VITALISE Project

What VITALISE Project does

VITALISE Project (Virtual Health and Wellbeing Living Lab Infrastructure) is a Horizon 2020 EU-funded research project launched on April 1, 2021 under grant agreement No. 101007990 and operated by ViLabs OE as the coordinating legal entity, with the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) coordinating activities and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) serving as Scientific Coordinator. The project enables in-person Transnational Access to 17 Living Lab research infrastructures across 8 countries in Europe and Canada plus remote Virtual Access to datasets covering rehabilitation, transitional care, and everyday living environments, all provided free of charge through 3 consecutive Open Calls.

The technical platform comprises four core components: the Shareable Data Publishing and Access Service (which allows Living Labs to securely publish anonymised or synthetic data versions and support remote algorithm execution against real internal data); the VITALISE Discovery Portal (a cloud-based metadata catalogue spanning Non Data Model and VITALISE Data Model compliant datasets); the RAI Cloud Server (a blockchain-based server that immutably registers research analysis results with unique RAI identifiers); and the Living Lab Harmonisation Framework (Standard Versions, Lexicon, KPIs, and operational guidelines). Datasets are GDPR-compliant and primarily delivered in .csv format, with 21 certified consortium Living Labs now discoverable through the EOSC Catalogue.

VITALISE's business model is grant-funded rather than commercial: all services — Transnational Access, Virtual Access, Summer Schools, Commercialisation Bootcamps, Fast Track Trainings, and Master Course Webinars — are free to approved participants, who cover only their own travel expenses. GTM is community-led, relying on Open Calls, Harmonisation Board/Body meetings, and event-driven engagement (Athens 2022 Summer School, Bilbao 2023 Summer School, Open Living Lab Days 2023, Brussels Symposium Feb 2024). Primary user segments are academic and clinical researchers and Living Lab practitioners, with secondary engagement from EU policymakers and healthcare startups/SMEs.

Name

VITALISE Project

Legal name

ViLabs OE

Website

https://vitalise-project.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

VITALISE Project is an EU Horizon 2020-funded research infrastructure initiative that provides free Transnational and Virtual Access to 17 Living Lab research infrastructures and datasets across 8 countries for health and wellbeing researchers, concluding in February 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health and Wellbeing Research Infrastructure

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health Systems Strengthening & Global Health Technical Assistance (BPADAEAH)

Keywords

• Living lab research
• Health and wellbeing research
• Transnational research access
• Virtual data access
• Living lab harmonization

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Free Transnational Access to Research Infrastructures: VITALISE provides free Transnational Access to external researchers from multiple disciplines to Living Lab Research Infrastructures. Funded through Horizon 2020 grant. External researchers approved for Transnational Access conduct research studies through an application process with 3 consecutive Open Calls.
2. Virtual Access to Datasets: Free remote digital access to datasets (Virtual Access) of rehabilitation, transitional care and everyday living environments. Provides researchers seamless access to datasets sourced from VITALISE Living Lab Network, carefully selected during Joint Research Activities.
3. Training and Capacity Building Programs: Free Summer Schools, Commercialisation Bootcamps, Fast Track Trainings, and Master Course Webinars for researchers and Living Lab practitioners. No registration fees though participants cover own travel expenses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

VITALISE Project is a Horizon 2020 EU-funded research infrastructure that opens up Living Lab research infrastructures to facilitate and promote research activities in the Health and Wellbeing domain in Europe and beyond. It enables in-person Transnational Access to 17 Living Lab research infrastructures and supports remote digital Virtual Access to datasets of rehabilitation, transitional care, and everyday living environments through harmonised processes and common tools, including Joint Research Activities and ICT infrastructure such as the VITALISE Discovery Portal and RAI Cloud Server.

