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Tags: #virtualevent, #smartcities
Why are some cities hotspots for science and innovation and others aren’t? What will be the role of science in future cities after the Coronavirus pandemic? Are universities turning into mini Smart Cities? Join our virtual event series Universities & Research Organisations – Key Drivers of Future Smart Cities filled with insights from leading innovation experts from Germany and the UK. Co-organised by the UK Science and Innovation Network Germany (SIN), the German U15, the Imperial College London and BABLE, this five-part series we will explore the special roles that universities, research and innovation will play in the future of urban areas. The session dates and topics are as follows. All sessions will occur on the respective dates from 08:30-11:00 GMT / 09:30-12:00 CET: Tuesday, 26 May 2020 | Post Corona Future - The Role of Cities & Universities Tuesday, 9 June 2020 | Approaches to Transform Cities into Smart Urban Areas Tuesday, 23 June 2020 | Innovation Districts: Cities as Hotspots for Research and Innovation Tuesday, 7 July 2020 | University Campus and Research Architectures of the Future – Are University Campuses Turning into Mini Smart Cities? Tuesday, 21 July 2020 | Open Science, Open City, Open Society – Interactions between Science, City and Society Learn more and register for one or more sessions of this free event series at: key-drivers.bable-smartcities.eu
Tags: #Interreg, #CE3, #Smart City, #Funding, #Crossborder
Grow your business across borders with CE3 Funding! After a careful review, it has been noticed that students hardly consider international activities in their start-up projects. Interreg CE3 - the Crossborder Entrepreneurial Energy Education project - has been established between Germany and the Netherlands with goal of making students of the participating regions, with support from BABLE , aware of cross-border entrepreneurship at an early stage when developing their start-up projects. If you are a Student enrolled in a University in Baden-Württemberg and are thinking of starting your own business, take this opportunity to develop your start-up idea and expand your world! In times of home isolation, you might have more time available to think, so use this chance to come up with an innovative idea, to build your prototype, to engage with coaching and to turn your start-up into an international business. Within the CE3 Interreg project, BABLE has established an open call that provides funding for your start-up activities across borders. Important information: - 3 chances to participate in the call: 04.05.2020 until 29.05.2020, 06.07.2020 until 31.07.2020 and 07.09.2020 until 02.10.2020. Within two weeks after the respective call closes, you will be given a decisive answer on whether you will get the funding. - Amount between € 500 and € 5.000. It's not a loan, you don't have to pay the money back. You just have to show us what you intend spend the money on. - Your idea/project/start-up must consider Germany and Netherlands crossborder activities. (Eg. a link with students from Netherlands, or products being bought or sold in the Netherlands). Any project idea or existing start-up younger than 2 years old, run by students from Baden Württemberg, is eligible for funding. Funding will be granted to (start-up) activities in the following sectors: Life Sciences / Medical / Biotechnology / Healthcare Energy- and environmental technology Logistics Nano- and micro-technology / materials / high-tech materials Agrofood business Creative sector Are you interested? Fill in a short pre-application form and convince us why you need some extra money. You can do this by either answering the questions about your start-up or project or by uploading a short video, flyer, pitch or presentation. Within five days we'll get back to you to. If your application meets the criteria, we'll fill in the formal application form together. Do you have further questions? Please contact Ronaldo Valentim or Jana Helder .
Tags: #opportunities #cities #urbanmobility #citizenengagement #innovation #education #businesscreation #scaling #RIS
Whether you are working in local government or are looking for a city partner, check out the new online tool for help finding new partners for several EIT Urban Mobility Calls for Projects 2020 and 2021 (closing this April). Cities are especially invited to browse existing partner searches across all funding areas and leave a post with their expression of interest. Here are some of the opportunities for cities to apply: Call 2021 Innovation: Focusing on testing, piloting and implementing services and products in transport with a high Technology Readiness Level. Call 2021 Business Creation: Get in touch and nurture start-ups which are developing some groundbreaking products and services to solve your urban mobility challeges. Call 2021 Future Mobility Factory: Ready for scaling? Receive process-support funding to bring your urban solutions to scale. Call 2020 and 2021 Citizen Engagement: Create a citizen engagement platform and best practice sharing, and developing novel engagement methodologies to empower public participation. Call 2021 Academy: Developing course concepts that especially target the need within city administrations as part of the EIT Urban Mobility Competence Hub. Moreover, cities from the following countries Greece, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, and Slovenia are particularly encouraged to leave an expression of interest under the Call 2020 Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS). Here are all links to the Calls for Proposals and partner search tool: - Call for Proposals for activities to be implemented in 2020 on the topics of Citizen Engagement or Regonial Innovation Scheme (RIS) . Deadline submission of proposals: 30 April 2020 - Call for Proposals for activities to be implemented in 2021 on Innovation, Business Creation, Education, Factory (scaling of solutions), Citizen Engagement or Regonial Innovation Scheme (RIS) . Deadline Notification of Intent: 30 April 2020. Deadline for submission of proposals: 14 May 2020. - Tool to f acilitate partner search and networking
Tags: EV, ElectricVehicles, ElectricMobility, eMobility, CityFinance
Interested in learning more about the Packaged Investment for Smart Cities (ISC), BABLE's innovative financing instrument that facilitates aggregated demand bundling for electric fleets, electric charging stations and related infrastructure and services ? Our PDF slide decks with our current offer are available in English and German to walk you through the process and how to join: Electric Fleets with BABLE Electrischer Fuhrpark mit BABLE Please reach out to our team with any questions or expression of interest. Contact information is provided in the slide decks. We look forward to hearing from you!
