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Join the discussion:...
The implementation of new urban solutions and the involvement of a variety of stakeholders can create questions and challenges for those involved in that process. The advantage of belonging to an online Smart City community is that sharing knowledge and experiences can be done easily and quickly. The aim of this posts series is to introduce and open the discussion about current challenges in the Smart City sector, taking advantage of the experienced community that participates in this platform. The topic of this post is: What is the role of public-private cooperation in the future development of smart cities? To start the discussion, we have asked Per Erling Fjeld, a project manager from Lyse (a Norwegian industrial group operating within the field of energy and fibre-based broadband), to share his thoughts: "There is an established dichotomy with city governments acting as customers and the industry as vendors when it comes to developing smart cities and communities. However, the picture has recently become richer with more colours added. The private sector works with citizen organisations, academic institutions and other actors in addition to being clear-cut bidders in city tenders, etc. The same multiple approach can be identified on the purchasing side. In short, there is no definable roles, as this kind of cooperation is the sheer essence of any smart community endeavor." What are your experiences in this area? What is your advice for future smart city projects? What other issues or questions come to your mind when thinking about public-private cooperation? Share your insights with the community by commenting below! [Are you facing another kind of challege and would like to gather feedback from the community? Create a post! ]
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Meet us in Barcelona!
What do you think is the best way to convince especially German cities to go ahead and be more brave - with digitalisation and pilot projects in various fields? We would love to hear your opinion: Meet us in Barcelona next week in Gran Via, Hall 1, Level 0, Street A, Stand 127.
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Spread the word:...
The designscapes project Open call is funding 50 projects in their feasibility stage with 5,000€ each, to spark urban innovation throughout Europe! Take less than 2 minutes to see if you apply for funding: check out the video here ! The overarching aim of the DESIGNSCAPES project is to exploit the generative potential of urban environments in the highest possible number of European Cities to encourage the uptake and further enhancement and up scaling of Design-enabled innovations by existing enterprises, start-up companies, public authorities and agencies, and other urban stakeholders. More about the Designscapes Open Call here: http://designscapes.eu/open-calls/
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Meet the Fraunhofer...
The Morgenstadt innovation network will be present at the Smart City World Expo Barcelona. Meet us at Booth A127 to find out, how the Morgenstadt research and tools for digital urban transformation can support cities and companies in driving the change towards better cities! Morgenstadt network members will get together on five smaller network events to pitch and discuss our innovations in the area of smart cities. Feel free to contact us for individual meetings or to come and meet the Morgenstadt network members during the breakfast pitches or for tapas and beer.
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Meet the Fraunhofer...
The Morgenstadt innovation network will be present at the Smart City World Expo Barcelona. Meet us at Booth A127 to find out, how the Morgenstadt research and tools for digital urban transformation can support cities and companies in driving the change towards better cities! Morgenstadt network members will get together on five smaller network events to pitch and discuss our innovations in the area of smart cities. Feel free to contact us for individual meetings or to come and meet the Morgenstadt network members during the breakfast pitches or for tapas and beer.
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Morgenstadt-Werkstatt...
The Morgenstadt-Werkstatt is Baden-Württemberg´s largest exchange platform for digital and comunal innovation. In two days, etsablished processes and assumed matters of course are challenged, worked on visions of the future and solutions are generated in co-creative formats. Key issue of this year´s Morgenstadt-Werkstatt is: Digitalization for what? Main Topics, inter alia, are: digitization in data management, data protection, artificial intelligence, blockchain in mobility, intermodal mobility offers, cyber crime & cyber security, digital communication in administrations & participation processes, virtual workspaces, augmented & virtual reality in settlement areas, open data portal& data sourcing. Have a look :) For any questions or need for support: E-Mail Morgenstadt-Werkstatt If you wanna be part of the Morgenstadt-Werkstatt 2018 as an exhibitor, workshop leader or / and as a speaker in our info-talk rounds , let me know!
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How to set-up the...
SmartImpact is a partnership of 10 cities sharing experiences of the structures and processes needed to successfully plan, finance, develop and manage a Smart city. The core technologies, innovation and data which enable the smart city require cities to be in the driving seat. Agile city organisations and ecosystems are vital to enable the opportunity that technology provides. The SmartImpact project has identified five key themes for setting-up a successful smart city governance: - Regulations and Incentives - Local Innovation Ecosystems - Data Governance - Organisation Development - Smart Finance & Procurement Check out the video about SmartImpact
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Open Call for innovative...
