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DIY Lab @ IoT Sensemakers Amsterdam

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Every first Wednesday of the month we have an infomal gathering at OBA to learn, experiment and build IoT by ourselves (helping eachother). We also collaborate in projects like AmsterdamSounds, Waterquality and AstroPlant (just started, so feel very welcome to contribute). More info at:
https://www.sensemakersams.org/internet-of-things-sensemakers-amsterdam/projects-diy/

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IoT Sensemakers on Biochemical sensing & on SensorThings

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Every 3th Wednesday of the month we have presentations, open mic & discussions about IoT-related subjects. This evening we have
- Gennady Oshovsky, Professior of sustainable (Bio)Chemical Innovation at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
- Just van den Broecke, Open Source Geospatial Architect who will talk about developing open sensor networks with lora-ttn and sensorthings-api

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DIY Lab @ IoT-SensemakersAMS

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Every first Wednesday of the month we have an infomal gathering at OBA to learn, experiment and build IoT by ourselves (helping eachother). We also collaborate in projects, this evening we will kickoff our participation in Astroplant.io (https://www.sensemakersams.org/astro-plant/)

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KPN 5G Consumer Challenge

Will you join us in the 5G Challenge?

The future mobile 5G network is more than a faster version of the usual 3G and 4G wireless technologies. In addition to improved bandwidth, 5G has a lower latency (the delay in communication between devices), better security options and more powerful antenna concepts and a much higher capacity. Where 4G connected for people, 5G will connect society.

Will you join us in the challenge?
You are a start-up with the skills to connect society. We - the Johan Cruijff Arena, City of Amsterdam, Capgemini/Sogeti and KPN - challenge you to design and pitch a compelling service/application for consumers using 5G capabilities.

For more information and to sign up for the challange visit:
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-kpn-5g-consumer-challenge-66995747083

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Gertjan de Vries, Partner at Learn Adapt Build, posted

WANTED: Launching customer for AI audio analysis project with Google, ML6 and SensorTeam

Google, ML6 and SensorTeam are joining forces and are looking for your help

We have started a proof of concept to recognize sound by expanding our cutting edge wireless sensor-technology with AI based audio analysis models from ML6.

SensorTeam’s IoT SoundSensor™ is an extremely accurate and cheap sound sensor which is solar powered, LoRaWAN compliant and LTE-M ready. This plug-and-play outdoor sensor runs autonomously anywhere in the world.

Sound recognition from regular ambient noise can be interesting for many reasons:

- Smart maintenance and Industry application
- Social noise disturbances from festivals, events or terrasses
- Public safety: gunshots, explosives, angry crowds
- Noise impact of airplanes, trains or highways
- Indoor noise solutions (office, security)
- Your idea here ;)

Interested in our technology or a mutually beneficial collaboration with Google/ML6 and SensorTeam? Do you have a relevant use case for our technology? Please contact us by sending an email to info@sensorteam.io.

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Amsterdam Smart City, Connector of opportunities at Amsterdam Smart City, posted

Recap of the event ‘Data dilemma’s #2 Sensing the city’

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On the 6th of June, some people of the Amsterdam Smart City community came together in Datalab to discuss dilemma’s around sensing the city. What are issues around this theme? Who should do this? How can we involve citizens? What are the learnings up until now?

Leonie van den Beuken opens the afternoon and states that we should not only keep talking and keep figuring and losing time. Because time is what we don’t have. If you're aiming for a better world, you have to act now. ‘So today’, she says, ‘we have people who are acting upon our dilemma’s. And if we are truly able and willing to learn from each other, we can accelerate.’

Judith Veenkamp – Waag
Judith from Waag kicks off by telling about the Smart Citizens Lab. A research lab with a leading role for citizens and aims to facilitate them in measuring their own living environment, so called ‘public research’. Within the Smart Citizens Lab Waag developed a framework for citizen sensing: how to enable citizens in doing their own measurements. Not only are they in charge of sensing strategy for the sensors that will be deployed in the city, the data collected will also be analysed and interpreted together with citizens. Collecting the data together with citizens and other stakeholders, like municipalities, helps to create a shared reality.