Tags: smart cities, e-fleets, electric vehicles,charging stations, investment
With the Packaged Investment for Smart Cities (ISC), BABLE is developing an innovative financing instrument that facilitates aggregated demand bundling for electric fleets, electric charging stations and related infrastructure and services. The ISC helps streamline the procurement of this infrastructure and related services for European cities and municipal companies by providing a process that is simple, easy and cost-saving, taking the workload away from these entities and unlocking access to additional suppliers and capital through the expertise of BABLE, Climate-KIC and South Pole. The ISC mobilizes public and private climate finance through an innovative, replicable and scalable model for packaged investment bundles that structures two smart city solutions – electric vehicle fleets and charging infrastructure (based on renewable resources) – along with related infrastructures and services. BABLE will coordinate demand aggregation and transactions around the packaged solutions, while cities and companies benefit from a simplified process, external expertise and overall cost savings on their electric fleet transition or expansion. As 2020 is the initial pilot year of ISC, this first round of investments will also inform the development of a digital investment tool that supports these activities and will aim to provide automated services in the future. The tool will link private capital to aggregated investment opportunities and support investments that are made in a structured, secure and reliable way. Up until now a transition to e-fleets in combination with a focus on charging infrastructure has only been successfully demonstrated within larger pilot projects – usually backed by public grant money. Opening-up the e-fleet and charging infrastructure market for private capital will boost the transition to electric mobility in cities in Europe. The ISC is supported by The City Finance Lab – a joint initiative of South Pole and EIT Climate-KIC – which is a platform supporting the development of innovative, replicable, and scalable financing solutions that drive investment into climate-resilient, low-carbon and green urban projects for sustainable cities. Learn more on the website: www.cityfinancelab.com.
INTERGEO / SMART CITY SOLUTIONS Berlin/Germany 13-15 October, 2020. Link Call for Speakers for SMART CITY SOLUTIONS STAGE, INTERAERIAL SOLUTIONS STAGE and MEET UPs. We are looking for smart city cases regarding: # BIM and # DigitalTwin for City Development, # SensorData and # UrbanDataManagement Strategies, # Resilience and Security Concepts for # PublicSpace Altogether 3 STAGES for Smart City, UAV and Geoinnovation/BIM plus INTERGEO CONFERENCE and FOCUS SESSIONS. A lot of Hashtag # inspiration , Hashtag # networking for +20,000 participants and +700 exhibitors. EXPO, CONFERENCE, MEET UPs, START UP Sessions: SAVE THE DATE and become a speaker, participant or exhibititor!