Product overview

VITALISE Project is a Horizon 2020 EU-funded research infrastructure that operates as a multi-component platform providing access to Living Lab services for health and wellbeing research. The core offering comprises Transnational Access to 17 Living Lab Research Infrastructures across Europe and Canada, alongside Virtual Access through the VITALISE Discovery Portal for remote dataset discovery. The platform includes Joint Research Activities for collaborative projects in rehabilitation, transitional care, and everyday living environments. Supporting services include harmonisation frameworks (Living Lab Harmonisation Board and Body, Standard Versions), ICT tools for data collection and processing, and comprehensive capacity building programs (Summer Schools, Commercialisation Bootcamps, Fast Track Trainings, Master Course Webinars). The Shareable Data Publishing and Access Service enables secure data exchange between Living Labs and external researchers. The platform integrates with the EOSC Catalogue for discovery of Living Lab resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transnational Access to Research Infrastructures Free in-person access granted to external researchers from multiple disciplines to 17 Living Lab research infrastructures across Europe and Canada. Approved researchers conduct research studies through an application process across 3 Open Calls in rehabilitation, transitional care, and everyday living environments.
• Virtual Access Service Cloud-based service providing seamless remote access to datasets sourced from the VITALISE Living Lab Network, curated during Joint Research Activities. Researchers can discover, download shareable data versions (anonymised or synthetic data), and request remote execution of algorithms against real internal data in Living Lab nodes.
• VITALISE Discovery Portal Cloud-based portal serving as a repository of metadata catalogues encompassing datasets (both Non Data Model compliant and VITALISE Data Model conforming). Empowers users to explore and discover tools for understanding experiment properties, available data, and access regulations as defined by corresponding Living Labs.
• RAI Cloud Server Cloud server that safeguards the longevity of research analysis results by registering information and research assets linked to scientific experiments upon researcher request. Information is securely encrypted and immutably recorded on a blockchain network, generating a unique RAI identifier.
• Shareable Data Publishing and Access Service Service enabling Living Labs to securely publish collected data in internal and isolated nodes for external use. External researchers can access a portal to discover and download shareable data versions (anonymised or synthetic data) and subsequently request remote execution of algorithms against real internal data in Living Lab nodes, ensuring GDPR-compliant data exchange.
• Living Lab Harmonisation Framework Harmonized framework designed to facilitate seamless and efficient access to Living Lab Research Infrastructures, including the Living Lab Harmonization methodology, KPIs, lexicon, and standards for services, activities, terminology, stakeholders, research and innovation steps, and data collection.
• Joint Research Activities (JRAs) Collaborative projects bringing together researchers from different Living Labs in joint results, publications, and presentations across three domains: rehabilitation, transitional care, and everyday living environments.
• Living Lab Research Infrastructures 17 certified Living Lab research infrastructures across Europe and Canada providing services in rehabilitation, transitional care, and everyday living environments. Includes facilities such as simulated hospitals, VR/AR environments, rehabilitation labs, and smart spaces.
• Summer Schools Training programs for researchers and Living Lab beginners on applying Living Lab methodology and tools in their studies and research, including sessions on Living Lab operations, stakeholder engagement, co-creation, and experimentation.
• Commercialisation Bootcamps Practical programs providing researchers and practitioners with understanding of the path to market for new products and services, including design thinking, revenue models, intellectual property, and investment basics for tech startups.
• Fast Track Trainings Accelerated training programs for transforming traditional researchers into Living Lab researchers, covering Living Lab setup, orchestration, project execution, and utilization of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.
• Master Course Webinars Series of comprehensive webinars (8-part Master Course 'Innovate to Thrive: Mastering Living Labs and Collaborative Innovation') designed to equip participants with knowledge, tools, and strategies to thrive in Living Lab and collaborative innovation environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17 Living Lab Research Infrastructures made accessible to external researchers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2021ENoLL is the coordinating organization for VITALISE, with Dr. Evdokimos Konstantinidis serving as Project Coordinator and President of ENoLL. ENoLL co-organizes the Health and Wellbeing Living Lab Symposium and Open Living Lab Days. The partnership leverages ENoLL's network of Living Labs for infrastructure access and harmonisation activities.
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAUTH serves as Scientific Coordinator through Prof. Panos Bamidis (Laboratory of Medical Physics). AUTH provides multiple Living Labs including AUTH Living Environment Simulation, AUTH Centrifuge & Rehabilitation Living Lab, and AUTH Healthcare Transitions Living Lab 'Asterios Karagiannis'. AUTH team leads harmonisation methodology development.
• Cluster GAIAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGAIA is a Basque technology cluster that hosted VITALISE Summer School 2023 in Bilbao. Provides GAIA Ozean Living Lab and GAIA Smart Spaces for transnational access. Idoia Muñoz Lizan represents GAIA in presenting Living Lab activities.
• Laurea University of Applied SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaurea provides Laurea Simulated Hospital, Laurea Activity Lab Living Labs and contributes through Dr. Teemu Santonen who received Veli Pekka Niitamo Award. Laurea presents VITALISE training programs including fast-track training, summer schools, and master courses.
• McGill UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMcGill University provides the McGill-UdeM-CRIR Living Lab for transnational access. Prof. Eva Kehayia contributes to Living Lab Lexicon development. Notable cross-Atlantic collaboration as the only non-European partner country.
• VICOM (Vicomtech)coreTechnology or IntegrationVICOM provides technology expertise for VITALISE ICT tools development. Team members Mikel Hernandez, Gorka Epelde, and Francisco Londoño contributed to the Secure Data Publishing and Access Service paper published in Big Data and Cognitive Computing Journal.
• CERTH (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas)coreTechnology or IntegrationCERTH team members including Vasiliki Fiska, Lampros Mpaltadoros, and Christoniki Maga-Nteve contribute to Living Lab research and data processing activities in collaboration with AUTH.
• INTRAS FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINTRAS provides multiple Living Labs including INTRAS VR/AR Environment and Snoezelen Room, INTRAS Rehabilitation Lab, and INTRAS Living Lab – MIND Lab for AHA & Independent Living. Ms. Rosa Almeida participates in panel discussions.
• LiCalab – Living and Care LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiCalab (Licalab) participates as Living Lab in VITALISE consortium with Ms. Vicky Van Der Auwera contributing to panel discussions on present and future of Living Labs as Research Infrastructures.
• Anthology VenturessecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAnthology Ventures partners with VITALISE for Pitch Clinic events and Commercialisation Bootcamp, providing workshops on value propositions, investment basics for tech startups, and presentation skills training for researchers.
• EU INTEGER Collaboratory on Health and WellbeingsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerVITALISE actively participates in the EU INTEGER Collaboratory on Health and Wellbeing, a Coordination and Support Action under European Innovation Council. Public signature of Terms of Reference at Open Living Lab Days 2023.
• GILL Project (Gendered Innovation Living Labs)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCross communication synergy established to increase visibility of both projects to wider audience, communicate results in targeted manner, and share lessons learned and best practices. Both projects address Living Lab discourse and practices.
• IMECsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerMr. Dimitri Schuurman from IMEC shed light on impact of Living Labs for external researchers at the culminating symposium, underscoring their role in facilitating research endeavors.
• ENoLL Living Labs in EOSC CataloguecoreTechnology or Integration21 certified Living Labs from VITALISE consortium (ENoLL members) are now discoverable in EOSC Catalogue as reusable resources fostering open access in research innovation. Includes Thomas More Experience Lab, AIT Technology Experience Lab, MOBILAB & Care Motion Lab, and others.
• ViLabs OEcoreOthersViLabs OE is the coordinating legal entity for VITALISE project with registered offices in Thessaloniki, Greece. Manages website, services, data processing, and project administration. ViLabs (CY) LTD in Limassol serves as data processor.

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