[oasc-iot-lsp-cities] Clarification

[stefano de panfilis]

Dear Martin and all,

I do confirm the full committent of Engineering and the Municipality of
Milano to this project proposal.

Besides, i do confirm that Engineering and the Municipality of Milano
participate in only this consortium for this call.

So, Count on us in the team for proposal writing!

Ciao
Stefano
Il 16/Feb/2016 06:18, "Martin Brynskov" <brynskov at cavi.au.dk> ha scritto:

> 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 won’t
> 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 I’m 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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