The document discusses supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region through opening government data and building an innovation network. It outlines Dublin's strengths as a tech hub and plans to capitalize on this through collaborating across sectors. This includes developing a smart city vision, releasing over 300 datasets, and hosting events to connect entrepreneurs with problems to solve using open data. The open data portal has seen success but challenges remain around changing culture, security, and developing new business models around data. The vision is for Dublin to become a leader in using data and prototypes to develop urban solutions.

1. Pauline Riordan
Dublin City Council
Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Dublin Region open data portal and innovation network

2. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Dublin Region
Capitalise on growing reputation as a key tech hub
4 municipal authorities
1.27 million in Greater Dublin Area
Economic driver
European and international gateway

3. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Global city challenges
Collaborate regionally to find solutions
•Local Government
•Business
•Universities
•State

4. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Smart city partners
Currently developing Smart City vision & processes
•IBM Research
•Intel
•Siemens
•GlenDimplex
•Gowex
•Universities
•Agencies
•Local Authorities
Source: IBM Research
Open DataResearch EnterpriseDigitalTransport Energy Water

5. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Create level playing field
300+ datasets
Operational, Spatial,
Research, Sensor and
monitoring
16 organisations
18 research datasets
6 dynamic data sets
•Real time traffic, public
transport &parking
•Dynamic planning
information &Customer
interactions
Open Data can be freely used, reused and redistributed….
published in a machine readable format

6. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Platform to drive innovation
Public
Local Authorities
lead data release
Academic
NUIM sets standards
and manages
network
Commercial
IBM provides
technology platform
Research
Data
Licensed ,
commercial &
Large data
streams
Open
Data
Open
Data
Open
Data
16 Data Providers:
•Local Authorities
•Government Depts
•University
•Central Statistics Office
•Ordnance Survey
•Property Regulatory Authority
•National Transport Authority
•Fixyourstreet.ie
•Business Improvement District
Membership: entrepreneurs, researchers, developers, public bodies, data
providers, small medium enterprises and multinational organisations.

7. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Innovation network events
Connect people with ideas to people with problems
Dubmeets… Planning, Technical, Spatial, Visualisation, Open
Innovation, Public Sector data, Public Transport ,Linked Data, Tourism,
Social enterprise, Environment……
• 800 attendees
• Showcase for
developers
• Feedback loop
between data
users and data
providers

8. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Demand driven
+120 data requestsHigh interest
Transport, planning, environment, mapping
Unexpected
Fire brigade, school wardens, Fats, Oils & Grease, Electrical list

9. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Achievements
• Internationally recognised
innovation network
• 75,000 unique visits/year
• Reinforce Dublin as tech
sector location
• Legal agreements in place
• Low cost €73,212 in 2013
with one full time staff
Top 15 Cities : Dublin, London, Cork, Galway, Haifa, Athens, Limerick, Belfast,
Glasgow, San Jose, New Delhi, Toronto, Kronberg, New York, Singapore

10. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Challenges
•Culture change
•Licensing & authorisation for
outsourced services
•Security & data protection
•New business model
•Build profile and systemise regionally
WITH BIG DATA COMES
BIG RESPONSIBILITY
Co-ordinate our data and knowledge management

11. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Prototype city
Position Dublin as leader in developing urban solutions
Source: Plotspotz (NDRC Open data challenge)
Commercialisation
Data suppliers
Test bed / procurement
Formal structure for
engaging
Clear prototyping process

12. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
From static to dynamic data
Data carries health warning?
Source: Intel City Sensing and City Watch programmesSource: Dublinked ‘monitoring’ data

13. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Networked city
How do we respond to connected citizens in real time?
>1,000 traffic volumes, air &
noise pollution sensors
1,200 fixed sensors real time
environmental data
Citizen reporting fix your street
Smart meters and smart grid roll
out of water, energy,
e-car infrastructures
Free public wifi hotspots
Source: fixyourstreet.ie Fault Reporting

14. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Linking front end and back office
Legacy systems, working across silos, resource constraints
Source: IWB ‘Our Dublin’ project
George Brown College Toronto,
Source: Traffic Asset Management system to collect Roads & Traffic data

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Predictive transport systems
Data analytics to forecast emergent behaviour
Anomaly Detected: Delayed buses, congested roads
Detection to Diagnosis
IBM Research
Source: Dublin City Traffic Control Centre
Real time traffic data: Multi-modal models to predict bottlenecks

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Predictive weather modelling
Data analytics to forecast emergent behaviour
Source: IBM Research
Water & weather data: predict flooding events
Source: Dublin LIDAR l
Licensed to Ordance Survey

17. Platform for information sharing
Insight Project: traffic, bus, CCTV, weather & twitter data for emergency response
Real time traffic data to Dublinked via API (Opensky)
Journey Times across the city
Source: TRIPS visualisation Dublinked
Used research zone to test large datastreams
Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region

18. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
New digital services
38+ digital products and services
New apps:
• planning information
• journey planners
• parking apps
• events & facilities
Hittheroad.ie

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Access to subject expertise
Making our assets available to test new systems
Noise Maps & 3-D Model of Dublin City
Source: Traffic Noise & Air Quality Unit
Pluvial rainfall mapping
Source: Dublin City Council FloodResilienCity

20. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Exploit hidden potential
Cars as technology platforms for delivery of services
Collaborative consumption model of services
Information
Monitoring
Security
Work Offloading
Element Detection
Localization and tracking
of pedestrians
Collaborative Parking
Social Signal Filtering
Communities
& Behaviours
Parking data:
Potential of parking cars as sensors
or wifi replicators?

21. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Find the value
Become more proactive- what do we
want?
Focus on regional challenges
Run competitions for innovative solutions
Source: NDRC Open data challenge
Find challenges people care about and publish data
Source: Fingal Open Data

22. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Meet user needs
User friendly interface lets people find the story in the data
Surface search, query, mapping &
visualising functions
Source: SPUD Technology for exploring urban information

23. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Gov2Gov and beyond
Build big picture of region; public & private

24. Supporting data-driven innovation in the Dublin Region
Enabling infrastructure for smart city
Platform for information sharing and engagement