This presentation was to explain to startups what is FIWARE at overall level for them to apply to Impact Growth in the context of the FIWARE Accelerate Initiative

1. FIWARE for Startups
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Stefano De Panfilis
FIWARE COO
stefano.depanfilis@fiware.org

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… what makes an application be “smart”?
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Does this guy look really smart?
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Implementing Smart Solutions requires gathering and
managing context information at large scale
# Smart Cities
Bus
• Location
• No. passengers
• Driver
• Licence plate
Citizen
• Birthday
• Preferences
• Location
• ToDo list
Shop
• Location
• Business name
• Franchise
• offerings
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What if ... there were
a standard API
for accessing
context information?
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Users will enjoy portable solutions
City of Santander
City of Porto
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Entrepreneurs will benefit the opportunities of a larger market
“We can invest on
development of
solutions we don’t
have to adapt for
each and every
customer”
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“We can invest on
development of
solutions we don’t
have to adapt for
each and every
customer”
Shared context information would boost innovative
services and the development of multi-side markets
The Data Economy
Context Information
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What is FIWARE?
The Open Source Platform for
our smart digital future
Materialized into:
• A scalable open source platform to access and manage heterogeneous context
information through open APIs
• A standard for exchange context information: NGSI (Next Generation Service Interface,
under elaboration at ETSI)
• A set of Generic Enablers to implement and run Smart Services
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Context Information Management: What and How
City of Santander
City of Porto City of Ancona
• OffStreetParking
• ParkingAccess
• OnStreetParking
• ParkingGroup
• ParkingSpot
Context
Information
A Sensor in
the ground
Another
System A Camera …
NGSI
Standard API
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13. Open data publication
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Once context information is gathered, a lot of useful
complementary FIWARE Generic Enablers can be used
Advanced Web-based UI
(AR, 3D)
Data/Apps visualization
Big Data Analysis
Complex Event
Processing Multimedia processing
IoT-enabled
Context Information
Management
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But FIWARE is not just
creating technology ….
… but a sustainable
open innovation
ecosystem
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The FIWARE ecosystem
 The Open Source Platform for our smart digital
future
 Pillars:
a generic, open standard platform which serve the
needs of developers in multiple domains
a meeting point where innovation happens and data
providers plus entrepreneurs can be engaged
a program that funds developers and entrepreneurs,
and ignites roll-out of the ecosystem
to reach a global footprint, opening to regions that
share the same vision and ambition
to provide local support to the community
eHealth
tourism
Transport,
Mobility
and
Logistics
e-government
Smart
Energy
Grid
…
Driven by
implementation Sustainable
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FIWARE is Ready to market and supports to be Ready in the market
 1000+ startups and SMEs
using FIWARE in Europe
 Good geographical
coverage
 60% < 5 years experience
(14% no experience at all!)
 60% by small team (< 5
people)
 63% bring a solution not
available in the market
 45% close to market delivery
 For 30% this is their “first
job”
 Free access to technologies
for developing smart
solutions
 Free technical seminars
 Free technical coaching
 Free certification of
FIWARE-based solutions
 Free entrance in the
FIWARE Marketplace
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FIWARE Worldwide as per now (besides Europe) …
USA GCTC, PSU
+ a few other cities
and organisations
Canada Edmonton,
Censon (PEI), Uni.
Toronto, DRDC, OPAF
Brazil
On-going smart cities
focused initiatives
China City of
Hengqin, Orange
Labs China
India Smart Cities Lab
India, Orange Labs
India, StartUp Europe
initiative, national smart
city initiative
Vietnam
Netnam SME
Senegal Cities,
Sonatel and
Waziup project
Tunisia Orange
Labs and Orange
Developer initiativeMexico
Two on-going
FIWARE focused
EU-Mex projects
Chile new ITU
standards for
Smart Cities
Colombia new
ITU standards for
Smart Cities
Egypt First
FIWARE Summer
School
Japan: Creation of
a FIWARE
Foundation branch
Activities in progress
Acivities in negotiation
Maroc MoU with
Maroc Numeric
Cluster
Uruguay new
Smart Mobility
system for
Montevideo
New Zeland
Wellington
SmartCity (NEC)
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18. FIWARE Tech Summit – Developers and Entrepreneurs
 FIWARE Summit event:
• Learn the Technology
• Meet the Community
• Build the Future
 Two tracks
• Developers’ Track
• Entrepreneurs’ Track
 28-29 November 2017
Málaga
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19. Thank you!
http://fiware.org
Follow @FIWARE on Twitter
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