This document discusses smart cities and open data initiatives in Europe. It notes that by 2050, two-thirds of people will live in cities, which face challenges like pollution and stress. Open data can enable economic opportunities, better governance, address societal challenges, and accelerate scientific progress. The European Commission's strategies aim to promote open data reuse and develop a pan-European open data infrastructure. Several Horizon 2020 programs provide funding for smart city projects involving energy, transport, ICT and open data platforms.

1. Open Data and Smart Cities:
Learning from 'Europe'?
London, 13 November 2014
Why 'smart cities' matter across the European Union
Olavi Luotonen
Experimental Platforms
Net Futures
DG CONNECT
European Commission

2. EIP
Each city is
unique …
… but there are
common challenges!

3. Why Smart Cities Matter for Europe?
By 2050, 2 out of every 3 people
on Earth will live in Cities
380 Cities account for
50% of Global GDP
Pollution in Cities accelerates
ageing by 10%
Cities raise stress levels by more
than 40%

4. Open (public) data:
Why does it matter for Europe?
 1. Untapped business and economic opportunities:
data is the new gold; possible direct and indirect gains of
€140bln across the EU28; Dutch geo-sector in 2008:
15.000 jobs
 2. Better governance and citizen empowerment:
open data increases transparency, citizen participation and
administrative efficiency and accountability
 3. Addressing societal challenges: data can enhance
sustainability of health care systems; essential for tackling
environmental challenges
 4. Accelerating scientific progress: e-science essential
for meeting the challenges of the 21st century in scientific
discovery and learning.

5. Re-use of open government data
 Publicly funded data must be available for all
 What data are we talking about?
Statistics, environmental and geographical data,
meteorological data, business information,
legal information
 Combination of different types of data
(e.g. geo, traffic and tourism)
 EU-wide applications and services
Capitalise on the size of the internal market
 Systems that facilitate decision making by
companies

6. Open data strategy
- Communication on Open Data (COM(2011)882)
- A revision of the Decision governing the re-use of
Commission's own information (2011/833/EU)
- Revision of the Directive on the re-use of public
sector information (2013/37/EU)
- Commission Notice: guidelines on PSI re-use
(2014/C 240/01)
- EU Open data-portals

7. Guidelines on PSI re-use – 17.07.2014
• Focus on three topics: licensing, datasets and
charging
• Adoption by the College as Commission
Communication in form of a Notice
• Non-binding document
• Gives guidance and best practice examples
• Useful for the Member States during the
transposition phase and afterwards

8. Towards a pan-European
infrastructure for (open) data
Rationale
• One single gateway to reusable information with
the aim of enabling combination of information
held by various open data portals at various
levels throughout the EU
• Services around open data
• Dedicated service infrastructure for language
resources in order facilitate multi-lingual access
to online services

9. 9
R&D and
validations of
vital SCC
components
Initial
demonstrations
of SCC concepts
in city
environments
Large-scale
demos of SCC
concepts in
city
environments
Commercial
roll-out in
city
environments
e.g. FI-PPP, FIRE
Technical
assistance,
structural funds,
risk-sharing
facilities etc.
Horizontal Actions to inform the SCC
feed into research programmes and address market barriers
The Innovation Process
EIP
H2020

10. Energy
Mobility
and
Transport
Connect
EIP
European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities
and Communities

11. EIP

12. EIP for Smart Cities and Communities in H2020
"Lighthouse Projects" in 3 priority areas in 2014
a) low-energy districts
b) integrated infrastructures
c) sustainable urban mobility
92 Mio € total funding in 2014
H2020 EIP

13. APOLLON – Advanced Pilots of Living Labs
Operating in Networks
We help SMEs enter new markets through
Living Labs
Homecare & ILS Energy Efficiency
eManufacturing Social Media
We pilot cross-border Living
Lab Networks
Common
methodology
Common ecosystem
approach
Common research
benchmark
Common platform
guidelines
Common integration
framework
First Living Labs CIP pilot – CIP 2009

