Open laboratories for everyone wishing to experiment with the future

Abstract

The papers presented in this issue have multiple implications for Universities wishing to innovate their offering to respond to new and pressing societal challenges; for policymakers that have the responsibility to promote more impactful open science and open innovation activities; for researchers interested in improving and fostering challenge-based innovation programs to improve our planet; and for all designers involved in the fuzzy front-end phase of innovation.

Keywords

• CERN IdeaSquare; ideas; experimentation.