Hello urban innovator! We enclose information regarding the 2nd. edition of the Contest of innovative ideas for urban development #CoinnovemSabadell expecting that it is of your interest. We are looking for citizens , companies, research groups, universities, students, non-profit entities , etc. with ideas, prototypes, products, methodologies or innovative processes for urban development. From Sabadell or from abroad. You can submit your application until Wednesday 31 st October 2018 inclusive . Award: 4,000 Euro and free space during 6 months at municipal centres of incubation. The awards will be delivered in a public event in Sabadell on the 6 th November 2018 at 6 pm , simultaneously with the SmartCAT Challenge final. More information and application form: http://www.sabadell.cat/ca/innovaciosbd/112976-concurs-coinnovemsabadell-2 Topics: Sustainable and smart mobility, Participation and co-creation of public policies with citizens, Circular and collaborative economy, E-administration and digital government, Renewable energies and energy efficiency, Digital divide, Commerce and tourism, Health and sport . Examples: Urban management-related software or hardware; Energy efficiency or renewable energy-related technologies; Urban management-related apps for mobile devices; Digital platforms; Urban open data; "Big data" tools related to urban data; Tools for urban data geopositioning (GIS); Ecologic last-mile logistics; Improvement of urban governance models; Innovative improvements in the public space configuration; Innovative urban furniture; Innovative ideas for recycling or waste recovery; New innovative incentives for eco-responsible behaviours; Innovative training to reduce the digital divide; Digital tools for the collaborative economy; Technological tools to favour shared mobility or intermodality; New technologies to improve the touristic experience in a tourist office; Remote management of dependent persons.
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We invite you to...
SMART CITY SOLUTIONS part of INTERGEO in Frankfurt next week from 16 - 18 OCT! Discuss with other city representatives, public infrastructure companies, learn about service providers and manufacturers for different smart city topics. Proud partner of BABLE. Use Voucher code SCSEXPO2018_BABLE in our Ticket Shop here (top right). We offer 4 Worldcafes to discuss topics like strategy for future cities, mobility, different data sources and meaningful use - but this year mainly in German. Please register at our website for our Worldcafes . As INTERGEO is the worldwide leading show for GIS data, you can meet all the leading brands in this field in Frankfurt! SMART CITY SOLUTIONS with +50 Speeches, +170 exhibitors with products and services for smart cities at INTERGEO and SMART CITY SOLUTIONS, 4 Worldcafes for interactive exchange of experiences and ideas. Save the date for next year: 17 - 19 September, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany.
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SMAVARD - Smart city...
During the Nordic Edge Expo 2018, the best smart city implementation projects of the year were awarded. The idea was to find implementations with a highly innovative potential to disrupt the status quo and to revolutionise existing markets. The SMAVARD team scouted the event for the most interesting implementations, and an independent jury formed by companies, cities and experts working on the Smart City sector evaluated the candidates and their implementation projects. For the award, three categories were defined and a general winner was chosen. Meet the most innovative implementations of the year: THE WINNER infotiles - Smart water utility solution Using data to improve water and waste water supply. From the city of Stavanger Open data sources, sensor data, weather dat and SKADA are streamed and real time processed to see co-relation across data sources in real time. This information is being used to maintain and identify the waste water sysetms. The maintenance of waste water system can be don eremotely and have predictive maintenance. Read more... Special Mentions (by category): CATEGORY A: PUBLIC SERVICES Special merits boost.ai - Virtual Assistance for Municipality services Municipal websites though very informative are very difficult for people to navigate. The virtual assitance - Kira which is implemented as a service by Boost AI on the webpage, helps citizens with getting to the information easily. Read more... Runner Up Ströer - Digital Communication System in Wuppertal The city of Wuppertal aimed to create a digital infrastructure as a communication medium between city and citizens in public space. To support the municipality, Stroeer Media provided the city with the necessary digital infrastructure to setup digital city communication system. Read more... CATEGORY B: CREATIVE ANGLE Special merits Eindhoven - Unidirectional functional lighting in Eckart Unidirectional functional lighting has been installed on a walking path at a pond in Eckart. The special type of lights only shine towards the path and not on the pond to not disturb the local fauna.10 of the 30 poles are equipped with sensors that dim the light according to the usage of the path. Read more... Runner Up Public Art Lab - Digital Calligraffiti Digital Calligraffiti is a interactive light table for realtime projection of new artistic forms, citizens' inclusion and intercultural dialogue. It connects people at public spaces. Read more... CATEGORY C: MOBILITY Special merits maptrends - Real travel insight based on facts Anonymous and aggregated mobile-data covering vast geographical areas, Maptrends analyze how the population is moving. "We create dynamic overviews and charts for cities and municipalities, private and public sectors. We create the best basis for assessment to create a more efficient transportation system, better city planning, and, all-in-all, smarter and safer cities". Runner Up PayiQ - Föli: Single ticket experience for multi-modal travel and events in Turku region City of Turku started with PayiQ city when it and surrounding municipalities wanted to offer mobile ticketing originally to the handheld generation and casual travelers. PayiQ was chosen as a development partner through competitive tendering. PayiQ developed based on its platform a system, which allow multi-model travel (public and private, different transportation means) to be combined into single experience - single ticket, payment and transaction. Later this has grown into a system to allow also event tickets (like sports competitions) to be included in this ticketing. It encourages people to use public transport and also promotes these additional services (events). Read more... We would like to thank the jury, the Morgenstadt network, the Nordic Edge Expo team and the Mayor of Stavanger for making this competition possible and to advance the discussion about the smart cities.
