HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE MOBILE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE OUR CITIES MORE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE?

The smart city conceptRamon Palacio – UPC professor

KAIROS Mobile Summit Barcelona, October 2013

CITY SERVICES / URBAN SERVICES. THE NEEDS (1 OF 2)

Water supply & draining, 100% capillarity Energy distribution

Electricity, 100% capillarity Fuel distribution clusters

Food supply & waste collection Food distribution clusters Waste collection clusters

CITY SERVICES / URBAN SERVICES. THE NEEDS (2 OF 2)

Security (police & firemen & ambulances) Health clusters (hospitals, health centers …) Education clusters (schools, universities …) Mobility management (by feet, by bike, by car) Cultural clusters (theaters, cinemas, museums,

libraries, auditoria…) Social needs

SMART CITY. THE NAME.

Is it a new concept? Is it a new brand? Is it a fashion? Is it a “renaming” of an old concept?

SMART CITY ESSENTIALS

Attitudes Technology

SMART CITY. THE CONTENT

Efficiency in management Transparency in communication Proximity in democracy

SMART CITY. THE COMPONENTS OF THE CONTENT

Technology for the efficient management of the city (mobility, parking, lighting, waste, environment ...)

Attitudes & technology for the efficient & transparent management of services to citizens (e-health, e-government)

Attitudes for social & political participation, e-democracy

SMART CITY. THE ACTORS

Citizens (final users) Administrations (responsible) Urban service operators (executors, big contractors)

Solution providers (technology innovators)

SOLUTION PROVIDERS. TECHNOLOGY

Integrators Apps makers Device makers

THE 3 LAYER TECHNOLOGY MODEL

Applications and services (infinite) Smart Gateway & Cross-functional Platform (city

operating system) Asset management Big data processing Interface to apps

 Information gathering subsystem MAN Metropolitan Area Network (Wi-Fi, 3G, LTE ....) WLAN, Wireless Local Area Network (zig bee protocols) Sensors & other information gathering

VERTICAL SOLUTIONS

Parking facilities management Mobility management Solid waste management Water management (in & out) Lighting management Environment management

SERVICE REQUIREMENT TRENDS

Ubiquity & Mobility Flexibility & Adaptability Security & Confidence Simplicity & Friendliness “Pro-sumers” (model 2.0) Green

GARTNER TOP 10 STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY TRENDS FOR 2014

1.- Mobile Device Diversity and Management 2.- Mobile Apps and Applications 3.- The Internet of Everything 4.- Hybrid Cloud and IT as Service Broker 5.- Cloud/Client Architecture 6.- The Era of Personal Cloud 7.- Software Defined Anything 8.- Web-Scale IT 9.- Smart Machines 10.- 3-D Printing

THANK YOU & …. GOOD JOB!

The smart city concept Ramon Palacio – UPC professor