For their project Hollandse Luchten, an air quality sensor was developed in their lab. The basic version measures Particular Matter (PM), temperature, humidity and air pressure. The extended version also measures NO2 and O3. They will deploy 200 sensors in 3 pilot communities; IJmond region, Zaanstad en Buiksloterham. The sensor is a modular system and citizens assemble the sensor themselves. The aim goes beyond just measuring, it is to have societal impact by increasing awareness. It is not an alternative for professional measurements but they can enrich the official air quality measurements and empower citizens.

A nice example of how tech can help build a sustainable city. Technology as a mean. Not just talking about it but also making and experimenting.

Ron van der Lans – City of Amsterdam about Air View
The City of Amsterdam recently announced that for the coming year, Google will measure air quality in the city. Ron van der Lans tells us more about this: ‘Air View is mobile measuring of air quality with Google Street View cars. The goal is to have a detailed year overview of air quality in various parts of Amsterdam. We will get insights in the flow of the air quality per street in Amsterdam. In the end it will be open data, but not during the process.’

Ron also takes us through the process of this project, in which the University of Utrecht is also participating, and shows what it went through before actually implementing. Different questions pop up from the audience. Some more practical; if it is only 1 point in time on every location, does it add value? There are already different measurement systems in place in Amsterdam: GGD , RIVM. What does this add?

Ron explains that it measures on street level, which is new. It will also measure more and it will contribute to create a global view. This also triggers more principled questions: if these are open data, how will it affect the housing market? Why does Google want to do this? Is this not a responsibility of the government? What aspects of political decision making were considered? What can and what will we do with the results?

Tom van Arman – CITIXL
Tom van Arman from CITIXL has an inspiring and triggering talk. Tom starts with warning us how data can affect us with some alerting examples. The large scale data collection in 1934 for the greater benefit of all but later misused by the Nazi regime. He also mentions the Chinese Social Credit Card Score; a system that is meant to rate each citizen’s trustworthiness. And last he shows us Quayside Toronto. A wonderful new future city, built by Google.

Will this really make our lives better or is it just for commercial benefits? How do we bridge the gap between policies and the public? How can we design tests with the public to create a shared reality and common understanding?

He ends with showing us his camera experiment of last year during WeMakeThe.City. The experiment featured a marked area telling you the area would recognize your face. All basis questions came up and this was a good discussion starter. This year CITIXL will start measuring all sorts of things on the Marineterrein; how many sunbathers, how many swimmers, a drowning alert, etc. Again a lot of ethical questions will be raised and dealt with. But if we can ‘t measure it, how can we improve it?

Roel van de Loo - SPPS
Roel has a lot of experience in measuring in the city, e.g. with eNoses in the Port of Amsterdam and starts with warning us that he will make us depressed: ‘Technology is not perfect and limited. Technology is still complicated for non-experts. Cheap sensors can be useful but they do not always tell the truth. They face difficulties for example with calibration and interferences. So be careful: it is not easy to measure. You have to know what a sensor does and what it does not.’

Roel shares some crucial lessons learned:
• Cooperation between governments, companies, foundations and citizens is essential but not easy.
• Make a detailed agreement. Once you share data between government and company, what is going to happen?
• Create a library and share learnings
Roel tells us there is a fundamental distrust of (government) calculations. Citizens only want to know what is wrong and they do not want to pay for it. Starting is easy but ending is hard.

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After the presentations, an interesting discussion started. Some people feel comfortable Google will measure air quality: it’s already happening, so what is the fuzz about now? Others say: Air quality is a fundamental task of the government, so the measurement is the responsibility of the government. If the government starts measuring less because of the collaboration with businesses, will it minimize the measurement capacity? When a business has a different agenda, we have lost measurement capacity.

