How R&D&I helped us grow

dr. ir. Piet Verhoeve

Televic

What I will not talk about …

What I will not talk about: History

1946

What I will not talk about: MarketsMultimedia learning

Conference systemsPublic address

Transportation

Healthcare

What I will not talk about:recognition

2005 most promising

2006 visit of Comissioner Potocnik

What I will talk about: innovation

• Strategic choice:– As a path for growth

• Turnover: 8M 35M• Employees: 100 200

– towards European expansion

• Which key steps have we taken ?

1. Technological innovation

• Advances in technology – give birth to innovative products– Cannot be done alone:

collaboration with High Tech research institutes

CONFIDEA

2. User driven innovation

• Multidisciplinary approach– Technology– User domain analysis (sociology)– Legal implications– Usability

Demo at living lab booth

3. User driven user centric

• eHealth is emerging market– Need for additonal validation in the field

• Living lab approach– Validation of concepts rather than technology– With friendly but REAL users

• Care organisation:OCMW-Kortrijk

• Elderly persons• (old) homes & TV’s• Real internet

4. Open innovation: PRoF

• Co create new concept & solutions– Based on trust between companies– Innovative combinations:

ICT, furniture, architects, cleaning, schools, nurses, technicians, …

4. Open innovation: partners

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4. Open innovation:

• Vision : Patient Room of Future (PRoF)

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4. Open innovation:

• Building it

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4. Open Innovation:

• Launching event: July 1, 2010

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