2. Amsterdam Smart City

4. Amsterdam Innovation Project Factory
Amsterdam Smart City
Chief Technology Office
Pakhuis de Zwijger
New business models
Amsterdam Economic Board
Waag Society
Smart mobility
Smart society
Big & open data
Smart economy
Smart areas
Local policy frameworks/ambitions/regulations/instruments
Project funds (EU, national)
National/European policy context

5. Local ambitions & policy frameworks
CO2 ambition 2025: -50% CO2 emissions (Base 1990; Port excluded…!)
2020: 20% energy saving, 20% renewables
Climate-neutral local government
Climate adaptation plan
Financial instruments: Funds
Environmental zone (getting stricter)

6. Platform 1: Amsterdam Smart City
First port of call for innovative project ideas
Legitimation
Marketing/storytelling
Network broker
Independent process manager (centrumeiland)
Access to people, knowledge, markets
Project generator, “tinkerer”
Disseminator of lessons, toolkits, do’s/don’ts????
Event organiser

7. Strategic Partners The City of Amsterdam The Economic Board
HvA Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Amsterdam ArenA (Stadium)
Alliander (energy grid company)
KPN (Telecom/ICT)
Arcadis (Natural and built asset design and consultancy firm)
PostNL (Logistics letters & parcels)
Public
Private

8. The projects

9. Platform 2: Amsterdam Economic board
Defines regional economic strategy
“stimulates innovation and collaboration in triple helix. Goal is to promote sustainable economic growth in the region”
23 members, from 3 helix, chaied by Amsterdam Mayor
Clusters approach (Creative Industries, ICT, Life Sciences & Health, Financial & Business Services, Logistics, Horticulture & Agri Food, Tourism & Conferences, High tech materials
Cluster “tables” led by private actors and supported by Board
Now shift towards societal challenges

10. Platform 3: Pakhuis de Zwijger
“Organises events about the urgent and complex urban challenges of today”
Community, meeting place, event organiser, network broker, etc.

11. Platform 4 CTO “Chief Technology Office”
Startup in residence initiative:
Promoting new innovation management methods: lean, scrum, innovative procurement etc.

12. Role of the city government:
Provide stable infrastructure for energy, collectivity and (big) data
Stimulate and facilitate innovation
Reduce the knowledge gap by connecting to knowledge institutes
Create alliances, f.e. on big data

13. Amsterdam Innovation Project Factory
Amsterdam Smart City
Chief Technology Office
Pakhuis de Zwijger
New business models
Amsterdam Economic Board
Waag Society
Smart mobility
Smart society
Big & open data
Smart economy
Smart areas
Local policy frameworks/ambitions
Project funds (EU, national)
National/European policy context

14. How does the project machine work
Who took the initiative and why
What are the goals
What is the innovative aspect
How was the partnership assembled
What is the revenue model
What are succesfactors and critical moments
What is the scope for upscaling, replication and/or mainstreaming

15. Cases Smart Light (City borough, KPN, Philips, Alliander, Cisco)
Energy Atlas (City, utilities)
Climate-street (City, waste company, shopkeepers, tech firms)
Buurzaam Geuzenveld (Grid company, housing corporations, city)
ReloadIT (City of Zaandam, software firm)
RingRing
CargoHub

16. Lessons on project level
Project scope and focus must be clearly defined
Define the wins, risks and commitments for all project partners
Set clear rules in partnership on division of work, communication, funding etc.
Committed leadership is key to keep things going
There must be a business case beyond the pilot phase
Ensure end user engagement from beginning
Mobilise local knowledge, experience and commitment in early stage

17. On upscaling

18. Company perspective City as a big and growing market - earning
City as test bed for new technologies - learning
City government as client – CSR, innovative procurement, turnkey
Platforms offer faster access to people, markets, information, knowledge, partners
Companies must learn how to engage with non-business partners (citizens, communities)

19. Tensions Information asymmetry Trust and mistrust, hidden agendas
Vested interests/sunk investments vs new technologies
Risk of lock-in
From pilot to upscaling….
The big “usual suspects” vs new kids on the block

20. Lessons/observation on system level
Who runs the urban project factory?
Vision / sense of direction
Methodic approach/project selection
Learning between projects
Systematic learning from mistakes
Engagement of startups
Training of “alliance competences”
Exchange with other cities to learn and widen market for startups

21. Smart City Entrepreneurial Lab
Contribute to a smart city where:
urban stakeholders learn to innovate together
co-creating solutions
enhance urban quality of life
generate new business opportunities
Two faculties of our university:
the school of Economics and Management
the school of Technology

22. Focus of the lab
1. The urban innovation ecosystem. How do cities manage urban innovation? 2. Smart city projects. How to set up and manage projects? 3. Entrepreneurship. How can startups actively contribute to urban solutions?

23. Current research
A closer look into Amsterdam Smart City Projects: Lessons learned
Getting smart city solutions off the ground is not just about developing and applying technology.