1. Innovation Ecosystems for Future Internet Research & Implemetation
Future Internet Research and Experimentation By Adopting Living Labs – towards Smart Cities
Smart Cities as
Innovation Ecosystems
for Future Internet Research & Implemetation
– Empowered by Smart Citizens!
Dave Carter, City of Manchester
WP3 Lead, Roadmap for Smart Cities

2. What can Smart Cities be about?
Usage of digital spaces and technologies to enhance the city and city life
Digital dimensions of cities – the new intelligence of cities
Future Internet as medium & catalyst for organizing collective intelligence of cities
Local Digital Agendas to promote future city innovation strategies
Smart people and smart technologies: making cities become smarter together

3. Key drivers from Smart Cities of Future Internet Open Innovation.
Socio-economic ambitions of large cities / city marketing
Need for connectedness (cities – rural areas – regions)
Next generation access deployment experiences, need for applications pull after the infrastructure
Technology push: need to create experimentation environments to stimulate innovation

4. Topics addressed 1(3)
Creation of synergies and cooperation among different research and innovation communities related to the Future Internet

5. Topics addressed 2(3)
Identification and access to common assets for Connected Smart Cities Innovation exploring Future Internet opportunities

6. Topics addressed 3(3)
Creation of a Connected Smart Cities Innovation Network of advanced Smart Cities in Europe – exploring challenges about how open innovation can support the uptake of Future Internet-enabled services in Smart Cities

7. Connected Smart Cities in Europe – FIREBALL examples
The Helsinki Open Future Internet innovation ecosystem
The Smart City vision of Manchester – Local Digital Agenda
Smart Energy of Amsterdam
A business eco-system of Smart Grids of Lisboa
Digital spaces and ICT to enhance the city life of Barcelona

8. FIREBALL network organisations
Core partners: Centre for Distance-spanning Technology, Aalto University Economics, European Society of Concurrent Enterprising Network, Manchester City Council, Amsterdam Innovation Motor, ESADE Business School, Alfamicro, Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, Lisboa E-Nova, City of Helsinki, INRIA, Dimes, IBBT, URENIO, University of Oulu, Media and Network cluster, Barcelona City Council
Supporting partners:
City of Brussels, City of Stockholm, City of Nice, City of Luleå, City of Oulu, Region of Sicily, City of Agueda, Project Panlab

9. Expected results from FIREBALL
A European-wide community of Future Internet Innovation constiuencies (FIRE, Living Labs and Smart Cities)
A common vision and shared agenda by these constiuencies
Showcases to represent innovative uses and future needs of Future Internet in Smart Cities
Identifying common concepts, methodologies, tools and processes enabling collaborative working for Future Internet Innovation
A sustainable Connected European Smart Cities Network
A roadmap and action plan for exploring Future Internet Innovation for Smart Cities

10. Meet up 2012 20100930 www.fireball4smartcities.eu
January: FIREBALL with European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) and EUROCITIES KSF in Brussels
March: FIREBALL at KSF Smart Cities WG in Berlin
May 9th/10th: FIREBALL with Smart Cities Portfolio Working Group and Future Internet PPP (FI-PP) at Future Internet Assembly in Aalborg, Denmark
May 22nd-23rd: FIREBALL at ”User-driven Open Innovation ecosystems: go really local – across borders” special event organised by EU projects APOLLON, FIREBALL and Open Cities with ENoLL and EUROCITIES in collaboration with EC DG INFSO in Mechelen (near Brussels), Belgium.
Meet up 2012

11. Thank You! Future Connected Smart Cities Network
Roadmap development – essential feedback needed
Collaboration between networks
Funding for future Smart Cities projects
CIP, FP7, Horizon 2020 …………
Policy initiatives and advocacy
Green Digital Charter, Digital Agenda etc.
Future Internet Research & Experimentation By Adopting Living Labs
Thank You!