Digital Everywhere, Citizens First. Living Labs aiming for real impact in urban areas.
TIME
15:45 – 17:00
TRACKS
TRACK 1: Living Labs for Grand Societal Challenge
TRACK 2: Living Labs for Policies, Governance, Collaboration, and Innovation Ecosystems
TRACK 3: Living Labs for Inclusive Soci(et)al Engagement
TRACK 4: Living Labs for Business and Emerging Technology
TRACK 5: Living Labs Operations, Methods, Tools, and Impacts
ORGANISER
Wim De Kinderen (City of Eindhoven), Anthony van de Ven (City of Eindhoven), Elena Deambrogio (City of Torino), Riccardo Saraco (City of Torino)
Target Audience
Local & regional public authorities’ representatives; LLs working with local & regional public authorities
Type of Session
Roundtable
DESCRIPTION
This session is hosted by ENoLL’s brand new Working Group “Digital Urban Systems and Solutions for Transitions” (DUSST), which addresses the most prominent challenges cities and other public authorities face today and how Living Labs can help overcome them.
Each of the speakers will dive into their own successful experiences in working with and within urban areas, and will reach out to the audience to share remaining questions.
The central issue in the session will be the responsible use of digital tools and technologies, which hold promising perspectives in reaching better solutions but which, when improperly implemented, equally carry risks in alienating our citizens. Panelists will also tackle the issue of translating a positive Living Lab result into general policies and practices.
This session aims to inspire future activities of the DUSST working group and invites the audience to share its own ideas and suggestions.
Agenda
- Welcome (5 min)
- 5 minutes intro presentation by each speaker (25 min)
- panel debate (35 min)
- Q&A (5 min)
- Conclusions (5 min)
SPEAKER BIOS
Riccardo Saraco
Project Manager, EU Funds and Innovation Dept., City of Torino
Riccardo Saraco
Project Manager, EU Funds and Innovation Dept., City of TorinoWith a background in Political Science and Public Policy evaluation, he works for the City Council as project manager. He is engaged mainly in urban renovation plans and projects promoting innovative approaches for digital and ecological transition aimed at developing a sustainable and competitive urban ecosystem.
Dr Haydee Sheombar
Founder Kankan-Tree' Digital Age Research&Consulting
Dr Haydee Sheombar
Founder Kankan-Tree' Digital Age Research&ConsultingHaydee is an experienced business consultant, academic researcher and speaker who works with leaders and teams in both the public and private sector. She has advised (the board room) on various topics, including digital transformation, strategy and governance, organisational redesign, and customer experience. Furthermore she helps managers, leaders and policy makers to implement actual change. With a MSc degree in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Economics she has mostly worked at the intersection of information technology, business, and society. Haydee has over 20 years international experience at PWC and IBM as a Consultant, Smarter Cities Director, Client Executive, and Business Development Executive. To better understand the exponential and fundamental change of today Digital Age, Haydee researches how digital technologies shape business, society, governance, and behaviour. She has a research affiliation with the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics. In 2015 Haydee founded Kankan-Tree BV, a Digital Transformation research led Consultancy committed to transforming organisations and the way they engage citizens, customers and employees.
Georgia Ayfantopoulou
Deputy Director and-Research Director at CERTH/HIT
Georgia Ayfantopoulou
Deputy Director and-Research Director at CERTH/HITGeorgia Ayfantopoulou is CERTH/HIT's Deputy Director and-Research Director. She is head of the Research Department “Infrastructure, Networks, Mobility & Logistics†with high expertise in Traffic Management, Transport Systems Management, Use of Telematics Applications in: Maritime, Road and Combined Transport, GIS, Vehicle Fleet Management, Operations Research and in Road Safety. She has been assigned as Project Coordinator, Technical and Evaluation Manager for several EU as well as Greek projects. She manages Thessaloniki Smart Mobility Living Lab, which is an efficient member of ENoLL.  
Agathe Fourquet
Head Of Innovation, Greater Paris Metropolis
Agathe Fourquet
Head Of Innovation, Greater Paris MetropolisAgathe Fourquet is an expert in Urban Innovation and is currently leading the Innovation division within the Greater Paris Metropolis. Before that, she helped build Terra Numerata, Roland Berger’s network of innovative partners. In 2013, she co-funded Usine IO, a service dedicated to accelerating hardware projects. She also ran the communication departments of two business clusters in the Paris Region : Cap Digital & Systematic and worked as a PR expert for tech companies.
Adeeb Sidani
Project Manager – Porto Digital
Adeeb Sidani
Project Manager – Porto DigitalProject Manager at Porto Digital, specializing in technology-driven projects to advance smart cities and urban innovation. He leads large-scale national and international initiatives, collaborating with major cities and companies. He holds a PhD from the University of Porto, focused on using BIM, automated rule checking, and immersive technologies for Occupational Safety in Construction. An experienced architect and academic, he also lectures at the University of Porto, with expertise in immersive reality tools.