Day 1 - Wednesday, 30 September 2026
A Room With A Zoo
Koningin Astridplein 20-26, Antwerp
Arrival and Registration
09:00 – 10:30
Opening and Keynote
Darwin & Marble Hall
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30*
*Please note that Sessions are 75 mins long, while Research and Workshops are 90 mins long
Session
Beyond monitoring & evaluation: active learning for impactful Living Labs
Darwin
Session
Culture & Creativity and Tourism Working Groups Session
Marble
Session
When scaling up Living Lab solutions feels impossible
Stanley
Research
RESEARCH SESSION
Top Contribution
Galapagos
Workshop
Bridging the digital divide, brick by brick, to connect everyone
Peacock 1
Workshop
Driving Gender-Responsive Innovation in Living Labs
Peacock 2
Workshop
Building the Civic Utility: An External R&D Blueprint for Scaling Regional Innovation
Peacock 3
12:30 – 14:00*
*Garden Talks start at 12:45
Lunch Break & Garden Talks
14:00 – 15:15*
*Please note that Sessions are 75 mins long, while Research and Workshops are 90 mins long
Session
Industry Session
Darwin
Session
Sustainable and Net-Zero carbon campuses – how Living labs can lead the way in impactful societal transitions
Marble
Session
Beyond Demonstrations: Can Living Labs De-risk Urban Mobility Innovation for Scalable Deployment?
Stanley
Research
RESEARCH SESSION
Track 1
Galapagos
Workshop
Better Health for Better Childhood: Using Augmented Reality (AR) Applications in Long-Term Pediatric Care
Peacock 1
Workshop
Orchestrating Living Lab Ecosystem: Balancing Tensions to Avoid Undesirable Pathways
Peacock 2
Workshop
Navigating the change: Aligning human values and AI in Living Labs
Peacock 3
15:15 – 15:45*
*Garden Talks start at 15:15
Coffee Break & Garden Talks
15:45 – 17:15*
*Please note that Sessions are 75 mins long, while Research and Workshops are 90 mins long
Session
Accelerating circularity in digital health: user behaviour, circular design and business models
Darwin
Session
The impact of Food Systems, Agriculture and Rural Development Living Labs
Marble
Session
Living Labs and Citizen Science: Creating Value, Measuring Impact
Stanley
Research
RESEARCH SESSION
Track 2
Galapagos
Workshop
From Goals to Regenerative Effects: Using the Regenerative Project Canvas to measure what really matters
Peacock 1
Workshop
From Dream Day to Action: Designing Future Living Lab Events
Peacock 2
Workshop
Patchy Wording and Wording: Feminist Tools for Living Lab Ecologies
Peacock 3
17:15 – 17:30
Coffee Break
17:30 – 18:00
19:30 – 23:30