Tags: #sms2020bielefeld #KeepOurCitiesMoving #SmartMobility
February 26, 2020 // Bielefeld Registration for the Smart Mobility Symposium - co-organised by the UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN), the Department for International Trade (DIT) and BABLE - is now open! Why register? Stay informed: Hear the latest updates from those driving the future for a cleaner and smarter mobility in our cities through different formats including short expert lectures, panel discussions, workshops and informal exchanges. Stay connected: The event brings together professionals from the public and private sector as well as research institutions, developers and financing institutions from the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Who should attend? Those with a specific interest in the opportunities of Smart Mobility, are keen on engaging internationally and see potential in cross-national cooperation in the Smart Mobility sector. Learn more and register by February 20, 2020, at sms.bable-smartcities.eu
Tags: #IoTPlatform #Interoperability
You can find all VICINITY assets on the VICINITY web, in the VICINITY Catalogue section on the VICINITY web site. The information is provided in 3 different groups. See more in the VICINITY Web page . VICINITY Components: In this section information about the core components of the VICINITY platform is provided. VICINITY Value-Added Services The section contains information about all the Value-Added Services developed in VICINITY. VICINITY Adapters The section provides information about the adapters developed in the VICINITY project Also we have created a pricinig calculator tool : The calculator lets you to choose the appropriate sensors in a given number and with a given number of properties and messaging frequency. Then it offers the most appropriate service plan. For more information check out the web page vicinity.bavenir.eu
Tags: Smart City, Crowd-Mapping, City-Monitoring, Citizen Empowerment, Digital Participation
After our project funding by the european social fund ended, we are looking for partners and users especially for planners & developers interested in conducting digital participation & crowdmapping aided through our PinCity-App and cities & municipalities aiming for theme-based monitoring and analysis of urban neighborhoods together with a citizen panel Further informations: data4.city
Tags: Smart city, Policy paper, energy efficiency, ICT, mobility
During the European Week of Regions and Cities, the first three Smart Cities and Communities projects GrowSmarter, Remourban and Triangulum, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, hosted the session “From dream to reality: sharing experiences from leading European Smart Cities” at which more than 150 participants took part. The goal of this joint session was to present major outcomes and to share lessons learnt from five years of smart city projects in different European regions, focusing on technical as well as political aspects of creating smart cities. “The European smart cities have come a long way since our projects started five years ago and we have gained a lot of experience. Remourban, Triangulum and GrowSmarter have worked through many of the ‘do’s and don'ts’ of smart cities and gained an understanding of how policies can be changed to support the development of smart and sustainable cities and help meet local and European climate goals,” says Gustaf Landahl, Project Coordinator of GrowSmarter. High level politicians from five of the Lighthouse Cities discussed what is needed on an EU level to facilitate successful replication in the future. The overall consensus of this panel was that European support is needed to help get local initiatives off the ground. The coordinators of all three projects demonstrated their main achievements in the areas of energy, mobility and ICT. Lisa Enarsson from the City of Stockholm (GrowSmarter), for example, exemplified that it is indeed possible to reduce energy consumption of a residential building from the 1960s by 80 % by providing new insulation, four-glass windows as well as smart ventilation and waste water systems. Miguel Ángel García Fuentes, Coordinator for Remourban, spoke on mobility and the work done by the City of Nottingham to implement the largest fleet of electric busses in Europe. Detailed insights on the daily work within the cities have been provided by overall six site managers from the various Lighthouse Cities of the three projects. They presented the biggest successes as well as the hardest failures from their individual demonstration sites. Amongst other achievements, Gerd Seehuus from the City of Stavanger (Triangulum) demonstrated the tremendous energy savings having been achieved through the development of a central energy plant based on 100 % renewable energy that now heats (and cools!) three administrative buildings as well as the city’s public swimming pool and could thus already save over 1000 tons of CO2 since its implementation in 2017. As a major outcome of this joint session by GrowSmarter, Remourban and Triangulum, the three projects collectively produced a policy paper to summarize the experiences and the knowledge gained within these five years of smart city implementations. The set of policy recommendations builds upon combined lessons learned to support other EU cities in their transition towards smart and sustainable cities and communities.
