Living lab-style mobile services in Hasselt

The involvement of over 700 people living in Hasselt - with many more to come - in a stable experimentation of mobile applications and services has been indeed one of the most interesting examples of what can be achieved according to the "open innovation" model championed by the Living Lab movement. The Hasselt i-City case and others have been discussed at the Living Labs Open Innovation Community and European Network of Living Labs Event, which just took place in the Belgian city. We joined the meeting both because of our interest in participatory design approaches and as members and promoters of the Milano Living Lab interest group. The meeting hosted also the launch of the call for a second wave of Living Labs.