This document provides an overview of a summer school on open innovation and user experience design and assessment taking place from September 10-14, 2012 in Milan. The summer school will introduce concepts of user experience design and apply them to specific cases, including developing a smart conference networking app. Participants will learn about experience design methodologies, living labs, and the ELLIOT project for designing IoT experiences. The document outlines the agenda, presenters, and goals of improving design innovation through user-centered approaches.