NORDIC EDGE EXPO IN STAVANGER: BRUNATA INTERNATIONAL & MINOL ZENNER GROUP WINS SMART CITY IMPLEMENTATION AWARD 2019 SMAVARD honours the most innovative implementations in the Smart City market Stavanger, Norway. Brunata International & Minol ZENNER Group was announced as the winner of the second edition of the SMART CITY IMPLEMENTATION AWARD 2019 (SMAVARD) on September 25. The awards ceremony took place during the Nordic Edge Expo in Stavanger, Norway, and recognises implementations with highly innovative potential to disrupt the status quo of the existing Smart City market. A professional jury of Smart City experts selected the winners who showed the greatest potential of revolutionising the existing Smart City market. Although it has been a tough decision, the panel led by Alanus von Radecki from the Urban Governance Innovation Team of Fraunhofer IAO, came to a mutual agreement on the winner of the SMAVARD 2019: Remote advanced sub-metering for real estate and public buildings in Germany. About the winning company The European Energy Efficiency Directive demands remote reading of water and heat detectors all over Europe until 2027. In its Use Case, Minol Zenner has connected 300,000 end-devices across Germany, immediately providing citizens and service providers with the exact cost and time savings. The need to travel for maintenance workers of utility companies is thus reduced by 90%. The system uses the company’s LoRaWAN network, one of the largest networks of this type in Europe, to transmit the data to a central information and control system. LoRaWAN is an open communication protocol that is administered and developed by an international non-profit alliance of 500 companies and enables Smart City technology for many other non-critical applications. The judges were convinced by the scale of the implementation, the use of open standards, the clear and scalable business model, the direct impact on European energy efficiency and climate mitigation targets at scale, as well as the constant improvement of the citizens’ lives. Tone Grindland, Regional Director Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises, not only praised the commitment and success of the award winners in her laudation, but also highlights the efforts that numerous other companies throughout Europe are making: “The six award winners contribute immensely to an improvement of urban life. The winners represent all the other companies that have applied for the SMAVARD 2019, as well as many hundreds more all over the country. Each and every one of them has recognised that improving urban life brings advantages for the citizens and at the same time strengthens climate protection.” The competition was open to all companies that had successfully implemented a European Smart City project and attended the Nordic Edge Expo. In order to participate, the companies had to submit a detailed description of their individual Use Case. An expert jury selected and announced the winners from the shortlisted finalists on the Expo Stage on Wednesday afternoon. The SMAVARD was co-organised by BABLE, a young spin-off company of Fraunhofer, and the Nordic Edge Expo in Stavanger, Norway. THE WINNERS OF THE SMART CITY IMPLEMENTATION AWARD 2019 ARE: OVERALL WINNER Brunata International & Minol ZENNER Group (Germany) Minol Zenner has connected 300,000 end-devices across Germany, immediately providing citizens and service providers with the exact cost and time savings. The need to travel for maintenance workers of utility companies has thus been reduced by 90%. The system uses the company’s LoRaWAN network, one of the largest networks of this type in Europe, to transmit the data to a central information and control system. SPECIAL MERITS | TOPIC: PUBLIC SERVICES Boost.ai: VAN: World’s first virtual agent network (Finland / Stavanger) With the increasing immigration in Finland, the Finnish Immigration Service Migri faced a major staff crisis with regards to the efficient handling of phone enquiries. Their response rate dropped significantly to only 20%. In collaboration with boost.ai technology, Migri created a virtual agent (VA) – a chatbot on their website which answers the visitors’ questions and additionally supports the human service personnel. In November 2018, this service was further expanded: a whole network of virtual agents for the immigration, taxation and patent departments has been created, thus facilitating a seamless transfer of visitors to any of these services. Since then, Migri has noticed a steady drop in calls and an improved customer satisfaction with the use of the VAN network. SPECIAL MERITS | TOPIC: ENERGY Cosy from Geo (Nordics / Great Britain) Nordic homes usually have multiple heat sources and multiple heating devices with no central control systems. Cosy from geo showcases a great example of the adaption of a solution in a local context. The smart home controller enables consumers full control over their home heating and tariff/TOU utilisation using geo's smart algorithms to optimise comfort at the right time and price. Supporting 30-40% cost and energy savings with improved comfort control in Nordic homes. RUNNER UP | TOPIC: MOBILITY City of Ettlingen (Germany) The goal of this project is the reduction of individual traffic, especially on the last mile through on-demand and sharing offers. Therefore, the city offers various opportunities for personalised individual mobility services: app-supported on-demand taxis (myShuttle) in connection with public transport, bicycle rental systems, 20 electric cars in a sharing system and thermal image cameras that evaluate the traffic and calculate the fastest route through the city indicated by displays located at the entrance to the town. Additionally, the introduction of electric buses from 2021 onwards is already in the planning stage. RUNNER UP | TOPIC: WASTE Sensoneo (Czech Republic - Slovakia) Optimisation of waste collection of 420 underground trash