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What is new on BABLE?
For the last months, we have been working intensively on improving our platform and the services we provide to our community. Today, we are happy to announce the relaunch of our platform, which is now better oriented to facilitate and simplify the work of cities and companies working towards a better urban life. What is new? YOUR PERSONAL DASHBOARD It is like a command centre, one place where you can manage and track all your activities. From your dashboard, you will be able to have quick access to all your assets (like Use Cases, Products or Posts), can check new notifications, edit your profile, and manage your subscriptions. Test it now TOOLBOX Focused on making it easier for the users to find the information they are looking for, we created the Toolbox which includes the Solution and Use Case Finder. Both tools will help you navigate through Solutions and Use Cases. You just need to go to your Dashboard, and answer some questions related to the solution or use case you are looking for and all matching results will be displayed. Try them here PROJECTS Improving liveability and services in a city is not the task of only one person or organization, but rather a cooperation among different stakeholders. Through Pages , you will be able to present your current projects, promote your partners and local ecosystem, and search for further partnerships. Are your working on a smart city project? Create a page now . MESSENGER Now you are able to contact all our smart city community members through our platform just by one click. Are you looking for information about a specific smart product from a company? Do you want to contact your colleagues from another city to ask them about a project? Use the messenger function! EXPLORE, SPOT, CONNECT The main characteristics of these pages remain the same, we made just a few changes. For example, now it is easier to navigate through these pages thanks to an improved user experience. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? If you have specific comments or questions about the new version of the platform or the new services we are offering, please do not hesitate to contact us .
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Morgenstadt Pitch
Morgenstadt Pitch , an event for start-ups improving urban life, is organised by Morgenstadt on September 26th, 2018 at Nordic Edge Expo in Stavanger. The event gives you an opportunity to pitch your startup in front of city leadership, investors, and decision makers from both the public and private sector. The start-ups focusing on the urban sustainability issues will have a unique opportunity for a live, on-stage two round battle to win the pitch competition. The winners will secure a yearlong membership of the Morgenstadt Network, and have an opportunity to advertise their one product through BABLE for an entire year.
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Soft power comes first
The technological focus of many smart city projects relies on top-down innovations, ignoring the role that citizens can play in improving their local communities. While top-down innovation is important, it often fails to take into account citizen needs and so may not serve their best interests. In many people-centered product presentation citizens perceived as passive consumers of city services and as generators of data. There is remarkable reflection of communications specialist who worked on transport development project: «there is One small issue. We had to tell residents about our plans and their future agreement to all steps was an essential part of it». This is a common story when city governments are aimed to hardware improvement while people simple do not understand what and how to use it. In recent research Gartner advisory firm suggests local government to engage with citizens to find out their needs before investing millions into smart city programs.
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Join the Mayor of...
The Mayor of London’s Civic Innovation Challenge offers an opportunity for start-ups to work together with leading corporates and public organisations to tackle some of London’s most pressing problems. This is a challenge for start-ups to develop innovative solutions to reduce inequality, prevent climate change and support London’s ageing population. About the Civic Innovation Challenge Start-ups will work together with corporates and public organisations to develop and test their solutions, while receiving business support and mentoring. Successful start-ups will gain: a chance to validate and test solutions directly with potential customers and partners, and access to £15,000 for testing business support and mentoring from Bethnal Green Ventures, and support from partners a valuable opportunity for customer development, with direct access to potential customers recognition and media exposure for being part of the Mayor of London’s flagship innovation programme Applications open on 11 June 2018 and close on Sunday 8 July at 11:59pm. Click here to find out more!
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Competition on innovative...
