicily will organise three “Morning Coffees” with the general theme “Living Labs and Regional Development” on the 7th, 8th and 9th of October. These open conversations will be held within the Villages’ meeting areas from 10-11:00 AM, continuing until lunch time if participants so desire. Each Morning will pair representatives from at least one Living Lab with policy responsibles from at least two regions in different EU member states. The aim is to investigate the transferability of the Living Lab model and its potential for capitalisation, namely integration as a regional policy instrument for innovation and development objectives.
 * 21	TLL Sicily (IT)

Tentative timetable of sessions:

Tuesday, October 7th:

Development priorities: eTourism, Senior Living, eHealth

Co-ordinating Living Lab: Northern Rural-Urban Living Lab (FI)

Invited Regional Policy-Makers: Gian Andrea Garancini, Larnaca District (CY)

Wednesday, October 8th:

Development priorities: Energy, environment, planning

Co-ordinating Living Lab: TLL Sicily (Territorial Living Lab in Sicily IT)

Invited Regional Policy-Makers: Carmela Cotrone, Campania Region (IT)

Thursday, October 9th:

Development priorities: eHealth

Co-ordinating Living Lab: TRAIL Living Lab @ University of Ulster (UK)

Invited Regional Policy-Makers: Panos Georgopoulos, Region of Central Macedonia (GR)

http://www.frascatilivinglab.org/
 * 22	Frascati Living Lab (IT)

http://www.northrull.fi/Northrull/In_English/Homepage.iw3
 * 23	Northern Rural-Urban Living Laboratory (FI)

North RuLL will participate in the organisation of the “Morning Coffees” together with TLL Sicily.

http://www.snowpolis.com
 * 24	Nutrition & Biotech Kainuu Living Lab (FI)