Innovator in the Spotlight

Towards a more inclusive society to raise awareness of basic skills gaps

In the Netherlands, 2.5 million people struggle daily with reading, writing, math, and digital skills, also called basic skills. These deficiencies make it difficult for them to fully participate in society, such as reading and understanding a letter or buying a train ticket, leading to various personal and societal problems.

ILI Virtual workshops in April and May

In April and May 2020, ILI organized in collaboration with NSVV, OVLNL and Eindhoven Engine, three small-scale virtual (online) co-creation workshops on intelligent lighting. Elke den Ouden and Philip Ross set-up and facilitated these workshops.

The workshops were primarily intended for professionals from industry and government and their purpose was to initiate the co-creation of (parts of) solutions for innovation challenges in the context of light & lighting. The first workshop focused on smart lighting solutions and applications for Outdoor,
the second on Indoor and the last one on Agro & Food.

For ILI, these workshops provided an opportunity for new public private partnerships for R&D and (technological) innovation, and attracted (new) partners for collaboration in the context of its research and education activities with student teams in Innovation Space and events like GLOW.

The workshops have proven to be inspiring and successful. New links between companies, governments and ILI have been established. In the coming weeks
we will follow up on possible collaborations.

More information about the TU/e Intelligence Ligthting Institute

Photo: Bart van Overbeeke