bins in the city of Prague. The main goal of this project was to create an effective tool for monitoring the filling capacity and condition of the underground bins with separated waste. This tool will provide the city with new information which will be used for the optimisation of waste collection routes, creation of predictive models for the planning of collection routes and the placement of new waste containers. Along with monitoring fill levels in the containers, Sensoneo would also like to try the technology for the detection of ball-of-insert chambers and automatic fire alarms. The data from the sensors that will monitor 420 underground bins with separated waste will be immediately integrated in Prague’s official data platform, Golemio, and being made ready for use. RUNNER UP | TOPIC: CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT Innocode: Proactive, personalised citizen information and citizen involvement (Norway / Ukraine) How to reach citizens with relevant and personalised local information? How to present advanced sensor data to users in a way that it creates value? How to engage local voluntary organisations and lift their content and events to the public? Innocode developed a personalised platform and app for all citizens. Sensor information from various sources is integrated in the app, providing personalised information for the users. Users start with an onboarding where they choose neighbourhoods and their personal interests. Content from more than 500 sources is then being filtered and personalised to create a relevant, hyperlocal service ensuring that information from the city reaches the right users at the right time. BABLE UG & Nordic Edge Expo Stavanger, 25 September 2019
The CE³ (Crossborder Entrepreneurial Energy Education) project objectives are to raise the student awareness of cross-border entrepreneurship at an early stage. Three CE³ Bootcamps per year are planned. In these, motivated students are given the opportunity to form international teams and to develop innovative solutions to real problems within 3 days, in the best case until their have their own startup. The project partners are the University of Technology Eindhoven, University of Applied Sciences Zuyd, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf and the Fontys Centre for Entrepreneurship as well as the company Bable. The first Bootcamp will take place in EIndhoven from the 16th until the 18th of October . If you would like to hand in a real-world challenge for the program, please fill in the following form until Monday, 7th of October . forms.gle/eUUrXxPdwArg5FzR7
The city of Barcelona has more than 1.300 km of road surfaces. Imagine taking advantage of this surface to generate clean energy? Barcelona City Council promotes a new challenge to find innovative solutions that generate renewable energy from city’s pavements. “Energy generating pavements” is a challenge launched by Barcelona’s Energy Agency and the i.lab program, with the support of BIT Habitat Foundation. We expect the solution to incorporate the installation of the power generating elements as well as the evacuation of the electricity generated. The winning solution will receive the sum of €30,000 towards implementing a pilot project in Barcelona. The challenge is framed within the actions of the 2030 Agenda and the municipal government’s commitment towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Check out the Terms & Conditions and present your proposal here by 26 September ! If you have any queries, feel free to reach out to: info@irisilab.e-bcn.cat
Barcelona City Council wants to encourage socio-technological entrepreneurship to improve the quality of life of our residents. Barcelona’s population is aging. People ages 65 and older will represent a quarter of the population by 2038. With the aim to better respond to the needs of the elderly, the Social Rights Department and the i.lab of the Commissioner of Technology and Digital Innovation, launch the challenge: How can we effectively address the needs of the elderly considering their functional dependency? We invite you to present your proposal before 26 September 2019 in one of the following two categories: Tested projects or proven methodologies that generate social cohesion , for example, activating the community to provide support to the elderly, strengthening social and solidarity economy models, intergenerational collaboration and integration mechanisms. New technology and/or robotic solutions that enable a more effective identification of the needs of elderly people, improve the quality and delivery of social services, and the response time to meet those needs. The winner will receive an award of 20,000 EUR to implement a pilot in Barcelona and will have the opportunity to work closely with municipal agents with wide experience in social innovation. It is also an opportunity to gain local and international visibility. To read the terms and conditions and present your proposal, please click here . If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us: info@irisilab.e-bcn.cat
Tags: Smart city, Best practices, energy efficiency, ICT, mobility
