*Please distribute to others who may be interested...* You are hereby invited to the next weekly seminar in our interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition<http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108>(ECCO) and theGlobal Brain Institute<http://www.globalbraininstitute.org/>(GBI).
*Time*:* Friday, May 11th, *14:00-16:00 p.m *Place*: *Room 3B217 * (building B, level 3, From the elevator take the long corridor to the right, to its end), on the VUB Campus Etterbeek (Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels), Free entrance: everybody welcome! * * ------------------------------ An introduction to Living Labs *Pieter Ballon*<http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=447789&authType=name&authToken=cZl8&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore> * (IBBT-SMIT, VUB)* *Abstract*: Living Labs are a relatively recent type of test and experimentation platforms. They are focused on real-life experiments, user-driven co-design and open innovation. Over the past few years, around 300 Living Labs have sprung up across Europe. Despite this success, several questions remain as to their relationship to innovation theories, methodologies, and impact. References: homepage: openlivinglabs.eu web reference: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1331557 *The Speaker*: Pieter Ballon, who leads several European Living Labs projects and is International Secretary of the European Network of Living Labs, will provide his insights into the Living Lab phenomenon. ------------------------------ * Forthcoming ECCO/GBI seminars* * May 18 (ECCO) *How speech-acts are conquering the world Luk van Langenhove <http://www.lukvanlangenhove.be/> (CRIS, United Nations University) * May 25 (ECCO/GBI) *'The Interrelatedness of Many Things': Toward a McLuhanist Philosophy of Technology Yoni Van Den Eede <http://nl-nl.facebook.com/yonivandeneede> ( Faculty of Philosophy, VUB) * June 1 (ECCO/GBI) *The social dynamics of ontological commitment Christophe Debruyne <http://www.linkedin.com/in/christophedebruyne>(STARlab, VUB) * June 8 (ECCO) *Who needs a worldview ? S.N. Balagangadhara <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._N._Balagangadhara> (aka Balu) (Center for Comparative Science of Cultures, University of Ghent) * June 15 (ECCO)* The ACTION of making DISTINCTIONS Petter Braathen <http://memetor.com/petter-braathen/> (Memetor) * June 22 (ECCO/GBI)* Chemical Organizations Theory Tomas Veloz <https://people.ok.ubc.ca/tomveloz/homepage.htm>* *(University of British Columbia) More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 -- David R. Weinbaum (Weaver) ECCO/GBI Seminar Coordinator Email: [email protected] http://clea.academia.edu/DavidWeinbaum
