Dear FIWARE Community, First and foremost, we want to thank all of you for your contributions and active participation in the *FIWARE Smart Fest*. The event truly did capture the innovative spirit and work of the entire FIWARE Community. We, therefore, couldn't have done it without your support and enthusiasm. With a fantastic event behind us, we can look forward to the great things that lie ahead in the second half of 2021 - and there are a lot of them. Without further ado, let's crack on with this month's Marketing Round-up. Great Opportunities for You Be part of the United We Thrive interview series Do you want to be part of our *United We Thrive* video series? Through inspiring "live" interviews on AirMeet, it showcases individuals that are using FIWARE tech and common standards to jointly create practical solutions and services that are making an impact towards a greener, sustainable and cost-effective planet and would not have been conceived if it wasn't for the FIWARE ecosystem. more info <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6lPL1AFFPtfgWKbkZKVg9cm6X5jJzpe-yyIHC_T2b0UG31Q/viewform> Be featured in the next edition of the FIWARE4Cities booklet FIWARE is up and running in more than 200 cities in over 30 countries worldwide. This 1st edition of the *FIWARE4Cities* booklet, which highlights 36 cities and 41 solutions from 13 countries, is a footprint of how FIWARE is helping cities to get their smart city projects off the ground. The booklet is ever-evolving. Want to be featured in the upcoming version? Fill out the form and let us know how your city - or a city you are working with - is using FIWARE tech. more info <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0SEIGbWmmMbbO11h-V_L7we84MHpJHhhHubOat3kvkEKfvg/viewform> FIWARE returns to the Smart Country Convention in 2021 Last month, the FIWARE Foundation Marketing Team paid a visit to the venue (hub27) for the upcoming *Smart Country Convention* (26-28 October 2021) in Berlin. SCCON is the leading congress trade fair for e-Government, Smart City, and Smart Region. SSCON21 will be a hybrid event with a focus on f2f meetings - and FIWARE is excited to be present with a large booth space right in the center of the event. Get in touch with Quy Le <quy.le at fiware.org> to reserve your space. Marketing Materials for You AI within cities – the next stage in societal digital transformation In collaboration with *Matthew James Bailey* (author, leading authority, pioneer, and consultant in innovation, AI and AI Ethics, Smart Cities, and IoT) and with contributions from related projects and several members of the FIWARE Community, this brand new white paper focuses on the role played by artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future experience of Smart Cities. read more <https://www.fiware.org/2021/06/08/artificial-intelligence-within-cities-the-next-stage-in-societal-digital-transformation/> New positioning paper - "FIWARE for Data Spaces" This brand new positioning paper describes how smart applications from multiple domains can participate in the creation of *Data Spaces* based on FIWARE software building blocks. Smart applications participating in such Data Spaces share Digital Twin data in real-time using a common standard API like NGSI-LD and relying on standard data models. read more <https://www.fiware.org/marketing-material/fiware-for-data-spaces/> New positioning paper - "FIWARE for Digital Twins" This paper describes how smart applications from multiple domains can support the creation of smart solutions based on the *Digital Twin* concept using FIWARE software building blocks. Central in the vision, the *NGSI-LD API *is proposed as an open standard API for getting access to digital twin data and the use of standard data models is promoted to ensure portability and replicability of solutions. read more <https://www.fiware.org/marketing-material/fiware-for-digital-twins/> "Fighting Climate Change with FIWARE" edition 5.0 is out now Edition 5.0 of the “*Fighting Climate Change with FIWARE*” booklet features two additional FIWARE-powered solutions, namely, *Connected Canteens*, and *FIWOO*, and three additional climate change initiatives with FIWARE: *CO2 Marketplace*, *FISMEP*, and *Smart MaaS*. The booklet presents what the FIWARE Community is doing to tackle or minimize the effects of climate change. Want to be featured in the next one? <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_bn2dPrmSXK2L5mFVshCCPIz6WiUimJUEbs1K8MxPukbR7A/viewform> read more <https://www.fiware.org/2021/06/08/fighting-climate-change-with-fiware-edition-5-0-is-live/> Strategy Talk *The FIWARE Foundation keeps growing* Did you know that since the start of the COVID pandemic the FIWARE Foundation has grown by about 30%? It is exciting to see the global FIWARE Community thrive and leave a mark on the digital future. With *BluSky* we welcomed our 400th member not too long ago, and we are excited to welcome more brand new members. Together we can build, steer and sustain open source technologies and common standards, based on FIWARE tech. JOIN US <https://www.fiware.org/about-us/join/> Call to Action & Open Calls *Apply for the i4Trust Open Call* Are you an SME seeking to explore how data sharing could improve your processes? Are you a DIH interested in supporting SMEs with *i4Trust* tech and frameworks? i4Trust will select up to 16 Bottom-up Experiments that seek to implement concepts that demonstrate how already existing processes can be improved or how new innovative services can be created by means of sharing data among multiple companies using i4Trust. Application deadline: *6 September 2021*. read more <https://i4trust-open-call.fundingbox.com/> *Real-time data supporting better water management services* The *FIWARE4Water *project is challenging data scientists and data analysts to show how real-time data can be used to support