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Jedrzej Czarnota, Trilateral Research
Exploitation of the Virtual Hub technology.Contests.
This project is partially funded under the ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme by the European Community
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First focus: exploitation. VHs of particular interest. Thinking long-term. Coordination and revenue
streams. Second focus: contests. Contests are our way of
engaging users.
Introduction
Part ISummary of the business model.
VHs the core of the business model.
Open data and its use by E-OD.
Associated licensing issues and challenges.
Sustainability – the ability to generate enough revenue.
EC directives and covering of marginal cost of distribution.
BM in a nutshell
INSPIRE
Environmental information
DirectivePSI Directive
Legal space occupied by the VHs.
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VH market
Virtual Hubs (VHs)
GI data users (side A of the market)
Private organizations
(SMEs, citizens)
Public organizations (research
institutions, governments)
GI data providers (side B of the
market)
Public organizations (national cadasters,
universities, data repositories)
Private organizations (companies, geoportals)
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Use of GI data via VHs Non-profit (open license) Profit (proprietary license)
AccessFree (access any and all the data for verification purposes), ideally under open license.
Free (access the data to see if it’s there, and what kind of data is available).
Reuse Free (i.e., for educational purposes).
Small fee to cover marginal cost of distribution.
SharingFree (this is done by VH organizations for instance) and all stakeholders can share the data.
Not applicable – GI data brokered by VHs can’t be shared under proprietary license (VHs don’t own the data and in practice won’t be able to access proprietary data).
Main uses of GI via VHs
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Marginal cost of distribution of GI data by
VH.
Fixed costs (staff,
servers, utilities, updates,
software) and network costs.
Fee payable by GI data user upon reuse with proprietary
license.
Revenue stream
Virtual Hub organization
GI data user
The payment equals marginal cost of distribution (fixed costs of server use,
staff, software maintenance, customer
relationship).
Payment due only when data reused under
proprietary license.
Virtual Hub organization
GI data provider
The payment equals marginal cost of distribution
(overhead costs of server use, staff salaries, software
maintenance and updating).
Payment due when reusing newly enriched or linked data through VH, even if that data was originally provided by the same GI
data provider.
VH use fees
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GI data providers' revenues.
Charging GI data users for the reuse
of their data via VHs - as low a fee as
possible.
Linked, contextualized GI
data - but if reused by providers, they
must pay the fee to VH (even if data originally theirs).
Offering data services to GI data users. Important in private providers.
Funding from public sources (and
pressure to offer the data for free/small
fee to all).
Other revenues: unrelated to VHs,
exposure, partnerships.
GI data providers: revenues
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Overview of value flows
Part IICoordination of VHs in the future – Discussion.
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Ensuring the consistency of VH service once the E-OD disbands.
VHs need to be updated with the same software, so that the work is not duplicated.
Existing informal and working links among partners (knowledge transfers).
Formalization of those links – 3 years down the line? Organization of workshops, email lists…
Coordination of VHs
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Coordination of changes and major decisions – who makes them?
Negotiations on behalf of the VHs with data providers.
Resolving legal challenges and problems.
Not letting a VH to ‘lag behind’ (technologically or in the amount of data brokered).
High-level functions
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What kind of mechanism can we use for
coordination? Are there any existing
projects/examples?
Will all partners be involved, or just the VH
partners?
How do we obtain funds for coordination? Who
pays for it?
What kind of organizational structure shall we adopt? To what extent do we formalize
it?
Are we going to promote the appearance of new
VHs, in other EU countries or on the local
level? What kind of support will we offer?
Questions for discussion
Part IIIContests and user community building
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Opening in December 2016. Contest aimed at SMEs (startups in particular), students,
researchers/professionals… TRI will request volunteers from within the consortium to act
as judges and to provide constructive feedback and some guidance to the winning contestants.
ENERGIC-OD contest
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Collaborating with an external partner with expertise in running publicity campaigns.
6,500 GBP (currency conversion and after VAT) for the purpose.
Subcontract to a specialist company. Specializing in creating publicity materials and focused
message. Will help us with creating the web presence for the contest,
get a clear message across.
Contest sub-contract
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Attracting as many contest entrants as possible – ALL PARTNERS.
Contest will remain open for three months, until early 2017. Winners will be announced via the Internet (website, social
media…) and newsletter. Awards will be paid out.
Contest outcomes
Part IVContests – actions to be taken.
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Coordination among
contests.
Request for reviewers.
Spread the word.
Engage universities
and students.
Include the E-OD forum.
Key actions
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ODINE: Open Data Incubator Europe. 6-month incubator for open data entrepreneurs across
Europe (up to 100k EUR). Supporting the next generation of digital businesses and
fast-tracking the development of their products. Access to the network of this project – SMEs/start-ups. Raising awareness of E-OD + contest participation.
Collaboration with ODINE
www.energic-od.eu
Thank you for your attention!