The document discusses the FIREBALL project which aims to create a connected smart cities network in Europe through collaboration between different research communities related to future internet and smart cities. It seeks to identify common assets, create innovation showcases, and develop a roadmap to support future internet-enabled services in smart cities. The network includes cities like Helsinki, Manchester, Amsterdam, and Barcelona that are working to enhance city life through digital technologies and collective intelligence. The project expects to establish a shared vision and sustainable smart cities network through various stakeholder engagements and funding opportunities.

1. Future Internet Research and Experimentation By Adopting
Living Labs – towards Smart Cities
Smart Cities as
Innovation Ecosystems
for Future Internet
Research & Implemetation
– Empowered by Smart Citizens!
Dave Carter, City of Manchester
WP3 Lead, Roadmap for Smart Cities
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2. What can Smart Cities be about?
• Usage of digital spaces and technologies to enhance the city and city
life
• Digital dimensions of cities – the new intelligence of cities
• Future Internet as medium & catalyst for organizing collective
intelligence of cities
• Local Digital Agendas to promote future city innovation strategies
• Smart people and smart technologies: making cities become smarter
together
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3. Key drivers from Smart Cities of
Future Internet Open Innovation.
• Socio-economic ambitions of large cities / city marketing
• Need for connectedness (cities – rural areas – regions)
• Next generation access deployment experiences, need for
applications pull after the infrastructure
• Technology push: need to create experimentation environments
to stimulate innovation
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4. Topics addressed 1(3)
Creation of synergies and
cooperation among different
research and innovation
communities related to the
Future Internet
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5. Topics addressed 2(3)
Identification and access to
common assets for Connected
Smart Cities Innovation
exploring Future Internet
opportunities
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6. Topics addressed 3(3)
Creation of a Connected Smart
Cities Innovation Network of
advanced Smart Cities in
Europe – exploring challenges
about how open innovation
can support the uptake of
Future Internet-enabled
services in Smart Cities
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7. Connected Smart Cities in Europe
– FIREBALL examples
The Helsinki Open Future Internet
innovation ecosystem
The Smart City vision of Manchester –
Local Digital Agenda
Smart Energy of Amsterdam
A business eco-system of Smart
Grids of Lisboa
Digital spaces and ICT to enhance
the city life of Barcelona
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8. FIREBALL network organisations
Core partners:
Centre for Distance-spanning Technology, Aalto University Economics, European
Society of Concurrent Enterprising Network, Manchester City Council,
Amsterdam Innovation Motor, ESADE Business School, Alfamicro, Intelligent
Sensing Anywhere, Lisboa E-Nova, City of Helsinki, INRIA, Dimes, IBBT, URENIO,
University of Oulu, Media and Network cluster, Barcelona City Council
Supporting partners:
City of Brussels, City of Stockholm, City of Nice, City of Luleå, City of Oulu,
Region of Sicily, City of Agueda, Project Panlab
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9. Expected results from FIREBALL
• A European-wide community of Future Internet Innovation
constiuencies (FIRE, Living Labs and Smart Cities)
• A common vision and shared agenda by these constiuencies
• Showcases to represent innovative uses and future needs of Future
Internet in Smart Cities
• Identifying common concepts, methodologies, tools and processes
enabling collaborative working for Future Internet Innovation
• A sustainable Connected European Smart Cities Network
• A roadmap and action plan for exploring Future Internet Innovation
for Smart Cities
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10. January: FIREBALL with European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
and EUROCITIES KSF in Brussels
March: FIREBALL at KSF Smart Cities WG in Berlin
May 9th/10th: FIREBALL with Smart Cities Portfolio Working
Group and Future Internet PPP (FI-PP) at Future Internet
Assembly in Aalborg, Denmark
May 22nd-23rd: FIREBALL at ”User-driven Open Innovation
ecosystems: go really local – across borders” special event
organised by EU projects APOLLON, FIREBALL and Open Cities
with ENoLL and EUROCITIES in collaboration with EC DG INFSO in
Mechelen (near Brussels), Belgium.
Meet up 2012
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11. Future Connected Smart Cities Network
Future Internet Research &
Experimentation By Adopting
• Roadmap development – essential feedback needed
Living Labs • Collaboration between networks
• Funding for future Smart Cities projects
• CIP, FP7, Horizon 2020 …………
• Policy initiatives and advocacy
• Green Digital Charter, Digital Agenda etc.
Thank You!
d.carter@manchesterdda.com