On 8 October 2019, from 14:30-17:00, the first three Smart Cities and Communities projects GrowSmarter, Remourban and Triangulum, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, are hosting the session “From dream to reality: sharing experiences from leading European Smart Cities” at the European Week of Regions and Cities, dedicated to share their key lessons learnt. The session will touch upon both technical and political aspects of creating smart cities, explains Lisa Enarsson, Project Manager of GrowSmarter: “At the session, the three sister projects GrowSmarter, Remourban and Triangulum will give examples of actions needed to speed up the transition to smart and sustainable cities through energy efficient refurbishment, mobility and integrated infrastructure. Mayors from our cities will highlight what is needed on the EU level to facilitate replication of these actions in your cities! You need to be there to bring this back home!” she says. The European Lighthouse community currently consists of 14 projects that are driving the smart and sustainable city movement in Europe and beyond. In 40 Lighthouse and 53 Fellow Cities, private and academic partners work on implementing innovative solutions in the fields of energy, ICT and mobility. After five years, the first three projects of this Horizon 2020 funded programme are now coming to an end and will thus share their results with the public. Political representatives from major European cities and technical experts from the projects will share their smart city experiences: “The purpose of a smart city is to provide solutions to significantly increase our cities’ overall energy and resource efficiency, resulting in a better quality of life for our citizens, higher competitiveness, new job opportunities and economic growth. We have gained experience which can help others and want to share them with the community in Brussels” says Trinidad Fernandez, Project Coordinator of Triangulum. By organising a joint session in the context of the European Week of Cities and Regions, the three projects will show their impacts achieved in terms of energy efficiency, smart mobility, ICT interconnectivity, governance and social acceptance and will provide policy makers and experts with valuable insights for replication in other European cities and beyond. For Miguel Á. García-Fuentes, Project Coordinator of Remourban, sharing the results with other cities is essential: “Our projects can all point to proven impacts in their respective Lighthouse Cities and guide other cities towards solutions just waiting to be replicated. What makes the difference is that we also address non-technological aspects, such as engaging with citizens, tackling governance issues or implementing business models to foster replication. We have hands-on experiences in meeting smart cities’ challenges, we have demonstrated the economic, environmental and social impacts generated by our projects and are now ready to spread these outcomes to all corners of Europe.” he says. Information about the Event: After a short welcome and introduction by Gustaf Landahl (Project Coordinator GrowSmarter) and Georg Houben (DG ENER), the session will start with a political panel, focusing on new governance approaches. Political representatives will be Katarina Luhr, Vice Mayor of the City of Stockholm (GrowSmarter), Dr. Ralf Heinen, Vice Mayor of the City of Cologne (GrowSmarter), Stijn Steenbakkers, Alderman for Digital Transformation of the City of Eindhoven (Triangulum) and Deborah Geradon, Councilor for Territorial and Commercial Development City of Seraing (Remourban). In the second part, the Project Coordinators of all three projects will discuss results from their projects, main impacts achieved and their replication potential. Speakers will be Lisa Enarsson (City of Stockholm/GrowSmarter), Miguel Á. García-Fuentes (CARTIF Technology Center/Remourban) and Trinidad Fernandez (Fraunhofer IAO/Triangulum). The third part gives stage to the site managers of the project’s Lighthouse Cities to talk about their key success stories as well as unavoidable failures. Speakers will be Gonzalo Cabezas (City of Barcelona/GrowSmarter), Julia Egenolf (City of Cologne/GrowSmarter), Rosa Huertas (City of Valladolid/Remourban), Dave Tetlow (City of Nottingham/Remourban), Gerd Seehuus (City of Stavanger/Triangulum) and Mark Duncan (City of Manchester/Triangulum). To wrap up, we invite all participants to engage in an interactive Question and Answer session. Don’t miss this opportunity to interact with the policy makers, project coordinators and site managers, to exchange ideas and learn from their experiences. We invite all participants to continue inspiring discussions during our networking event with finger food and drinks, taking place right after the joint session from 17:00-18:00 just outside the session room. Links: ● EUREG 2019 Registration Page and Session Info: europa.eu/regions-and-cities/programme/sessions/616_en ● Growsmarter: www.grow-smarter.eu ● Remourban: www.remourban.eu ● Triangulum: www.triangulum-project.eu
Wednesday – 25 September 2019 Nordic Edge Expo – Exhibition Hall – Expo Stage Time: 14:45 - 16:00 At the climax of the Nordic Edge Conference, you are kindly invited to attend the second round of SMAVARD – the Smart City Implementation Award in Stavanger. No matter if you are working for a city, region, company, start-up, or if you are an interested professional, this event rounds off your Nordic Edge experience by highlighting the best solutions showcased at the exhibition. The award will be handed over right at the expo stage, shortly after Europe’s leading Smart City implementers will have shared their biggest “fuck up stories” and inspirational ideas with the audience. After the award ceremony you can mingle and network with the Smart City community at the official after party of the NEE. Have you implemented a Smart City project that is innovative and has helped improve urban life and/or improved a public service? Then we are happy to hear from you. The event is primarily dedicated to exhibitors and professionals in the Smart City area from the public and private sector. DETAILS SMAVARD The award for the best Smart City implementation project of the year. * For companies, cities, regions participating at the Nordic Edge Expo. * Evaluating the best implementations in the Smart City sector. * Independently judged by leaders in the Smart City sector. * Second round of international competition hosted in Stavanger at the Nordic Edge Expo. * SMAVARD is awarded in 3 categories. What are we searching for? We search for implementations with a highly innovative potential to disrupt the status quo and revolutionise the existing Smart City market. Do you have implementations for a better urban life? The winner receives the honour and the SMART CITY IMPLEMENTATION AWARD. How to participate? The SMAVARD is an award specifically designed for participants of the Nordic Edge Expo. The SMAVARD team will support you with your application at the BABLE Helpdesk on Tuesday, 24 September. The process: 1. Apply with a Use Case: bit.ly/2ksf6mo (open until 23 September) > and send us an email to info@bable-smartcities.eu to confirm your participation. 