Digital City

Beginning of this month I’ve visited the Town Hall of Sorocaba in Brazil. The secretaries of urban planning Mrs. Zacareli and Mr. Fioravante informed me about their current projects and ambitions around Smart City. They also shared their vision to make the municipality more sustainable and pleasant for its inhabitants. Sorocaba is looking for international collaborations.

The city of Sorocaba in the São Paulo state has 700.000 inhabitants, the metropolitan area of Sorocaba consists of 27 municipalities with a total of more than 2 million inhabitants. The industrial park boasts more than 25 million square meters and over 1,600 industries.

The city is foreseeing a growth of the municipality’s service package due to the growing metropolitan area of Sorocaba and the influx of inhabitants coming from São Paulo. Sorocaba embraces a smarter and more sustainable approach to cope with the future urban challenges.

With the recently started IPLASO ( Institute for Planning of Sorocaba ) the municipality is making a start to coordinate urban projects and unite stakeholders to share visions and implement plans.

In general, the municipality is looking for knowledge, best practices, guidance and support with enrolling their Smart City vision and sustainable urban projects within IPLASO. More specific, Sorocaba is looking for solutions to use their data better and to improve their health and municipal services.

In the Netherlands I’m supporting Sorocaba with their plans. Who wants to join?

Feel free to contact me via +31617456045 or christian.fasting@brazilservices.nl

It will be my pleasure to share my experiences in Sorocaba and Brazil with you.

Kind regards, Christian Fasting.

While attending an exhibition of Dutch painting in the 17th century, I read an explanatory label that detailed scheduled barge travel among the major cities and noted that the trip from Amsterdam to Leiden took an hour -- What happened to canal travel and why is not a part of the urban landscape?

Tix is an alternative solution for public transport journey payment. It's a "one button click" app for journey validation and payment, so there is no place for mistakes.

We developed an end-to-end system for operators, with BI visualized information, useful CMS panel and a financial dashboard, all so operators would be able to reach their efficiency potential.

AMS Science for the City #8 - The autonomous city

What happens to cities and citizens when smart technologies start making their own decisions? With a.o. Carlo Ratti.

Imagine a city in which traffic lights autonomously organise the mobility flows in a city, where dynamic infrastructures know where and when to create temporary bridges during crowded events, and where smart grids independently distribute renewable energy sources. During this session of AMS Science for the City, we look at the future of our increasingly smart urban spaces. Together with special guest and AMS PI Carlo Ratti (MIT Senseable City Lab), we dive into the challenges, possibilities and prospects of senseable and autonomous cities.
What is the added value of sensing for the city of Amsterdam? Can we create fully autonomous cities? What will they look like, and what is it like to live in one?

Digital Capability Day: Reaching digital maturity and your GDPR readiness

De Digital Economy gaat langzaam over in een autonomous economy met technologie die steeds minder controleerbaar lijkt te worden. Een wereld waar IT - OT (operational technology) tegenkomt, waar security steeds meer IT budget opsnoept, waar de business instant digital capability eist, waar het individu steeds minder speelruimte lijkt te krijgen en waar privacy (GDPR) weer in aandacht toeneemt. Hoe ga je als IT beslissers met deze Digitale Transformatie om? Spannende tijden dus.

Om als CIO Digitale Transformatie te leiden is het niet zozeer de vraag 'wat moet we doen’ als wel 'waar zijn we als organisatie toe in staat? Deze middag biedt jou dan ook praktische tips, actuele cases en best practices rondom Digital Readiness, GDPR Readiness, Cloud Adoption en CIO effectiveness.

The AI Conference & Exhibition taking place 27-28th June at the RAI, Amsterdam is a showcase of next generation technologies and strategies from the world of Artificial Intelligence, an opportunity to explore and discover the practical and successful implementation of AI in driving forward your business in 2018 and beyond.

