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Biciway has just installed the new BiciBox in the municipality of Vila Nova de famalicão in the north of Portugal. It comes equipped with 12 parking spaces and an air pump that can fill the tyres of Bicycles, Scooters and Wheelchairs. A more inclusive and bike-friendly city is a smarter city, with Biciway
The INNOVACCIÓ 2030 programme is Barcelona’s commitment to speeding up sustainable and social urban innovation as a basic tool for achieving Agenda 2030. The goal is to meet the needs and demands of the city and its residents in an open and collaborative way. City challenges will be identified and launched through open competitions. The winning proposals will be applied in a real context. The ones that prove successful can be integrated into innovative public procurement processes and deployed in the market. In each case, an ideas tender is put out whose purpose is find the technical solution that best meets the challenge and select the successful tenderer who, having proposed the solution, will implement it in a pilot test. More information here: ajuntament.barcelona.cat/agenda2030/en/innovaccio-2030/innovaccio-2030
Opportunity for Startups! Sweden Innovation Days (17-20 January 2022) Applications for startups close on 14 November 2021. Corporates and public sector organizations can join forces with innovative impact startups to collectively tackle some of today’s toughest challenges. From a broad range of topics including sustainable industry, preventative health, smart cities and addressing climate change, startup collaboration can be the key to positive action. Corporates, startups and public sector organizations from 10 participating countries including Sweden, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and the USA will join the matchmaking sessions. With a planned 500+ meetings over four days, there will be a potentially record breaking amount of tailored matchmaking meetings throughout the event. 90+ Swedish and international corporates and public organizations will meet over 150 startups, making this event a fantastic opportunity to kickstart your international business connections. Sweden Innovations Days are organized by Vinnova – Sweden’s innovation agency together with Energimyndigheten – the Swedish Energy Agency, Ignite Sweden and AI Sweden. The matchmaking will be a part of the wider Sweden Innovation Days conference. This wider event will offer a platform for digital and physical meetings such as workshops, fireside chats, networking, knowledge-sharing and matchmaking sessions as well as practical information about future network and funding opportunities.
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The COP 26 is happening and it looks like most of participants, including governments, associations, patrons, invitees and companies are leaving behind the only true means of transportation that can save the world: Bicycles! We only hear them talk about electric cars, forgetting that those are not the solution. They still kill too much, pollute a lot and occupy too much space that is needed in our areas. Even Bill Gates, who took a memorandum to the COP26, refers cars in it dozens of times, while bicycles are left out. This is proof that we are entrenching car dependency, not abandoning it.
The European Commission has made available an Info Kit for Cities with comprehensive information about the Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030”. The Info Kit is composed of two parts: Part I (“Understanding the Cities Mission”) is a practical guide to help cities prepare for the Call for Expression of Interest to participate in the Mission, which the Commission plans to address to cities in the second half of November. Part II (“A short guide to urban climate neutrality”) offers resources and strategies towards climate neutrality at the city level. Part II is intended as guidance throughout the implementation of the Mission, and cities are not expected to have addressed the various aspects highlighted in this part of the document at the stage of expressing their interest. Find more information here !
"Renewable refueling stations for heavy duty vehicles" in Stockholm, Sweden wins Use Case of the Month for November 2021! Congratulation to our community member Stockholm ( @Lisa Enarsson ). The Use Case was chosen as Use Case of the Month due to its holistic approach for extending the sustainable biofuels market in Sweden to heavy vehicles and the completeness of its implementation taking into account all stakeholders , as well as the supporting factors, the lessons learned, and the impact it had on Stockholm's mobility, environment and quality of living. Read more about the Use Case here and upload your own for a chance to win future Use Case of the Month awards!
Do you want to know how youth is solving urban energy challenges such as: - Increase of energy efficiency in buildings - construction materials, isolation or heating and cooling. - Improve and facilitate a dialogue between local policy actors/public authorities and communities on energy transition Do not miss the following session at the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW): eusew.eu/programme-sessions/hackathon-award-ceremony.
