Hannes Astok - Smart City challenges- Mindtrek 2016

1. Smart City challenges
Hannes Astok
Smart City Lab Tartu
Development Manager

3. Estonian Smart City landscape
• Estonia 1,3 M citizens
• Tartu (100 000 inhabitants)
– ICT as enabler for the smart city
– Sustainable energy solutions
• Tallinn (420 000 inh.): Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol
area as smart city development
• Rakvere (16 000 inh.): smart house issues,
demonstration house

4. Tartu Smart City Lab
Cluster and cooperation
environment for
smart mobile and web solutions
for cities

5. Tartu
Smart
City Lab
ICT
comp
anies Tartu
Univer
sity
Tartu
City
Tartu
Science
Park
Infrastructur
e companies
SMART PRODUCTS

6. Focus topics
• Intelligent transport and mobility
• Health care, agening and welfare
• Smart infrastructure and energy saving
• Participative and efficient governance services

7. ACTIVITIES

8. From bottlenecks to smart products
Going global with products
Tartu as the first customer?
Prototyping
Finding ideas (city- companies cooperation)
Describing bottlenecks

9. Pilots
• Opening city GIS data for the citizens
• Tools for inspections in the city
• Tourist mobile app
• NFC-supported public transportation data app
• Hands-free public transport ticketing
• Others

10. GIS data for the citizens

11. When the bus
arrives?
QR code and NFC
chip allows access
to instant
information in
every bus stop

12. m-Tartu

13. Jiffi hands-free ticketing system

14. HOW TO MAKE SMART CITY
INITIATIVES SUSTAINABLE?
White paper for Estonian Ministry of Economy and
Infrastructure October 2014

15. The problem
• Cities are not aware about the latest technology
development
• Business do not know how the city is functioning
• Cities do not know how to participate in technology
innovation and implementation processes
• Early procurement dialogue is missing
• Few cooperation between the cities on best practices
sharing

16. Key issues
RISKS
MANAGE-
MENT
SUPPORTING
BUSINESS AND
EXPORT
CAPACITY
BUILDING

17. 1. Developing capacities
• Development of the city organizations:
– Chief Innovation Officer?
– Business processes re-engineering and innovation
support unit
• Developing city officials skills and awareness
• Developing innovation readiness among the
users of the smart solutions

18. 2. How to cover activities and risks
in the sustainable way?
• EU funds – limited and not forever
• National government support - limited
• Cities want to get clear socio-economical benefits
from the smart solutions and activities
• Companies want to make profit at the end of the day

19. 2. Reducing and sharing risks
• Developing sectorial competences
nationally/regionally: practitioners, experts, R&D,
companies
• Developing tools and collecting data for modelling
• Supporting innovative procurement, including early
dialogue
• Developing standards and guidelines
• Supporting large scale demonstrations

20. 3. Supporting business and export
• Designing products, not solutions
• Business model and support for every product
• Promoting and supporting export activities
(networking, demonstrations, expos)