Living labs as technology infrastructures
TIME
Wednesday, 8th September, 14:00 – 15:15 CEST
DESCRIPTION
AGENDA
New and innovative technologies, such as road traffic safety solutions or multi-material 3D printing, need to be tested and up-scaled before they can enter the market successfully. Technology infrastructures are facilities, equipment, capabilities and support services where industrial players can find support to commercialise new products, processes and services, in full compliance with EU regulations. On the other hand, Research Infrastructures are facilities that provide resources and services for research communities to conduct research and foster innovation. This session will try to enlighten the position of the living labs as infrastructures through the lens of the European Commission and other active actors in the domain
- Welcome and objectives – Evdokimos Konstantinidis & Wim De Kinderen
- Setting the scene of living labs – Tuija Hirvikoski
- Keynote – Apostalia Karamali (EC)
- Presentation & reflection – Jan Adriaenssens, iMec, Director City of Things
- Panel discussion moderated by Tuija Hirvikoski
EARTO – Muriel Attané, Secretary General (5’ presentation)
Vanguard Initiative – Giacomo Copani, Cluster Manager AFIL (5’ presentation)
KIC Urban Mobility – Florinda Boschetti (tbc), Head of City Club at KIC UM (5’ presentation)
Imec – Jan Adriaenssens, Director City of Things
EC – Apostalia Karamali
SPEAKERS
Evdokimos Konstantinidis
President, European Network of Living Labs, Thess-AHALL Researcher,
Evdokimos Konstantinidis
President, European Network of Living Labs, Thess-AHALL Researcher,Dr Evdokimos Konstantinidis is the leader of the Assistive Technologies and Silver Science Research Group in the Lab of Medical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received the Diploma in electronic engineering from the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, in 2004, the M.Sc. degree in medical informatics in 2008 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and the Ph.D. degree in the Laboratory of Medical Physics of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2015. His research interests lie predominately in the area of medical informatics, particularly within assistive technologies (silverscience, silvergaming, mobile health)
Wim De Kinderen
Senior Professional in EU Affairs
Wim De Kinderen
Senior Professional in EU AffairsWim De Kinderen is representing the City of Eindhoven within the Brussels based ‘Brainport Eindhoven EU Office’. As such he is a senior professional in EU affairs, and has ample experiences in building alliances and managing European networks.