1. FIWARE iHubs
Think Global, Act Local
FIWARE Global Summit:
Plugg Session
13 June 2023, 09:00-14:30 (CEST)
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● Curated framework of open source components to build Smart Systems
● Royalty-free Common Information Models
● Inclusive approach, lowering barriers to contribution
● Compelling Roadmap (blockchain, AI, robotics, …)
● Enabling multiple business models
A technology that is
free, for all, for ever
● De-facto standard adopted by 300+ cities, growing adoption in other domains: buildings,
utilities, ports, agrifood, manufacturing, …
● FIWARE Marketplace website publishing validated offerings
● “Powered by FIWARE” Solutions and Platforms
● “FIWARE-ready” Systems, IoT Devices
● FIWARE Services (consultancy, training, integration, support)
A growing ecosystem
where end users can
choose the solutions
best serving their needs
● Growing number of members: 150+ organizations, 440+ individuals
● Board of Directors (BoD) providing strategic direction
● Technical Steering Committee driving technical decisions
● Domain Committees through which members setup collaborations
● Growing network of iHubs and Evangelists acting locally
A vibrant community
engaged in the
success
● Protecting the FIWARE brand and compliance with Code of Conduct
● Augmenting global reach through relevant partnerships
● Empowering the Community bringing support to their activities
● Promoting FIWARE and recruiting new Community members
● Bring means for validating FIWARE technologies and offerings
A Foundation bringing
support and doing for
the common good
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FIWARE Vision and Goals

3. Think Global
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Act Local
Enrich your portfolio of services with FIWARE and
bring added value to your local technical, business
and research communities
Be a regional doorway for innovation and smart
service’s development easy integrating disruptive
technologies like IoT, AI, blockchain, robotics...
Become the local lab testing and certifying
FIWARE solutions as well as offering coaching,
training and consultancy for businesses of all sizes
Our aim is to build an ecosystem that can be used globally as middleware, and local action is
needed to achieve this. This is why FIWARE is establishing FIWARE iHubs worldwide, to support
companies, cities and developers with an easy access to Open Source technologies, business
development and community building.
Break regional boundaries, gain global positioning,
get worldwide promotion and international
scalability
Learn from a global community of FIWARE Experts,
Evangelists and developers adopting and
contributing to FIWARE,
Benefit from multi-partner strategic cooperation,
partnerships and alliances to access your target
markets
FIWARE iHubs Strategy
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Innovation means creating new markets and
staying relevant, transforming good ideas into
smart solutions and making a meaningful
impact in the market and society
● regional multi-partner cooperation towards
innovation
● strong connections to growth beyond regional
boundaries
● breaking the traditional barriers for the
technology enablement and business
acceleration
● Open Source technologies and standards to
increase competitiveness through scalable
open, reliable and disruptive smart solutions.
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Innovation engines for the digital economy
FIWARE iHubs

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Because it proposes a
model where there is no
standard.
FIWARE proposes a common
working method for the use of
context information, translating
multiple communication
protocols into a universal
language.
Leading the Digital Transformation
Why FIWARE
Because there are
modules available that
are open
Curated selection of open,
royalty-free, community-
developed components that
are publicly available in a
GitHub repository.
Because it is not
proprietary. It belongs to
everyone.
FIWARE is free, for
everyone and forever.
Inclusive approach,
reducing barriers to
contribution.
Mission: to build a sustainable open ecosystem around public software platform
standards that will facilitate the development of new smart applications in multiple
sectors.

6. 1 FIWARE Community
+600 members around the World

7. Americas
Europe
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Africa
Asia–Oceania
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Amersfoort
Athens
Atlanta
Austin
Badajoz
Barcelona
Bogota
Brookline
Huelva
La Plata
La Rioja
Lagoa
Lund
Málaga
Mallorca
Medellin
38 FIWARE iHubs - 21 Countries
Casablanca
Cologne
Fuerteventura
Funchal
Gatineau
Geneva
Grasse
Herne
The FIWARE iHubs Network
Medina
Mexico City
Miami
Mikkeli
Montevideo
Perugia
Saint-Quentin
Sao Paolo
Sterling
Tenerife
Tokyo
Tunis
Wolfsburg
Planned new locations
Evora (Portugal)
Castilla La Mancha (Spain)
Berkane (Morocco)
Dresden (Germany)
Arizona (US)
Bogotá (Colombia)
Napoli (Italy)
Vienna (Austria)
Madrid

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39 FIWARE iHubs
21 Countries
10 Languages: Arabic, Dutch,
English, French, German,
Greek, Japanese, Portuguese,
Spanish, Swedish.
Business Structure:
• PPP
• Nor for profit
• GO Public
• Private
2 The FIWARE iHubs Network

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3 FIWARE iHubs at the FIWARE Summit
5 new ihubs to be welcomed at the FIWARE Summit: Canada, Finland, US
(Brookline & Miami) - Domains: Smart Cities, Smart Agrifood, Smart Tourism,
Smart Communities.

