City of things

City of things - overviewTanguy CoenenImec Application prototyping team

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We used to be called iMinds, but on october 1st iMinds merged with imec1Confidential LIMITED USE ONLY

As a world-leading R&D hub, we aspire the impossible and aim for radical innovation. We maximize societal impact by creating smart sustainable solutions that enhance life. At imec, we shape the future.

imecs VISION

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we use these skills in order to create groundbreaking innovation in application domains such as healthcare, mobility and smart cities, logistics and manufacturing and energy.Confidential LIMITED USE ONLY

City of things at a glance

Internet of ThingsSmart CityInteractive digital signage?

Internet of things

SensorsActuatorsRadio technologiesData services

Sensors: measure things, like temperature, air quality, crowds,Actuators: react to sensor data, like robot arms, traffic lights, doors,Radio technologies: connect senors and actuators to internet... Has to be low powerAdvances in recent years, like LoRa and SigFoxData servicesStoreAnalyzeMake availableBig data, machine learning,...6Confidential LIMITED USE ONLY

There is no internet of things

https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/20/there-is-no-iot/

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8Can we improve cities using internet of things technology ?

A central question that many people are working on all over the world.If we can sense more, then what can we do with this ?What do we want to sense and what not ? And what do we want to do with the resulting data ?

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Top-Down vs Bottom-up

How to make a City smart?

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Top-downBottom-upCentrally driven and controlledDriven by citizens and companies

Efficiency is keyDiversity and relevancy is keyCan be too highly reliant on governmental and commercial controlGovernmental and commercial control is optional

Privacy issues tend to surface Can pose challenges in terms of economic sustainability and regulation

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Smart City innovation platform

Balanced approach to Smart Cities: the Smart City as an innovation platformInvite actors to develop new products and services on an IoT infrastructure, within the city as a Living Lab11Confidential LIMITED USE ONLY

Smart city as an innovation platformBalanced approach to Smart Cities: the Smart City as an innovation platformInvite actors to develop new products and services on an IoT infrastructure, within the city as a Living LabQuadruple helix approach:CitizensCompaniesPolicy actorsResearch institutes

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City of Things Antwerp - Mission

IoT reference Living Lab and technology lab in Europe

for international and local stakeholders

to create, test and validate IoT services, applications and technologies

in a large scale, real life and real time smart city environment

City of Things Service offering

Co-create new IoT products and services with real prospective users

Quickly deploy on the existing IoT testbed in the city of Antwerp

Validate new IoT products and services in a real-world environment

Leverage imec IoT hardware and software expertise

Assess privacy risks of IoT products or services

Guide Smart City IoT Business model innovation

Application Layer(Living Labs)Data LayerNetwork LayerHardware LayerPrivacy, ethics, trust, security City of Things Conceptual structureUSERS INDUSTRY RESEARCH GOVERNMENT

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Living labs

IMPROVE DIGITAL INNOVATIONS BY ACTIVELY INVOLVING USERS & STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH CO-CREATION & REAL-LIFE INTERVENTION

ITERATIONS OF DESIGN CYCLES

OUTSIDE OF CONTROLLED LAB

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER

EMPOWERING USERS TO IMPACT THE INNOVATION PROCESSCity of things is a living lab but what is a living lab?

IDEACONCEPTPoCPROTOTYPEPRODUCTTRENDS & TECHNOLOGYBUSINESSEXPLORATIONEXPLORING OPPORTUNITIESEXPERIMENTATIONTESTING SCENARIOSLIVING LAB SERVICE OFFERING

CUSTOMER INSIGHT & COCREATED CONCEPTVALIDATED GO2M & ROADMAP

GROWTHPRODUCT REDESIGNNEW BUSINESSPROTOTYPES

REAL-TIMEEXPERIENCESAMPLINGREAL-TIME TRIGGER

PORGRAMMABLE RULE ENGINECONTEXT LOGGING

USER EXPERIENCESAMPLING & BEHAVIOUR CHANGEUSER EXPEREINCE& BEHAVIOUR DASHBOARD

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