Living Lab in Regional Innovation Strategy Robert Maciaszek Director of the Economic Development Department Marshal Office of the Małopolska Region
Supporting living labs in practice Regional financial schemes for living lab activities: 870 million EUR to support regional entrepreneurship by 2020 Innovation Vouchers for living lab services and other R&D services (20 million EUR) Sharing living lab infrastructure by companies (18 million EUR)
Latest living lab projects applying for RPO financial support (examples): KPT Living Lab of Entrepreneurship (budget: 620 000 EUR) Innovation Vouchers for living lab services: application for CRM; apllication for building management; SaaS for website management, natural innovative cosmetics; accounting management system; new functionalities of internet portal
Living lab projects with Małopolska Region involvement or support: SMART_KOM. Krakow in smart cities network (Partners: Kraków Technology Park, Małopolska Region, Municipality of Kraków, TU Wien: Technische Universität Wien, Forum Virium Helsinki) Krakow Living Lab (ENoLL acreditation) Open Living Lab Days 2017 (Małopolska Region – Strategic Partner)
Three pilot tests by Krakow Living Lab for Małopolska Region: Krakow Beacon Valley – platform for beacon implementation in public institutions and companies in experimental business model (with Krakow start-ups: HG Intelligence and Kontakt.io) CivilHub – IT management system for cooperation of public administration and inhabitants (Expose start-up) Mikropark (innovative, modular city installation of plants and leisure sets (Wytwórnia Kraków, BIM Lab)
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