Programme of the Event: 17th October 2007
Venue: Centre Albert Borschette
(Room 0A, rue Froissart 36, European Commission, 1040 Brussels, Belgium)
09:00-9:30
Opening Session
Welcome Address
Ulf Dahlsten, Director, Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General
Session 1
Panel Discussion 9:30-10:30
User Driven Open Innovation Policy
Chair: Jaime Andrez, President, IAPMEI Portuguese Institute for SMEs and Innovation
Jaime Andrez, President, IAPMEI Portuguese Institute for SMEs and Innovation
Per Blixt, Head of Unit, New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental Facilities, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General
Bror Salmelin, Adviser to the Director , ICT addressing Societal Challenges,
European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General
Joachim Schaper, Vice President EMEA, SAP Research, SAP AG
Serge Ferré, Corporate Vice-President, EU Representative Office, Nokia Group
Session 2
Panel Discussion 11:00-12:00
European Network of Living Labs
Chair: Veli-Pekka Niitamo, Chair of Living Labs Portfolio Leadership Group; Director, mWork Research, Nokia Business Infrastructure
European Network of Living Labs Roadmap (Presentation)
Mikael Börjeson, Coordinator, CoreLabs EU Coordination Action; CEO, Centre for Distance – Spanning Technologies CDT, Luleå University of Technology
Alvaro de Oliveira, Strategy Board Chair & Policy Coordinator, CLOCK EU Coordination Action; CEO, ALFAMICRO
ENoLL/Nordic - Nordic Network of User-Driven Innovation and Livinglabbing
Kari Mikkelä, Coordinator, ENoLL Nordic; Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research, CKIR, Helsinki School of Economics
Central European Living Lab
Joze Gricar, Coordinating Committee Member, Slovenia Living Lab Initiative; Professor, University of Maribor
Helsinki Living Lab
Eero Holstila, Director of Economic Development of the City of Helsinki
Open Innovation Centre Brussels Living Lab
Session 3 12:00-13:00
Closing Session: Public Announcement of the 2nd Wave of the European Network of Living Labs
Carlos Zorrinho, National Coordinator for the Lisbon Strategy and the Technological Plan - Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Fabio Colasanti, Director General, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General (tbc)
Public Announcement of the 2nd Wave of the European Network of Living Labs
Veli-Pekka Niitamo, Chair of Living Labs Portfolio Leadership Group; Director, mWork Research, Nokia Business Infrastructure
Alain Brenac, European Affairs, General Directorate for Research and Innovation, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France

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