14. Open Innovation for Future Internet-enabled Services in
Connected Smart Cities
FIRE lady image by Turku Touring
• 20+ experimental platforms
projects, 50 M€ EU funding
• Boost deployment of Internet
enabled services
• Real-life experiments by creative
smart citizens
Cross-border
networks of
smart cities
Innovative
Internet-based
services
User-driven
open
innovation
ecosystems
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4
6
3
Serbia
1
7
11
3
1
1
3
2
60+ Smart Cities in
20 European countries
2
1
8
1
1
1
1
2
Turkey
Croatia
Supported e.g. by the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme - first convened in 2010 at Helsinki Connected Smart Cities Conference

15. Connected Smart Cities:
EU pilot examples
Pioneering Open Innovation in the
development of Smarter Cities.
SDK for harmonizing application programming interfaces
(APIs) across cities. CitySDK network to introduce
harmonised APIs to new cities and new domains.
Code for Europe. Code Commons.
Bottom-up Broadband.
City-scale experimental facility in
support of typical applications and
services for a smart city.
European platform for the Creative Industries and a
market and networking place for stakeholders in the
Creative Industries.

16. Citadel
for European Smart Cities
Citadel championed the EC’s Smart City
Vision to 100+ Local Authorities worldwide.
Citadel is leading European efforts to
promote the importance of Open Data
for Smarter, More Connected Cities.
Citadel is embedding their
developments in FI-WARE to encourage
a new generation of Smart City services
based on Open Data technologies.

17. FIRE for the People
•
Experiments by Creative
Smart Citizens
•
in Connected Smart Cities,
Communities or Regions
•
Future Internet Research & Experimentation
•
• Image by courtesy of Turku Touring
•

18. OrganiCity -
Co-creating smart cities of the future
• Integrated Project proposal, in H2020 FIRE+ (ICT-11), requested EC
contribution 7,26 MEUR, 36 months, 15 participants.
• OrganiCity combines top down planning and operations with flexible
bottom-up initiatives where citizen involvement is key.
• OrganiCity will develop an integrated Experimentation-as-a-Service
facility.
• Two open calls will invite 25-35 experiments to use the new OrganiCity
facility and its co-creation tools for trans-disciplinary participatory urban
interaction design.
Three clusters – Aarhus (DK, coordinator),
London (UK) and Santander (ES)
Evaluated in H2020-ICT-2014-1 FIRE+ (ICT-11), under grant preparation

19. Future Opportunities to Participate
Experiment and submit a proposal
for funding through one of
FI-WARE’s 16 Incubators.
Create a proposal for one of the
H2020 funding calls such as Smart
City Lighthouse bids (H2020 SSC),
Future Internet Research and
Experimentation (H2020 ICT-12) or
Smart Objects (H2020 ICT-30).
Join the European Innovation
Partnership on Smart Cities to learn
more about major activities in the field.

20. An Invitation to join the
FIWARE Accelerator
This is "your opportunity" to:
• Join the largest development community in Europe: FIWARE
• Enter into a pan-European and Global Innovation Ecosystem
Mentors, VC, Accelerators, customers ...
• Get support up to 150 K€, (with total budget 80 M€ )

21. 16 FIWARE
Accelerators
Geographical
Coverage:
= Country
= City

22. FIWARE Accelerator: Sectors covered
Gaming
ExpaMeco
Environ-ment
FINODEX
FINODEX
Transport
Finance
FINODEX
FI-C3
FI-C3
SOUL-FI
CEED ISSUE
CREATI-FI
Manu-facturing
FABulous
CEED ISSUE
CEED ISSUE
ExpaMeco
ExpaMeco
ExpaMeco
eLearning
frontierCities
frontierCities
SpeedUp
Europe
SpeedUp_Europe
SpeedUp
Europe
IMpaCT
FRACTALS
FICHe
INCENSe
SmartAgriFood2
FInish
FI-ADOPT FINODEX
FINODEX
FINODEX
SOUL-FI
FI-C3
Smart Cities
Health
care
Multimedia
Smart
Energy
AgriFood

