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Pieter Ballon - Introducing EPIC: European Platform for Intelligent Cities
1. Introducing EPIC: European Platform for Intelligent Cities Pieter Ballon – IBBT & Free University of Brussels, Belgium Living Labs & Smart Cities conference, Ghent, 14.12.2010
2. The EPIC Objectives Use the Cloud as the basis for a European-based web-service delivery platform Leverage advantages of flexibility, scalability, security for all Incorporate Future Internet technologies i.e. IoT, Mobile, 3D Pilot ‘Smart City’ use of the platform across Europe Involve Living Lab pilot sites and smart cities to co-innovate open public services, extending to businesses and citizens Prepare smart city portfolio for ‘virgin city’ TirguMures (Romania) Develop a Roadmap for pan-European implementation Include practical focus on working business models, including PPP Identify standards for user-driven open innovation
11. The EPIC outcomes Outcome 1: Infrastructure A tested prototype for a pan-European web service delivery platform and IoT extensions Outcome 2: Web services A range of eGov web services extending to the private sector and to citizens Outcome 3: Implementation Strategy A deployment Roadmap that shows how a ‘Smart City’ can transition to web-based services and Cloud Computing