16 Years of OpenLivingLab Days

The first OpenLivingLab Days event—then known as the ENoLL Summer School—was held in Paris in 2010. Since then, ENoLL has organised this annual summit of the global Living Lab community each year under the name OpenLivingLab Days. The event is hosted by a different Living Lab annually and is built around a theme that reflects the priorities and challenges of the community at that time.

The event was hosted in Paris, France (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2011), Helsinki, Finland (2012), Manchester, The United Kingdom (2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2014), Istanbul, Turkey (2015), Montreal, Canada (2016), Krakow, Poland (2017), Geneva, Switzerland (2018), Thessaloniki, Greece (2019), digitally (2020-2021), Turin, Italy (2022), Barcelona, Spain (2023), Timisoara, Romania (2024) and Andorra la Vella, Andorra (2025).

A look back through time

OLLD25 - Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Theme - "Living Labs for regenerative futures connecting local and global innovation ecosystems" The event was co-organised with Andorra Living Lab, hosted by Andorra Recerca + Innovació.
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OLLD24 - Timisoara, Romania
Theme - “Living Labs for an Era of Transitions. How human-centric innovation is changing our lives” The event was co-organised with UVT Digital & Green Living Lab, hosted by West University of Timişoara.
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OLLD23 - Barcelona, Spain
Theme - “LIVING LABS FRONTIERS: Driving systemic change through Soci(et)al Engagement, for real impact” The event was co-organised with CVC Computer Vision Center, i2CAT Foundation, Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus & ESSI School of Social Innovation.
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OLLD22 - Turin, Italy
Theme - "The city as a Lab, but now for real!: Re-working open innovation environments for inclusive, green and digital transition through emerging technologies” The event was co-organised with City of Torino, CTE NEXT, The House of Emerging Technologies & Torino City Lab.
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Digital Living Lab Days 2021
Theme - “Change the future together: Co-creating impact for more inclusive, sustainable & healthier cities and communities”
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Digital Living Lab Days 2020
Theme - "Connection people & technology towards the citizen-centred digital future”
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OLLD19 - Thessaloniki, Greece
Theme - "Co-creating Innovation: Scaling-up from Local to Global" The event was co-organised with Thessaloniki Action for HeAlth & Wellbeing Living Lab (Thess-AHALL), hosted by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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OLLD18 - Geneva, Switzerland
Theme - "Living Labs and the Sustainable Development Goals: From Theories to Practice" The event was co-organised with Genève Lab, Energy Living Lab & Mobile Communications and Computing for Quality of Life (mQoL).
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OLLD17 - Krakow, Poland
Theme - “Multiple Helix Innovation Without Boundaries” The event was co-organised with Krakow Living Lab, hosted by Krakow Technology Park.
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OLLD16 - Montreal, Canada
Theme - “Citizen Driven Innovation: Developing the innovation system that empowers everyone to innovate” The event was co-organised with Communautique & Concordia University, in collaboration with Tourisme Montreal, the Quartier de l’innovation, members of the Quebec Network of Living Labs and France Living Labs.
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OLLD15 - Istanbul, Turkey
The event was co-organised with Basaksehir Living Lab, hosted by Başakşehir Municipality.
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OLLD14 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The event was co-organised with City of Amsterdam, Waag Society & Amsterdam Economic Board.
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Living Lab Summer School 2013 - Manchester, UK
The event was co-organised with Manchester City Council (MDDA) & Manchester Metropolitan University.
Living Lab Summer School 2012 - Helsinki, Finland
The event was co-organised with Laurea Living Labs Network, Aalto, CKIR & Forum Virium Helsinki.
Barcelona view
Living Lab Summer School 2011 - Barcelona, Spain
The event was co-organised with Citilab Cornellà, hosted by Fundació pel Foment de la Societat del Coneixement.
Living Lab Summer School 2010 - Paris, France
The event was co-organised with ICT Usage Lab, Integrative Usage Lab, Esocenet & Unbla.