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In twee dagen tijd onder professionele begeleiding uw bedrijfsdata koppelen aan open data. De Data Bootcamp is speciaal bedoeld voor die bedrijven die meer uit hun bedrijfsdata willen halen.

Dit tweedaagse evenement wordt georganiseerd door de Hogeschool van Amsterdam, vanuit het Data Science team van de onderzoeksgroep ‘Urban Technology’. Deze onderzoeksgroep heeft veel ervaring met het analyseren en visualiseren van data, waaronder databestanden die een relatie hebben met de stad Amsterdam. Als instelling voor toegepast onderzoek wordt ook veel met bedrijven gewerkt aan dashboards om de bedrijfsinformatie inzichtelijk te krijgen.

Programma:
- De eerste dag ligt de focus op het analyseren van uw eigen bedrijfsdata, gepresenteerd in vooraf ingevulde business dashboards.
- De tweede dag krijgt u als deelnemer de mogelijkheid om onder professionele begeleiding uw bedrijfsdata te koppelen aan open data.

Praktische informatie:
24 en 25 november 2016
Kosten 200 euro voor twee dagen
Doelgroep: De deelnemers aan het bootcamp zijn bij voorkeur verantwoordelijk voor het verwerken van de data in het bedrijf. Zij zullen samen met de onderzoekers en gespecialiseerde studenten als ondersteuners data klaarzetten voor analyses. Ook kunnen zij de nieuwe inzichten uitwerken in direct bruikbare dashboards.

Aanmelden?
http://www.hva.nl/urban-technology/onderzoek/urban-analytics

Roboat: research on world’s first autonomous fleet for moving people, moving goods, dynamic infrastructure and environmental sensing.
Let's use the canals again for the transportation of goods and people! This could help us dealing with a lot of our urban challenges.

The workshop, organized in the context of the UvA's Research Priority Area Sustainable Chemistry, is intended for HIMS and HRSMC PhD students, postdocs and staff members, as well as for MSc students of the HRSMC Excellence Master 'Sustainability: the Molecular Approach'. However, researchers in the field of the molecular sciences are welcome to attend.

My app and GPS are running.

Hi friends from Amsterdam Smart City
My name is Luiz Augusto Bellusci. I am IoT Vice President of the Smart City Business America Institute, Business Designer and Vice-Mayor of Londrina, an important city in south Brazil.
I am writing a book about Smart Cities, and Amsterdam is my great reference.
I will be in Amsterdam for some days in november to know more about the Smart City projects and network with interesting people.
If you have something cool to show me, I will be very glad do visit you in Amsterdam and talk about opportunities in Brazil and South America.
Please, fell free to contact me at guto.bellusci@gmail.com
Regards
Luiz Augusto Bellusci

The Amsterdam Smart City community grew fast, really fast in the past few months. Read this blogpost if you are interested in the process around the ASC community. It's around 8 minutes to read, so perfect for the Friday afternoon! :)

De website Honeypot beschrijft in een uitgebreid artikel de Amsterdamse tech-gemeenschap. Het artikel beschrijft niet alleen de successen, maar benoemt ook de problemen, zoals het gebrek aan groeikapitaal en talent.

This week Nina Tellegen, director of the Amsterdam Economic Board, opened the Amsterdam Data Tower located at the Sciencepark. She is pleased with the tower as it strengthens the ecosystem and expands the data storage capacity with 7.7 megawatt.

According to Tellegen: 'Digital connectivity is one of the 5 urban challenges the board works on. To become one of the most innovative regions of Europe we do need datatowers such as the one built by digital realty that we are about to open.'

This week Nina Tellegen, director of the Amsterdam Economic Board, opened the Amsterdam Data Tower located at the Sciencepark. She is pleased with the tower as it strengthens the ecosystem and expands the data storage capacity with 7.7 megawatt.

According to Tellegen: 'Digital connectivity is one of the 5 urban challenges the board works on. To become one of the most innovative regions of Europe we do need datatowers such as the one built by digital realty that we are about to open.

The high digital connectivity makes Amsterdam a very attractive location and a European data hotspot – from Amsterdam companies can reach 80% of Europe in just 50 miliseconds. The Amsterdam metropolitan area houses almost 70 datacenters, and this number is growing fast. With 13% increase in capacity in 2015 we’re outpacing our European competitors – Frankfurt and London. The Amsterdam Science Park is a jewel for the region. More than 90 companies are based here and the presence of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange is an important factor in the decision of other companies to establish their business here. The combination of beta science knowledge institutes and initiatives such as SURFsara and the Netherlands science Center make this into a very vibrant and innovative area of which Amsterdam can be very proud.

More and more international companies discover the power of the Dutch digital infrastructure and enter the European market via Amsterdam. This data tower forms an important expansion and strengthens the eco-system. We need to cherish this eco-system as international competition is fierce. Herein lies a responsibility for companies and governments together, too long datacenters and related digital infrastructure has been seen as a business matter only. Recently the Dutch parliament appointed the digital infrastructure as our third national mainport – just like Schiphol Airport and the Port of Rotterdam. So we’re making good progress, now we need to join forces to really use this momentum to make it part of our national DNA.'

