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Living Labs for Social and User-driven Open Innovation
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“Innovation is not about what innovators
do, but about what users adopt.”Eric von Hippel
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“Social innovation refers to new strategies, concepts, ideas and
organizations that meet social needs of all kinds - from working conditions
and education to community development and health - and that
extend and strengthen civil society.”Wikipedia
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Remixing the web for social change
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A Living Lab is a user-driven research methodology for sensing, prototyping,
validating and refining complex solutions in multiple and evolving real life contexts.
A Living Lab is a system for building future economy in which real-life user-
centric research and innovation will be a normal co-creation technique for new
products, services and societal infrastructure.
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Living Labs Global
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European Network of Living Labs
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Living Labs in Southern Africa
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• Athlone Living Lab • Limpopo Living Lab • Sekhukhune Living
Lab • Siyakhula Living Lab • Moutse Living Lab • Soshanguve Living
Lab
• Bushbuck Ridge Living Lab
• iCyber Leadership Lab
• Maputo Living Lab • Motataisi Living
Lab (Lesotho)
Living Labs in Southern Africa (LLiSA)
http://llisa.meraka.org.za
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Athlone Living Lab
“A reconstructing interaction space for collaborative design, creation,
dissemination and application of knowledge for empowerment, upliftment and development of people and communities in or
headed for tension through the use of innovative ICT solutions.”
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Interaction Space
UniversityCommunity
Socio-Techno “Bridge”
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Government Academia
Industry
Community
Innovation Partnerships
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CommunityChampions
Workshops
Presentations
Site visits Development Space
Interaction Space
Open Forums
NGO Partners
Work Groups Steering Committee
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Academia
Interaction Space
Networks
Research
Internships
Research Visits
International Collaborations
Work Groups
Incubation Space
MOU
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Government
Industry
Endorsements
Steering Committee
Services
Work Groups
Incubation Space
Agreements
Contract Research
Agencies
Internships
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AcademiaCPUTUWC – FSIUUCTStellenbosch UniversityUniversity ofSouthampton (UK)Malmö University
(Sweden)Kuopio University (Finland)University of PretoriaNMMU
CommunityImpact DirectBridgetown CivicAthlone Youth andFamily Centre Athlone SAPSAthlone Schools Network
Industry
LLiSA MXit Lifestyle NetSquared COFISA
PodCART Cell-Life Afrivate Tabeisa
JJeRR RSAWeb CCSLA DELL SA-DF
Government
City of Cape Town
Dept. Social Development
Stakeholder Network
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Role of Innovative ICT Solutions to facilitate:– care of citizens (social impact)– dissemination of information, e.g., to inform
citizens about the problems, their consequences and preventative mechanisms;
– education of citizens, e.g., train citizens specific skills etc.
– Enterprise Development
Care Inform Educate
Innovation
Empowerment
Enterprise
Research
ALL Focus
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www.thereconstructed.com www.mom2zero.com
Social Media for Social Change
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• Launched early 2008• Systems Upgrade on framework
CHISIMBA • Services:
– Drug Advice Support– Career Advice Support – Debt Breaker – HIV/AIDS Advice Support– UK Charity Interest – Refugees Advice
Support
Advice Support Network
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• # Subscribers: 9,193• # Messages:
746,440• # Conversations :
30,685 • # Conversations
related to drugs: 18,963
• Average # of conversations per session: 245
Drug Advice Support (DAS)
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Red & Angel
24 Hour Service
Easy Access
Advice
Buddy List
Help at your Fingertips
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Living Labs and Innovation is about People
Living Labs and Innovation is about
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Let’s Connect!
parkerm@cput.ac.za
Marlon Parker,
Net Tuesday Cape Town organizer
@marlonparker
www.marlonparker.co.za
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