Smart Cities & the Future Internet organised by Fireball, Eurocities and ENoLL on January 25th, 2012.

1. Introducing EPIC:
European Platform for Intelligent cities
Wim Vanobberghen
Smart cities and the Future Internet, 25th Jan 2012, Brussels

2. EPIC:
an
EU
pla,orm
for
Intelligent
Ci5es
• Industrial
strength,
pan-­‐European
“open
smart
city
pla,orm”
to
s6mulate
the
crea6on
&
uptake
of
“smart
city”
services
• Embed
a
business-­‐focused
Roadmap
to:
–
Accelerate
the
uptake
of
innova6ve
services
–
Improve
the
capacity
for
SMEs
to
drive
innova6on
–
Ensure
marketability
and
sustainability
• Use
established
Living
Lab/Smart
City
players
to
reinforce
the
role
of
the
user/ci5zen/business
• ‘Future
proof’
by
focusing
on
innova5ve
internet
applica6ons
&
services
related
to
the
IoT:
3D
Geo-­‐localisa6on,
mobile
Sensors,
wifi
and
RFID
• Develop
a
truly
interoperable
“eGovernment”
case
concerning
a
family
moving
from
a
city
in
one
member
state
to
an
other
• Ul6mately
test
in
a
“virgin”
city
(Tirgu
Mures
Romania)

3. EPIC
Objec5ves
• Use
the
Cloud
as
the
basis
for
a
European-­‐based
web-­‐service
delivery
plaSorm
• Pilot
‘Smart
City’
use
of
the
plaSorm
across
Europe
• Develop
a
Roadmap
for
pan-­‐European
implementa6on

4. Service
Applica5ons
Romania and others to test and adapt pre-tested platform applications
Wifi and RFID
3D –
Geolocalisation
for Mobile Devices
Mobile Sensors
IOT Technology
Business
Services
Relocation
Services
Wifi and RFID
Brussels
UK
France
Environmental
Services
Promote/Market businesses to citizens
Accelerates the
rapid take up of
smart
applications by
providing a Pan-
European
innovation
ecosystem
Enable networking between SME’s
Benefit of Platform
Inform citizens of city environmental conditions
Improve services through Evaluation of responses
Make it easier to relocate to Brussels
Bolster the cities housing market
Service Area Service Objective

5. EPIC
outcomes
Outcome
1:
Infrastructure
• A
tested
prototype
for
a
pan-­‐European
web
service
delivery
plaSorm
with
IoT
(Internet
of
Things)
extensions
Outcome
2:
Web
services
• A
range
of
eGovernment
web-­‐based
services
extending
to
the
private
sector
and
to
ci6zens
Outcome
3:
Implementa5on
Strategy
• A
deployment
Roadmap
that
shows
how
a
‘Smart
City’
can
transi6on
to
and
benefit
from
web-­‐based
services
and
Cloud
Compu6ng

6. Consor5um
Partners
• UK:
Birmingham
City
University,
21c
Consultancy,
Manchester
City
Council
• Germany:
IBM,
Fraunhofer
Ins6tute
FKIE
• Belgium:
Deloi[e
Consul6ng,
IS-­‐prac6ce,
IBBT
iLab.o,
Immoweb,
ENoLL
ivzw
• France:
Issy
Media,
Navidis
• Greece:
ATC,
Na6onal
Technical
University
of
Athens
• Romania:
Tirgu
Mures

7. Consor5um
Roles

8. EPIC
stakeholders
EPIC
combines
all
stakeholders
in
the
innova6on
chain:
• Smart
ci5es:
Brussels,
Issy,
Manchester,
Tirgu
Mures
• Industrial
players:
IBM,
Deloi[e
• Living
Labs
network:
ENoLL
• Living
Labs:
IBBT
iLab.o,
Issy
Media,
Manchester
• Technology
researchers:
Fraunhofer
Ins6tute,
IBM
cloud
core
enterprise
services,
the
Na6onal
Technical
University
of
Athens
• IOT
specialists:
BCU
(Birmingham
City
University)
• SMEs:
ATC,
Navidis,
Immoweb,
IS-­‐prac6ce
and
21c

9. contact
– For
further
informa6on:
Pieter.Ballon@vub.ac.be
Shenja.vanderGraaf@ibbt.be
Wim.Vanobberghen@vub.ac.be