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3 FIWARE iHubs at the FIWARE Summit
Plugg Sessions 9:00 - 14:30 Tuesday 13th June
FESTSAAL MAIN STAGE
● 09:00 - 10:20 Cross Border Collaboration at
the core of the digital transformation
● 10:20-11:30 FIWARE iHubs - Empowering
local presence of FIWARE communities
worldwide
● 13:30 - 14:30 FIWARE iHubs - Experiences
WorldWide

11. 3 FIWARE iHubs at the FIWARE Summit

12. DAY 2 - TUESDAY 13 JUNE
FESTSAAL (MAIN STAGE)
09:00 - 10:20
Digital Innovation Hubs: Cross
Border Collaboration at the core
of the digital transformation

13. Digital Innovation Hubs: Cross Border Collaboration at the core of the
digital transformation
The objective of this session is to get acquainted with the current innovation
ecosystems promoted by the Digital Europe Programme such as (E)DIHs, and
learn how those actors can collaborate among each other.
Digital Innovation Hubs and EDIHs acting as a one-stop-shop, are in a
privileged position to understand the technology solutions developed by
different projects, and to offer these solutions as part of their services for
test-before-invest to their SMEs.
During the roundtable experts will share lessons learned, tools and
methodologies for DIHs to collaborate among each other and facilitate SMEs
the access to cross-border technological and business services developed in
the framework of different European projects.
The session will facilitate the knowledge exchange on the different roles DIHs
can play to ensure the digital transformation of all businesses and the
collaboration models developed between DIHs and SMEs.
Special attention will be paid to briefly introduce the open source standard
technologies developed within the i4trust project for the development of Data
Spaces.
Target audience: SMEs, Startups, Corporates, Clusters, Public Administrations,
NGOs, RTOs, Universities
9:00- 9:10 Mayte Carracedo, Fundingbox
Unlocking the potential of DIHs collaboration
9:10-9:20 Andreas Schmolmüller, Digital Agriculture & Forestry Expert,
DIHInnovate
The Austria's Digital Innovation Hub for Agriculture, Forestry, Timber and Energy
9:20-9:30 Anna Pajak, Deputy Director I Future Industry Platform Poland
(E)DIHs networking at the national level - needs, challenges and benefits
9:30- 10:20- Round Table - Cross-border collaboration models involving DIHs
Moderator Mayte Carracedo
● BOWI experience in DIHs collaboration
● Hezam Haidar, Technical Manager of INTEROP-VLab and Ei2Network
Manager i4Q example: roadshows
● Francesca Flamigni - C2T
C2T example: certification in digital twin technology
● Vincent Demortier, President, Faubourg Numérique
Pioneer Data Spaces in EU
● Mathieu Lemay, Principal at Digital Ubiquity Capital
FIWARE iHub Community beyond Europe
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14. DAY 2 - TUESDAY 13 JUNE
FESTSAAL (MAIN STAGE)
10:20 - 11:30
FIWARE iHubs - Empowering local
presence of FIWARE communities
worldwide

15. FIWARE iHubs - Empowering local presence of FIWARE communities
worldwide
The FIWARE iHubs are innovation centres that promote the adoption of open source
FIWARE platform technologies to support digitalisation, business development and
leadership through community building, training, and educational activities. The main
objective of the FIWARE iHubs network is to address the traditional barriers for
business expansion of SMEs and large companies, by providing innovative
technologies and an ecosystem that connects them to their target markets. Each
FIWARE iHub boost collaboration at local level and between regions acting as a
meeting point for start-ups, SMEs, private companies, public administrations,
universities, and research institutions, supporting all these actors to make a real
impact in the market.
Despite the diversity of FIWARE iHubs, whether they are an association, a public or
private entity or a university, the iHubs are joining efforts to further develop the
global network of FIWARE iHubs in the FIWARE ecosystem. In this session attendees
will have the opportunity to understand and lively interact with FIWARE iHubs
representatives on how the iHubs, a worldwide network of local FIWARE
representatives, are working to make FIWARE a concrete presence in their regions.
During the session, the iHubs will present new established working groups, their aims
and plans for collaboration and materialisation of business opportunities .
Target audience: SMEs, Startups, Corporates, Clusters, Public Administrations, NGOs,
RTOs, Universities
● Moderated by Jorge Osuna Pons
Working Group 1: How to improve collaboration in
the FIWARE iHubs ecosystem
● Moderated by: Pierre Golz and Irene Provvidenza
Working Group 2: Following Living-in.eu principles -
sustainable digital transformation in cities and
communities in the EU
● Moderated by: Vincent Demortier
Working Group 3: Collaborative Value Proposition
building
● Moderated by: Gonzalo La Rosa and Ali Ben Brahim
Conclusion and Next Steps
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16. DAY 2 - TUESDAY 13 JUNE
FESTSAAL (MAIN STAGE)
13:30 - 14:30
FIWARE iHubs - Experiences
WorldWide

17. FIWARE iHubs - Experiences WorldWide
FIWARE iHubs focuses on matchmaking market solutions with internal challenges,
accelerating the development, use and commercialization of FIWARE solutions, and
nurturing a culture of digital innovation and collaboration at a local level. We
understand that the driving force of the data economy is the collaboration between
the many players in society, not just a single individual or company.
Each FIWARE iHub brings added value to local communities thanks to a technology
that is addressing innovation needs and challenges in different sectors.
Each FIWARE iHubs is part of a worldwide community then, goes beyond regional
boundaries and helps its clients to gain global positioning, get worldwide promotion
and international scalability
Being part of a community, they benefit from multi-partner cooperation to reach
their markets and a continuous technical enablement.
The session will bring on stage representatives from the FIWARE iHub Network
sharing their experiences to grow digital innovation ecosystems in different regions
around the world.
Target audience: SMEs, Startups, Corporates, Clusters, Public Administrations, NGOs,
RTOs, Universities
● Christopher Tate, Red Hat
Boston University infrastructure and research
teamed with Red Hat reactive cloud development
is operating our innovation hub faster
● Antony Cassano- President, Founder Pleiades IoT
Innovation Cluster
"Pleiades iHub: Fueling Innovation in IoT Cluster"
● Shuhei Sasano, NEC
iHub Base - the first FIWARE iHub in Japan
● Lisandra Tamayo, La Lonja de la Innovación
La Lonja a Pioneer ihub in Smart Ports
● Jorge Osuna Pons - FIWARE Space
FIWARE mentoring: the human factor
● Mathieu Lemay, Principal at Digital Ubiquity
Capital
MindfulTech Institute in Canada
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