Dear Angeles, Actually, we are still in the call, not 'after' :-) I said that we have a block owner for each block and they make the utmost of 'their' sessions and the minutes available and engaging with the relevant internal and external people. I will not accept any more that people will be approached by Skype, by WA, by mail, all the time with different people in copy and have such disastrous processes. All cities sessions are very full and we also have sponsorship slots still to respect. Best, Cristina Cristina Brandtstetter Chief Marketing Officer M. +39 3737004468 cristina.brandtstetter at fiware.org www.fiware.org <https://twitter.com/fiware> <https://twitter.com/fiware> <https://www.fiware.org/events> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 1:25 PM Angeles Tejado <angeles.tejado at fiware.org> wrote: > FYI Cristina after the summit status today. I am not sure why you said in > the call that we need to avoid the disasters in the past. > > In any case it is in your hands. Thanks > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Juanjo Hierro <juanjose.hierro at fiware.org> > Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 at 19:00 > Subject: Re: SKG Gold Member participation at the FIWARE Summit > To: Karen Vega <karen.vega at fiware.org>, Angeles Tejado < > angeles.tejado at fiware.org> > Cc: Oleg Korneev <oleg.korneev at fiware.org>, Tonia Sapia < > tonia.sapia at fiware.org>, Rosemah Zia <rosemah.zia at fiware.org>, Stefano De > Panfilis <Stefano.DePanfilis at fiware.org> > > > Hi, > > Let me report about SKG and hopefully this brings all of us on the same > page regarding SKG. > > One first thing that should be clear, as Angeles has also clarified in > her mail, is that SKG does not only operate in Colombia but other > countries. They have, for example, offices in Spain where they have been > awarded a relevant mobility project for the city of Almeria, the one > Angeles provides details about in her mail. Actually, Europe and > particularly Spain is one of their target markets. > > So let's handle SKG as not just a company focused in the Colombia nor > Latam market. > > Very relevantly, they are evolving their smart city platform to become > powered by FIWARE. I had the opportunity to meet during 2 hours with > members of the technical team of SKG in their offices and got impressed > about how far they had gone in the design of the evolution of their > platform to make it powered by FIWARE and the level of know-how in FIWARE > they seemed to have gained. This platform is the basis for all their Smart > City project worldwide. They have it deployed in Bogota, so once they > perform the migration of the platform for that city, it will become an > additional strong reference based on FIWARE besides Medellin. So far, they > have already incorporated FIWARE in their project with Manizales in > Colombia and testing FIWARE there before going for Bogotá. > > We shall bring their success stories in Almeria (Spain) and Manizales > (Colombia) in the next edition of the Smart Cities book to be published in > Vienna. I hope Oleg will take this in mind and I would kindly ask him to > confirm this will be the case. I know that we may already have many > references in Spain and we may prioritize references in other countries but > in this particular case, it helps to deliver two strong messages: 1) cities > in the same country may be based on FIWARE but there may be multiple > providers of FIWARE, and this is a strong proof that adopting FIWARE > prevents vendor lock-in, 2) FIWARE platform providers like SKG can bring > their platform offerings in multiple countries > > I believe that SKG deserves a slot to speak in the Smart Cities session > even though I understand this may be a bit difficult at this moment. > However, we shall try to make it. I'll send a mail to Cristina in that > regard. > > Last but not least, let's be also clear in the following regard: the > recruitment of SKG as Gold Member of the FIWARE Foundation is mostly a > merit of Angeles, not a natural outcome of our work in Colombia. > Meritocracy has to be recognized in our organization and this is the fact > regarding SKG. Merits have to be highlighted and not minimized. > > Cheers, > > Juanjo > > > On 18/4/23 13:49, Karen Vega wrote: > > Hello, > Thanks for the email. The Regional Track ( America's) during the Summit > pretends to present in the LATAM part > Eu-lac initiatives so they could fit if they are already into an EU > project , but we are there targeting eu high level speakers. So