Presentation for kick-off of EU funded Project NiCE in Vienna

1. Danube University Krems.
The University for Continuing Education.
Smart Cities &
Smart ICT

2. www.donau-uni.ac.at
Who we are
• Center for E-Governance, Danube University Krems
• Research on the Intersection of
– Government Processes and Procedures
– Government Stakeholders: Citizens, Business
– ICT
• Advanced training towards MSc & MBA in Management & IT
Department for E-Governance
Danube University Krems. The University for Continuing Education.
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Our Projects
• City of Vienna
– Study on the implementation of the Open Government strategy
– Support on Open Data projects
– ICT usage towards a smarter City
• Austrian Chancellery
– Project Group eDemocracy and Workplace of the Future
– Open Data Applications for Austria
– Development of Open Government Data Standards
• Ministry of Finance
– Re-occuring jour fixe with IT-department
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4. 1. FACTS

5. Cities
give home to +50% of
Mankind
As of ~ 2009, more than 50% of world’s
population is living in cities
Until 2050, this will rise to 75%
For western civilizations this is today
already at 75%
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/global_cities_of_the_future_an_interactive_map

6. Cities
Cities
are a melting pot of
Growth & Innovation

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FACTS
In 2020, 600 cities will account for
65% of BNP
http://www.unhabitat.org/cdrom/docs/wuf1.pdf
80% of BNP is generated in cities
(in developed countries) http://knowledge.insead.edu/economics-politics/cities-of-the-future-2484
USA: 90% of BNP, 86% of Jobs are
produced on 3% of land
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/11/20/cities-solve-problems
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8. Cities
require us to redefine
Imagination & Reality

9. Babylon

10. Atlantis

11. Metropolis

14. 2. Claims

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CLAIMS
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Urban areas contribute disproportionally to national
productivity. However, the structural productivity of
cities will at least in part rest upon an efficient
supply of serviced land and reliable infrastructure,
including transport, power, water and sanitation as
well as information & communication technologies.
UN Habitat Report State of the World's Cities 2012/2013, p. xiv
http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails.aspx?publicationID=3387
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CLAIMS
1. Smart Cities are characterized by informed decisions
based on facts by government representatives and
private parties (Citizens, Economy, NGOs)
2. Information Technology enabling the free-flow of Data
& Information will contribute to the smartness of a City
3. Traditional understanding of city-planning will have to
evolve to meet the challenges of an interconnected
world
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17. The traditional
planning approach
Wait – Plan – Build – Hope

18. Image courtesy http://lifeinperpetualbeta.melissapierce.com/life-in-perpetual-beta.jpg
The new approach
Ask – Integrate – Co-create – Innovate

19. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/quadruple-helix-dna_n_2527882.html
The quadruple Helix
Local Government

20. http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/about-open-innovation

21. “Data is the Oil of the 21st Century”
Neelie Kroes, EU Commissioner responsible for the Digital Agenda
(without pollution side effects)

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Open Data Portal
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Open Data Portal
Berlin
Vienna
290
Data sets
196
Data sets
110
Applications
16
Apps
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24. 3.
Smart City
Smart ICT

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Smartness – Viewport & Dimensions
Inside
Outside
Who?
What for?
What is?
Stakeholder viewport:
Smart Citizens vs.
Smart Administration
Dimensions
Social together: Citizen, Business drivers
government bodies
Functions: Transport, sewage system,
environment protection
Facilities: Re-creational, entertainment,
Education, jurisdiction
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Smartness and the Role of ICT
Splatters from the Internet – What constitutes a smart
city?
• … efficiency based on the intelligent management and
integrated ICT
• … ability to solve problems and use of ICTs to improve
this capacity
• … main focus is still on the role of ICT infrastructure
• … investments into ICT
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27. ICT is the mortar which ties building blocks together
Smart Mobility
Smart Economy
Smart Governance
Smart People
Smart Living
Smart Environment

28. Steering
Smart Governance
Smart
Mobility
Smart
Economy
Smart
People
Smart City
Strategy
Supportive
Measures
Smart Living
Smart
Environment
Organisation & Processes
Enabler
Policies
Values

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Influencers to ICT-Smartness Factor Identification
• Good Governance: ICT usage to leverage many eyes
and many opinions
• Sensor networks: Smart power grids, user sensors
• Situation-aware devices: GPS sensors and ambient
technologies
• User generated design: 3-D printers
• Real time data, open data, business intelligence
• Intelligent transport and routing
• Visualisations, Simulations and scenario planning
• Usability and applicability
• E-Learning and distant education
• Seed funding and venture capital
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30. Pervasive data all around

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User sensors?
Sensing Sydney – Datensätze von BürgerInnen
http://sensingsydney.com/explore/#/feed/
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ICT-Factors contributing to the Smart City Strategy
Guiding principles
1. Value is defined by the city stakeholders;
2. Technology and stakeholder groups are an entity;
technological solutions influence the stakeholders;
3. Isolated technical solutions are meaningless;
4. Interoperability is always beneficial;
5. Increased verified information leads to better decisions;
6. Intensity of ICT usage is inappropriate to predict the
contribution towards the Smart City goals
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Next steps
• Desk research on Factors
• Factor clustering
– Possible Dimensions: Involving human interaction, Governance,
ICT, Education, Innovation & Creativity
• Test ICT Smartness assessment model on projects
• Model refinement
• Visualisation and comparison of project ICT-smartness
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To consider
• Qualitative or quantitative model?
– What does a smartness value of „25“ express?
– Is a project of smartness value 10 only half as smart compared
to a project of smartness value 20?
– Who can reliably and mostly unbiased assess projects according
to their smartness?
• Use results for benchmarking?
• Integrate into planning process
– Make smartness contribution compulsory
for every new ICT project?
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35. 4.
Cities
take us

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Challenges no longer met by nations?
G7 / G8 / G20  C-40
Rural structures dominate cities Federal government paralysed by shut down.
„New York garbage has to be removed nonetheless.“
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Terms & Associations
City
Nation
Function
Identity
Work, innovation & creativity
Cultural origins
What you do and how you do it – aims and
interests
Who you are and where you come from
Advertisement
Flags
Motion - driven by aspiration
Static - defined by history
Collaboration
Power
Mayors discuss garbage and snow removal
Prime ministers / chancellors proclaim
distinctive identities
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An idea not that revolutionary
• Democracy was born in the Polis, the city-states of
ancient Greece
• Literature on that topic
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Open Data, Transparency and Open Innovation
E-Democracy and E-Participation
E-Voting
Bottom-Up Movements
Social and Mobile Media for Public Administration
Open Collaborative Government
Democracy, Globalization and Migration
Connected Smart City
Technology and Architecture
Self-governance in Complex Networks
Rethinking Information Visualization for the People
Freedom and Ethics in Digital Societies
Design and Co-creation for E-democracy
• PhD Colloquium
Important Deadlines
Deadline for the submission of papers,
workshop proposals, reflections:
6. January 2014
Notification of acceptance
7. February 2014
Camera-ready paper submission
28 February 2014
Conference
21. - 23. May 2014

40. Umwelt
Wirtschaft
Soziale
Inklusion
IKT
Information
Kommunikation
Technologie
Bildung
Forschung,
Technologie,
Innovation
Dr. Johann Höchtl
johann.hoechtl@donau-uni.ac.at
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