DATE & TIME
30 September 2025
09:00 – 17:00
TRACKS
TRACK 1: Living Labs for Grand Societal Challenges
TRACK 3: Living Labs for Inclusive Soci(et)al Engagement
LOCATION
La Consortia 1
ORGANISERS
ENoLL
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Regional and city representatives (from different FARCLIMATE Case Studies) who are developing Living Labs
- Project partners of FARCLIMATE (primarily representatives from academia)
TYPE OF SESSION
Workshop
Description
The FARCLIMATE project is organizing a one-day training session focused on developing Living Labs in so-called case studies. This training targets European regions and communities applying the Living Lab methodology within the agriculture, fisheries, and forestry sectors. The FARCLIMATE project aims to implement transformative solutions to advance climate resilience in at least 20 regions and communities across Europe. It addresses the complex challenges of designing and scaling climate-resilient measures, ensuring they are accessible and understandable to all, while also considering the social, political, and economic barriers that often hinder progress.
The training also called “FARCLIMATE Side Event” will take place on September 30th, 2025, in Andorra la Vella, Andorra.
This is a CLOSED event and can be attended by invitation only. If you are interested in the stakeholder engagement methodology applied through this project, we invited you to attend the open session – From PRO to FAR: Bridging futures of climate resilience through Living Labs, held on 1 October within the OpenLivingLab Days conference.
Speakers
Teemu Santonen
Principal lecturer, Laurea University of Applied Science
Teemu Santonen
Principal lecturer, Laurea University of Applied ScienceDr Teemu Santonen holds a DSc (Econ.) degree in Information Systems Science. He has published over 90 scientific articles, including 15 focused on Living Lab methods, services, business models, innovation network orchestration, and case studies. Santonen has coordinated and participated in numerous international and national Living Lab and open innovation projects across various domains, including health and wellbeing, creative industries, circular economy and sustainability, pedagogical development, and forestry, agriculture, and fisheries. He has been an ENoLL Council member since 2022 and is co-leading ENoLL’s Harmonisation Working Group, which aims to reconcile differences and promote coherence in Living Lab practices. He also serves on the scientific panels of both ENoLL and the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM), and is a former board member of the Finnish Strategic Management Society. Prior to his academic career, Santonen worked for over a decade as a development manager in leading Finnish financial, media, and ICT sector organisations.
Spela Zalokar
Senior Project Manager at ENoLL
Spela Zalokar
Senior Project Manager at ENoLLSpela Zalokar is a Senior Project Manager at ENoLL, focusing on capacity building initiatives of Urban Living Labs and climate netruality topics and leading efforts in the valorisation of project results. With an academic foundation in social and political sciences (BA European Studies, MA Politics & Society), Spela possesses a deep understanding of the social, political, and environmental dynamics that shape urban landscapes. Spela has developed and implemented innovative tools and methodologies tailored to the unique challenges faced by Living Labs, such as the Co-creation toolkit, the Urban Living Lab Mapping Canvas and other tailored workshop methodologies. Her work has focused on fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders, driving sustainable urban development, and empowering communities to actively participate in the co-creation of their urban environments.
Maria Konstantinidou
Research Associate
Maria Konstantinidou
Research AssociateMaria Konstantinidou graduated from the department of Urban Planning and Regional Development of University of Thessaly in 2010. In 2011, she obtained the MSc degree in Urban planning and Transports from the University Paris-Est Marne-la- Vallée in Paris and in 2015 the MSc degree in Environmental planning from the Hellenic Open University. In 2019 she graduated from the Hellenic Open University from an MBA program. Since 2018 she is a research associate of the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT) of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH). Her research interests include business/exploitation issues as well as dissemination activities and users’ engagement strategy issues.
Pablo Cabanelas
Tenure professor, Department of Business Administration and Marketing
Pablo Cabanelas
Tenure professor, Department of Business Administration and MarketingPablo Cabanelas is tenure professor at the University of Vigo (Spain), adjunct director of the inter-university research centre ECOBAS and member of the post- graduate academic board of UNAM and University of Guadalajara (both in Mexico). He participates as Associate Editor of high impact journals and has published in more than 30 papers in relevant journals in the areas of management, marketing, environmental management and business. From a teaching experience, he has more than 25 years of experience and as coordinator of master studies, particularly, international commerce. He has leaded 4 European projects from different calls and actually he is leading the FARCLIMATE project at the University of Vigo.