The high-level conference will bring together forward-thinking brands, market leaders, AI evangelists and hot start-ups to explore and debate the advancements in Artificial Intelligence and the impacts within the Enterprise & Consumer sectors. Topics covered include Business Intelligence, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, AI Algorithms, Data & Analytics, Virtual Assistants & Chatbots as well as case study based presentations proving an insight into the deployment of AI across different verticals.

The AI Expo will bring together over 1,000 visitors over the two days including IT decision makers, developers & designers, heads of innovation, brand managers, data analysts and scientists, start-ups and innovators, tech providers and venture capitalists.

The AI Expo will be co-hosted alongside the IoT Tech Expo, the largest global gathering for the Internet of Things sector, and Blockchain Expo, with all shows attracting in excess of 8,000 attendees for two days of insightful content covering the whole ecosystem surrounding AI, IoT & Blockchain.

Register your Free Expo pass or Gold conference pass today!

VISITOR FAQs
https://www.ai-expo.net/europe/visitor-faqs/

Follow us on Twitter (@ai_expo), Facebook (aiexpoworldseries) and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1906826 to get the latest AI news and updates about our global AI conferences.

Other events in the AI Expo World Series:
• AI Expo Global – 18-19th April 2018, Olympia, London.
https://www.ai-expo.net/global/
• AI Expo North America – 28-29th November 2018, Santa Clara, CA.
https://www.ai-expo.net/northamerica/

One month to go before our annual free event, Green IT Leaders Live event, on February 1st.

Are you interesting in exploring how groundbreaking technologies are connected to the digital transformation a city? Are you familiar with circular datacenters? Are you a policy-maker? Do wish to learn more about smart infrastructure? Are you dying to know what are the latest trends in ICT?

If you have answered 'yes' to the previous questions, please register yourself with the link below:
https://amsterdamsmartcity.com/events/green-it-weeks-leaders-live-2017

Hope to see there !
Kind regards,
Julie Chenadec

Developing a "Digital Economy"

In order to accelerate the development of Smart Cities in Peru we will start a series of "interactive" talks with Smart City experts from other countries such as The Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia.

Gradually we will invite experts from other parts of the world to share their experiences and start collaborative processes between Central, Regional and Municipal Governments of all participating countries.

Are you an expert in Smart City? Do you want to collaborate on Projects related to INTELLIGENT CITIES? Are you committed to the development of a Digital Economy in Peru and the World? Please, send us an email to pticoalu@netstairs.com or emesones@peruconnect.net we are interested in connecting with you

PERÚ Connect, 1st Interactive Digital Business Platform.

The IoT Tech Expo Europe is Europe’s leading Internet of Things event which will introduce and explore the latest innovations across the entire IoT ecosystem, covering Manufacturing, Transport, Health, Logistics, Government, Energy, Automotive, Insurance and more.

The IoT Tech Expo Europe 2018 will arrive in Amsterdam on the 27-28 June to host 8,000 attendees including IT decision makers, developers & makers, OEM’s, government and council officials, automotive exec’s, operators, technology providers, investors, venture capitalists and many more. The IoT Tech Expo will showcase the most cutting-edge technologies from more than 300 exhibitors and provide insight from over 300 speakers sharing their unparalleled industry knowledge and real-life experiences. This year’s event is also co-located with the Blockchain Expo and AI Expo so you can explore 3 areas in 1 place.

3 co-located events. 15 conference tracks. 8,000 attendees. 300+ speakers. 300+ exhibitors.

It will highlight the most innovative advancements in technologies which are affecting IoT. There will be case studies and dedicated tracks covering the ecosystem including Smart Transportation & Cities, Developing for the IoT, Connected Industry, Consumer IoT, Privacy & Security and IoT Innovations & Technologies.

There are a range of ticket types available from Free Expo Passes to all-access Ultimate Passes.

Find out more and register here: https://www.iottechexpo.com/europe/

IoT and Data management are hot topics in today's world.
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, together with IoT academy and Amsterdam ArenA are organizing an IoT meets Data Science Hackathon. During this 3-day hackathon, the objective is to come up with innovative solutions for crowd management of Amsterdam ArenA.