Leonie asks: What would be ok for you to be measured? Also here different opinions. Collecting data is necessary to make informed decisions and to take emotions out of the discussion. But teach people on how to do that. These data can bring us a lot of positive uses. But how do we use it for good? It’s a fine line between surveillance and service.

Someone else states that data collection is enforced and it takes away freedom of autonomous decision making. Again enough data dilemma’s to discuss. In the audience, Paul Manwaring closes stating we are all part of the city – we have to explore data opportunities, while respecting each other’s rights and be transparent, we’ve got to try!

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Pitch your sensing initiative in Datalab this Thursday!

In the last couple of years, there were plenty of inspiring local initiatives measuring and sensing issues, such as air quality, water quality and amounts of people. What were the results of these experiments and projects?

On the 6th of June, Amsterdam Smart City hosts 'Data Dilemma's: Sensing the City' in Datalab. Several bottom-up initiatives will present themselves, share the data they collected and tell you about the challenges they encountered. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/smart-data-smart-city-data-dilemmas-2-sensing-the-city-tickets-61992657708

And you can be part of the program!

Do you have an initiative that can measure air quality, water quality, smell or something else? Let us know and you might get this last-minute chance to pitch on stage!

Drop a line below or send an e-mail to Nancy, via nancy@amsterdamsmartcity.com.

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Wendolijn Beukers, Project manager , posted

Wanted: pitches of smart city solutions for digital twins

Do you have a smart city solution for digital twins? Pitch your product or service on 5 September 2019 in Antwerp (Belgium)!

On 5 September 2019 Economic Board Utrecht (EBU) and Future City Foundation organise the Networking excursion Digital Twin to Antwerp (Belgium) for administrators with delegation leader Klaas Verschuure (alderman for the Municipality of Utrecht). We want to learn about the possibilities of a digital twin for municipalities and provinces.

To bring supply and demand together and share knowledge, we offer tech companies and data experts the opportunity to pitch their smart city solution for an audience of 40 administrators and the top of municipalities and provinces from the Netherlands. Interested parties can register their pitch until 10 July 2019.

What kind of pitches are we looking for?
- Smart city solutions for that municipalities or provinces face (physical, social and economic)
- Successful smart city projects or experiences from local governments which are interesting for other municipalities or provinces.
- Innovative smart city business ideas from smart entrepreneurs, app builders or other techs.

There is room for 15 pitches, participation is without charge and possible until 10 July 2019. Pitches can be given in Dutch or English.

Interested? Check our website for more information and to register: https://future-city.nl/pitches-antwerp-eng/

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Pitch carrousel Digital Twin

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Wanted: pitches of smart city solutions for digital twins

On 5 September 2019 Economic Board Utrecht (EBU) and Future City Foundation organise the Networking excursion Digital Twin to Antwerp (Belgium) for administrators with delegation leader Klaas Verschuure (alderman for the Municipality of Utrecht). We want to learn about the possibilities of a digital twin for municipalities and provinces.

To bring supply and demand together and share knowledge, we offer tech companies and data experts the opportunity to pitch their smart city solution for an audience of 40 administrators and the top of municipalities and provinces from the Netherlands. Interested parties can register their pitch until 10 July 2019.

When & where
Thursday 5 September 2019
In Antwerp (Belgium), exact location t.b.a.
12.00 – 17.30 hr (lunch and drinks included), pitches 14.00 – 15.30 hr

What kind of pitches are we looking for?
- Smart city solutions for that municipalities or provinces face (physical, social and economic)
- Successful smart city projects or experiences from local governments which are interesting for other municipalities or provinces.
- Innovative smart city business ideas from smart entrepreneurs, app builders or other techs.

What we offer
- 4 minutes in the spotlight
- Meet & Greet: before and after the pitch, pitchers get their own stand in the reception area (where the lunch and drink takes places)
- A direct reach of 40 administrators and senior civil servants of municipalities and provinces from the Netherlands and Flander, who are interested in digital twins.
- Participation in the pitches is without charge
- Travel and accommodation costs are for your own account. Lunch and drinks during the program are included.