In order to achieve Dublin’s proposed vision for a more pedestrian friendly, cycle friendly and liveable city we are looking to optimise staff movement in a way that is better for people, the environment and acceptable for businesses. T he city council is looking to test shared mobility options for staff through integration of e-cars, e-bikes and push bikes through the piloting of a smart mobility hub service solution. Any solution should also have the ability to be replicated at other DCC sites, public sector premises and also at private sector locations. Submit your ideas to Dublin in order to participate in an open challenge and get selected for piloting your innovative solution! Go to tender!
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Competition on innovative...
Dublin and Belfast city council are looking for ways to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of deliveries, reducing the number of goods vehicles in their respective urban centres, which in turn will improve air quality, noise pollution and road safety. Submit your ideas to Dublin and Belfast in order to participate in an open challenge and get selected for piloting your innovative solution! Go to tender
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OSRAM introduced a full...
OSRAM Lighting Solutions has introduced a full HD video camera for the SL11 road luminaire. The camera, which is built into a luminaire and can be swivelled, enables municipalities and companies to easily roll out camera networks to the existing street lighting. Thanks to its ONVIF function, it can be easily integrated into existing video systems. The camera serves both as a security camera and as a sensor. Various video analytics software packages from cooperation partners are available for this purpose. This software detects free parking spaces, monitors the flow of traffic and traffic jams, reports the installation of posters and graffiti or the removal of objects, for example. In addition, the video analytics software detects movement or fence overruns and automatically sends alarms. For the camera I am looking for interested communities and other video analytics providers, whose solution I can try out with the camera.
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Future proofing of street...
Market Consultation: Future proofing of street lighting assets to enable delivery of smart city services and wireless connectivity. Dublin City Council (DCC) through its smart city function is actively promoting a number of “smart city” initiatives to improve quality of life, deliver more efficient and responsive city services and increase engagement with citizens. As part of an upcoming large scale LED Street lighting upgrade tender Dublin City Council would like to ensure that their extensive lighting infrastructure, in particular the physical assets will be available for other uses in the future. A market sounding day will be designed to capture information around the elements of Smart City and future use of these assets. Uses envisaged may include deployment of the following: Internet of Things (IOT) solutions such as environmental sensing, traffic & mobility solutions; Delivery of connectivity services which may require the use of the lighting column. This may include mesh networks, 5G services or other connectivity services which rely on deployment of small cells. Advertising and wayfinding service and solutions; Facilitating vendors with an interest in mounting equipment on the lighting column. Consideration of future opportunities that can be leveraged through the lighting assets. Delivery of Safety & Security solutions including the deployment of CCTV/cameras. Support for Electric Vehicles. Please find all corresponding documents here. Please feel free to ask questions and comment below!
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Market engagement on...
Market engagement on Major Works Strategy The City of London is seeking to obtain a market view on how the City of London Corporation (the City) might structure a Major Works strategy which will deliver economy, efficiency, and effectiveness at both an individual project and programme levels. Companies or organisations with an interest are invited to respond with the questionnaire provided. The City may conduct a further series of short meetings for an informal exchange of ideas. The City classifies Major Works projects as those which are valued at £1,000,000 or more. https://www.capitalesourcing.com/esop/toolkit/opportunity/opportunityDetail.do?opportunityId=35224&oppList=CURRENT#f h
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Looking for partners on...
Looking for project partners to implement smart mobility solutions in public transport modes #mobility #services
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Competition on innovative...
Dublin and Belfast city council are looking for ways to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of deliveries , reducing the number of goods vehicles in their respective urban centres, which in turn will improve air quality, noise pollution and road safety.
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Competition on innovative...
In order to achieve Dublin’s proposed vision for a more pedestrian friendly, cycle friendly and liveable city we are looking to optimise staff movement in a way that is better for people, the environment and acceptable for businesses. T he city council is looking to test shared mobility options for staff through integration of e-cars, e-bikes and push bikes through the piloting of a smart mobility hub service solution. Any solution should also have the ability to be replicated at other DCC sites, public sector premises and also at private sector locations.
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Join the Mayor of...
The Mayor of London’s Civic Innovation Challenge offers an opportunity for start-ups to work together with leading corporates and public organisations to tackle some of London’s most pressing problems. This is a challenge for start-ups to develop innovative solutions to reduce inequality , prevent climate change and support London’s ageing population.
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Partnering Opportunity
In the heart of Brainport, in the Brandevoort area of Helmond, we are realising Brainport Smart District. It comprises a housing estate of some 1,500 homes and an industrial park where technology, knowledge and innovation are used in tandem to create a more sustainable and better living environment. Residents are invited to be actively involved in the development of their neighbourhood and companies have the opportunity to develop, try out and reality test their technologies, products and services: a living lab.
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Macq - partnering...
Macq is currently looking for innovative partners in the form of e.g. integrators to conquer the international market. Feel free to contact us.