Do you have what it takes to bring crowd management to the next level and win the IoT meets Data Science Hackathon?

More information and registry via: www.innovationarena.eventbrite.com

Questions? mail to hackathon@hva.nl

The European Commission has launched a new Horizon Prize on Big Data Technologies. EUR 2 million is available for improving electricity grid traffic forecasting in terms of scalability, accuracy, speed and use of computational resources.

"What if citizens can control and use their data to benefit the city?"

It's becoming painfully clear that our digital sovereignty is under serious pressure. How can we ensure that it’s us, the citizens, and not big tech-companies, who decide how our data is collected, stored and used? Is it possible to develop tools that enable individuals to collectively share personal information on their own terms? And if so, how do we design these tools?

Speakers:
* Evgeny Morozov
* Francesca Bria
* Jaap-Henk Hoepman
* Fabrizio Sestini
* Caroline Nevejan

More about DECODE: https://decodeproject.eu/

Freelance Friday - Internet and the Numbers
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Internet in Europe with networking and drinks.

Steven Pemberton gives Freelance Friday's annual New Year's talk and deals with all your questions on the Internet. How do we deal with the exponential growth of the Internet? How fast will your home connection be in five years' time?

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Internet in Europe.
In 1988 the whole of Europe was connected to the whole of the USA at the immense speed of 64K bits per second. The chances are your mobile phone is now 1000 times faster than that; the connection at Amsterdam now peaks at 5.5 Tbps, which is close to 100 million times faster than in 1988.

The internet has been, and still is, getting exponentially faster; in other words, it has been regularly doubling in speed. Just like computers have been. But did you know other things have been growing exponentially as well? Like the number of universities in the world. And the number of academic journals. And the amount of light you can produce for a fixed amount of money.

How do we deal with such numbers? How fast is the internet growing? How fast will your home connection be in five years’ time?

This talk aims to help you get your head around the idea of exponential growth while wandering through subjects as diverse as Japanese characters, the film Inception, how to subtract, and a number of other apparently completely unrelated subjects.

Steven Pemberton was one of the first handfuls of people on the internet in Europe. Since then he has been continually involved with the internet, helping develop HTML and CSS, and several other web standards. He has been giving the annual New Year’s talk at Freelance Friday since 2008. “The best speaker of the year!” said one attendee.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City of New York are committed to leading in the charge against climate change. In service of that mission, on Monday we announced the latest in our NYCx Moonshot Challenges. As part of a partnership with the City of Paris, we’re launching NYC’s Moonshot Climate Action Challenge to fast-forward to a future where we replace all gas-powered vehicles in NYC! Whether you’re an entrepreneur, researcher, technologist, executive, or just someone with a good idea, I’m inviting you to participate in this challenge and be part of shaping that future. Here are the details:

Challenge participants will submit proposals for 1 or both of 2 tech categories:
Emerging technologies for charging EVs: self-charging streets, inductive/wireless charging, 350+ kW charging, connected vehicle solutions, vehicle-to-grid tech, etc.
Immediately commercializable EV charging tech: 25-150 kW charging, solar parking canopies with integrated EV charging, etc.

Up to 3 finalists from Track 1 will be awarded $20,000 each to demo their technology to the NYC Department of Transportation & Mayor’s Office of Sustainability. Up to 3 finalists from Track 2 will be able to pitch their business plan to the NYC Department of Transportation.

