FIWARE: advancing Smart Cities and
the Digital Economy _
Marieta del Rivero
The Digital Revolution is changing lives…
YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW
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…and the way we live them
The way we communicate… The way we shop…
The way we grow crops… The way we use healthcare… The way we do business…
The way we move…
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… “Standards” is a critical word in this revolution …
… creates barriers
A lack of standards…
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…today almost everybody understands why…
Limited to few de-facto standards,
each controlled by a single,
powerful proscriber
2005-2015
Smart City
Smart Car
2015 and beyond…
Smart Home
Smart Office
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The FIWARE Public-Private Partnership
Driven by
implementation
Sustainability ensured
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The benefits of an Open Ecosystem
Service & Domain
Providers: innovation,
cost savings, data@work
Platform
Providers
and Solution
Integrators: ability to “co-
opete” (cooperate
and compete)
Application
Providers: visibility,
connection to target
customers, acceleration
opportunities, facilities
for experimentation
Commercial
Partnerships
Connect to
Entrepreneurs
Avoid risk of
lock-in
City
Governments
Connected Car
Developers
City Service
Providers (data)
Everyone: creation of jobs, larger
market opportunities,
global scalability Telecom providers:
System integrators
Independent
developers
Innovative Apps
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…Creating a vibrant community of
active contributors who are committed to
a sustainable investment over time
22 partners from 8 different countries
Over 1.1 million hours of developing
activities in 5 years
122/76M€ of budget/funding (37/23 M€ in
the next 2 years)
Each FIWARE component is considered
strategic in the portfolio of each
contributing partner
Building a successful ecosystem requires…
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…Creating a meeting point where supply
and demand intersect and innovation takes
place
25+ relevant service providers involved in
developing use cases for the FIWARE
Accelerator program
1900 open datasets from cities already
published and growing fast!
17 nodes across Europe providing 3000+
cores, 16+ TB RAM, 750+ TB HD
1st node in LATAM deployed in Mexico.
New nodes being setup in Brazil and Chile
Building a successful ecosystem requires…
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…Creating incentives for entrepreneurs
and developers
80 M€ in grants to startups/SMEs in the
next 2 years (FIWARE Acceleration
Program)
20 M€ to support involvement of
16 accelerators across Europe
3100+ startups/SMEs applied to 1st
Open Call of the FIWARE Acceleration
program
1300 startups/SMEs to be funded (~400 as result of 1st Open Call)
Building a successful ecosystem requires…
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…Creating scale and the ability to go global
21 Innovation Hubs in Europe
First FIWARE Lab nodes in Mexico and
Brazil
funding assigned to FIWARE mundus
activities targeted to build links with
Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Japan,
Canada, Korea, BRIC countries …
Building a successful ecosystem requires…
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We walk the talk…
TELEFONICA, ORANGE, ENGINEERING and ATOS
join forces to push common standards for
Smart Cities based on the FIWARE platform
MWC, Barcelona, March 3rd 2015
Open and Agile Cities Initiative:
Participating Cities
Mexico (in conversations)
Brasil
Finland Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa,
Tampere, Oulu, Turku
Denmark Copenhagen, Aarhus,
Aalborg
Spain Valencia, Santander, Malaga,
Sevilla
Belgium Brussels Capital Region,
Ghent, Antwerp Portugal
Porto, Lisbon, Fundao,
Palmela, Penela, Agueda
UK (in conversations)
Netherlands (in conversations)
CeBIT, Hannover, March 16th 2015
Italy
Milan, Palermo, Lecce
Olinda, Anápolis, Porto Alegre,
Vitória, Colinas de Toncantis,
Taquarintinga
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…including with South Korea, a recognized leader in the Digital Economy
KT and Telefónica announced a strategic
partnership to
develop IoT ecosystems and
technologies at MWC
Source: Santiso, Javier, España 3.0
Korea is leading the digitalization worldwide
«e-Intensity» index vs. GDP per capita(1)
20 30 40 50
GDP (PPP) ($000, rounded PPP)
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France
UK
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Portug
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Slovenia
Estoni
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Eslovaquia Hungar
y
Poland
Lituania
Letonia
Romani
a Bulgary
Norway
Denmark
Israel
Japan
Turkey
Finland
US
Kore
a World’s top
“Digital”
country
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…the reasons behind which are clear
Source: Santiso, Javier, España 3.0
Korea has downloaded the digital economy “killer apps”
GlobalizationInnovation Digitalization Education
4.4%
1.3%
Corea España
54%
34%
Corea España
60%
6%
Corea España
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Corea España
R&D (% GDP, 2012) Exports (% GDP, 2013) % Accesses > 15 Mbps
(1Q 2014)
2013 vs. 2003 Mathematics
ranking variation (PISA
report)
1º 1º 35º 5º 34º25º 5º 18º
Digitalization Ranking. This ranking is based in the average broadband Access speed, in 2T 2013, as reported by
Akamai
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