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IoT Sweden's board was in Skåne — and took the opportunity to visit Veberöd to see Smart Villages' work on connecting sensors to create benefits for society and citizens.
In the FLOW project, several actors have worked together to make a fan-shaped sensor that measures the direction and speed of passers-by through a combination of four radar sensors from Acconeer.
A forum where art, science, business, creative industries and philosophy come together to shape the future.
Här hittar du de senaste artiklarna, spaningarna inom denna kategori.
Work on eco-design, resilient, circular and sustainable manufacturing was at the heart of the Policy Assessment workshop - Sustainable Manufacturing and DPP in Textile, Fashion and Crafts in Lund.
When the Unexpected arts and science forum is staged in early June, one of the tracks will be values-driven innovation. But what do values really have to do with innovation?
When the second edition of Unexpected takes place on June 4, the innovation capacity of cultural and creative industries (KKN) will be highlighted.
Hösten 2024 hölls en Policy assessment workshop i Lund. Denna handlade om KKN och AI. Vad blev då resultatet? Här är en summering av slutsatserna från höstens möte.
Lund University's venture REAL — Center for Retail and Logistics — at Campus Helsingborg profiles itself with sustainability, digitalization and changing working life, and also highlights the work with innovation as a task.
At Lund University there is an interdisciplinary network for researchers related to textiles and fashion and during a meeting several new collaboration opportunities were presented.
How can we create a production in circular systems where things are reused, repaired and maybe eventually become something new? The EU sees the introduction of a Digital Product Passport (DPP) as a possible means.
This spring will be an opportunity to discuss upcoming policies in sustainable and circular manufacturing, DPP (digital product passport), textiles, fashion and crafts. The work takes place within the project team.
Recently, The Ghost of Canterville was played at Lund City Theatre with a ghost who is an interactive sign language-speaking avatar.
An innovation tour in the Lund Innovation District, an effort to create historical material with animated three-dimensional figures in Kosovo and flashbacks to Iron Age Uppåkra.
A 3D animated avatar speaking sign language in a theater set and a circus tent that can be traveled in record time.
Now the new concert venue at Science Village Hall has been inaugurated — and already in the first month a test of software that keeps track of where the musicians are in the piece was conducted.
On June 4, 2025, Unexpected returns to Mejeriet in Lund, a forum where art, science, business, creative industries, and philosophy converge to shape the future.
Within a few years, it may be possible to track many of the goods sold within the EU through Digital Product Passports (DPP).
In the world of circus, we see creative and often surprising numbers performed by skilled performers in a sometimes startling context.
On June 4, it's time again for Unexpected — an international innovation forum where art, science, business, creative industries and philosophy come together to shape the future.
What do existential perspectives mean in working life? For doctors, teachers, social workers or priests, it can be about the time and the opportunity to discover that there are deeper questions and stories in people you encounter in their professional role.
Nearly 40 students on the course Product Innovation at Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre were tasked with finding new or forgotten uses for the material hemp.
How does my work make sense? How can I support the existential well-being of others through my work?
I projektet arbetar Future by Lund med UN Habitat och Anibar i Kosovo, med Lulzim Hoti som projektkoordinator i Kosovo.
Forty participants from all over Europe gathered in Lund to launch ekip, a major policy project for the development of innovation ecosystems in the cultural and creative industries.
Work is now underway on Kosovo's National Strategy for the Creative Economy.
Beneath the ground in Uppåkra, just south of Lund, is hidden an ancient relic of one of northern Europe's major centres of power during the Iron Age.
In many cities there are abandoned older buildings that are important for a place's identity and cultural heritage and at the same time there is a need for premises for new activities.
The work to turn Storkriket in the three municipalities of Lund, Eslöv and Sjöbo into a biosphere reserve has taken a major and important step.
How can AI help shape the future of cultural and creative industries?
Future by Lund has chosen to organize the work in portfolios to create the movement or transformation of an area larger than individual organizations, individuals or projects.
On September 6, Sweden's new international circus festival - Southern Sweden Circus Festival - starts.
Over the years, Future by Lund has developed methods to show movements in an innovation ecosystem.
From January 2025, municipalities will collect household textile waste separately.
How do we practice green transition and how can culture be used as a test bed for innovation?
The workshop held in February was the very first in existential sustainability, a concept that Lund University has been working on since 2021.
Working together on individual projects can be a great way for different actors to contribute to the transformation of the city.
What does it take to create a truly strong concert experience for those sitting at home on the couch streaming audio and video?
How can the methods used by Lund University and Future by Lund be used to develop cultural and creative industries in Kosovo?
Partners from across Europe are working together to develop the platform ekip to develop policy recommendations for innovation with the cultural and creative industries.
Future by Lund and Lund University are working with support from Sida together with UN Habitat and Anibar to develop creative and cultural industries in Kosovo.
Greater focus on analysing, bringing to life and explaining news and increased use of new technologies — such as AI to create new content.
New digital formats can provide completely new music experiences, where the audience can sit at home and create a personalized concert for themselves.
Have you heard of the Great Cricket? It is the name of an area in the municipalities of Lund, Sjöbo and Eslöv where not only storks but also humans thrive.
What if our clothes could be made when we ask for it and by small-scale producers in our vicinity?
A fashion and textile designer has traditionally created clothing models and collections and designed patterns.
The March 2024 OECD/OPSI newsletter presents the LIEPT model, which was developed in Lund by Lund University and Future by Lund.
A new and exciting collaboration has recently been launched between Lund University, Future by Lund, the Ministry of Culture of Kosovo, UN Habitat and the cultural organization Anibar.
Many of today's challenges are so complex that they must be solved through the joint efforts of several actors.
