Living Labs: An ocean of customer-centric methods

Pieter Ballon iMinds-iLab.o & ENoLL Pieter.Ballon@iminds.be

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iMinds in a nutshell: Demand driven ICT innovation

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Researchers accross 5 universities

250+ Projects

with the Industry

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Partners in the iMinds ecosystem

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Seeds & Spin-offs in the IBBT Incubator program

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Dept’s & iLabs for research and innovation

Organized in 5 departments and 2 iLabs

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A Living Lab is.. • a real-life test and experimentation environment where users and producers co-create innovations

• in a trusted, open ecosystem

• using a validated toolset

The iLab.o Living Lab

The iMinds iLab.o Living Lab Toolbox

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 – e.g. with LL Analyser and Data Aggregator

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Survey

selectie respondenten 1d

Opmaak vragenlijst 2 days

Codering + verzending 2 days

Invullen survey 1 week

Testing

Intake-gesprekken 2 days

Presentatie Rapport Survey+Intake

Testing period 4 days

Focus Groups 2 days

Presentatie Final rapport

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Prototyping & testing We’ll model a rough idea into a usable app for daily life and test it through

Simulate Your Business Co-design of collaborative business model on the fly

European Network of Living Labs Gateway to 300+ Living Labs

Importance of validated toolbox!

The iLab.o Living Lab Toolbox: User panels

§  Recruitment, management and surveying of test users §  Regular representative market reports on all media and ICT usage §  Specific categories including urban youngsters, elderly,…

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The iLab.o Living Lab Toolbox: User data dashboards

Currently 6,000+ fully profiled test users Mobile LL appstore with panel of 20,000+ Innovators can have real-time insight in usage

The iLab.o Living Lab Toolbox: Application Prototyping and Co-design

Tools and methods for rapid application prototyping and co-design with users and other stakeholders

The iLab.o Living Lab Toolbox: Business Model building and Partnerships

Multi-touch business model consensus-building and simulation Ready-to-go Partnerships with Cities, SMEs and other LLs

• ENoLL was launched in 2006 under the Finnish EU Presidency, grown into a non-profit international association representing a diverse community of over 300 ENoLL ‘certified’ Living Labs and 22 core members involved in EU-wide Living Lab testing

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Living Lab Toolbox: Worldwide dimension

22 ENoLL Core Members

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•  iMinds-iLab.o (BE) •  Flemish Living Lab Platform (BE) •  Northern Rural-Urban Living Lab (FI) •  Laurea Living Labs Network (FI) •  HumanTech LivingLab (FI) •  Suuntaamo Tampere Central Region Living Lab (FI) •  Helsinki Living Lab - Forum Virium Helsinki (FI) •  Ways Of Learning for the Future (FR) •  Telecommunication Networks Integrated Services Laboratory (EL) •  Trentino as a Lab (IT) •  Lighting Living Lab (PT) •  i2Cat- Catalonia Digital Lab (ES) •  espaitec Living Lab (ES) •  Bird Living Lab (ES) •  Consorcio Fernando de los Rios Living Lab (ES) •  Botnia Living Lab (SV) •  Manchester Living Lab (UK) •  City Lab Coventry (UK) •  The European Society of Concurrent Enterprising Network (IT) •  Aalto University School of Economics (FI) •  ESADE (ES) •  Finnish Living Lab Network of Universities of Applied Sciences

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What can you expect from an accredited Living Lab? §  Better user adoption and better user results

(adoption, WTP, user behaviour change) §  Highly innovative crowdsourcing and co-design

solutions §  Boost in SME and City innovation and business

opportunities

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More accurate user testing results: DVB-H project (2007)

§  Pioneer project in Belgium of mobile television via DVB-H

§  Field Trial and Living Lab for Business Modelling and User Research

§  App. 100 users §  1 year trial (2007 - 2008) §  Company Partners: Siemens, VRT, Belgacom,

Telenet, Option, Scientific Atlanta

More accurate user testing results: : DVB-H project (2007)

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mob tv Vl 3 vragen PSAP 0,7 5,4 10,6 43,7 39,7

innovators early adopters early majority late majority laggards

Finland, Traditional User Survey

2006: good potential

2007: proved to be overestimation

Flanders, PSAP method

2007: weak potential

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Better adoption: Digital Television in Flanders (2004)

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Living Lab project

DTV Living Lab (2003-2004)

§  2003: Pioneer LL project of Digital TV in Flanders §  Partner: Cable operator Telenet (TNT) §  300 Households §  Delay in commercial launch a.o. because of iterative

LL process §  Now:

§  Market share in Flanders of app. 70% §  Income from digital subscriptions 340 mio €/y §  Leading in interactive services (total market 45 mio €/y) §  Projected growth in line with our forecasts (LL approach

diverging from traditional intention surveys)

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TNT later but much better adoption

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DTV segmentation forecast

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DTV segmentation forecast

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Opera  Mobile  browser,  around  2005  

Vodafone  Live,  around  2005  

Innovative Crowdsourcing and co-design: iCity Living Lab (2006)

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Apple  iPhone,  °2007  

Innovative Crowdsourcing and co-design: iCity Living Lab (2006)

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iCity  Living  Lab,  2006  

Innovative Crowdsourcing and co-design: iCity Living Lab (2006)

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Now:  Largest  mobile  internet  operator  in  Belgium  

Helping SMEs enter new markets through Living Labs

Homecare & ILS Energy Efficiency

Social Media eManufacturing

Piloting cross-border Living Lab Networks

Common methodology

Common ecosystem approach

Common research benchmark

Common platform guidelines

Common integration framework

Boost in SME & City innovation: APOLLON – Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks (2009-2012)

•  Only 8% of European SMEs have cross-border activities •  Living Labs provide access to local innovation ecosystems and are federated in ENoLL •  Can we use networks of Living Labs to help SMEs innovate and do business abroad?

•  APOLLON (2012): Method and Living L a b s e r v i c e marketplace for SMEs and Smart Cities

•  H e l p S M E s t o adapt to different usage contexts

•  Ensure local buy-in •  The Logica Quby

case

Boost in SME & City innovation: APOLLON (2012)

APOLLON Results: SME International Turnover

•  Before APOLLON (2008) •  64% of APOLLON SMEs had 0-5% international turnover •  Top-20% had 45-60% of international turnover

•  At the end of APOLLON (2012) •  27% of APOLLON SMEs had 0-5% international turnover •  Top-20% had 55-70% of international turnover

Boost in SME & City participation and business: APOLLON (2012)

Preferred mode of entry in International Markets for SMEs

Takeaways

§  Living Labs provide an ocean of user-centric and open innovation tools

§  Importance of varied and validated toolbox §  Real business impacts and success stories §  European Network of Living Labs is key gateway

for SMEs and Cities to Living Lab community

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• Find out more…

• www.iminds.be • www.openlivinglabs.eu • smartcitiesnetwork.eu

• Pieter.Ballon@iminds.be

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Thank you!