Rijeka Innovation Living Lab

About Us

Rijeka Innovation Living Lab.

Rijeka iLivingLab most important capability is possibility of research and innovation in interdisciplinary studies. Hosted at Faculty of Maritime Studies, Rijeka iLivingLab, has access to persons involved integrated and interdisciplinary research involving ICT, Maritime Transport, Logistics, International Trade Law, Maritime Economy and Engineering, as well as implementation of new ICT learning technologies. iLivingLab consist of several labs mutually interconnected and mostly working together on different projects.

Oldest lab is Maritime Navigation , Safety and Security lab focusing on development of safety and security procedures in maritime transport, as well as procedures for search and rescue at sea. Main concept of living lab is prevention of the accidents at sea, including maritime terrorism, as well as , establishing a system of navigation, ship reporting system, complete coverage of the radio communication system, establishing a vessel control service in port areas and on the access routes to the ports of the largest passenger and cargo traffic volume, especially as regards dangerous and hazardous cargoes, improving mutual cooperation with corresponding offices and research activities in the neighbouring countries, namely in the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Italy, in applying the regulations of the system protecting the marine environment against pollution, and application of the Coast Zone Management principles.

Logistics and port lab investigates all the strategic, business and organizational implications of hybrid ( ICT-driven and clasic) multi-channel structures in theport logistics system of transportation.Transportation needs have undergone drastic changes in the course of the last ten years along with the demand for greater interconnectedness of firms in the system of transportation, with indications of business integrations of the entire system. Lab is defining an integration model in the e-business cluster, making a detailed analysis of the logistic transportation system, identify the degrees of communication and methods of coordination of firms participating in the logistics chain and distinguish the leading firms within the chain.

eLearning lab is mainly concerned with mlearning technologies. Mobile technologies are increasingly the technologies of choice for social and leisure activities, particularly among young people. Mobile games are among the most popular applications and we are beginning to see how these may be translated into effective learning technologies. Our vision is for great games that are user-led, not technology-led, informed by theory and competence-based, for use in blended learning programmes. This effort is created in cooperation with Slovenija eLivingLab and Evolaris LivingLab

eGovernment Lab, is City of Rijeka Information Technology Institute and Faculty of Maritime Studies joint research facility. IT for local government group is aimed to create City of Rijeka as intelligent city ,providing ‘on demand’ services to citizens and entrepreneurs based on internet, mobile devices and broadband infrastructure in time and place when they are needed. Mission is to create a modern administration using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Internet in order to open the local government towards citizens:

Introduction

Directions and Plans for Future.

Although the term business model is usually applied in the context of entrepreneurial firms, it also has value in understanding how university driven company can convert technological potential into economic value. We have to educate our personnel on business models, so that the researchers can understand the potential connections early on in the research process. Although we have research human resources understanding this issue , this is critical success factor for us. Knowing the local market and the value proposition we have to construct the value chain that will deliver these elements including the added value. The value chain has to create value throughout the chain (delivering that value to the customer at the end of the chain), and it must allow the companies, included in research with us, to claim some sufficient portion of value from the chain to justify their participation. Key factors for sustaining competitive success should include the ability to gain differential access to key resources, the creation of internal processes that are valuable to customers and difficult for competitors to imitate, and the past experience and future momentum of the firm in the market. Plans for the future include even better international cooperation, as Croatia entered the EU. In bigger environment we have to seek similar organization to create value chain for future projects. We are strongly commited to our positition credo that only cooperation is creating value. .

Our Mission