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In the month December you can win great prizes just by registering! Amsterdam Smart City gives away books and winter-proof trees! There are almost 2000 active community members on this platform who you can meet here. So give it a shot yourself and reach out to this innovative network!

In the month December you can win great prizes just by registering! Amsterdam Smart City gives away winter-proof trees and books (Smart Cities - Anthony Townsend, Toekomst van de Stad- Zef Hemel)

You can become a member by signing up. As a member you can

• Use the community and post a request. On this page you can ask for inspiration, ideas, or partners to transform smart concepts into actual smart city initiatives.
• Share your best practices. Upload smart city projects and invite other team members.
• Create posts and events in the news section which will get attention in community newsletters.

There are almost 2000 active community members on this platform who you can meet here!

Next to that, this might be really interesting for your friends and colleagues! Tell them about the possibilities of Amsterdam Smart City via an e-mail. Give them a chance to win the prizes, it is December after all...

NOTE: the winners have been picked and notified already! Thank you for joining.

Tell my friends about Amsterdam Smart City

Door toenemende grondstoffenschaarste, afvalvermindering, innovatie in de keten en efficiëntere productie en logistiek begint de circulaire economie steeds meer vorm te krijgen. Onder invloed van maatschappelijke druk krijgen organisaties steeds vaker de vraag wat de milieu-impact is van het product dat zij afnemen. Jouw klanten, stakeholders en opdrachtgevers willen weten of er circulair wordt ingekocht. Hoe word je als organisatie 100% relevant?
Inkoop sleutelfunctie voor circulaire economie
Een sleutel voor het aanjagen van de circulaire economie ligt bij inkopers. Zij stimuleren en creëren immers de vraag naar circulair geproduceerde goederen en zorgen zo voor nieuwe business modellen zoals ‘betalen per gebruik’ (pay per use), koop/terugkoop en doorverkoop.

Verandervermogen van de inkoopprofessional
Circulair Inkopen vergt behalve weloverwogen inkoopprocessen en innovatieve contractvormen in de gehele supply chain ook een veranderende, flexibelere en meer empathische houding als inkoopprofessional om de dialoog over circulariteit met leveranciers aan te gaan. Tijdens de training gaan we met u op reis waarbij niet alleen de inhoudelijke kant, maar ook de gedragskant wordt belicht. Kortom, het verandervermogen van de inkoopprofessional staat centraal.

Trainingslocatie: inspiratie ten top!
Gestart tijdens de internationale campagne Netherlands Circular Hotspot, is Valley Beta ontwikkeld als tijdelijk experimenteer en inspiratiegebied waar organisaties en ondernemers nu al hun circulaire ambities waar kunnen maken. Hiermee is de eerste stap naar de realisatie van Valley gezet.
Valley wordt ontwikkeld als de eerste circulaire business development hub ter wereld. Gelegen in Schiphol Trade Park, vlakbij luchthaven Schiphol, wordt dit dé plek waar alle relevante stakeholders samenkomen om nieuwe circulaire businessmodellen- en concepten te ontwikkelen.

Investering
De bijbehorende investering voor deelname bedraagt € 395,-. (De training vindt doorgang bij minimaal 10 deelnemers)

Vragen
Mocht u aanvullende vragen hebben, dan kunt u contact opnemen met Wouter van Twillert: wouter@valleycreators.com / +31 (0)6 14 18 44 71

vr 20 januari 2017
09:00 – 17:00 CET

On December 6 and 7 the Smart Cities Summit was organised in Boston. Here stakeholders from the public & private-sector ecosystems met to help tomorrow’s cities face the challenges of growing urban populations with the latest IoT technology.

The common theme was that data is an enabler and an asset that municipalities are trying to wrangle. Dominick Tribone, customer experience lead for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, said that his group is using information from ridership and transactions to enhance services. But there are limitations. Tribone noted that the MBTA knows when someone checks in to the system, but has to infer when that person gets off.

"We want to get to real-time trip planning," said Tribone.

Meanwhile, Paul Comfort, CEO, Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), said his group is revamping routes to ease congestion in Baltimore with a hub-and-spoke system. Technologies will be used to hold the light green for busses and align connections between bus and trains.

"We collected two years of data on the transportation system, where the jobs are and where people are really going," said Comfort. "We're removing 1,000 stops from our system because people weren't using them. Data is helping us do that."'

Nearly every CIO noted that smart city projects revolve around how data is being used. For instance Kansas City is using data from Google's Waze and sucking in information available via public application programming interfaces.

What executives cautioned is that flooding smart city projects with data may not work due to access, analytics, availability and the ability to turn big data into insights. There are also privacy issues that abound. "There's a balance between having enough information to improve service and privacy," said Tribone.

On December 13th, Ali Tinazli - Global Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences Strategy at Hewlett Packard - will update us on how HP focuses on healthcare by applying their expertise to new healthcare technologies: think of the integration of fluids in microchips, or using microprocessors in healthcare.
Would you like to learn more about his view on integrating the latest technical knowledge with new imperatives of healthcare - focusing on prevention, personalization, and access to everyone?
Join:

Amsterdam Marketing (I amsterdam) in partnership with the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (AMA) has launched an open call for the development of a digital/technological application(tool) which enables I amsterdam to guide the (inter)national visitors and citizens of the AMA to the broad and world known cultural programme the AMA has to offer. The call goes out to startups, creative and technological companies, developers, innovators, etc.

