eLivingLab: The Science and Technology Parks and Living Labs binomial as an inconnector for the creation of Smart Regions

The Science and Technology Park (STP) industry, as part of the Global Innovation Ecosystem, needs to evolve towards new citizen-centred innovation scenarios based on knowledge economy, where cities become a more active agent in the process of socioeconomic wealth generation within a given region and LivingLabs are a powerful mechanism to make that happen. The upcoming innovation landscape which aims to help countries to overcome the current situation, requires the integration of all the innovation agents in a process of coopetition (cooperation competitive) to foster the creation of wealth and competitiveness. This paper aims to define a new STP trend for the next future in which Livinglabs will be playing a crucial role for innovation production and therefore some new reformulation of knowledge production functions should be taken in consideration.