APOLLON
Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks, CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3
APOLLON is a European initiative launched in November, 2009, for a duration of 30 months to promote and develop European user-driven RDI, cross-border Living Lab networking and ICT product and service innovation through pilot projects in four major domains: eHealth, Energy Efficiency, eManufacturing and eParticipation. The main objectives of APOLLON are 1) to conduct cross-border Living Lab pilots aimed at particular SMEs, 2) to harmonize methodologies and tools for cross-border Living Lab projects, and 3) to create sustainable cross-border domain-specific Living Lab networks. The APOLLON Consortium consists of 28 Core Partners and 10 European member states, and involves SMEs, large ICT companies, as well as academia. The project is linked to the wider European Network of Living Labs (EnoLL).
CKIR’s role in APOLLON is in methodology development and national pilot coordination in Finland. In eHealth, CKIR partners with Helsinki Forum Virium in ‘Healthy Helsinki Programme’ in Herttoniemi Living Lab to promote independent living and innovative home care systems for residents through the use of ICT, and specifically an audiovisual video monitoring and care system that allows for a more efficient communication and a facilitated needs assessment between clients and the service provider. The project’s aim is also to research how a Belgian virtual technology-based Independent Living Systems (IDS) project could be replicated in a sister project in Finland, and in the longer run, to define standards and guidelines to other similar projects to be replicated in other countries, while promoting and supporting enhanced home care and welfare of the users.
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