The conference “FIRE and Living Labs – Future Internet by the people” was held July 1-2, in Lulea, Sweden. Approximately 300 participants from 27 countries were at the conference.

The FIRE community focuses on Future Internet Research and Experimentation and the Living Labs community with the mission to engage people, users as co-creators in the development of new successful products and services.

During the conference, Mario Compolargo announced the technical requirements for call 5.

Leaders from the north of Sweden were at the conference. July 1st was also the first day of the Sweden holding the European Union presidency.

For more information, see the FIREweek site.