Why do you need data centers in your region? What are the reasons behind refusing them? What are the dilemmas and how do cities in Europe address them? Host: Amsterdam Smart City Speakers: Daan Terpstra – SDIA Thomas Moran – techUK Wout Rensink – Province of North Holland They will discuss the costs and benefits of accommodating data centers, the complexity of the weighing of these aspects, and how future policies could manage these. The group will also frame the complexity within an international perspective. The focus will be on transparency and cross-sector collaboration. Date: 28 October 2021 Time: 16:00 - 17:15 CEST Register for free at: amsterdamsmartcity.com/updates/news/speakers-confirmed-for-event-data-centres-taking-the-bitter-with-the-sweet
Interested in learning more about opportunities to make Latin American cities smarter and more sustainable? Join inpiring keynotes and debates, expand your network, get hands-on experience with interesting workshops and keep up to date with innovative projects concenring urban sustianability across Latin America. It is my privilege to be presenting a keynote on smart and sustainable urban mobility, as well as participating in a panel on smart urban systems. Hope to see you there! Link here: bit.ly/3zlH83j
Next week is the 16th edition of the EU Sustainable Energy Week, which is this year under the theme " Toward 2030: Reshaping the European Energy System ". The event will comprise a 3-day digital Policy Conference, the EUSEW Awards, the second European Youth Energy Day as well as 1:1 video meetings, virtual stands, and other networking activities. Participants will also have access to online side events and Sustainable Energy Days, digital events taking place all over Europe. Sessions organised by the European Commission and energy stakeholders will focus on sustainable energy issues, debate new policy developments , best practices , and sustainable energy ideas . Alongside the conference, networking opportunities will gather the EUSEW Community online to forge alliances whilst the EUSEW Awards celebrate outstanding individuals, projects and ideas. During the conference, the second European Youth Energy Day will gather 18-30-year-olds to share their ideas on how to transform Europe into the first climate-neutral continent. If your work supports an economy built on clean, secure, efficient energy , this event is for you! The EU Sustainable Energy Week is an opportunity to meet stakeholders promoting energy efficiency and renewable energies, learn about successful policies and inspire innovation to meet the EU’s energy and climate goals. Register here Find more info here
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BABLE is now part of the Greentech Alliance , which aims to create the strongest network of Greentech companies that effectively fight the climate crisis. Its objective is to bring together businesses that have built or are building services, products, and technologies designed to improve the health of our planet. At BABLE, sharing knowledge and giving everyone the tools they need to drive the change for a better and more sustainable urban life is one of our core beliefs. For this reason, we are looking forward to working toward that goal with the Greentech Alliance and its member. Learn more about the Member criteria and apply to join the Alliance as well!
Opportunity for mobility startups! Can your startup make mobility more sustainable, inclusive, or smart? European startups working on clean mobility, here's your chance to become one of our 20 award-winning startups and get a dream booster from a major ecosystem of European Union institutions, multinational transport companies, and tech platforms. Apply from September 30, 2021. End of applications: 30 November 2021.
Fresh news from France´s new 30 billion EUR investment plan for 2030. Macron said his long-term roadmap, named "France 2030" will ensure the country massively decarbonizes its operations. Under the actions devised, the plan includes an 8 billion EUR investment in nuclear reactors to produce green hydrogen, and a 4 billion investment in electric mobility supporting the production of 2 million EVs by 2030.
As part of this year's ITS World Congress , we are hosting three exclusive Smart City tours in cooperation with Telekom and Landesbetrieb Verkehr. We cordially invite you to join us. Learn how IoT, data analytics, and visualizations help to make cities more livable. The focus will be on current applications in the areas of Parking management shared mobility Charging infrastructure and their potential uses. What can you expect on the Smart City Tour? The tours will take place on the following dates: Tuesday, 10/12/2021, Wednesday, 10/13/2021, Thursday, 14/10/2021, in each case from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The starting point is the Bieberhaus at the main train station (Heidi-Kabel-Platz 2, 20099 Hamburg). Together with our partners from Telekom, LBV, and ParkNav, we will give you exciting insights from experts and look at real use cases along the Lange Reihe in Hamburg. At the end of the tour, we happily invite you to share snacks and drinks at our offices in the Bieberhaus. Register here & join us on tour! Please note that 2G rules apply to us. Registration deadline is 07 October 2021.
