Introductory Keynote by Jarmo Eskelinen, President of the European Network of Living Labs. Jarmo asked the question on what drives a City and what we need to do to make Cities Smart: involving citizens, users as innovators of their own environment.
23. Open the data Use the data
Open Data clearing house to
find, harmonize, open, publish and utilize the data in
collaboration with developers. Innovation, efficiency and
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25. CitySDK Pilots
Smart Participation – Lead Pilot in Helsinki
• “Fix-my-street”
Smart Mobility – Lead Pilot in Amsterdam
• Personal Travel Assistant
Smart Tourism – Lead Pilot in Lisbon
• Personal Tour Guide
+ 15 Replication Pilots in 8 cities
----- Meeting Notes (31.1.2012 10:48) -----What is the city? Is the city physical?
----- Meeting Notes (31.1.2012 10:48) -----Is the city buildings and urban infrastructure?
----- Meeting Notes (31.1.2012 10:48) -----Or is it traffic, movement and logistics? Trains, cars, planes and ships, delivering people and goods?
----- Meeting Notes (31.1.2012 10:48) ------ The city is both structures and logistics. But it is even more about change. - The only certain thing is that city is never finished and never ready.
----- Meeting Notes (31.1.2012 10:48) ------ and most of all, a city is about people.- the city is not a factory or a machine.- everything else exists, or should exist, to benefit the people.