Check for more information our website: https://future-city.nl/pitches-antwerp-eng/
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Op 5 september organiseren Economic Board Utrecht (EBU) en Future City Foundation de Netwerkexcursie Digital Twin naar Antwerpen voor bestuurders, met delegatieleider Klaas Verschuure (wethouder Gemeente Utrecht). We willen daar leren over de mogelijkheden van een digital twin voor gemeentes en provincies.

Om vraag en aanbod bij elkaar te brengen en kennis te delen, bieden we techbedrijven en datadeskundigen de kans om tijdens de Netwerkexcursie Digital Twin op 5 september in Antwerpen hun smart city oplossing te pitchen voor een publiek van 40 bestuurders en de ambtelijke top van gemeenten en provincies uit Nederland. Zo komen we samen verder. Geïnteresseerden kun tot 10 juli 2019 hun pitch aanmelden.

Waar & wanneer
Donderdag 5 september 2019
In Antwerpen, exacte locatie volgt
12.00 – 17.30 uur (inclusief lunch en borrel), pitch carrousel 14.00 – 15.30 uur

Wat voor pitches zoeken we?
- Concrete smart city oplossingen voor de uitdagingen waar gemeenten of provincies tegenaan lopen (fysiek, sociaal en economisch)
- Succesvolle smart city projecten of ervaringen van lokale overheden die ook interessant zijn voor andere gemeenten of provincies.
- Innovatieve smart city businessideeën van slimme ondernemers, appbouwers of andere technerds.

Wat bieden we?
- 4 minuten in de spotlight
- Meet&Greet: voor en na de pitch krijgen pitchers hun eigen stand in de ontvangstzaal (waar de lunch en borrel is)
- Livestream via ons Youtube-kanaal (en die laten we gewoon staan)
- Een direct bereik van 40 bestuurders en de ambtelijke top van gemeenten en provincies uit Nederland die interesse hebben in digital twins.
- Deelname aan de pitchcarrousel is gratis.
- Reis- en eventuele verblijfskosten zijn voor eigen rekening.

Kijk voor alle informatie en aanmelden op: https://future-city.nl/pitches-antwerpen/

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Snap jij data? Doe mee aan de summerschool 'Design de toekomst van Zuid-Holland'

Begrijp jij data en vind je het leuk om daarmee oplossingen te bedenken voor complexe problemen? En wil je leren hoe je écht datagestuurd ontwerpt om zo de stad beter te maken? Dan is de summerschool ‘Design de toekomst van Zuid-Holland’ iets voor jou! In 3 dagen gaan we een digital twin (een digitale 3D-versie) maken van (een deel van) Zuid-Holland die het geluk en/of de leefkwaliteit van Zuid-Hollanders meet en voorspelt. We hebben nog enkele plekken beschikbaar dus meld je snel aan!

Je kan GRATIS meedoen als je nog studeert of net aan het werk bent en begrijpt dat er voor ingewikkelde problemen geen eenvoudige antwoorden volstaan. En soms ook wel. Je hebt een achtergrond in data science, ruimtelijke ordening, planologie, techniek, smart city, GIS, Geo en mediadesign, gamification, bestuurskunde, stedenbouw of iets anders interessants.

Data: 1, 2 en 3 juli
Locatie: verschillende locaties in Zuid-Holland
Deelname is gratis voor jongprofessionals.
Kijk op de website voor alle informatie en aanmelden: https://www.kennislabvoorurbanisme.nl/project/summerschool-juli-2019/

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Data Dilemmas #2: Sensing the City

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This week the City of Amsterdam announced that for the upcoming year, Google will measure the air quality in the city.
In the last couple of years, there were plenty of inspiring local initiatives measuring and sensing issues, such as air quality, water quality and amounts of people.
What were the results of these experiments and projects?

On the 6th of June, several initiatives will present themselves, share the data they collected and tell you about the challenges they encountered.
Did these examples have an influence on governmental policy?

