imec innovation services and solutions helps you with the development of technological solutions applicable to products and services, offering our expertise throughout the entire lifecycle of the innovation process.imec offers researchers and entrepreneurs the chance to co-create and test their innovative solutions thoroughly with their target audience and stakeholders. The involvement of the end users at an early stage of the development process makes it possible to tailor the innovation from the outset to real needs, habits, attitudes and contextual factors. In that way products and services are better and have every chance of success on the market.My responsibilities* Scoping & facilitation of innovation projects (Startups, SMEs, Large Enterprises, public & private sector) via Innovation Sprints & adequate workshop formats* Business Model Innovation* Coaching of pre-incubation innovation teams

imec.livinglabs offers researchers and entrepreneurs the chance to test and co-develop their innovative solutions thoroughly with their target audience. In that way products and services are better and have every chance of success on the market.Our imec.livinglabs research includes users early on and all through the innovation process. My role as a user specialist is to translate user behavior, needs, and wants to tangible recommendations to provide structure to both SME's and large organizations' innovation process.My responsibilities:* User Research: Qualitative & Quantitative* Multi-stakeholder workshops* Project & process management of (SME) innovation projects

The Living Lab-approach is a research method based on a new type of innovation management that tries to structure and govern innovation processes.The User Innovation influence is apparent because the user-centric nature is a central characteristic of Living Labs. The (future) end-user is continuously involved in the innovation development process. This involvement incorporates real-life input based on realistic testing of the innovation or of relevant innovation scenarios.The Open Innovation influence is clearly present as Living Labs also incorporates a wider ecosystem approach to innovation: all relevant stakeholders are incorporated in the innovation process. This requires an open and lean approach from both the research-side and the innovation instigator.My responsibilities:* User Research: Qualitative & Quantitative analysis* Research projects* Academic writing