we have to > assess. > The tricky part is that we have other Colombian members that are also very > active and are also doing the efforts that SKG had mentioned like Sysman. > It anyway looks like they will be coming to the Summit so even if they are > not speaking they would come is that confirmed? > Manizales is already an ongoing project? You already sent them the info > for the FIWARE 4 cities.book? Im part of the book team for Cities from > LATAM and NATAF so ill.add Manizales to the list. > > For background , we will keep having companies interested in FIWARE in > Colombia because of all the ground work already done in Colombia by Juanjo > an myself so this is a a natural outcome. Even political because of the > gov decision to use FIWARE. Juanjo can you update in your conversation with > SKG? . Im sure more companies will be coming in. If they are not yet an > ihub its fine to interact with me or in this case with Juanjo as before. > About the sponsoring package with Rosemah if you think they will buy > something. > Thanks for letting us know Angeles. > > Regards > > > > El mar., 18 de abril de 2023 05:29, Angeles Tejado < > angeles.tejado at fiware.org> escribió: > >> Dear all >> >> This email is to inform you on the participation of SKG Technologies at >> the FIWARE Summit. Here a summary: >> >> SDK contacted us in April 2022 through the FIWARE iHubs help list. Since >> that time (when Sysman was interested as well) I put them in contact with >> Karen & Juanjo and I learned that they had some interactions / meetings. >> SDK was visiting our booth at the SCEWC 22 on November 22 where they >> insisted on talking to me to continue the discussions on a possible >> collaboration as they were keeping their interest in the FIWARE iHubs >> Network. After the SCEWC they asked me to schedule a call. Finally the best >> option was the Gold membership looking at their real goals and objectives. >> Being a multinational this membership is quite relevant for us. >> >> They have different solutions and platforms like >> https://skgtecnologia.com/smart-helios/ that want to upgrade with FIWARE >> (they know the technology for years). The company has presence in Colombia: >> Bogotá and Medellin. Mexico and Ecuador. In *Europe* as well. They are >> involved in some tenders in Spain and some of them have been allocated >> already: https://www.esmartcity.es/2022/12/02/skg >> -tecnologia-participa-proyecto-*almeria*-ciudad-smart-mobility of course >> they will implement FIWARE. >> >> They want to actively participate in the FIWARE Summit (I am trying to >> get a sponsorship as well) willing to get certified experts, to present >> their solutions and of course network with the FIWARE Community. They are >> quite interested in planning a good *return of investment* and I already >> explained to them the benefits they can get being an active contributor to >> the community. They are planning to update solutions in the marketplace, >> build* impact stories* and of course include *Manizales* in our smart >> cities book to be launched during the next Summit. >> >> Their main focus is to grow in Europe as they have offices in Spain as >> well. >> >> I asked Oleg for a slot in the Smart Cities track at the FIWARE Summit. >> Oleg told me to talk to Tonia for the LATAM session (I am adding in CC >> Rosemah and Karen as I see that they are session keepers as well), but I >> think that they are more interested in the EU. >> >> These people are willing to pay a keystone sponsorship but I am not sure >> if we will have enough free slots for them if they pay. I am discussing >> this with Stefano that could eventually bring this to the BoO. Before >> committing with a sponsorship we need to understand what is possible. >> >> For the time being, *can we please book a slot for them in the SC track >> and LATAM?* I am adding Juanjo as well in the thread as he has been in >> Bogotá last week talking to them. >> >> Please confirm before I talk to them. >> >> Best >> -- >> >> Angeles Tejado >> Senior Program Manager >> M. +34 608 50 88 73 >> angeles.tejado at fiware.org >> www.fiware.org >> Skype: vemiles1 >> >> <https://twitter.com/fiware> >> > > > -- > > Angeles Tejado > Senior Program Manager > M. +34 608 50 88 73 > angeles.tejado at fiware.org > www.fiware.org > Skype: vemiles1 > > <https://twitter.com/fiware> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.fiware.org/private/ff-marketing/attachments/20230424/a0d561bc/attachment-0001.html>
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