SOILL Annual Engagement Event 2026
The Annual Engagement Event brings together the SOILL Living Lab community to exchange experiences, strengthen collaboration and explore how Living Labs create, demonstrate and scale environmental, social, economic and policy impact. The programme moves from creating Living Lab impact in the morning to scaling and extending impact in the afternoon, with opportunities to connect with peers and identify potential collaboration opportunities throughout the day.
The SOILL Annual Engagement Event is intended for key Living Lab actors, including Living Lab managers and coordinators, stakeholder and panel managers, researchers and soil experts, and communication and engagement specialists involved in Living Lab activities, stakeholder collaboration and co-creation processes. You can register only by invitation.
Objectives
The Annual Engagement Event aims to:
- foster mutual learning and exchange across Living Labs and Lighthouses,
- strengthen theLiving Labs and Lighthouses community and collaboration across waves,
- enable reflection on challenges, progress and opportunities,
- and generate policy-relevant insights from Living Lab experiences.
Beyond knowledge exchange, the AEE aims to explore how Living Labs create, demonstrate and scale impact at different levels, ranging from experimental sites and territorial ecosystems to regional, national and European policy objectives. Particular attention will be given to how Living Labs create and sustain value over time, and to the barriers that prevent successful practices from scaling beyond individual projects or territories.
Participants will leave with new contacts, fresh ideas and a better understanding of how Living Labs across Europe are creating and scaling impact. This will help shape further discussions during the European Mission Soil Week and the SOILL Bootcamp.