DATE & TIME
1 October 2025, 11:00 – 12:30
TRACKS
TRACK 3: Living Labs for Inclusive Soci(et)al Engagement
TRACK 5: Living Labs Operations, Methods, Tools, and Impact
ROOM
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Description
This workshop is part of the GILL project’s efforts to strengthen a pan-European community and hub focused on raising awareness of gender-related challenges. It aims to explore more inclusive practices across different contexts—business, academia, and innovation at large. The session will include a hands-on exercise and simulation using the GILL Hub, an interactive platform that serves as a one-stop shop for good practices, success stories, and innovative methods related to gender and inclusion. Participants will gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience, and have the opportunity to join the GILL community of Gender Ambassadors. The GILL methodology is grounded in Living Lab principles, allowing Living Lab stakeholders to adopt and adapt the tools and approaches in their own experiments or management practices, with a specific emphasis on gender and inclusion
Agenda
Timeslot |
Item |
|---|---|
| 11:00 – 11:05 | Introduction to the GILL project |
| 11:05 – 11:20 |
Deep Dive into GILL methods and experimentation results |
| 11:20 – 12:20 |
Interactive role-play exercise: A dynamic, hands-on group activity where participants apply GILL tools to real-world gender inclusion challenges.
|
| 12:20 – 12:30 |
Wrap-up and closing reflections |
Facilitators
Andree Woodcock
Professor of education ergonomics and design at Coventry University & Member of Coventry City Lab
Andree Woodcock
Professor of education ergonomics and design at Coventry University & Member of Coventry City LabAndree is professor of education ergonomics and design at Coventry University, and a member of Coventry City Lab. She has led and contributed to a number of EU funded projects in the areas of mobility and gender and British Council grants to support research development in Pakistan. Her work focuses on user centred design and encouragement of design research methods. She is leader of the WG in Gender and Innovation.
Laura Varisco
Senior Innovation Consultant at GAC Group
Laura Varisco
Senior Innovation Consultant at GAC GroupLaura Varisco is a Senior Consultant at GAC Group where she supports the design, management and impact maximisation of different EU-funded collaborative projects and EU tenders. She’s Thematic Expert in Research and Innovation for the Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform, in charge of delivering targeted policy learning services to policy makers across Europe. Under GILL project she supports the Pan-European collaboration hub.
Sofiane Bari
Innovation Consultant at GAC Group
Sofiane Bari
Innovation Consultant at GAC GroupSofiane is an Innovation Consultant at GAC Group. He supports the management of different tasks related to impact maximisation of EU projects and cooperation enhancement. He holds a master’s degree in business management and public Affairs.
Gabriella Quaranta
Head of Network - ENoLL
Gabriella Quaranta
Head of Network - ENoLLGraduated in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Rome “Sapienza”, she has been working as project manager in EC funded projects, including GILL, working with multidisciplinary teams and driving collaboration across a diverse range of stakeholders for the last ten years and, she has been very active in the EU R&I Framework Programmes being also an Italian National Contact Point (NCP) in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe following mobility and security areas in particular. She has been personally coordinating EC funded projects, dealing of course with project management but also with dissemination & communication activities and with stakeholder engagement, acquiring a deep knowledge in these matters as well; furthermore, she has been a trainer, delivering dozens of trainings on Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe related issues.
Arianna Marucci
Junior Project Manager - ENoLL
Arianna Marucci
Junior Project Manager - ENoLLArianna Marucci is a Junior Project Manager at ENoLL. Fascinated by the intersection of new technologies and cultural diversity, she holds a Master’s degree in International Relations in the Digital Era. At ENoLL, Arianna contributes to the Projects Unit and the Proposals Writing team, where she supports the management and implementation of various projects, as well as the preparation of proposals for competitive bids.In her role, Arianna is also part of the coordination team for the GILL (Gendered Innovation Living Labs) project, where she is gaining valuable experience in the coordination of EU projects.