[oasc-iot-lsp-cities] Clarification

[Mirko Presser]

Dear Martin/All,

We are committed to support the proposal and consortium and are excited to
be part of it.

Thanks

Mirko
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On 16/02/16 07:18, "fiware-oasc-iot-lsp-cities-bounces at lists.fiware.org on
behalf of Martin Brynskov"
<fiware-oasc-iot-lsp-cities-bounces at lists.fiware.org on behalf of
brynskov at cavi.au.dk> wrote:

>Dear all,
>
>It has become apparent that it is time to clarify the current situation
>and unity of our OASC IoT LSP consortium. We want to win, and we need to
>take decisive steps to get moving. There has been concerns from several
>sides, about the voice of cities in the consortium, and about the
>commitment to adopt the technical mechanisms defined in the OASC
>initiative.
>
>Let us therefore state the principles of the consortium in a clear manner
>that addresses directly the concerns, and call for the shared vision we
>need in order to reach our common goal, which I believe will be difficult
>to achieve otherwise.
>
>The overall goal of the proposal is to create a project which can serve
>as a reference for adoption of co-created portable IoT-enabled smart city
>services in Europe and globally. This consortium is founded on the belief
>that OASC is an exceptionally promising and timely context to do this
>within, especially because it provides existing technical mechanisms,
>born out of and extending the values and modes of operation the involved
>cities and other partners would like to see a global market based on.
>Because it is a city-driven initiative, there is no way industry
>interests would be able to sway or topple this strong city lead against
>the will of the cities. The cities would simply refuse. On the other
>hand, industry support will warrant sustainability and help global
>adoption.
>
>Our proposal will be based on the these three core principles:
>
>1) An inclusive approach. The consortium will include the already
>selected OASC cities, on condition of their expression of exclusive
>commitment to this proposal: Antwerp, Eindhoven, Helsinki, Milan, Porto,
>Santander, and a city from the UK still to be determined. They are chosen
>based on their maturity as early OASC adopters, their relevant IoT
>infrastructure or potential for scalability. Cities from associated
>countries (e.g. Switzerland, Serbia and Mexico) can be also included
>because they won¹t strain budget/funding. This breadth is absolutely
>needed for the creation of European and global market and standards
>beyond the project.
>
>2) Replicating showcases across cities. OASC provides the concrete and
>existing means to build the global Digital Single Market for Smart
>Cities, and this project is instrumental for demonstrating scalability of
>the reference zones. A Smart City 1.0 approach (i.e. building
>non-portable solutions without the potential given by OASC) is not viable.
>
>3) Adhering to OASC mechanisms. This means using FIWARE NGSI as an
>interface for exposing real-time data, also incorporating extensions in
>open data publication platforms (e.g., CKAN), enabling the publication of
>datasets linked to real-time open data; leveraging on a first set of
>NGSI-compatible common information models derived from results of the
>CitySDK project; and adopting common information models following a
>driven-by-implementation approach. It goes without saying that using
>other FIWARE technologies apart from the FIWARE NGSI API or CKAN with the
>necessary extensions is optional; specs associated with OASC mechanisms
>(e.g., FIWARE NGSI, or the open data publication platform) allow diverse
>implementations (e.g., integration of the existing FIWARE NGSI open
>source reference implementation or evolution of an existing platform to
>support FIWARE NGSI interfaces) as well as multiple platform providers.
>This flexibility and diversity should be showcased in the proposal.
>
>To sum up: These three principles are necessary to win.
>
>The horizontal activities are important. They consist of three main
>elements: co-creation of services, technical coordination and overall
>coordination. The co-creation of services would be led by iMinds
>supported by Forum Virium Helsinki/Future Cities Catapult, the technical
>coordination would be led by Telefónica supported by Digital Catapult,
>and the overall coordination would be led by Aarhus University supported
>by Aalto University.
>
>The budget will allocate base funding to zones and reserve a pool to
>distribute based on service development.
>
>With this setup we ensure that we have a strong voice from cities leading
>the service development, while still addressing challenges which are
>relevant across more zones. We ensure that we build on existing
>experience, e.g. the co-creation and replication mechanisms already
>developed in OrganiCity, and the pre-commercial procurement mechanisms
>from Select for Cities. We also leverage on a clear connection to FIWARE,
>which is emphasised in the LSP info sessions and strongly supported
>within the Horizon 2020 programme.
>
>This message comes after talks and contributions from across the
>consortium, and I¹m confident that we have found a consensus.
>
>We need to move on with the proposal writing with fully committed
>partners. For the sake of clarity, I ask every partner to confirm by
>email by this Tuesday February 16 at 17 CET your commitment to this very
>proposal, as laid out in the principles above, and your agreement not to
>be part of any other competing proposal for this call.
>
>Next meetin is tomorrow, Wednesday at 10 CET.
>
>I'm looking forward to creating a European and global OASC smart city
>market with you.
>
>Kind regards,
>Martin
>
>--
>Martin Brynskov, Ph.D.
>Associate professor, interaction technologies
>Aarhus University
>
>Chair, Open & Agile Smart Cities // oascities.org
>Research director, AU Smart Cities // smartcities.au.dk
>Director, Digital Design Lab // ddlab.dk
>Participatory IT Centre // Digital Urban Living // CAVI
>Tel. (+45) 3068 0424
>More info: http://au.dk/en/brynskov@cavi
>
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