23. FIWARE running Smart Cities
• Cities opening data via FIWARE
– Italy: Trento, Torino, Roma
– Spain: Valencia, Sevilla, Málaga, Santander, Logroño
Lleida, Vigo, Sabadell, …
– Finland: Espoo, Helsinki
– Netherlands: Amsterdam
– Portugal: Lisbon, Agueda
• Valencia using FIWARE solutions
• Smart City challenges
http://blog.digital.telefonica.com/
?press-release=valencia-smart-city

24. FI Accelerators (Example)
PROJECT DOMAIN
1st CALL 2nd CALL 3rd CALL
OPEN CLOSE
FINODEX
Health
Environment
Transport
Finance
Not domain specific
Oct 14 Dec 14 Y N
SmartAgriFood2 Agriculture 01 Sept 14 30 Nov 14 N N
SpeedUp_Europe
Agriculture
Energy
Smart Cities
10 Sept 14 10 Dec 14 Tbc Tbc
FRACTALS Agriculture 30 Nov 14 28 Feb 15 N N
SOUL-FI Smart Cities .Transport
01 Sept 14
Round A
01 Sept 14
Round B
April 15
Round A
August 15
Round B
Y N
INCENSe
Energy
Cleantech
Nov 14 Jan 15 Y N
FICHe Health 01 Sept 14 31 Oct 14 N N
FI-C3
Creative Industry
Health
Smart territories
Media & Content
01 Nov 14 30 Nov 14 Y Y

25. Why should you participate?
You will have 16 FIWARE
Accelerators
• With different thematic orientations, locations,
funding modalities, processes, duration
 You choose!
• They will transform your idea into a commercial
product for European/global markets
• Provide not just funds but also
mentoring, networking and support
• Open European-wide and global market
opportunities
25

26. Horizon 2020 work programmme objectives
• ICT 11 – 2014: FIRE+ (Future Internet Research & Experimentation) - This is the entry
point of the OrganiCity Integrated Project – with Aarhus, London, and Santander
ecosystems
• ICT 8 – 2015: Boosting public sector productivity and innovation through cloud
computing services
• ICT 10 – 2015: Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation
• ICT 12 – 2015: Integrating experiments and facilities in FIRE+
• ICT 14 – 2014: Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for the Future Internet
• ICT 30 – 2015: Internet of Things and Platforms for Connected Smart Objects
• H2020-SCC-2014-2015 : Smart Cities and Communities solutions integrating energy,
transport, ICT sectors through lighthouse (large scale demonstration - first of the kind)
projects

27. ICT 8 – 2015: Boosting public sector productivity and
innovation through cloud computing services
ICT8.a. Pre-commercial procurement for public sector cloud computing
services (PCP)
Common requirements and terms of reference for future procurement of cloud
computing services
Indicative budget: 9 M€
ICT8.b. Public procurement of innovative cloud computing solutions (PPI)
Joint procurement of innovative cloud services
Indicative budget: 13 M€
Planned call publication : 15 October 2014
Planned call deadline: 14 April 2015
(Contact person: dirk.van-rooy at ec.europa.eu)

28. ICT 10 – 2015: Collective Awareness Platforms for
Sustainability and Social Innovation
The challenge is to create collective and individual awareness about the multiple
sustainability threats which our society is facing nowadays at social, environmental
and political levels.
The resulting collective intelligence will lead to better informed decision-making
processes and empower citizens, through participation and interaction, to adopt
more sustainable individual and collective behaviours and lifestyles.
Scope:
a. Collective awareness pilots for bottom-up participatory innovation paradigms
b. Multidisciplinary research on collective awareness platforms (Internet Science)
c. Digital Social Platforms (DSP)
d. Coordinating pilots and research activities in CAPs
Indicative budget 37 M€, publication 15 October 2014, deadline 14 April 2015