Speakers:
Leonie van den Beuken - Director Amsterdam Smart City
Introduction

Ron van der Lans - City of Amsterdam

Judith Veenkamp - Waag
Air quality in the Smart Citizens Lab, Smart Citizen Kit and demo of sensor of project Hollandse Luchten

Tom van Arman - CITIXL
Upcoming camera vision experiment using UMBO to keep the Marineterrein safe and secure for it occupants and visitors.

Roel van de Loo - SPPS
Sensing in the Port of Amsterdam and reflexions

Would you like to present the results of your measurements?
Send an e-mail to nancy@amsterdamsmartcity.com.

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Manon den Dunnen, Strategisch specialist digitaal , posted

Sensemakers IoT: Networking & presentations

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Talk 1: Lorna Goulden, director Digital Experience, initiator of Eindhoven IoT meetup.
Talk 2: A backbone for crowdsourcing citizen-sensordata @ SurfSara
Sensemakers is involved in collaborations on gathering data around sound-polution, waterquality and more. We will give you an update on these projects and learnings and David Šálek from SurfSara will explain the backbone they have configured for us and the ways it can be used (dashboard, create your own graphs, create (a) Jupyter notebook(s) to access the cooked and raw data and do anything with the data Python allows, publication service via MQTT)

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IoT changing perspectives

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The more smart objects (things) and our surroundings become the more our behavior is anticipated but also influenced. How does IoT change our perspectives?
After an introduction on the increasing complexity and influence of IoT (irt smart cities, AI and cybercrime), Iskander Smit will discuss what it means when things can predict and anticipate our behavior.

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Smart Cities or Dumb Cities - a debate at OBA Oosterdok

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Toronto seems to become a testing ground for the urban development of smart cities. Sidewalk Labs, part of Google’s parent company Alphabet, will redevelop the city’s waterfront. Data will be used to design smarter, more sustainable designs, to handle waste better or to reduce our energy consumption. But with Google at the helm, data is also the capital of this city district: and what does that lead to? It is time to start the discussion with architects.

During the Architecture Residency of Do Janne Vermeulen we will organise a debate about smart cities on Tuesday 21 May. We discuss the developments of data in Amsterdam, look at the developments in Toronto and talk about the position of the architect. Through this debate we hope to feed the discussion from a design perspective.

What’s the question?
Architect in Residence Do Janne Vermeulen, architect and co-founder of Team V, visited Canada and is bringing the debate to the Netherlands. While reading, watching, writing and talking about smart cities, it is tempting to think in terms of technology instead of the city. Rather than “What do we want and how does smart technology offer a solution for that?” it is about “What possibilities does smart technology offer and what can we achieve with it?”

Privacy issues make the conversation even more difficult and sometimes make us long for the ‘stupid city’. But our spatial domain and the digital world are becoming more and more interconnected. Can we grow, densify and become more sustainable without smart systems? Is technology indeed the answer to our questions? What is exactly the problem with ‘stupid cities’? What are the benefits if we focus on digital technologies, analyse large amounts of data and provide the city with systems and IoT (Internet of Things) sensors? And what other means do we have? In short, a lot of questions to which smart technology might be the right answer. And maybe not.

Programme and speakers

Do Janne Vermeulen – Team V – Co-founder and architect
Meat Do Janne Vermuelen as our second Architect in Residence. She gives a short pitch about the role of big data in her field of expertise.

Marleen Stikker – Waag Society – Founder
Marleen Stikker supervises the digitisation of society with research and all kinds of initiatives from Waag Society. This evening she will share her views on the developments concerning Big Data. She also offers perspective on the role of the architect within smart cities.

Ger Baron – City of Amsterdam – Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Ger Baron, the first CTO of Amsterdam, brings us up to speed on technological innovation and the digital transformation of Amsterdam.

Emil Zelic – Waterfront Toronto – Executive Director Project Management Office & IT
As an IT professional, Emil Zelic, who will fly in from Toronto, tells about where application and disruption of smart technologies meets design practices. He reflects on the progress and philosophises about the Smart City applicability in Amsterdam.

