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Living Labs in Piedmont Region

Dr. Erica GAYDirector

DirectorateInnovation, Research and University

OPEN DAYS, 5 October 2010

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Summary

• Piedmont Region: basic facts & figures

• The Regional Innovation Policy

• Living Labs projects

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Piedmont Region: facts & figures

4,4 million inhabitants

8 Provinces

1.206 Municipalities

€ 124 billion GDP (8,1% of national total)

1,8% of GDP invested in R&D

1st Italian region for private investment in R&D

Over 200 private and public R&D centers, 380 laboratories, 4 universities, 6 science and technology parks, 12 Innovation Poleswww.regione.piemonte.it/

innovazione

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The Regional Innovation Policy

The Regional Government of Piedmont recognizes research and innovation as a crucial factors in fostering local development.

Since 2005, the Piedmont Region has developed a regional innovation policy, and in 2006 the first regional Law for Research and Innovation was approved, aiming at organizing, promoting and coordinating the regional R&I system.

The rationale of the Regional R&I system is that public policies should be limited to areas where market dynamics alone are seen to be unable to promote innovative products, processes and services.

Piedmont Region is fostering innovation through different initiatives and projects at regional level (e.g. Innovation Poles), as well as at European level (e.g. trans national and cross borders projects in the framework of the VII Framework Programme for R&D and territorial cooperation programmes).

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The Regional Innovation Policy: Priority axes

Three years Research Plan

2007-2009(R.L. 4/2006, Art. 5)

Three years Research Plan

2007-2009(R.L. 4/2006, Art. 5)

International Network ExchangesInternational Network Exchanges

Collaborative PhD ProgramsCollaborative PhD ProgramsPost-PhD FellowshipsPost-PhD Fellowships

Life long learningLife long learning

A) Human Resources (25%)

A) Human Resources (25%)

Science Push CallsScience Push Calls

Pre-competitive research CallsPre-competitive research Calls

C) Supporting Knowledge generation (30%)

C) Supporting Knowledge generation (30%)

D) Encouraging Knowledge Utilization (10%)

D) Encouraging Knowledge Utilization (10%)

Investments Valorisation Investments Valorisation Investments SupportInvestments Support

E) Technical Assistance (5%)

E) Technical Assistance (5%)

Support for the development of Intellectual Property

Support for the development of Intellectual PropertyDevelopment of Analytic Tools

Development of Analytic Tools Strengthening Bridging Institutions Strengthening Bridging Institutions

Life long learning Life long learning

Technological PlatformsTechnological PlatformsInnovation in Supply ChainInnovation in Supply ChainEnterprises GrowthEnterprises Growth

B) Productive Structures Evolution (30%)

B) Productive Structures Evolution (30%)

Total resources allocated to the five axes (2007-2009) : 460 ml €

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The Regional Innovation Poles

AREAS

1. AGRO-FOOD (AREAS OF CUNEO AND VERCELLI)

2. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (AREAS OF CANAVESE AND VERCELLI)

3. SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY (AREA OF NOVARA)

4. NEW MATERIALS (AREA OF ALEASSANDRIA)

5. DIGITAL CREATIVITY AND MULTIMEDIA (AREA OF TORINO)

6. SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AND HYDROGEN (AREA OF TORINO)

7. RENEWABLE ENERGY AND BIOFUELS (AREA OF TORTONA)

8. FITTINGS, SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES (AREA OF VERBANO-CUSIO-OSSOLA)

9. RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND MICRO HYDRO (AREA OF VERELLI)

10. ICT (AREAS OF CANAVESE AND TORINO)

11. MECHATRONICS AND ADVANCED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (AREA OF TORINO)

12. TEXTILE (AREA OF BIELLA)

Common infrastructure

External enterprises

Managing Body

External enterprises

EnterpriseEnterprise

Enterprise

Common services

Research Body

Research Body

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Living Labs in Piedmont

At European level:

Alcotra Innovation project

At regional level:

WI-PIE pilot project

C.LAB:

C. LAB Agri

C.LAB Health

European Network

of Living Labs www.openlivinglabs.eu

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Living Labs in Piedmont

WI-PIE is a multi-year regional project aimed at equipping the region with a widespread broadband connection system and innovative services.

WI-PIE initiative – www.wi-pie.org

It was launched in 2005 as pilot project in a mountain area with the aims at:– transforming isolated mountain areas into ‘digital territories’– promoting sustainability and digital convergence– identifying a model to overcome hard digital divide

WI-PIE has been carried out as a Living Lab: an open air lab to test a complete digitalization process in Orco and Soana Valleys, a trial area selected in order to maximize the model’s transferability into other similar regional areas.

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Living Labs in Piedmont

C.LAB are Thematic Laboratories for the innovation community of Piedmont with the aim at promoting ICT technologies in the regional entrepreneurial system of small and medium companies.

C.LAB started in 2006, and are promoted by Piedmont Region, CSI Piedmont and Piedmont Universities.

C.LAB - Piedmont Community Labs

The development of strategic projects of innovative contents and the exploitation of innovative technologies are for example in the following sectors:

– C.LAB Agri: Food, Agriculture for the traceability of agricultural products– C.LAB Health: Telemedicine, innovative devices and new services in the health sector.

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The strategic project ‘Alcotra Innovation’ was approved in June 2010 in the framework of the Cross-border Territorial Cooperation Programme between Italy and France (ALCOTRA).

Piedmont Region (Lead Partner) Aosta Valley Region Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Region Rhône-Alpes Region Liguria Region Province of Turin

Partners:

Living Labs in Piedmont

‘Alcotra Innovation’ strategic project

Duration: 3 years Total budget: 5.948.600,00 €

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Project’s objectives:

At Territorial / Cross border level (clusters and enterprises):

Improve the capacities to cooperate in the field of knowledge transfer and innovation

Strengthen the exploitation of cross-borders business and research cooperation opportunities

At Policy making level (regional governments): Foster the exploitation of cross-borders cooperation

potentialities in Regional Innovation Programmes and Policies

‘Alcotra Innovation’ strategic project

Methodology and activities:

Setting up of cross border pilot actions while exploiting the

Living Lab methodology at a cross border level.

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Potential area for future Living Labs: Creative Industries

Piedmont Region is a Partner of the Region of Knowledge Project (VII Framework Programme R&TD) ‘CReATE’: Creating a Joint Research Agenda for promoting ICT innovations in Creative Industries across Europe (www.lets-create.eu).

The project (2008-2010) has been developing strategies and actions to improve cooperation, at both regional and European levels, to enhance the innovative capabilities of small and medium size companies from the creative sector.

5 Research Priorities for European CIs have been identified: Visual and Interactive Experience

Tools of Productivity and Intelligent Automation

Digital Distribution

Mobility and Interoperability

User-Producer Interaction in Development

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Living Labs in Piedmont Region

Thank you for your attention

Erica Gay