Scenarios for a Digital Thermi 2 nd Futures Workshop Liège, 11 th October 2006 Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece
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.
October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 3 An Example
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
October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 5 Layers of a Digital City
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
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
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)
October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 9 Applications – A variety of new options
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 acres 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.
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
October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 12 One Possible Scenario
October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 13 Timescale 5 Years
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 …
October 2006Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece 15 Implementation Steps FUTURREG Toolkit – Scenario Building
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