The lectures are followed by a debate between the audience and the speakers.

Smart Cities or Dumb Cities
Architect in Residence Debate: Do Janne Vermeulen, Team V
Date: Tuesday 21 May 2019
Time: Starts at 8PM / Door open at 7.45PM
Location: OBA Oosterdok, auditorium, Oosterdokskade 143
Language: ENGLISH
Tickets: € 12,50
Online tickets available at our ticket page

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Anuradha Sharma, Management Consultant , posted

Looking for a job opportunity in the areas of smart cities / digital transformation

I am a Smart Cities Consultant, actively looking for opportunities in the areas of Smart Cities, Digital Transformation, Livable Cities, Sustainable Development, Urban Mobility, ICT/ IoT, Strategy Planning, Project Management, Urban Management, Urban Economic Development, Urban Governance, Feasibility Studies, Technical Research, and Development.
I hold a Masters degree from Germany with specialization in Urban Agglomerations. I would be happy to hear from you pointing out at any leads or opportunities.
Thanks in advance,
Kind Regards,
Anuradha

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Daan Groenink, Innovation at City of Amsterdam: Digitalization & Innovation, posted

Digital Perimeter

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By implementing innovative smart & digital solutions, the digital perimeter allows us to experiment with applications that deliver safety & security while providing the visitor with an even better fan experience.

Please do share your comments and thoughts with us as we are currently exploring our technical options with partners within the eco-system.

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Richelle Raaphorst, Project Manager at ELBA\REC, posted

Pitchcarrousel smart openbare ruimte Sittard-Geleen

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Hoe kunnen we door technologisering en digitalisering de openbare ruimte op een nieuwe (efficiëntere, effectievere en hoogwaardigere) manier ontwerpen, inrichten en beheren? De gemeente Sittard-Geleen zoekt daarvoor naar ‘smart’ producten om in hun proeftuin ‘De Tuinman van Morgen’ de openbare ruimte van de toekomst te creëren. Op donderdag 18 april 2019 pitchen innovatieve ideeën en initiatieven zich aan de gemeente en publiek. Zorg dat je erbij bent, want hier ontdek je hoe de slimme openbare ruimte eruit kan zien!

Gezocht: smart toepassingen in de openbare ruimte
Heb jij een innovatief product dat bijdraagt aan de smart openbare ruimte? En wil jij een plek in een proeftuin om dit product te ‘testen’? Meld je dan aan voor de pitchcarrousel van de gemeente Sittard-Geleen op donderdag 18 april!

De details op een rijtje:
>>We zoeken zichtbare smart oplossingen in de openbare ruimte
>>Innovaties uit Nederland en internationaal
>>Ontmoet andere ondernemers in de (smart) openbare ruimte
>>En kom in contact met andere gemeenten die hun openbare ruimte smart willen maken.
>>Er is ruimte voor maximaal 17 pitches
>>Je hebt 4 minuten om je innovatie te pitchen
>>Deelname is geheel vrijblijvend

Dit kun je verwachten:
>>17 pitches van interessante ideeën, producten en bedrijven op het gebied van smart openbare ruimte.
>>Kennisuitwisseling tussen die partijen en de bezoekers van het event (op dag zelf en lange termijn).
>>Antwoord vinden op de uitdagingen van de gemeente Sittard-Geleen.
>>Kennisuitwisseling met andere gemeenten.

Waar en wanneer
>>Donderdag 18 april
>>13.30 – 17.00 uur, aansluitend een netwerkborrel
>>In Sittard (exacte locatie n.t.b.)

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How do you want to shape the Digital City of tomorrow? Recap: de Digitale Stad | Pakhuis de Zwijger

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Last Thursday Amsterdam Smart City organized an open dialogue between its partners and Amsterdammers in Pakhuis de Zwijger. On the agenda: the Digital City. Because everyone deserves a seat at the table when it comes to shaping the digital city of tomorrow.

