Athens, 18.01.2012: The Living Labs Global Award 2012, which is organised in cooperation with 20 international cities in May 2012, are looking for the most innovative solutions to participate in. In 2012, twenty global cities are participating in the award with the aim of helping over 100 million citizens in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.

Organisations participating in the Living Labs Global Award present their solutions directly to a leading group of world cities and win an opportunity to enter a new market through a pilot with full institutional support from the city. In addition, participants receive a professional and documented evaluation of their product or service by the cities and prestigious international visibility and recognition.
Submissions:
Entries can be submitted on www.llga.org/submission.php until 17th February 2012, and you may submit more than one showcase. International juries will evaluate the entries and provide a shortlist of the top 100 showcases on 5th March. Winners will be announced at the award ceremony on 2nd May 2012 at the Rio Summit on Service Innovation in Cities.
About the Living Labs Global Award 2012:
Living Labs Global, a non-profit association promoting innovative solutions in cities around the world, is organising the 2012 edition of the Living Labs Global Award in cooperation with the Cities of Barcelona, Birmingham, Caceres, Cape Town, Coventry, Derry~Londonderry, Eindhoven, Fukuoka, Glasgow, Guadalajara, Hamburg, Lagos, Lavasa, Kristiansand, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Sant Cugat, Santiago de Chile and Terrassa, to choose the companies and organizations that have developed solutions that add high value to users in cities around the world.
For more information visit www.livinglabs-global.com