{"id":1044,"date":"2023-06-13T14:56:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2023-06-13T14:58:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:58:17","slug":"user-cafes-with-licalab-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/2023\/06\/13\/user-cafes-with-licalab-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"User Caf\u00e9s with LiCalab Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Releasing the Power of Users &#8211; in Belgium!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.edu\/afino\/releasing-the-power-of-users\">Releasing the Power of Users<\/a> is one of AFINO&#8217;s associated research projects, run by the University of Stavanger. The projects is focusing on the health care sector and how to amplify the voice of the users when applying digital technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This spring, the project hosted two interactive user caf\u00e9s with their partner LiCalab in Belgium.<br>Judy Hong Huang is a Ph.D. candidate in the project, with a focus on living labs. She gives this report from the User Caf\u00e9s they ran with their Belgian partner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2023, our research project successfully ran another two User Caf\u00e9s with the LiCalab, a living lab in the health and care sector in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The activities are also a part of the Transnational Access program to the European VITALISE project, a project with 17 international living lab research infrastructures in health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2023\/06\/UserCafeinBelgium2-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"User Cafe in Belgium\" class=\"wp-image-1046\" width=\"440\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2023\/06\/UserCafeinBelgium2-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2023\/06\/UserCafeinBelgium2-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2023\/06\/UserCafeinBelgium2-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2023\/06\/UserCafeinBelgium2-1536x808.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2023\/06\/UserCafeinBelgium2-2048x1077.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub>The User Caf\u00e9 in Belgium. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Two physical sessions, themed &#8220;Innovative Products for Daily Life,&#8221; were hosted by LiCalab with 21 unique older adults (aged between 65 and 85) from the Flemish region. The events took place at the Turnhout Campus of the Thomas More University of Applied Science. There, we continued the exploration to research user involvement methods in the living lab setting by talking to the users, the older adults. The participants were passionate about joining the events where they could learn new knowledge, prepare for the future, meet up with others, and contribute to developing innovative technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Find out more about the VITALISE project (<a href=\"https:\/\/vitalise-project.eu\/\">https:\/\/vitalise-project.eu\/<\/a>) and LiCalab (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.licalab.be\">www.licalab.be<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">You can also read about our previous User Caf\u00e9s with the Norwegian Smart Care Lab, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uis.no\/en\/innovation\/user-cafe-with-norwegian-smart-care-lab\">https:\/\/www.uis.no\/en\/innovation\/user-cafe-with-norwegian-smart-care-lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Both photos are taken at the User Caf\u00e9s in Belgium. 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