Today's Portrait Highlights

Maritime Clusters in Västra Götaland, Sweden

Västra Götaland is the most distinctly maritime region in Sweden. There is every reason to make good use of this tradition and expertise in the maritime fields, naturally to protect the environment, but also to strengthen existing activities and to develop new activities that are associated with the sea. This entails using the ecosystem services of the sea in a long-term, sustainable manner, which is also a strong trend in the EU. The maritime clusters in Västra Götalnd cover the areas of Marine management; Maritime operations and marine technology; Marine biotechnology; Marine energy; Seafood; Tourism and recreation.

ILWia: Testing innovation in everyday life

Healthy Ageing with the support of modern technologies – that is the guiding topic of our regional living lab ILWiA. To achieve this goal we are operating a showcase for the broad public which is equipped with various technical assistance systems supporting self-determined living and housing in old age. The showcase offers a hands-on experience of technology providing the visitors with different comprehensible use cases. We manage the lab in close collaboration with the administrative district Vorpommern-Greifswald and the non-profit association for living and housing in old age – ILWiA e.V.

CoLab Denmark, Region of Southern Denmark

CoLab Denmark is a network for the development of assisted living technologies in a cross-sectoral setting in the Healthcare system, hosted by the Region of Southern Denmark. CoLab Denmark consists of six local testbeds, which is anchored directly into daily operations. Here, specialized employees in the hospitals and municipalities pool their knowledge and facilities into co-creating, develop and test tomorrow’s next-gen assisted living technologies and services. Building on user-driven development, CoLab Denmark provides companies with valuable feedback used in improving products and services. Keywords: Cross-sectoral test and evaluation of health and welfare technology in hospital, municipal and GP; Usability-, data integration- and end user- test aimed at accelerating product development; Advice on legislation and technical demands for health and welfare technologies; Assessment of potential scalability and implementation of health and welfare technology