Amsterdam-based knowledge institutes and the municipality of Amsterdam are investing heavily to make scientific knowledge and technology available for societal and economic applications

IXA valorisation centre (a collaboration between the University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center (AMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) and the research institutes AMOLF and Nikhef will be collaborating closely in the new programme ‘IXAnext, Talent for innovation’. This collaboration aims to make the knowledge institutes’ knowledge and expertise more readily available for societal and private parties. Together they dedicate themselves to increasing the use and dissemination of knowledge in the region. This will be accomplished among others in the form of Innovation Labs, which will intensify cooperation with the business community and increase the support given to start-ups and spin-offs. By developing this programme, IXA is taking the next step towards professionalising and improving services in the valorisation process.

10 families bought an old school in the middle of Amsterdam and transformed this into some lovely apartments. The high ceilings allowed for beautiful and airy rooms. Marjolein Cazemier tells us how they managed to make a very energy efficient building, while giving room to all the wishes of those families.

Glad to see the industry now acknowledges that user centric approaches is the way forward

'Cities basically go out and want to do everything. Free Wi-Fi, meter reading, environmental sensors, information screens, they want them all and they want them for free. Key is to begin by developing a road map of desired services and then prioritize them.'

On Monday 12 september 2016 no less than two French delegations visited Amsterdam Smart City. A group of City Directors coming from all over France and its overseas territories was particularly interested in how Amsterdam Smart City is organised and how it interacts with local and regional governments. Next to that, the interaction with citizens was also a point of interest.

On Monday 12 september 2016 no less than two French delegations visited Amsterdam Smart City. A group of City Directors coming from all over France and its overseas territories was particularly interested in how Amsterdam Smart City is organised and how it interacts with local and regional governments. Next to that, the interaction with citizens was also a point of interest.

We presented the Amsterdam Smart City approach and several examples of bottom-up initiatives. After that, we zoomed in on the EU project City-zen.

We held interesting discussions about the way to involve citizens. In the Amsterdam Smart City projects, generally the so-called early adopters and early majority, try to proof that the applied innovations work. Other parties, like the municipalities themselves, but also business partners, could take up working innovations afterwards. Also intellectual property and cooperation with business partners was discussed. Amsterdam Smart City’s philosophy is to keep everything as open as is reasonably possible, avoiding a technology lock-in at all costs.

After this group, a delegation of the Crédit Agricole Banque from the Haute-Normandie region met Amsterdam Smart City, after visiting among others circular economy living lab De Ceuvel and the Port of Rotterdam. The bankers where interested to see the energy transition and circular economy initiatives in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. The discussions were centered around the role of banks in the replication and upscaling of innovative solutions.

My first two weeks have passed as new community manager of this platform. I am thrilled to follow our lead Emma van der Veen and together with Nancy Zikken share your projects, events, posts and requests on our social channels, answer your questions and connect you with the people and companies you need to thrive and innovate the city of Amsterdam or simply be inspired.

Every once in a while I'll share an update and insights of this platform, putting them in a broader perspective of the development of smart cities. For opening a window to the future I always believe in taking a look over our shoulders. That's why I'd like to start this weekend with Billie Jean!

My first two weeks have passed as new community manager of this platform. I am thrilled to follow our lead Emma van der Veen and together with Nancy Zikken share your projects, events, posts and requests on our social channels, answer your questions and connect you with the people and companies you need to thrive and innovate the city of Amsterdam or simply be inspired. Every once in a while I'll share an update and insights of this platform, putting them in a broader perspective of the development of smart cities. For opening a window to the future I always believe in taking a look over our shoulders. That's why I'd like to start this weekend with Billie Jean!

Did you know Michael Jackson was ahead of his time publishing his smart city video clip of Billie Jean in 1983? The clip shows the King of Pop moving around a city landscape in which squares light up whenever he passes by. The same goes for the smart lights of the street responding to his presence. Not only did this short film break down MTV's racial barrier as the first video by a black artist to be aired in heavy rotation, it also showed an future vision of a smart city which has become reality.

Check out the smart light project of the Hoekenrodeplein for example: <https://amsterdamsmartcity.com/projects/smart-light>

I hope to inspire you in the future and light your way through our smart city. Does your smart city look like the one in Billie Jean?

This week had a few warm days again. The ideal moment to visit the Machine Room of the Comfort Cooling Network in the Houthaven District. The City-zen delegation (the network is supported by the European Commission) enjoyed a guided tour by the CEO and asset manager of Westpoort Warmte and learned all about the weird things in the filters, why some coolers are made of stainless steel and others of titanium, but also about the way Westpoort Warmte is charging the residents for this additional service.

This week had a few warm days again. The ideal moment to visit the Machine Room of the Comfort Cooling Network in the Houthaven District. The City-zen delegation (the network is supported by the European Commission) enjoyed a guided tour by the CEO and asset manager of Westpoort Warmte and learned all about the weird things in the filters, why some coolers are made of stainless steel and others of titanium, but also about the way Westpoort Warmte is charging the residents for this additional service.

Next steps: all 2000 dwellings in this district will be connected eventually. This means the installation will be expanded and a second Machine Room will be installed on the other side of the area. Today, the first 200 apartments and 2 schools are connected. Besides the Comfort Cooling Network, the area also is connected to a District Heating Network.

Interesting event coming up on September 7th at the Impact Hub Amsterdam for entrepreneurs, researchers and workers in the field of Smart City.

Before the summer the Impact Hub started with an interesting new approach of inciting subcommunities in their network of social and sustainable innovators. One of those subcommunities is Cities of the Future and this one organizes an interesting evening where they meet up with researchers in the field of Smart Cities.