2. Pre-selection on Tuesday of the NEE 3. Jury evaluates at the Nordic Edge 4. Jury selects the winner implementations 5. SMAVARD award ceremony (attendance at the ceremony is mandatory to win the award) Agenda 14.45 START – FUCK UP STORIES Experts explain in an entertaining way their biggest fails while working in the Smart City sector 15.00 SPOT – SESSIONS Inspirational insights and ideas – from leading thinkers of cities and companies. Topic: Connecting Smart City ideas 15.30 SMAVARD – Smart City Implementation Award ceremony. Evening – Networking, drinks and snacks at the official NEE after-party
Tags: #UAM #Drones #UAV #UAS #UrbanAirMobility
Are there any city representativers here, who are interested in drones? MEET UP on 17th SEPTEMBER, 16:00 in Stuttgart / GERMANY Stuttgart for you: Discussion with other city representatives about chances and challenges for drones in cities. MEET UP will be part of SMART CITY SOLUTIONS part of INTERGEO and INTERAERIAL SOLUTIONS . +170 drone related exhibitors will be there during these shows (17-19 Sep) - you will hardly find this offer and combination anywhere else in Europe! Interested in? Just send a message to jjaehnke@hinte-messe.de - and you will be in (incl. ticket)!
In view to the REMOURBAN's end in December 2019 we are releasing press releases , insights and other communication materials on REMOURBAN technical solutions for Smart Cities. In the coming months we will upload a series of documents containing valuable information on technologies in the fields of energy efficiency, mobility and ICT. At this link you can find the information packages published so far. Check them if you're interested and help us spread the word!
Tags: #PublicSpace, #UrbanDesign, #UrbanSupplySystems, #Data, #Digitalization, #Governance, #Mobility
Join us for the next Fraunhofer Morgenstadt / Future City Conference on September 16th in Stuttgart (Germany). Get latest insights from applied research into Future Urban Design, Urban Supply Systems, Data and Digitalization, Smart Governance, Mobility, and Communication in Public Space as well as the launch of Morgenstadt’s Future City Innovation Programme. www.iao.fraunhofer.de/lang-de/veranstaltungen/617/the-future-of-public-space.html
An early dialogue between different stakeholders can significantly ease the implementation of Smart City projects. Through the BABLE Future Sessions we provide a space to have such dialogues in a open way - without any obligations – and with the option to find future partners and ideas. In each session a city presents a vision, a challenge or a plan which then will be discussed with all paricipants - different actors involved in innovative urban projects, such local governments, companies, researchers, etc. During the Smart City Solutions Expo in September in Stuttgart on the 19th of September , there will be two BABLE Future Sessions organised in cooperation with the city of Waiblingen . 1) Decreasing commuting traffic: The role of Workhubs 2) E-Government: Easing Public & Corperate Service? (using the example of service-bw ) The sessions of approximatley 90 minutes will take place in the Regio Lounge at Messe Stuttgart. To ensure an open and direct communication, the number of participants per session is limited to 15. If you would like to join a session or if you have any questions, feel free to contact me !
Tags: #innovation #smartcity #ekipa #Sustainability
Our environment is important to you and you already have concepts or solutions with which you can actively shape the transformation of our cities? Together with EnBW Innovation, we have started the "(R)evolutionize Green Cities"-Challenge to give you the opportunity to take your future into your own hands and show what you can do! We are looking for early-stage startups from all over Europe to drive innovation and make life in Green Cities more efficient, enjoyable and simply better in every way. But what do you get out of it? EnBW Innovation will award a total of €10,000 in prize money and the opportunity to collaborate together with EnBW Innovation. Therefore we can guarantee the winners access to the award-winning incubation program of EnBW Innovation to make your ideas reality and open many doors for the future of your startup! On-top, there is the chance to get awarded with individual scholarships that ensure the winners' income during the incubation! So if you think that your concept will help to drive the sustainable city of the future, you should take this opportunity and take part in our Challenge! All Information can be found here: app.ekipa.de/challenge/green-cities/
Tags: #drones #UAV #expo #conference #event #technology #urbanairmobility #inspiration #training
17-19 September in Stuttgart EXPO + DIALOG = Inspiration for intelligent and smart city develpment. More information & tickets here SMART CITY SOLUTIONS In case you offer a drone service or product, that will have an outstanding and sustainable impact in cities or peoples live or nature: Apply for DRONE PIONEER AWARD until 25th August and be part of the big drone gathering in September dronepioneeraward.com Parallel to SMART CITY SOLUTIONS in September will take place not only great seminars by BABLE (like the training for SMART CITY Fachkraft), but also the big drone gathering with EUROPEAN DRONE SUMMIT , the trade show INTERAERIAL SOLUTIONS part of INTERGEO and the award session of mentioned DRONE PIONEER AWARD on 18th September. So join us in September in Stuttgart!
