Calls

Call for Abstracts

By placing multi-stakeholder collaboration at the heart of innovation, Living Labs play a transformative role in addressing pressing societal challenges. These include the complexities of ageing societies, widening socio-economic health disparities and transforming (clinical) care and everyday living environments. Living Labs have the potential to make significant contributions to health and wellbeing and creating smart healthy environments. This conference will address state-of-the-art research that explores Living Labs as pivotal ecosystems for transforming all areas of health and wellbeing, including clinical care, smart environments, disease management, public health and prevention to name a few.

On the 13th of May, the ‘Health and Wellbeing Living Labs’ Symposium (Track 1) will focus on the potential of Living Labs to drive innovation through multi-stakeholder collaboration. On day two (May 14) of the conference we will delve into Smart Healthy Environments (Track 2). We focus on creating spaces that promote sustainable happiness and wellbeing. This track will delve into the synergy between the built environment, healthcare, and technological innovations, addressing challenges to enhance individual and collective health while respecting and preserving nature.

  • Living Labs addressing Health and Wellbeing challenges

  • Emerging methodologies for stakeholder involvement in the Health and Wellbeing

  • Methodologies for evaluating the impact of Living Labs in Health and Wellbeing research

  • Research in cancer through Living Labs

  • Living Labs for Health & Wellbeing of Children and Adolescents

  • Supporting older adults using Living Labs methodologies

  • Research in non-communicable diseases through Living Labs

  • The future of Living Labs in the Health and Wellbeing research

  • Living Labs in clinical environments and transitional care

  • Living Labs supporting HealthTech innovations

  • Living Labs for transforming medical services and medical research

  • Open Data and Data sharing through Living Labs – the challenges in Health and Wellbeing

  • The ethics dimension of Living Labs in Health and Wellbeing

  • Regenerative Healthy Architecture

  • Smart Cities for Healthy Living

  • Empowering Communties through Living Labs

  • Ageing and Inclusive Architecture

Paper Award

We are excited to announce a Best Paper Award at this International Conference, recognizing outstanding scientific contributions to the field. All submitted papers will be considered for this award, with evaluations based on originality of the research, innovative thinking, appropriate scientific methodology, and the quality and impact of the work. The award will be presented during the conference.’

Important dates

Abstract notification of acceptance

February 14, 2025

Deadline posters

February 28, 2025

Poster notification of acceptance

March 14, 2025

Deadline full paper & extended abstracts

March 18, 2025

Author Rebuttal Period

 


March 19 – April 11

Papers camera-ready

 


April 28, 2025

Health and Wellbeing Living Lab Symposium 2025

May 13, 2025

Smart Healthy Environments 2025


May 14, 2025

If the abstract is accepted (notification deadline February 14, 2025), one of the following steps will apply:

Conference paper

Important Information

Submission deadline: March 18, 2025
Author rebuttal period: March 19 – April 11, 2025
Camera-ready: April 28, 2025

Guidelines

  • Full paper should be written in English
  • Title: try to be concise
  • Abstract: maximum of 200 words; including background and aim, research methods, most important results, and conclusion
  • Keywords: maximum of 5 keywords
  • The length of the paper: 3.000 words (maximum), excluding references and tables
  • Paper structure: introduction, methodology, results and analysis, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgments, references

Extended abstract

Important Information

Submission deadline: March 18, 2025
Author rebuttal period: March 19 – April 11, 2025
Camera-ready: April 28, 2025

Guidelines

  • Extended abstracts should be written in English
  • Title: try to be concise
  • Elements: introduction with background and aim, methodology, important results, discussion and conclusion
  • Keywords: maximum of 5 keywords
  • The length of the extended abstract: 1.000 words (maximum), excluding references and tables

Poster

Important Information

Submission deadline: February 28, 2025
Notification of acceptance: March 14, 2025

Guidelines

  • Posters should be written in English
  • Elements: title, introduction, methodology, results and analysis, discussion and conclusion
  • Size: A0 portrait
  • Font size: approximately 24
  • Choose one of the formats
  • Bring the poster yourself to the conference