1. Scenarios for a Digital Thermi 2 nd Futures Workshop Liège, 11 th October 2006 Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

2. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 2 What is a Digital City A connected city that combines broadband communications infrastructure; flexible, service-oriented computing infrastructure; and innovative services to meet the needs of governments and their employees, citizens and businesses.

3. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 3 An Example

4. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 4 Benefits for the city  Government agencies will improve the efficiency of services while decreasing costs  Democracy will be enhanced  Citizens will be more satisfied with government services as well as with their community life  Businesses can be more competitive and profitable  Working models can be more flexible  The “image” of the Municipality and Region will be improved

5. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 5 Layers of a Digital City

6. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 6 1. Communication infrastructure  Wire or Wireless network  Fibber optics, DSL, ISDN, etc  WiFi, WiMAX, 3G MAN  Private or public network

7. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 7 2. Computing Infrastructure  Security system (data, users)  Spatial data (GIS/LBS)  SOA, SOE, SOI, etc.  eForms  RFID, sensors, smart objects

8. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 8 3. Application Layer  e-Government, e-Procurement  e-Commerce, e-business  e-Health (telemedicine)  e-Learning (distance learning)  Traffic management, e-ticketing, etc.  Public safety, video surveillance  Land management  Asset management  Promotion & culture (e-tourism)

9. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 9 Applications – A variety of new options

10. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 10 Municipality of Thermi  15 km far from the centre of Thessaloniki  Covers an area of 100.200 acres  16.546 inhabitants (2001 census), +76, 2% from previous census (1991)  National Centre of Agricultural Development, Faculties of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Technological Park of Thessaloniki, Centre for the Diffusion of Technology and Science, “Macedonia” Airport, a lot of private schools, etc.

11. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 11 Scenario Building From the above mentioned options hundreds of possible scenarios can be developed  Different communication choices  Different computing choices  Different application choices

12. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 12 One Possible Scenario

13. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 13 Timescale 5 Years

14. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 14 Selection of indicators  Municipality’s needs and future directions  Technical feasibility  Commercial viability  Existing circumstances (infrastructures, human resources, etc)  Total cost and financing opportunities  Medium and long term effects  …

15. October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 15 Implementation Steps FUTURREG Toolkit – Scenario Building

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