Workshop “Building the Ulysseus Living Labs: Vision, Mission and Challenges“
This workshop aims to provide a space for sharing feedback on the course and defining the next steps in developing the Ulysseus Living Labs.
Building Ulysseus Living Labs
Objectives
1. Reflect on key takeaways from the ENoLL training course
2. Define the main vision and mission of the Ulysseus Living Labs, identify their challenges and explore their diversity in the context of the Ulysseus European University Alliance
3. Draw inspiration from some successful Living Labs of international renown
4. Lay the foundation for future collaborative projects among the Ulysseus Living Labs.
Agenda
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and overview of workshop objectives and structure
Cornelia Steinhäuser and Marina Ranga
10:10 – 10:45 Feedback on the ENoLL training course
– Open floor for the course participants
10:45 – 11:00 Feedback Form on the ENoLL training course
– Discussion of the Feedback Form opinions and relevance to our further work
Marina Ranga
11:00 – 11:10 Break
11:10 – 11:40 How did they make it? – Sharing the experience of successful Living Labs
– Barcelona Urban Lab: The city as a testing ground for innovation
Josep M. Piqué, Executive President of La Salle Technova Barcelona, Ramon Llull University and President of the Triple Helix Association
– Málaga TechPark – An Andalusian Technopolis with a global outreach
Sonia Palomo, Director of Technology Transfer and International Relations at Málaga TechPark
11:40 – 12:10 Shaping the Ulysseus Living Labs
– Open discussion on the Living Labs’ vision, mission, institutional scope within each university, stakeholders, specific needs and challenges
12:10 – 12:25 Planning the way forward
– Open discussion on identifying opportunities for joint projects among the Living Labs and joint applications for EU funding supporting Living Labs
12:25 -12:30 Wrap-up: summary of workshop conclusions and closing remarks
Cornelia Steinhäuser
Invited speakers
Dr. Josep Miquel Piqué
Josep Miquel Piqué is a Telecommunication Engineer from La Salle and UPC and MBA from ESADE. He is a Doctor on Ecosystems of Innovation from Universitat Ramon Llull. He holds also diplomas from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California-Berkeley. He is a disciple of Professors Henry Etzkowitz (co-founder of Triple Helix), Francesc Solé Parellada (Entrepreneurship) and Jerome Engel (Clusters of Innovation).
He is Founding President of XPCAT (Catalan Network of Science Parks), Vice-President of APTE (Spanish Network of Science Parks), XVII President of IASP (International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation), the Coordinator of the IASP World Alliance of Innovation Districts and II President of the Triple Helix Association.
Sonia Palomo
Sonia Palomo is the Director of Technology Transfer and International Relations at Málaga TechPark. She was recently awarded an Honorary Award at the XIV Enterprise Awards of the Málaga newspaper La Opinión. She holds an international master’s in management of technology and science parks from the University of Málaga and IASP, and a degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED).
She also had training in Business Project at Madrid Politécnica University and studied Business Managerial Sciences at Málaga University.
Please register here for this workshop