Future Hub Labs are dedicated spaces where industries and topics meet innovation. Each Lab focuses on a vertical domain—such as life sciences, sustainability, digital health, deep tech —and provides companies with the opportunity to explore future trends, co-develop solutions, and test disruptive ideas in a collaborative setting.

An opportunity for companies
By joining a Lab, organizations gain direct access to an innovation ecosystem that connects corporates, startups, researchers, and technology providers. This creates a unique environment to scout solutions, accelerate experimentation, and identify new business models while de-risking innovation.

Our approach
Future Hub Labs follow a structured methodology:

• • Discovery & Trend Mapping – understanding future scenarios, unmet needs, and emerging technologies.

  • Co-Creation & Experimentation – collaborative workshops, prototyping, and proof-of-concept development with startups and partners.

  • Validation & Adoption – testing solutions in real-world conditions and building roadmaps for scalable adoption.

Value for participants
Companies entering a Lab—either as Champions or active Participants—benefit from:

• • Strategic positioning in their industry’s innovation frontier.

  • Early access to breakthrough technologies and startups.

  • Co-creation opportunities with peers and cross-industry players.

  • A safe space to experiment and validate without disrupting core operations.

  • Enhanced visibility as innovation leaders within the Future Hub ecosystem.

Future Hub Labs are more than projects: they are living ecosystems where knowledge, technology, and collaboration converge to create tangible, scalable impact.

• The Champions Labs are domain-specific platforms designed to tackle the most pressing transitions of our time, such as, sustainability, digitalization, trust, food systems, healthcare, and urban futures.
• Each Lab is structured to be co-led by one or more corporate/SMEs champions and supported by specific partners part of the ecosystem and beyond, like startups, researchers, scientific advisors, …
• Champions Labs are a multi-phase engines for prototyping and scaling innovation with real-world impact, in a safe risk environment.
• Each Lab is anchored in a major transition zone with clear industry relevance, the eight frontier themes that will define the next decade of business and societal transformation.