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Wearable technologists Engage with Artists for Responsible innovation

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Objective

Wearable technologies aimed at private consumers constitute a nascent market, expected to grow very fast. Their disruptive power is exemplified by the competition between established technology giants and start-ups. In particular, the development of the wearable market relies on its capacity to break down barriers between creative industries and digital technology companies. At the core of this market is the amount of data that wearable technologies allow to capture, in particular over their users’ personal data. This raises ethical issues regarding the ownership of this data, and what wearable providers do with that data, among other ethical issues, such as labour issues manufacturing, and mineral sourcing in the supply chain. There is a need to raise awareness around such issues, while ensuring the continued development of the wearable technology and smart textiles industries.
WEAR proposes to bring wearable technology stakeholders to work more closely with designers and artists across Europe to shift the development of the EU wearable industry, drawing on the rich European landscape of wearable technology and smart textile stakeholders, toward addressing the core issues head on within the research & development stages. To do so, WEAR will:
Develop a sustainable European network of stakeholders and hubs, to connect and push the boundaries in the design and development of wearables;
Encourage cross-border and cross-sector collaboration between creative people and technology developers to design and develop wearables ;
Develop a framework within which future prototypes can be made that will become the next generation of what ethical and aesthetic wearables could/should be;
Lead the emergence of innovative approaches to design, production, manufacturing and business models for wearable technologies;
Make citizens, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders more aware of the ethical and aesthetic issues in making and use of wearable technologies

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Topic(s)

ICT-36-2016 - Boost synergies between artists, creative people and technologists

Call for proposal

H2020-ICT-2016-1

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Funding Scheme

IA - Innovation action

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Coordinator

INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM

Address

Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven

Belgium

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU Contribution

€ 2 509 575,63

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UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 165 737,50

QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 124 981,25

UNIVERSITAT DER KUNSTE BERLIN

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 61 662,50

BLUMINE SRL

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 42 643,12

DIGITAL SPACES LIVING LAB OOD

Bulgaria

EU Contribution

€ 36 487,50

WE CONNECT DATA

Belgium

EU Contribution

€ 57 837,50

Project information

WEAR

Grant agreement ID: 732098

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 January 2017
End date

28 February 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.1.

Overall budget:

€ 3 057 625,62
EU contribution

€ 2 998 925

Coordinated by:

INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM

Belgium

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - WEAR (Wearable technologists Engage with Artists for Responsible innovation)

Reporting period: 2017-01-01 to 2018-06-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

In order to promote further collaboration between the arts and innovation activities, WEAR Sustain proposes to focus engagement in within arts and design communities and the ICT industry, through co-design and co-development of ethical, critical, and aesthetic wearable technologies and smart textiles.

Wearable technologies aimed at private consumers constitute a nascent market, expected to grow very fast. This disruptive technology opens up new business possibilities, notably for cross-sector collaborations for example between technology companies and designers. At the core of this market are important issues, of various nature: ethical, aesthetic, environmental, etc. These issues need to be addressed in a critical way.

WEAR Sustain has the following objectives:
Objective 1: Set up and develop a sustainable network of local advocacy hubs around ethical and aesthetic wearables, constituted of at least 40 relevant hubs across Europe.
Objective 2: Encourage cross-border and cross-sector collaboration between creative people and technologists. Through 2 open thematic calls for European project proposals to develop fully functional prototypes of wearables, WEAR will fund up to 48 teams.
Objective 3: Build a sustainable and structured dialogue. It will rely on the digital platform and on the organisation of local and international networking events/symposia and local meetups.
Objective 4: Develop local hubs to become advocacy centres for wearable technologies with a mandate for aesthetic and ethical design and development processes. Local hubs will provide to awarded teams support and access to expertise
Objective 5: Develop a sustainability strategy and toolkit aimed at local hubs

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

Presentation by Stavri Nikolov (DSLL) at WEAR Sustain Open Call 2 event

Open Call 1 teams during Team Introduction Day

Presentation by Heritiana Ranaivoson (imec) during Open Call 1 Team Introduction Day

Project information

WEAR

Grant agreement ID: 732098

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 January 2017
End date

28 February 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.1.

Overall budget:

€ 3 057 625,62
EU contribution

€ 2 998 925

Coordinated by:

INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (7)

Set up of the Open Call Management system

Set up of an efficient and transparent Open Call Management system that will provide a centralised system for applicants to register to and submit their proposal

Second Dissemination materials

Updated dissemination materials

First Matchmaking events before the Open Call

Organisation of matchmaking events across Europe before Open Call 1. Each event will inform participants of the Open Calls and the rules of the competition, give access to information on the proposal submission process and encourage participants to develop a full proposal

First Dissemination materials

Initial dissemination materials

Ecosystem Platform for Wearable Tech

First iteration of the Ecosystem Platform for Wearable Tech including an interactive map & a monthly report on relevant events within the wearable technology ecosystem

Second Matchmaking events before the Open Call

Organisation of matchmaking events across Europe before Open Call 2. Each event will inform participants of the Open Calls and the rules of the competition, give access to information on the proposal submission process and encourage participants to develop a full proposal

Ecosystem Platform for Wearable Tech - 1st update

Second iteration of the Ecosystem Platform for Wearable Tech updated with the first round of funded experiments

Documents, reports (14)

First Portfolio of local supporting activities

Portfolio of local supporting activities (design, technical, business, living labs)

Open Call 1 - Mid Term Report

Mid Term Report of Open Call 1

Mapping of the Wearable Tech Ecosphere

Mapping of the Wearable Technology Ecosphere including four exhaustively mapped local ecosystems

Open Call 1 - Dissemination & Selection Report

Dissemination & Selection Report of Open Call 1

First Report on key issues and opportunities

Report on key issues and opportunities in the stages of preparation, matchmaking and selection of projects

Open Call Guidelines

Open Call Guidelines including call details, theme and detailed selection criteria & review and selection process

Framework of the supporting activities

Framework and methodology defining the course of action & support activities, as well as the overall strategy for supporting the selected projects, using a self-monitoring system

Second Portfolio of local supporting activities

Updated Portfolio of local supporting activities (design, technical, business, living labs)

Open Call 1 - Final Report

Final report

Second Dissemination plan

Updated dissemination plan that will include: a) the targets stakeholder groups (local and EU levels); b) Key Performance Indicators regarding the objectives in terms of dissemination; c) the communication channels to be developed; d) the timing

Second Report on key issues and opportunities

Updated Report on key issues and opportunities in the stages of preparation, matchmaking and selection of projects

Second Portfolio of venturing support activities

Updated portfolio of venturing support activities

First Portfolio of venturing support activities

Portfolio of venturing support activities

First Dissemination plan

Initial dissemination plan that will include: a) the targets stakeholder groups (local and EU levels); b) Key Performance Indicators regarding the objectives in terms of dissemination; c) the communication channels to be developed; d) the timing

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Publications

Publications not available

Project information

WEAR

Grant agreement ID: 732098

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 January 2017
End date

28 February 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.1.

Overall budget:

€ 3 057 625,62
EU contribution

€ 2 998 925

Coordinated by:

INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM

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Record number: 206415

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