Leonie van den Beuken, the Program Director of Amsterdam Smart City, opens the night: ‘The changes necessary for the city and region to move forward, can only be achieved through collaboration. When it comes to driving innovations, we all depend on each other.’. With this night Amsterdam Smart City facilitates the conversation on the digital city between their partners (the City of Amsterdam, Nemo Kennislink, Tada) and interested citizens.

Personal freedom, inclusivity and creativity are the three main themes the City of Amsterdam focusses on in their ‘Digital City Agenda’. Responsible use of data is part of this. How do we gain control and ownership over our personal data in this transition to a Digital City? The City included the ‘Tada – data disclosed’ manifesto in the Agenda. Tada provides six principles to consider in the digital city: inclusive, control, tailored to the people, legitimate and monitored, open and transparent & from everyone, to everyone. ‘How far is the City in implementing these principles in its own organization?’ asks someone in the room. Practice what you preach: the City wants to set the right example by being the first municipality who puts the Tada manifesto into practice. Currently the City grades itself a 6/10 when it comes to implementing the manifesto. Still a long road ahead. Therefore Bart van de Sande (Innovation Officer, City of Amsterdam) invites everyone to send in their ideas on how to shape the Digital City.

Douwe Schmidt (Boardmember,Tada) tries to activate citizens into the Digital City conversation: ‘Even though you don’t understand anything about technology or data, you are still entitled to decide on what happens to your personal data. You are entitled to have a say in this conversation.’. Nemo Kennislink is doing research on how to get citizens involved in the Digital City in collaboration with Amsterdam Smart City, VU University and AMS Institute. Research project is named Onderzoeksproject Catalyst, you can find more on this on our platform. Giovanni Stijnen (Senior Program Manager, Nemo) explains the research in three steps: i) activating citizens: using gamification or art to make the subject understandable; ii) verbalizing citizens: help people to articulate their vision on the Digital City; iii) connect & reflect: opening up the dialogue between citizens, policy makers and scientists – to get citizens involved in shaping their Digital City. Currently, they are in phase three of the project. Giovanni makes an appeal to the scientists and policy makers in the room: ‘*Do you want to participate in the dialogue with citizens? Contact me.*’

But why do we even want to transition to a more digitalized city? Daan Groenink (Innovation Officer, City of Amsterdam) and Marc Wiebes (Innovation manager, National Police) talk about the safety benefits of technology and data. Daan refers to the Digital Perimeter project (an Amsterdam Smart City project) in the Johan Cruijff ArenA area: ‘*Back in the day, we needed actual fences to regulate large numbers of people in a certain area. Nowadays, we can use smart sensors and smart cameras to assure safety. On the one side we can offer better services and experiences to the visitor, because the area is openly available. On the other side we can offer more safety in the area by using these technologies.’. Marc mentions an example of the City of Eindhoven: ‘The sensors send an automatic warning to the local police when they detect an unfriendly or aggressive tone. The police can respond directly to this warning. This decreases safety hazards.*’ The Digital Perimeter in the ArenA area will be a learning by doing project. That’s why the project needs your help: ‘How can we communicate to visitors that we are using smart technologies to guarantee safety? And how can we explain that we do not store and use personal data captured by the sensors and cameras?’ Post your best idea in the comments!

The next collaboration between Amsterdam Smart City and Pakhuis de Zwijger will be on the 23th of May. Did you miss the event? Don’t you worry.. You can watch the live feed at the website of Pakhuis de Zwijger (in Dutch):

<https://dezwijger.nl/programma/de-digitale-stad>

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Bedrijfsleven roept op tot samenwerking Smart City ontwikkeling

Veel pilots, veel projecten, veel aandacht, veel events maar ... waar blijft de brede toepassing? Hoe kunnen we de pilots opschalen, successen in andere steden toepassen?
Wat volgens het bedrijfsleven zal helpen, is een centrale regie gevoerd door overheid en bedrijfsleven.

Bekijk hier de video met de oproep.
Of ga naar de website https://nlsmartcities.com voor meer informatie en meer video's.

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