better water management services through the data generated by digital meters and providing feedback to consumers and water utilities. More details on the three challenges and the Guide for Applicants can be found on the FIWARE4Water website <https://www.fiware4water.eu/>. read more <https://fiware4water-challenges.devpost.com/> Join the FIWARE Marketplace! The FIWARE Marketplace is a global one-stop-shop that gives access to a wide range of existing commercial offerings around FIWARE. It hereby helps entrepreneurs to gain visibility and credibility, essential to building partnerships and gaining market traction. We link featured solutions to further initiatives, mention them in the press kit <https://www.fiware.org/wp-content/uploads/FIWARE_PressKit_English.pdf>, FIWARE booklets, and much more. Join the 185+ solutions that are already benefiting from the FIWARE Marketplace! apply to be certified <https://marketplace.fiware.org/> Hot Off the Press Smart cities and the future of sustainable business - June 2021 We are excited for FIWARE Gold Member *Nivid Technologies*, as well as the *TOKEN* project to be featured in the June 2021 edition of the *Business Reporter* Smart Cities Report. Discover how FIWARE Community members are enabling next-gen technologies to create smart, scalable, and secure future cities, and how FIWARE, blockchain, and other Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) can help with that. read more <https://business-reporter.co.uk/smart-cities-and-the-future-of-sustainable-business-june-2021/> How open source makes cities sustainable, smart, and inclusive FIWARE Community members *Ramesh Subryan* (Nivid Technologies), *Salome Leßmann* (it’s OWL Cluster Management), *Johannes Anttila* and *Johannes Mikkonen* (Demos Helsinki) lay out what IoT platforms, artificial intelligence, and Distributed Ledger Technologies have in common and their potential for making cities more efficient, cost-effective, sustainable and resilient to environmental challenges. read more <https://business-reporter.co.uk/2021/06/01/how-open-source-makes-cities-sustainable-smart-resilient-and-inclusive/> Building a greener, open source economy In this joint article, FIWARE Community members *Robert Brears* (Our Future Water), *Joris Finck* (imec), *Salome Leßmann* (it’s OWL Cluster Management), and *Ramesh Subryan* (Nivid Technologies), showcase how open source tech and open common standards facilitate the development of low-carbon, resource-efficient economies while avoiding vendor lock-in scenarios. read more <https://17globalgoals.com/building-a-greener-open-source-economy/> New and Ongoing Initiatives Check out episode 2 of United We Thrive with Addix and Profirator Episode two of our United We Thrive series features *Björn Schwarze* (ADDIX Internet Services) and *Ilari Mikkonen* (Profirator). Together, they have built a smart city platform for the greater region of Kiel with the main focus on a digital twin of the city's mobility. The city is building up to 50 mobility stations in and around Kiel which connect (electrical) bike and car-sharing with the public transport system. VIEW VIDEO <https://youtu.be/boLZ0DPnatg> Upcoming Events DIGITAL.HERNE.BUSINESS – Durchstarten dank Digitalisierung The *city of Herne* (Germany) is a city that continues to innovate itself. Cities will continue to grow in the coming years. In Herne, too, the effective networking of companies and urban society is an essential basis for optimizing the living environments in the city. What are the tasks facing the designers of the "Smart People City Herne" and how can every member of the urban society make their contribution via *IDEASFORUM e.V.*? Join the event on* 23 June* from *16:30-18:00 (CEST)*. READ MORE <https://www.fiware.org/events/digital-herne-business-durchstarten-dank-digitalisierung/> FIWARE and i4Trust virtual training camp The core part of this free virtual training camp, running June 21-24 from 15:30 to 18:30 (CEST), will equip attendees with the necessary skills to develop smart solutions powered by FIWARE. Extending this core part, the virtual training camp adds introductory and deep-dive sessions on *FIWARE* and *iSHARE technologies*, brought together under the umbrella of the *i4Trust initiative*. Check out the full agenda! READ MORE <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fiware-i4trust-training-tickets-157832058937> Smart Data Models open session Interested in learning more about the Smart Data Models initiative, a collaborative initiative impulsed by FIWARE Foundation, TM Forum, IUDX, and OASC, and many other people and organizations contributing to the data models? Join the Smart Data Models open sessions *every Monday* from *14:00-14:30 (CEST)* to discuss updates, coming data models, contributors’ proposals, and doubts about the use of Smart Data Models. READ MORE <https://www.fiware.org/events/smart-data-models-open-session/> Join upcoming Marketing Round-up calls *Are you a FIWARE Foundation Platinum, Gold, or Associate member, Evangelist, or FIWARE iHub? *Please provide the details of the person in charge of Marketing and/or Communications within your organization (or your own contact details) via the form below so we can invite the relevant person(s) to future calls. *The next Marketing Round-up call will happen on 23 June from 14:00-15:00 (CEST)* fill out the form <https://forms.gle/VfkUSEH6UGjUkTjQ8> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/eu.fiware/> [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/fiware> [image: LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/fi-ware/> [image: YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/user/fiware> [image: Website] <https://www.fiware.org/> *Copyright © 2021 FIWARE Foundation, e.V., All rights reserved.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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