Are your innovations or investments contributing to the uptake of Europe's innovative transport and mobility solutions? Or are you a buyer searching for innovative solutions for sustainable transport and mobility? The ENTRANCE Matchmaking Platform is now available to register for participants offering or searching for “first of a kind” sustainable transport solutions! Register for the ENTRANCE Matchmaking Platform – click here! Why register for the ENTRANCE platform? By creating an account on the ENTRANCE platform, you will join our community of stakeholders who are accelerating “first of a kind” sustainable transport solutions. Users who create an account and who are logged have the following benefits and advantages: Gain access to a personalised user dashboard to share and receive information and relevant matches related to innovative transport and mobility solutions and stakeholders Connect directly with and contact other transport and mobility leaders from all areas of the ‘supply-demand-finance' triangle Receive personalised notifications and matches for information and contacts most relevant to you as related to your expressed interests in sustainable transport solution deployment and uptake Create a page for and promote your organisation directly to our community Access exclusive resources including information on best practices, relevant legislations, and collaboration documents and templates Coordinate with other buyers to jointly procure innovative transport and mobility solutions and find the best suppliers to meet your demand Share information and assets with fellow community members and more! Want to learn even more about the ENTRANCE project and platform? Join the ENTRANCE Platform Launch Webinar hosted by project partner BABLE GmbH to learn more about the ENTRANCE project, the benefits and how to make the most out of the ENTRANCE EU Matchmaking Platform. Date/Time: Friday, 22 October 2021, 11:00-12:00 CET Webinar Registration Link: Click here to register for the platform launch webinar Tentative Agenda: (all times in Central European Time) 11:00-11:05 Welcome 11:05-11:15 About the ENTRANCE H2020 Project 11:15-11:45 Presentation of the ENTRANCE platform and its functionalities & benefits 11:45-12:00 Q&A
Do you believe your "first-of-a-kind" solution has the potential to revolutionize and decarbonize the European transport and mobility sector ? If yes, the ENTRANCE project is looking for you and is excited to open up our network and expertise to help scale your solution! If your innovative solution may improve the sustainability of urban logistics in Europe you have the opportunity to will a financial price of €5.000 sponsored by CIMALSA The goal of the ENTRANCE Open Competition is to attract and connect innovators, buyers, and investors. Present your innovative solution to the 1st Open Competition of the ENTRANCE project to access the opportunity to win the following benefits: Receive personalized funding advice from the heart of the ENTRANCE ecosystem. Our experts will guide you through the funding landscape, help you with identifying potential funding opportunities and potentially connect you with suitable partners. This covers public and private funding including innovative financing models such as crowdfunding. Get the opportunity to pitch your innovative solution during the next ENTRANCE digital event on the 26th of November. Get the opportunity to demonstrate your solution to dozens of potential funders and partners on the ENTRANCE platform. The video content generated during the Open Competition will enrich your profile on the ENTRANCE matchmaking platform. Deadline: 30 October 2021 Details for participating here: lnkd.in/dM4HaXbn The ENTRANCE project is designed to mobilise financial resources and boost sustainable innovations in the transport and mobility sectors. To do so, the partnership will create an environment for promoting solutions to find buyers or investors. These solutions will gain visibility through the ENTRANCE Matchmaking Platform , which will count also with a Knowledge Hub to learn more about sectorial trends and financing insights. Remember to subscribe to the ENTRANCE newsletter to be informed on the latest project updates! The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement N°101006681.
This 18th hybrid edition of the CIVITAS Initiative’s flagship conference focuses on “smart routes towards climate-neutral cities”. It will offer interactive workshops, sessions, and site visits, whilst introducing new program elements. Date: 20 Oct. - 21 Oct. 2021 Location: Aachen, Germany @Shannon Macika and I will be at the event in person and would love to meet any and all community members who will also be there. Please message if you will be attending!