Only 1 winner from each track will be eligible for:
Track 1: full feature at an upcoming global NYCx event
Track 2: $20,000 to further research and develop/expand their proposal and present a live demo that brings that proposal to life (e.g. virtual reality demo, charging demo, city-scale mock-up with adoption scenarios), with a chance to have design elements of their submission included in the City’s EV charging roadmap (currently in development)

Interested? Send us your ideas by Monday 1/15/2018 5PM ET for a chance to make NYC the global leader in climate action: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycx/climate/climateactionchallenge.html

Have questions? Reach out to Nycx@cto.nyc.gov.
NYCx

From 4-9 February 2018, minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Sigrid Kaag, is visiting both Vietnam and Malaysia.
When considering doing business in Southeast-Asia, this economic mission provides a good opportunity to learn more about these two important and growing economies. Innovation plays an important role in sustaining the economic growth in Vietnam and Malaysia and both countries are therefore looking for partners to develop new products and concepts. Especially in the field of urban planning and smart cities, this mission provides interesting opportunities for Dutch businesses, for instance in smart city Ho Chi Minh and at the World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur.

For more information on the mission, doing business in Vietnam and Malaysia and registration, please go to https://www.rvo.nl/actueel/evenementen/economische-missie-vietnam-en-maleisi%C3%AB

Are you looking for an internship in the field of communications and are you familiar with social media in the international tech community? Then we are looking for you! If desirable we can turn this co-working internship into a research internship as well.
(Article in Dutch)

Stage: Leading social manager TechAmsterdam bij de Amsterdam Economic Board

De Amsterdam Economic Board (www.amsterdameconomicboard.com) werkt aan een groene, slimme en gezonde Amsterdamse Metropoolregio. Om dit te bereiken verbinden we bedrijven, kennisinstellingen overheden om slimme oplossingen te vinden voor grootstedelijke uitdagingen. Een van deze uitdagingen is het aantrekken, behouden en opleiden van tech talent om de tekorten in de regio aan te pakken. Dit doen we binnen het programma TechConnect, een samenwerking tussen de Amsterdam Economic Board en StartupAmsterdam.

Stageplek

Vanaf februari 2018 hebben wij plek voor een initiatiefrijke stagiair. Heb je zin in een meewerkstage op het gebied van communicatie en ben je goed in het inzetten van social media in een internationale (tech) wereld? Dan zoeken we jou! Het aanpassen van de meewerkstage naar een onderzoeksstage is bespreekbaar.

Wat ga je doen?

Een indicatie van de taken:

1. Jij wordt onze leading social manager voor de facebookpagina TechAmsterdam. Dit houdt in: Het vinden van de juiste doelgroepen, het bedenken en plaatsen van content, het analyseren en beheren van de pagina.

TechAmsterdam heeft op dit moment meer dan 22.800 volgers uit meer dan 40 verschillende landen. Het is de plek waar de unieke tech scene van Amsterdam wordt gepromoot aan internationale tech talenten.

2. Je onderhoudt contacten met de social experts van onder andere Startup Amsterdam, Amsterdam Marketing, Amsterdam Inbusiness en InAmsterdam.

3. Het meedenken en ontwikkelen van de communicatie strategie van het programma TechConnect.

4. Het vormgeven en organiseren van events in samenwerking met het team en onze partners.

Wie ben je?

• Je bent een student met een relevante universitaire of hbo-opleiding
• Je bent initiatiefrijk, zelfstandig en flexibel
• Je hebt affiniteit met de tech wereld
• Je hebt marketing skills
• Je vind het leuk om een community te ondersteunen en te stimuleren tot meer interactie
• Je schrijft en spreekt goed Engels en Nederlands
• Je weet wat er speelt in de Metropoolregio Amsterdam

Dit bieden we je:

• Een uitdagende stage voor minimaal 4 dagen per week voor de duur van 4 tot 6 maanden.
• Een energiek team in Amsterdam (centrum) waar je eigen verantwoordelijkheid krijgt, waar jouw inbreng erg welkom is.
• Een unieke kans om een groot netwerk op te bouwen in Amsterdam.
• De stageopdracht en –periode bespreken we later. Je stagevergoeding is in lijn met de arbeidsvoorwaarden van de Amsterdam Economic Board.

