Newsletter#3

Newsletter#3
August 2014
From this summer 2014, partners are in the middle of the project lifetime. Now all elements are in our
hand to intensify the project during next year.
Most of startups were identified, Birmingham City University joined our area for work. The previous
Lila applications allows partners to share and improve about our methodology. Co-designing, codecision are main word to learn through this Interreg IV-B project.
Progressively, Lila will contribute to the innovative model of the user-driven project. This, at a
European level, with the involvement of the citizens.
Future Lab sessions to come
Startup
From Germany
to Germany
Startup
From Germany
to Germany
Startup
From France to
UK
Infozone automates the mobile marketing activities and
generates high quality leads for businesses to users via
mobile devices at the right spot and in the right time
“NaviScope” is the first of its kind Аndroid application
whose main purpose is to navigate the position of a
telescope towards a space object and facilitate its
adjustment. It will provoke the interest of people of all
ages, especially the beginners in the field of astronomy
as it helps them to orientate easier in space. The
application has a user - friendly interface, which makes
using it a real pleasure. “NaviScope” can be used in
both leisure time and school classes.
Xilopix is a software start-up oriented to a next
generation search engine based on visual interface.
Previous Lab session
Malin Shoper
- April 23th 2014
From Luxembourg
to Luxembourg
- May 20th 2014
From Luxembourg
to France
MALIN SHOPPER is a local (Geolocation based) online platform allowing physical retailers to
publish their special deals on the Internet, for a better visibility and a better customer targeting.
Customers have access to local marketing actions that usually remain invisible.
Farol City Guide
May 20th 2014
From Germany
to France
Personal travel app with intelligent tours planner for your short city-break trips in your favorite
cities. You can take Farol to guide you in Amsterdam through narrow lanes and along canals.
Bike for childs
The entrepreneur Orlin Nedelchev has developed a prototype of an innovative and fully ecological
bike for kids between 2 and 3 years. He is looking for product validation in Germany in order to
take decision about potential market penetration in this country and in other mid European
countries, realized by re-sellers that need to be identified. Motivation for the users (parents)
should be the high-quality nature-oriented materials and construction, from one side, and the
“nostalgia” element, provided by the old-fashion design, from the other.
INI-Novation has involved the entrepreneur in the LILA process. The lab was performed on use-test
basis, between April and June 2014. Four users (kids between 2 and 3 years old) got the chance to
drive as long as desired (in average between 15 min and 1 hour). Their parents were accomplishing
the kids, observing their behavior, especially in co-relation with the construction, functionalities
and features of the bike. Finally, the parents were asked to fill the questionnaire and provide their
feedback.
Lila Platform : opening to online community
After the publication of the project in the platform, each project could
keep the link with their user community.
A lot of work was accomplished in a close link with IT provider
SkipSoLabs.
http://www.lilaproject.eu
EBN Technical Notes #3 : Living Labs
The third EBN Technical Note "Living Labs: a smart practice for customerdriven business support" is now available in the publication section of the EBN
website.
Include in the note, the Lila project as a concrete application example to
support startup at the European level.
Link : www.ebn.eu/downloads/TechnicalNote04Web.pdf
Previous events in Lila
EBN – Annual congress 2014
The "23rd Annual EBN Congress" organized by EBN & CEEILleida on 25-27 June 2014
http://www.ebncongress.eu/
CEBIT fair in Hannover
Wolfgang Kniejski (INI-Novation GmbH) presented transnational innovation
support measures for SMEs as well as two start-ups entrepreneurs in the
Future Talk at the CEBIT fair in Hannover
Featuring presentations, social events, prize awards and panel discussions,
“future talk” was the communicative centerpiece of the Research and
Innovation exhibition at the CEBIT fair in Hannover.
Investors, technology partners and end users: the Research & Innovation
showcase was a must-see for anyone with an interest in cutting-edge ICT. On
Friday, March 14th, Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Kniejski moderated the future talk
session “Do it yourself – startups from research institutes and universities in the Software Cluster
Darmstadt”. He presented the challenges startups are facing on their way from research to market and the
services supporting their endeavors. A special focus was put on the support measures offered by the EUfunded projects “TESLA” and “LILA”.
Innovation Birmingham Workshop – Monday 21st July 2014
The LILA team from Birmingham City University (BCU) were
recently in action on a hot and sultry summer’s evening in central
Birmingham, getting the LILA message out to a large and dynamic
set of entrepreneurs - hungry for ideas about innovation and the
international angle of building their businesses.
5 PARTNERS
2 OBSERVERS
About the project
Lila is a European project co-funded by the
program Interreg IV-B North West Europe and
lead by Promotech, Business innovation Center
in Nancy (France), in partnerships with
Birmingham City University (England), IniNovation
(Germany),
Technoport
(Luxembourg) & European Business and
Innovation Centre Network (Belgium).
P8
Project objective
P6
P2
The project
aims to foster internationalization
of innovative companies
in the energy and
P5
digital economy, by involving P3
people in a
P4
process of co-designing
to validate & adapt
P7
products and
services to P1
each regional market.
Transnational
validation &
adaptation of
products
Digital
&
green
Internationalization
process
Enterprise
Product
The Lila consortium
The Lila aims
Your local Lila contact
France
Germany
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
Promotech CEI
Jacky CHEF
jacky.chef@promotech.fr
promotechlabs.com
INI-Novation GmbH
Veneta Ivanova
ivanova@ininovation.com
ini-novation.com
Technoport SA
Diego De Biasio
diego.debiasio@technoport.lu
technoport.lu
Birmingham City University
Rehan Bhana
rehan.bhana@bcu.ac.uk
bcu.ac.uk
9, avenue des HautsFourneaux;
L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette
LUXEMBOURG
City Centre Campus,
Millennium Point,
1 Curzon Street,
B4 7XG, Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Pôle technologique
Nancy-Brabois
6, allée Pelletier Doisy
54600 Villers-lès-Nancy
cedex
FRANCE
Guerickeweg 5
D-64291 Darmstadt
GERMANY
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