29. ICT 12 – 2015: Integrating experiments and facilities in
FIRE+
- Research and Innovation actions:
Intergration of experimental facilities, testbeds and laboratories inte FIRE+.
Experimental infrastructure must span various technologies allow for integration on
demand.
Collaborative projects for experimentally-driven research on top of existing
experimental infrastructures.
- Innovation actions:
Proposals for technically mature experiments on top of FIRE+ facilities for close to
market products, applications or services.
Indicative budget 18 M€ (13+5), small projects,
publication 15 October 2014, deadline 14 April 2015

30. ICT 14 – 2014: Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for
the Future Internet
In the context of future 5G integrated, ubiquitous and ultra-high capacity networks:
Research and Innovation Actions: proposals are expected to cover one or more of
the strands identified below, but not necessarily all of them:
Strand Radio network architecture and technologies
Strand convergence beyond last mile
Strand network management
Innovation Actions:
Strand Network virtualisation and Software Networks
Support Actions
Indicative budget 125 M€, opened 11 December 2013, deadline 25 November 2014

31. ICT 30 - Internet of Things and
Platforms for Connected Smart Objects
Bringing together different generic ICT technologies and their stakeholder
constituencies
Architectural concepts and concepts for semantic interoperability for "Platforms for
Connected Smart Objects”
Reference implementations, including proof-of-concept, large-scale demonstrations
and validation driven by innovative use scenarios
Indicative budget 51 M€, publication 15 October 2014, deadline 14 April 2015
Research and Innovation Actions (100% funding) & Coordination and Support Action
Large Projects
Mechanism of open competitive calls up to 30% of total budget

32. SCC-01-2015 - Smart Cities and Communities solutions integrating
energy, transport, ICT sectors through lighthouse (large scale
demonstration - first of the kind) projects
Innovation Actions – Scope: To identify, develop and deploy replicable, balanced and
integrated solutions in the energy, transport, and ICT actions through partnerships
between municipalities and industries.
These will be the lighthouse projects as identified by the Communication on Smart
Cities and Communities. Lighthouse projects will target primarily large scale
demonstration of replicable SCC concepts in city context where existing
technologies or very near to market technologies will be integrated in an innovative
way.
The proposals should address the following main areas:
• (Nearly zero) or low energy districts
• Integrated Infrastructures
• Sustainable urban mobility

33. SCC-03-2015 - Development of system standards for smart cities
and communities solutions
Coordination and Support Actions
Scope: Today the standards are developed for specific components or areas such
as smart meters, smart grids, ICT etc. With the development of integrated solutions
of Smart Cities and Communities a system approach is needed.
It is expected that this work is carried out by the industries cities and communities
contributing to the Smart Cities and Communities European Innovation Partnership
in cooperation with the European Standardisation Organisations (CEN, CENELEC,
ETSI) as well as other Standard Developing Organisations (SDOs) responsible for
technical specifications in the area of Smart Cities. Social acceptance of developed
solutions might be considered.
H2020-SCC-2015 (SCC-01-2015, SCC-03-2015):
Total call budget 108.18 M€, publication 10 December 2014, deadline 5 May 2015

34. For detailed call information, see Work Programme 2014-15:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2015/main/h2
020-wp1415-leit-ict_en.pdf
For more information:
http://ec.europa.eu/eip/smartcities/
http://www.fi-ware.org/
http://ec.europa.eu/ict-fire
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fire/connected-smart-cities/csc_en.html
http://www.citadelonthemove.eu/
http://www.forumvirium.fi/en/sixpackstrategy

35. HORIZON 2020
Thank you for your attention!
olavi.luotonen@ec.europa.eu
Find out more:
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en