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Ladds - lab for the data drive society

Reference number
Coordinator REGIONFÖRBUNDET VÄSTERBOTTENS LÄN - Region Västerbotten
Funding from Vinnova SEK 1 355 000
Project duration November 2016 - August 2018
Status Completed
Venture Data-driven innovation
Call Data-driven labs 2016

Important results from the project

The project has created an environment in which two prototypes for innovations that contribute to ecological and social sustainability have been developed. One innovation facilitates the sale of second-hand products that are donated to Return Stores, which benefits the circular economy. The second innovation is about providing organizers of minor events in the countryside with data about visitors that can be used to develop the event and provide support in discussions with sponsors, etc.

Expected long term effects

The project has reached 100 unique companies / organizations, 176 unique people and delivered approximately 660 hours of seminars / workshops. The code for the two innovation pilots is available at https://github.com/RegionVasterbotten. A video that presents Innovation for the Return Shop is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io27a5oBkUc&t=40s A report about business models that should be considered for a data driven lab has been published. The expectation is that networks around AI / ML will continue and that prototypes will be further developed in other projects.

Approach and implementation

The project ran a number of parallel tracks. The knowledge structure consisted of the University´s work on game rules for a lab that makes it a possible partner for companies and other actors as well as organizing seminars to disseminate knowledge about technical and non-technical aspects of data-driven innovation. The concrete innovation work consisted of the creation of prototypes that came from seminars.

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Last updated 8 January 2019

Reference number 2016-04313