Why do we talk about Being, Thinking, Relating, Collaborating and Acting in the context of sustainability?
In June, Lund University in collaboration with Future by Lund organized Unexpected, which was a forum for innovations in the arts and sciences.
In sustainability, people often talk about social, economic and environmental sustainability, but Lund University also wants to focus on existential sustainability.
When it's time to sum up Future by Lund's first year as its own financial association, we find a lovely mix of work in many different areas.
The textile and fashion industry is facing major challenges.
Test beds, incubators, research labs, maker spaces — all are examples of infrastructure that can be suitable for innovation.
The textile industry has a major climate impact and the reuse of clothing is seen as part of the sustainable transformation of the industry.
In November, the big fair for smart cities will be held, the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona and Lund has many representatives on site.
At the end of 2022/23, Future by Lund transitioned from being a project with Lund Municipality as the principal to operating as an economic association.
About ten years ago, Vinnova launched innovation platforms in six Swedish cities — and Future by Lund is one of them.
In Lund, the archaeologists in Lund University's Digital Archaeology Laboratory, that is, DarkLab, have been working since fifteen years back with Lund University's Humanist Laboratory to develop the use of new technologies.
Now it's time to summarize the work of the platforms.
Meditation in the open air at Billebjär, harvest festival in Flyinge and lecture on AI and sustainability at Stadshallen in Lund.
When Spain takes over the presidency of the European Union, cultural and creative industries will be one of their top priorities.
In September, there will be Circus Evening in Stadshallen in Lund — and the business community, associations and the circus network are especially welcome.
What climate-safe, tasty and healthy food will we eat in the future and how will it be produced, grown and packaged in a more sustainable way?
The forum attracted more than 200 people from all over Europe to the Mejeriet in Lund.
In the future, our clothes will include a tag that we can scan to obtain information.
What do we see as exciting areas of innovation based on the cultural and creative sectors and industries?
What makes cultural and creative entrepreneurship interesting from a socio-economic perspective?
In April, Future by Lund held a membership meeting at Trivector Traffic on the combination of human rights and mobility in the theme “Human centred mobility in the Human Rights city of Lund”.
The medical ultrasound, Bluetooth, the artificial kidney, the bicycle helmet from Hövding and the water-saving shower are all innovations that were all born in Lund.
Lund has long been a special and open playground for innovative ideas. Many groundbreaking ideas have already been born here. The city is characterized by knowledge, researchers, students, a special sense of humor and a permissive atmosphere - a really good backdrop for a culture of innovation!
“Circus is an art form that pushes boundaries and makes the seemingly impossible possible”.
Using human rights as a starting point not only affects the work of municipalities so that people are better off, but it can also promote the emergence of innovations that people want to use.
The fashion industry encompasses much more than clothing and textiles — everything from cultivation, production, working conditions, transportation, design and marketing to customer habits, garbage sorting, returns and recycling.
Ten years ago, Vinnova invested in innovation platforms in some Swedish cities — Borås, Gothenburg, Kiruna, Lund, Stockholm and eventually Umeå.
The taxonomy regulation was introduced in the EU in July 2020 as the basis for the EU taxonomy and establishes a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities.
More but smaller productions, more production closer to the local market and faster processes to bring the garments to market can be some of the solutions to make the textile and fashion industry more sustainable.
When we talk about sustainable change in the textile and fashion industries, the focus is often on manufacturing, materials, recycling and emissions.
How can AR and VR change the consumer buying experience and what can we all benefit from IoT in our clothes? What new technologies can drive sustainable change in the fashion industry?
Introducing our member coordinator Åsa Grunning who “looks forward to working with people, organisations and companies with an interest in Lund and the development that exists here”.
Lund University is successful in its work with the cultural and creative industries, which provides a basis both for meaningful creation and for work on a broader transformation.
From 21 to 23 March, Sweden's Innovation Parliament will attend Ideon in Lund. At that time, 400 guests are expected to be on site while around 5,000 people from around the world follow parts of the event digitally.
How can digital technology develop the fashion industry? Technology can lead to making it cheaper and more sustainable when clothes are created, distributed and recycled, but the meeting of fashion, the gaming industry and digital technology can also have other effects.
Future by Lund is a membership organisation where universities, municipalities and business have a platform to work together.
As the innovation platform Future by Lund continues to operate as an economic association, cooperation with the university's KIC office is strengthened.
The work with innovation spaces is born out of societal challenges. With barely seven years to go until Agenda 2030, the textile and fashion industries are facing a crossroads.
Fredrik Timour is the CEO and founder of the Fashion Innovation Center, which is a member of Future by Lund.
In the university course Packaging Engineering and Development at Lund University of Technology (LTH), the real challenges of companies are focused on creating relevant education for students.
Once upon a time, MAX III was housed in the apparatus hall in Maskinhuset at LTH. Now this is the site of LTH's Makerspace X-Lab, which is a workshop, a space for co-working and an innovation environment.
Siptex at Sysav in Malmö is the world's first automatic, large-scale textile sorting machine of its kind and will form a link between textile collection and textile recycling.
In spring 2022, Lund University was one of more than 100 partners who submitted an application for the world's largest innovation initiative in the cultural and creative sectors and industries.
Will people travel more sustainably if there are more efficient ways to start and end the journey -- or are time-saving vehicles the last bit in fact completely uninteresting?
It started with fifteen holiday internships ten years ago. This summer 164 young people were registered for Summer Holiday Contractors in Lund.
A changing consumption culture, sorting requirements and perhaps even a ROT deduction for textile repair are some of the measures that can make the textile system more sustainable.
With the Peritus Clinic, Medicon Village has acquired a new type of activity in the field — a business that performs diagnostics, treatment and care in urology.