REGISTER HERE Virtual Circular Economy Convention Thursday, 28 October 2021 • 15.00 – 17.30 CEST EVENT SUMMARY How can the UK and DACH region efficiently cooperate in future Circular Economy projects to tackle Climate Change? Following up on our virtual Climate Change & Circular Economy workshop last April, it's now time to dive deeper into certain aspects of Circular Economy and take serious action. Our virtual Circular Economy Convention aims to offer valuable insights from UK and DACH experts (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) throughout research institutions, cities and companies. Short impulses and panel discussions will trigger interesting discussion points for the interactive afternoon breakout sessions. In these sessions, we will dive deeper into the various pillars of Circular Economy and define autonomous tasks which will be relevant for our follow-up virtual Embassy Advent Sessions in December 2021. One of our desired targets is to bring people together across UK-DACH borders and institutional boundaries. Our participants are keen on engaging internationally and see potential in cross-national cooperation in the field of Circular Economy. The virtual Circular Economy Convention is co-organised by the British Embassy Berlin , the UK Science and Innovation Network Germany (SIN) and BABLE , a young Morgenstadt spin-off facilitating innovation in cities. VIRTUAL TOUR THROUGH A MOSS FARM Green City Solutions GmbH | Simon Dierks | Marketing Lead KEYNOTES Michael Sernatinger | International Representative | carbonauten GmbH | How to Decarbonise Easy and Fast Dr Gavin Bunting | Associate Professor, Swansea University, and Chair of the Circular Economy Research and Innovation Group Wales | Overview of Circular Economy Matthew Homer | Waste Strategy Manager | Islington Council | Developing a Circular Economy Action Plan for Islington INTERACTIVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS Rachel Armstrong | Professor of Environmental Architecture | Newcastle University (UK) and Visiting Professor, KU Leuven (Belgium) | Bio-Materials: A Tipping Point for the Circular Economy? Dr Elena Dieckmann | Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) | Senior Teaching Fellow, FRSA, MIET | Deputy Enterprise Champion | Dyson School of Design Engineering | Imperial College London | Innovating Circularity: Barriers and Opportunities in Building Cross-Industrial Waste Value Chains Dr Martin Geissdoerfer | Associate | Circular Economy Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge | Circular Business Model Innovation Joel Tasche | Founder & CEO | Cleanhub | Plastic Credits PRELIMINARY AGENDA (CEST) 14.30 | Admission & Networking 15.00 | Welcome & Setting the Scene by the British Embassy & BABLE 15.05 | Virtual Tour Through a Moss Farm 15.15 | Speaker Keynotes and Q&A Panel Virtual Coffee Break 16:25 | Breakout Sessions 17.25 | Presentation of Results & Wrap Up 17.30 | Virtual Happy Hour & Networking
Have your say and influence next Horizon Europe Innovation Programme of Logistics: Join us in this online workshop! For all stakeholders interested in R&I in logistics, particularly those who work on public-funded R&I projects 10:00 - 12:00 (CEST) Tuesday October 26th 2021 Registration is open: www.etp-logistics.eu/online-workshop-on-identifying-ri-priorities-in-logistics-1000-1200-26th-oct-2021/
Demand-responsive transport solution is ready to be used in four Estonian counties Today Ridango’s solution is launched for four Estonian counties – Pärnumaa, Tartumaa, Võrumaa, Põlvamaa – and used for social transport. The solution features new convenient customer interfaces – web portal and mobile app, multiple payment options, but also several solution-specific functionalities, like automatic route and task planning, reporting, etc. For the public transport operator, the on-demand service helps increasing efficiency by dispatching the vehicle with the right seating capacity. It also offers detailed monitoring capabilities for the authorities and makes the service provision more transparent. “Ridangos’ new solution offers much greater opportunities. We are not only talking about the fact that the travel orders can now be submitted directly to the call center via web, but now we have a complete database – an overview of customers’ data, their travel preferences, routes, and discounts and schedules. But more importantly, we can now effectively combine different orders into one, which saves both time and money. Ridango’s technological solution is a highly anticipated step towards efficient and customer-friendly public transport,” says Andrus Kärpuk, director of Pärnu PTA. In the future, it is envisaged that the DRT will spread across Estonia and will be fully integrated with fixed public transport routes. An important step towards sustainable future “It is an important step for us”, says Kadri Haufe, the Chief Commercial Officer at Ridango . The need for cost-efficient social transport services and rural public transport is increasing, and we are excited to add the new solution to our products portfolio. It is important to provide solutions that help PTA’s and PTO’s work more efficiently, but at the same time offer customers much-needed flexibility,“ she continues. DRT is the very definition of a win-win. Communities underserved by paratransit and public transport benefit immensely from the agility and accessibility of demand-responsive solutions, while allowing transport service providers to operate with maximum efficiency—in a financially and environmentally sustainable way. With this move, Ridango is placing itself and Estonia squarely among frontrunners in the DRT landscape and reshaping the way people get from A to B.
