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IBBT iLab.o

Open Innovation Lab

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Technologies are not consumed,

but domesticated by users.

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IBBT

Independent research institution

Founded by the Flemish government in 2004

Stimulate innovation in ICT Active support

Research & development Incubation & venturing

Bringing parties together Demand-driven research Flemish universities Interdisciplinary teams

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IBBT organization

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30Mio Euro

IBBT annual research budget

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257research projects

83 interdisciplinary cooperative projects

174 other projects

721research partners

1000+researchers in IBBT research departments

1000+publications

30incubation projects 10

iVenture seed-investments

13IBBT spin-off companies

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From idea to business

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Create world-class facilities

Develop and maintain worldwide leading experimental ICT and Internet technical and user research facilities that strengthen the position of the Flemish industry within a global market and that will contribute to a sustainable smart society.

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Evaluate the technical feasibility

Quality of innovations Testing Evaluation

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Open innovation in ICT Set up and support

living labs Large-scale user

testing

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Main driver of value on Internet: User-driven Innovation User no longer problem, but solution: creates value

=> involve users in innovation process

Why Living Labs?

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The Trouble with Users

Who are they?

How will they use your product?

How (high) do they value your product?

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Living Labs

A toolbox for any project type: ICON, Living Lab, CIP, FP7, …

Panel Management

We’ll find and motivate your test-

users

Living Lab Methodology

We’ll show you how to set up a living lab project

Prototyping & testing

We’ll model a rough idea into a

usable app for daily life and test it

through

European Network of Living Labs

iLab.o hosts the Brussels Office for

ENoLL

A toolbox for any project type: ICON, Living Lab, CIP, FP7, …

What do we offer?

User selection and management New methods for usage logging

and monitoring Application co-design Strategy & policy tools

What are the results?

User & Social requirements Market Potential & Business

models Co-designed and Validated

products/services

The iLab.o offering

Need finding

• From need• To concept

Shaping• From concept• To prototype

Business Modelling

• From prototype• To business

model

Current Flagship Projects

Providing SMEs access to the European Market Space

through cross-border networks of Living Labs

Using IBM’s cloud infrastructure to implement

mash-ups of e-Gov and business city services

Combining city data with the ideas of citizens in creating

new applications

Mapping Ownership, Use and Consumption of Media in

Flanders.

Flemish Fibre-to-the Home Living Lab testing ultra-broadband services in

Kortrijk.

Focusing on Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Smart

Media, throughout Flanders.

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