Dr. Shenja van der Graaf (iMinds-SMIT; London School of Economics) Citizens Science and Smart Cities Summit - Ispra, Italy, February 5-7, 2014

EPIC Objectives & Outcomes

• Use the Cloud as the basis for a European-based web-service delivery platform

• Pilot ‘Smart City’ use

of the platform across Europe

• Develop a Roadmap

for pan-European implementation

Create an extensible cloud-based solution for cities Host Pilot applications; software components and data source access as client services and developer resources Open-standards for web-services and portlets ensures vendor neutrality & maximises post-project/service/data re-usability Integrate external open and commercial data sources through web-services, SOAP, REST, WSDL, etc Aim for client-agnostic and browser-agnostic solutions

EPIC Platform & Service Catalogue

Living Lab Framework

* Common deployment strategy Number of phases Number of test cycles in each phase for iterations User numbers Data capture methodologies

* Pilot specific elements User recruitment and management User type in each cycle (citizens, SME, government) Implementation of pilot test (specific iterations)

Living Labs in 3 pilot cities Lessons learned 3 pilots

Closed phase: 250+ Open phase: 700+ Stakeholders: 52 PoC: 300 citizens, 15 stakeholders

Citizen/Stakeholder Engagement

Relocation •Closed 167 •Mobile 32

•Open 363 •Mobile 6 •Part obs 5

• Evaluation • Stakeholders 25 • Integration 6

Urban •Closed 68 •Open 119 • Evaluation • Stakeholders 20 • Integration 5

Environment •Closed 11 •Open 75 • Evaluation • Stakeholders 2 • Integration 5

PoC •Closed 47 •Open 267 • Stakeholders 15

Methodology: generic 3 pilots Survey closed & open Interview & demonstration stakeholders Methodology: pilot specific Participant observation (R) Event log (R, UP)

Relocation Service Application

Expats moving to Brussels Mobility, Government, Living dimensions Private data(SME), public data (POI), Googlemaps, Semantic engine

Measure Users Stakeholders Feedback

Ease of use ✔ ✔ Easy to use, simple design, intuitive

Usefulness ✔ ✔ -Combining relevant information all-in-one -POI most useful, community indicators and translation less so -Survival Guide – Living in Brussels useful

Look and Feel Trend - Trend - -Out-dated look and feel for web -Terminology more clear

Content ✔ ✔ -More POI (e.g. links websites) -More community indicators, city-orientation

Attitude ✔ ✔ Essential city application

Intention to use

Trend + Trend + -Still need for other means in current version -Payment fee not for end-users

Integration web & mobile

✔ ✔ Transportability

(Iterative) Findings

Smart city objectives Stakeholder evaluation

Smart mobility/smart living 1. Potential to make relocation planning more efficient abroad (time – preferences – needs) 2. Potential to efficient walking around when on the move in city

Smart governance 1. Potential to smoothen interaction expats-administration; not realized here due to ICT situation Brussels 2. City view: potential to provide aggregated insights about expats and develop policy measures

Smart economy 1. City view: potential interesting tool for gathering expats’ preferences/needs and streamline service/offer

Relocation & the Smart City

Tirgu Mures Proof of Concept

– Migrate pilots from Brussels / Issy / Manchester to Tirgu-Mures

– Make locally relevant

• T-M properties • T-M maps and POIs • T-M 3D city model • Energy data from T-M house(s) and public buildings

“Integrated Scenario”

Combine the different pilot solutions in one user experience – Relocation: houses have live energy data – Urban Planning: Public buildings have energy data =>Demonstrates also how third-party SME developers could consume EPIC platform web-services to create new and engaging smart-city applications

Integrated scenario “find a house”

Relevant information when discovering property (in combination with POI) Potential to become aware and take better into account issue of domestic energy consumption when relocating Feedback for improvements • compare consumption between

similar kinds of buildings

Cities • Improved efficient and effective services at reduced cost • New business models and working relationships with other cities • City digital strategy enhancement Citizens • Access to more innovative, efficient and effective services • Enhanced ability to improve public services SMEs • Greater access to local and international markets • Ability to work more cost-effectively via the EPIC cloud platform

EPIC Added Value

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