INVITATION: 3rd INDIMO Co-creation Workshop ‘Co-creating the INDIMO Policy Evaluation Tool’ 30 September 2021, 10.00 - 13.00 h CEST Online This workshop is a part of the series of Co-creation workshops and events the INDIMO project partners have been conducting to create the INDIMO digital mobility toolbox. This toolbox will provide a framework and guidelines to transport and logistic stakeholders for the design and implementation of accessible and inclusive digital mobility systems and its related products and services. The objective of the workshop is to present, discuss and refine the first version of one of the components of that toolbox, the INDIMO policy evaluation tool. This tool is expected to aid policymakers, user organisations (NGOs), operators and other mobility professionals in evaluating to what extent an available or proposed digital mobility or logistic solution meets the needs of (potential) users in their city or region in terms of accessibility, inclusion, cybersecurity and personal data protection, and highlight the barriers and deficiencies. It will be in the format of a self-assessment questionnaire and will also give user behaviour nudging suggestions and recommendations to overcome the identified barriers. Furthermore, the tool will allow policymakers to design strategies necessary for reducing digital exclusion in the digital mobility system. In this workshop, the development of the policy evaluation tool will be explained, and a first concept version of the tool will be presented to collect inputs from workshop participants in terms of importance of topics covered by the tool and identification of any additional topics that should be covered by the tool. The refined version of the policy evaluation tool will then be tested in INDIMO pilots and later by a wider network of cities for appraising its transferability. The discussion sessions will cover the application of the policy evaluation tool in the following cases: evaluation of an existing or proposed digital mobility or logistic service, evaluation of existing or proposed mobility policies of a local or regional authority. A draft agenda is attached. Additionally, some material regarding the workshop’s content will be shared in the European Transport and Mobility Forum ( www.etmforum.eu ). If you have trouble logging in or forgot your password, don’t hesitate to contact us. If you are not yet a member, an invitation will follow separately. If you would like to attend the workshop, please register here: ssl.vdivde-it.de/registration/3010 When registering, please select the type of stakeholder that describes your profile best. The dial-in link will be sent to you in due time.
BABLE is happy to share that we will again be participating in this year's hybrid INTERGEO - THE event of the international geo-community for trend-setting geo applications as well as the main topics drones (INTERAERIAL SOLUTIONS), SMART CITY SOLUTIONS and BIM for Infrastructure, taking place from 21 - 23 September 2021 in Hanover (DE) as well as online. BABLE will be presenting live on-site, joined virtually by our partners at Fraunhofer FOKUS ( @Nikolay Tcholtchev ). Learn more about our talk below! We are also pleased to be able to offer free registration to the three-day Expo for our BABLE community members - use our code BABLE to claim your in-person or digital ticket now for next week's event: Click here to register and reserve your ticket . ------------------- Open & Interoperable Smart Cities: Bridging the Gap Live from INTERGEO 2021 and joined virtually by our partners at Fraunhofer FOKUS Tuesday, 21 September 2021 • 11:40-12:00 CET Interoperability remains one of the key challenges preventing the upscaling up of European smart cities, but it also offers great opportunities. As the smart cities market grows larger by the day, it also becomes more fragmented in terms of vendors, technologies and standards, which in turn leads to missed opportunities and high long-term costs for both cities and tech vendors. Join this session from BABLE and Fraunhofer FOKUS to learn more about the interoperability gap in smart cities, why it matters and effective approaches for assuring that IoT solutions that can effectively 'plug and play' together to create efficient, scalable and sustainable smart cities that best benefit citizens and communities.
How does collaborative work on smart city projects have a greater chance of success, sustainability, and scale-up? How can we replicate this work in other cities? Join Sharing Cities, Digital Greenwich, UrbanDNA and our friends at BABLE smart cities for a discussion about replication and scale-up. 23 Sept @ 11:00 BST on LinkedIn Live. Register today and make sure to add this event to your calendar! lnkd.in/g3NqJ-PX This London Tech Week Fringe Event focuses on Use Cases from Sharing Cities – a major international smart cities project addressing some of the most pressing urban challenges facing today’s cities.