More info in Dutch: www.iamsterdam.com/open-call
More info in English: check this PDF: http://bit.ly/2hDml6U

Hi all,

I created the Smart City Hub Group on LinkedIn so professionals and decision makers working in smart cities worldwide can get cutting edge intelligence about smart city projects around the world.

In this forum you get the latest news, trends and strategies about all aspects of smart cities, like city management, traffic, security, energy & water supply, citizen services, ICT, housing and building.

Are you a civil servant or politician? Please visit the group and click on 'join group'.

Plus, here are some other things we will talk about and resources you will find:
· Topic of the week: Each week I will post a new Topic for discussion. I invite you to share your thoughts and expertise.
· The power of many: In the group you can interact with and learn from professionals and decision makers working in smart cities worldwide.
· More perspectives: With insights from other professionals we can learn even more. Our collective knowledge is powerful. And I know you have some good ideas to contribute as well.

Sounds interesting? I hope so. I invite you to get engaged in discussions, ask questions and share your thoughts right now. Best of all, it does not cost you anything.

Let’s make our cities smart.

Egbert

In co-operation with 'Amsterdam Smart City' the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences evaluated smart city projects in the themes of energy, circulair economy and mobility in Amsterdam. Read our blog about how these projects and Car Sharing fits perfectly within a smart city.

When products are turned into services, no one has an interest in things with a short life span. Everything is designed for durability, repairability and recyclability.

At the AMA event: 'Data Driven & Circular City Management' on the 22th of November, Jacqueline Cramer (Amsterdam Economic Board) and Jaap Meindersma (Municipality of Almere) closed a deal for recycling textile that is no longer suitable for wearing. Check out the pictures of the event below.
(Or read the full article here:
https://www.amsterdameconomicboard.com/nieuws/circular-deal-textielrecycling-gesloten)

ShareNL called the city of Amsterdam a Sharing City in 2014. The Municipality would like to honor this title by sharing itself. Practice what you preach! Among others, the City gives social initiatives the opportunity to use City Hall Meeting Rooms. These are the first steps to not only put Amsterdam on the map as a sharing city, but also really get sharing in the DNA. This website, apolitical, interviewed the Sharing Economy team of the Municipality and wrote an article about these steps.

Will you be present at Pakhuis de Zwijger on the 19th of December to listen en talk about the organisation and management of smart city initiatives and the engagement of citizens?

You can register for the program via the website of Pakhuis de Zwijger:
---- The event will be in Dutch!! -----

ChillySpaces is transforming the beautiful Meet Gallery in the heart of Amsterdam to a meeting room and coworking space.
Meet gallery is a cozy, inspiring space for group or private meetings, workshops, and coaching sessions. Meet gallery can host a maximum of 10 guests. It is located in the heart of the old city of Amsterdam, a 10 minute walk from Amsterdam central station, 5 minutes from Dam square and 5 minutes from Nieuwemarkt.
For more information about rates and booking, feel free to contact us: April@ChillySpaces.com

Onze samenleving digitaliseert in een rap tempo. Tegelijkertijd gaan steeds meer mensen in de stad wonen. De ontwikkeling van een slimme lantaarnpaal die in de gaten houdt wie wanneer langs komt, of een app die de autobestuurder vertelt waar een parkeerplekje vrij is, maakt het leven in de stad aangenamer. Thema’s die hoog op de agenda staan bij Amsterdamse stadsbestuurders. Omdat er nog voldoende ruimte is voor vernieuwende ideeën, worden jonge Amsterdamse meiden op vrijdag 2 december a.s. uitgedaagd om slimme oplossingen te bedenken die het leven, wonen en werken in de stad leuker maken. Ger Baron Chief Technology Officer van Amsterdam ontvangt de 50 basisschool meisjes. De experts van Amsterdam Smart City kiezen het beste idee en reiken aan het einde van de dag de prijs voor de beste slimme stadsoplossing uit.

Eurofiber, leverancier van hoogwaardige digitale infrastructuur, en VHTO, Landelijk expertisebureau meisjes/vrouwen en bèta/techniek, organiseren in samenwerking met de gemeenten deze Smart City Challenge for Girls in vijf steden. Amsterdam is de derde in de rij.

Deze editie van de Smart City Challenge vindt plaats in het DataLab in Amsterdam. Vijf groepen van tien basisschoolmeisjes van vijf Amsterdamse basisscholen gaan vanaf 9.00 uur aan de slag onder begeleiding van meisjes van het voortgezet onderwijs, studentes en adviseurs van VHTO en Eurofiber. vanaf 15.00 uur is de interessante finale van deze ‘challenge’ en pitchen de meisjesteams hun idee. De jury beoordeelt vervolgens de pitches en om 16.00 uur wordt na een korte toespraak van locoburgemeester Kajsa Ollongren de prijs uitgereikt voor de beste slimme stadsoplossing door de experts van Amsterdam Smart City.

Kijk voor meer informatie op http://www.smartcitygirls.nl/

Amsterdam ArenA signed a 10-year deal with Nissan, Eaton and The Mobility House to provide back-up power from second life Nissan LEAF batteries. The xStorage Buildings system efficiently stores and distributes energy when it’s needed.
By repurposing batteries from previously used electric vehicles, the xStorage Buildings system can draw energy from the grid, providing businesses with more control, better value and a more sustainable choice for their energy consumption.
http://www.amsterdamarena.nl/default-showon-page/amsterdam-arena-more-energy-efficient-with-battery-storage-.htm