Contact

Vind je dit allemaal goed klinken? Dan horen we graag van je! Stuur je CV en een korte motivatie naar Andrea Joosse, hoofd communicatie bij de Amsterdam Economic Board, a.joosse@amecboard.com. Bij haar kun je ook met je vragen terecht. Je hebt hiervoor tot en met 10 januari 2018 de tijd. Hopelijk spreken we elkaar snel!

The most known application of Blockchains is the controversial Bitcoin so far, but this new European prize will explore the unique potential of Blockchains for creating decentralised solutions to societal challenges which are more effective than traditional centralised approaches.

Goal is to stimulate the development of out-of-the-box multidisciplinary solutions to social challenges in areas such as support of fair trade, increasing transparency in production processes, decentralizing data governance and enhancing privacy, improving accountability and contributing to financial inclusion.

The European Commission has launched the new Prize: 'Blockchains for Social Good'. 5 prizes of EUR 1 million each will be awarded to innovators that use Blockchain technology to develop decentralized solutions bringing about positive social change.

Applications must be submitted before the 25 June 2019. The proposals will be subject to public scrutiny and will eventually be evaluated by an independent jury. The detailed rules of contest will be available in February 2018.

Read more at the website of the European Commission.

What if you could have all the top tech companies in Amsterdam in one place, at the same time?

Amsterdam Tech Job Fair 2018 is a chance for job seekers to talk to companies that are hiring in person. If you’ve had enough of submitting your CV online without the opportunity to make a lasting first impression, here’s your chance to change your strategy and do a bit of networking.

For Job Seekers
Meet recruiters from tech companies that are hiring in Amsterdam
Ask all your questions and learn about what it’s actually like to work for the companies that you’re interested in
Practice how to talk to recruiters, how to get your personality across to them and make a great first impression
Forge new connections and grow your network of contacts
Discover some amazing startups that are contributing to building Amsterdam’s future as a tech hub

For Companies
Meet young graduates, interns and experienced professionals who are eager to work with your company. Get your job postings promoted, exhibit and present at Amsterdam Tech Job Fair 2018.

Het is zover! Het programma van de Week van de Circulaire Economie bij Rijkswaterstaat staat nu online. Doe je ook mee?

Rijkswaterstaat werkt aan een schone, groene en prettige leefomgeving, óók voor volgende generaties. Daarom willen we in 2030 circulair werken en in 2050 circulair zijn. Circulair werken betekent dat we grondstoffen hoogwaardig hergebruiken en zo min mogelijk afval produceren.

Tijdens de nationale Week van de Circulaire Economie van 15 tot en met 19 januari 2018 laten we zien hoe we binnen verschillende projecten nu al circulair bezig zijn. Samen met onze partners organiseren we diverse sessies en netwerkmomenten om de transitie naar de circulaire economie te versnellen. Zo zijn er sessies over het materialenpaspoort, circulair en modulair ontwerpen en circulariteit in assetmanagement.

Ga naar onze website om het volledige programma te bekijken en meldt je aan!

Circular Rijkswaterstaat:
During the National week of the Circular Economy, Rijkswaterstaat shows how they operate in different circular projects (event series in Dutch).

Rijkswaterstaat Circulair
Het is zover! Het programma van de Week van de Circulaire Economie bij Rijkswaterstaat staat nu online. Doe je ook mee?
Rijkswaterstaat werkt aan een schone, groene en prettige leefomgeving, óók voor volgende generaties. Daarom willen we in 2030 circulair werken en in 2050 circulair zijn. Circulair werken betekent dat we grondstoffen hoogwaardig hergebruiken en zo min mogelijk afval produceren.
Tijdens de nationale Week van de Circulaire Economie van 15 tot en met 19 januari 2018 laten we zien hoe we binnen verschillende projecten nu al circulair bezig zijn. Samen met onze partners organiseren we diverse sessies en netwerkmomenten om de transitie naar de circulaire economie te versnellen. Zo zijn er sessies over het materialenpaspoort, circulair en modulair ontwerpen en circulariteit in assetmanagement.
Ga naar onze website om het volledige programma te bekijken en meldt je aan!