Tags: smart city, energy, mobility, ICT,
A few months from now REMOURBAN will come to an end. As a farewell to its readers, the project released a brochure on its achievements and legacy Five years have almost passed from that morning in January 2015 when REMOURBAN started taking its first steps in the smart renovation of the cities of Nottingham (UK), Tepebaşi (Turkey) and Valladolid (Spain). To celebrate the end of the project and its many success stories, REMOURBAN Partners joined forces to sum up in a few pages the actions that made the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens in Europe more comfortable and sustainable. REMOURBAN final brochure presents the impacts generated by the project in three main areas: low energy district, sustainable mobility and integrated infrastructure. Special attention is paid to the replication of REMOURBAN’s solutions beyond the project duration. Learn more on Tepebaşi’s smart street lighting system and find out how much of the energy consumed in Valladolid’s demo site comes from renewable sources. Did you know that Nottingham’s electric bus fleet is the largest in Europe? And what will the cities of Seraing (Belgium) and Miskolc (Hungary) do to keep REMOURBAN alive in the years to come? You will find all this and much more in REMOURBAN final brochure, click here to download it !
Tags: #Event #SmartCity #Mobility #Geoinformation #GIS #Messe #drones #UAV #Meetup #Stadtentwicklung #Konferenz
BABLE ist Partner für den SMART CITY SOLUTIONS Dialog, welcher vom 17.-19. September in Stuttgart stattfindet. An den 3 Konferenztagen stehen die Themen Energie, Mobilität, Datenmanagement und jede Menge weitere Inspirationen im Vordergrund. 650 Austeller auf der INTERGEO als Weltleitmesse für Geoinformation insgesamt, in welche die SMART CITY SOLUTIONS eingebettet ist, bieten zusammen mit der Konferenz, Meetups und vielen Side-events ein definitiv lohnendes Programm. Der Frühbucherrabatt für die Konferenzt SMART CITY SOLUTIONS Dialog endet am 18.08., Registrierung für die Messe und Konferenztickets sind hier zu finden: smartcitysolutions.eu/de/tickets Während dieser Zeit auf dem Messegelände wird auch die erste Schulung zur SMART CITY FACHKRAFT durch BABLE und TÜV SÜD angeboten, es findet eine kurze Version der Civil City Challenge des Fraunhofer IAO statt, eine Startup Session wird am 18.09. durchgeführt und parallel findet eine von Europas größten Messen zum Thema zivile, kommerzielle Drohnennutzung statt, die INTERAERIAL SOLUTIONS. Wir freuen uns auf Sie!
September 17, 2019 // Stuttgart Nearly 40% of the annual global greenhouse gas emissions are generated by the building sector. Twenty years from now, buildings could be a lot more energy efficient. What digital technologies and new practices have made their way into the building sector and what are the economics behind smart planning? Professionals from the public and private sector as well as research institutions, developers and financing institutions from the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Switzerland will come together at the Smart Builders’ Summit and discuss the future of the building industry. Areas of interest will be "The Future of the Building Industry", "Planning in Smart Districts and Cities", "New Practices in Planning and Building", as well as "The Economics of Smart Planning". The event is organised by the UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN) and BABLE . Participants have a specific interest in the opportunities of digital technologies in planning and operating building assets, are keen on engaging internationally and see potential in cross-national cooperation in the construction sector. We’d like to spark cooperation in the field of digital construction and encourage the collaboration of our industries. The different formats including short expert lectures, panel discussions, workshops and informal exchanges are designed to help you discuss not only current developments in the building sector but also joint opportunities and future partnerships in the exciting field of future digital building. Sign up for the Smart Builders' Summit in Stuttgart until September 9th, 2019