Presentation given by Martin Brynskov, OASC / Aarhus University, at Open & Agile Smart Cities' annual Connected Smart Cities & Communities Conference 2020 on 23 January in Brussels, Belgium

1. What Cities and Communities Need
Mechanisms that take us from fragmented pilots to
mainstream market built on trust
Martin Brynskov
@brynskov
#ScaleWithUs

2. CRISES

3. SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENTAL

4. Sustainable, Open Innovation
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Source: Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic
Growth, UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) 2011

5. PROTECTION
+
INNOVATION

6. LACK OF
TRUST

7. LACK OF
SCALE

8. A voice for cities and
communities towards the market.
Support local priorities,
leveraging global dynamics.
Free flow of data with trust.
“

9. Mission: To create a global smart city market
based on the needs of cities and communities
—
Demand-side
—
Global network of national networks
—
140+ cities
27 countries
Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific
—
Council of Cities Coordinator: Ghent (Belgium)
Board representative: Vienna (Austria)

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11. 26 new
member cities
10 different
countries
22,000,000 +
inhabitants
Combined GDP
€630 billion +
New in 2019

12. Total
140+
member cities
27 different
countries
100,000,000 +
inhabitants
Combined GDP
€2.8 trillion +

13. Global community

14. A robust model for
standards-based
innovation and
procurement of
IoT- and AI-enabled
services across domains
“

15. STANDARDS?

16. Source: Lindsay Frost, NEC Labs Europe / oascities.org

17. Minimal Interoperability
Mechanisms (MIMs)
Benefit for Cities:
• Choice, flexibility, efficiency, value-for-money,
independence, economic development
Benefit for Businesses:
• Scale, agile development/deployment
Benefit for all:
• Reduced risk, increased investments, innovation

18. MIM 1: Context Information Management
Implementations:
• Orion LD (FIWARE)
• Scorpio (NEC)
• Djane.io (Sensinov)
• Obelisk (imec)
• TBD (South Korea)
MIM 2: Common Data Models
MIM 3: Ecosystem Transactions Management
MIM 4: Personal Data Management (champion: Helsinki)
MIM 5: Fair AI (champion: Amsterdam)
MIMs 1-3 adopted by OASC Council of Cities 2019. MIMs 4-5 approved as work items 2020.
Current MIMs

19. IoT Large-Scale Pilot for
Smart Cities & Communities

20. Demonstrating the Power of MIMs
Scaling up across cities:
• 50 services
• 21 cities
• 16 teams
• 6 months
Core project: 20m€ · 40 partners
More information: synchronicity-iot.eu

22. www.synchronicity-iot.eu
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23. OASC MIMs: Status
• 20+ operational deployments worldwide
– Including Milan, Vienna, Porto, Helsinki, Santander, Eindhoven,
Antwerp, Geneva, Manchester, Seongnam, Bordeaux
• 140+ formal adoptions worldwide
– Including Stavanger, London, Amsterdam, Brisbane, Edinburgh, Rio
De Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Leon, Ghent, Almere, Sarajevo, Tampere
– Pending: Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, Yokohama, Dubai, Montreal,
Toronto, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Shanghai, Yinchuan, Guadalajara
• 29 countries
– Currently average of 4.8 cities per country
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28. Some international trends
• USA, China
• Japan, Korea, India ...
• EU
• The Nordics
• Networks
• World Economic Forum, G20
• Open & Agile Smart Cities
• UN U4SSC, SDGs

29. EU initiatives
• 5 “missions”
• One about “Climate-neutral smart cities”
• Research & Innovation
• Horizon Europe (>12b€ digital)
• Implementation
• Digital Europe Programme (9b€)
• Connecting Europe Facility (3b€)
• Scale-up declaration
• 100 Intelligent Cities Challenge
• Infrastructure Investments
• Regional/Structural/Investment funds

30. Next steps: The 100 Intelligent Cities Challenge
100 Intelligent cities
Support cities in industrial transformation,
green deal, circular economy, clean tech
and social economy
International dimension:
- 10 non-EU cities
- synergies with key international initiatives
€7.5 million over a 30-month period.
EoI for new cities to join: by January 2020.
Foster new
opportunities for
citizens affected
by the transition
Reinforce and
expand the existing
network to reach
100 cities
Align city strategies
with the major EU
political guidelines:
Social, Green,
Digital
Press ahead
implementation
and joint
investments
https://www.digitallytransformyourregion.eu/

31. Declaration for upscaling digital solutions in Europe
Living-in.EU
Promoted by:

32. Declaration for upscaling digital solutions in Europe
Living-in.EU

33. Declaration for upscaling digital solutions in Europe
Living-in.EU

34. Consolidated Report of Technical Specifications
WORKING DOCUMENT
• Concrete but focused set of specifications.
• Focused on market reality, non-exclusive.
• Validation based on SynchroniCity and
other large-scale initiatives.
TOPICS
• Architecture framework model
• Context information management
• Data/information models
• Marketplaces enablers
PERSPECTIVES PER TOPIC
• Goals
• Capabilities
• Recommended specifications
https://living-in.eu/sites/default/files/files/Consolidated-Report-on-Tech-Specs-v2.pdf

35. Join, Boost, Sustain
We signed
Estonia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Tampere, Oulu, Joensuu, Finland,
Braga, Portugal,
Viborg, Denmark
Debrecen, Hungary
Iasi, Arad, Romania,
Šmartno pri Litiji, Logatec, Novo Mesto, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lille, Nice Côte d’Azur, France
Kungsbacka, Luleå, Fredrikstad, Sweden
Valencia, Gijon, Spain
Lublin, Poland

40. Scaling from pilots to global market: The road to Porto
SAVE THE DATES
Key events and moments include:
• Finnish EU Presidency, Oulu,
December 10-11 *
• Connected Smart Cities &
Communities, Brussels, January 23,
2020
• Cities Forum, Porto, January 31,
2020
• World Urban Forum, Dubai, February
8-13, Abu Dhabi
• OASC LIVE, with TM Forum Digital
Transformation World, Copenhagen, June
16-18
SynchroniCity becomes part of the OASC
family.
Building a growing catalogue of services
and suppliers.
Ensuring try-before-you-buy-style
deployment.
Based on the OASC MIM framework, and
supported by mixed funding models.
A TRUSTED ROADMAP FOR
CITIES & COMMUNITIES
The OASC Council of Cities oversees the
core elements needed for interoperability
across sectors.
It can be easily integrated in procurement
for daily operations, as well as for
innovation and even early-stage
experimentation.
Gives the municipality stability and
independence, which unlocks financing as
well as innovation capacity.
Shares the risk of moving ahead in the
digital transformation of cities &
communities with peers in Europe and
beyond.
(* http://living-in.EU)

41. Scale
with
Vienna

42. Scale
with
Amsterdam

43. Scale
with
Tokyo

44. Scale
with
Saint-Quentin

45. Scale
with
Turku

46. Scale
with
Oulu

47. Scale
with
Helsinki

48. Scale
with
communities

49. Scale
with
speed

50. Scale
with
trust

51. Scale
with
us