1. Organisation: Botnia Living Lab hosted by Centre for Distance- spanning Technology (www.ltu.se/cdt)www.ltu.se/cdt Location: Luleå, Sweden Contact details: Annika Sällström, Manager Botnia Living Lab annika.sallstrom@ltu.se annika.sallstrom@ltu.se Botnia Living Lab

2. Botnia LL offers an excellent environment for efficient ICT innovation piloting combining: 1.Established partnership with the IT industry in Sweden and worldwide as well as local and european SME´s 2.Significant experience and available assets for efficient Involvement of real-users in RDI processes 3.Future Internet Research Excellence Our main focus Horizon 2020 areas are within the ICT LEIT 2020 Workprogramme: 1.Big Data Research and Innovation and take-up, 2.IoT and Platforms for Connected Smart Objects, 3.Human-centric Digital Age, 4.Cybersecurity and Trustworthy ICT, 5.Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme 6.FIRE+ and experimental driven research To adress different societal challenges such as Energy and Health and Wellbeing …but also other human-centric focused-areas including innovation piloting and ICT usage What Horizon 2020 theme(s) fits your living lab?

3. Started in 2001, Research-based LL A viable PPP with it´s mission to develop and utilize new knowledge for viable ICT Innovations with responsible and sustainable impact. Matured from a Real-life human-centric testbed -> Open innovation environment -> Professional piloting facility Partners of the EIT ICT Labs ICT-focused: Botnia Living Lab use-cases - in total more than 50, include applications in the domains of Security, Energy Efficiency, e-Participation, Health and well-being, Sports and Culture, Mobile Media, Smart City etc Integrates Future Internet R&D, Human-centric design and evaluation with Support for innovation take-up and growth Key competence: Efficient methods and research expertise for planning and performing user-involvement activities (Founders of the FormIT LL-methodology) Key capabilities: Professional management and performance of pilots in real life setting including both technology and involvement of the entire value-chain of the actual solution being tested incl the end-users What is your living lab all about?

4. As a H2020 consortium leader or a consortium partner we want to….. ……tackle real societal challenges on a larger and systemic scale by combining Life-science and Future Internet research with Creative ideas ….for sustainable impact and business growth Projects could include Service Innovation research, Improvement of Living Lab capacity, Next Generation Internet Our H2020 ambitions

5. Key driver: Capitalize on the billion connected devices to address societal challenges Some basics: - Social-network paradigm (be friend with your things) -Create your own services and have the opportunity to monetize on them -Support societal challenges by user–empowerment Our H2020 ambitions – one potential idea