FIWARE: advancing Smart Cities and

the Digital Economy _

Marieta del Rivero

The Digital Revolution is changing lives…

YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW

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…and the way we live them

The way we communicate… The way we shop…

The way we grow crops… The way we use healthcare… The way we do business…

The way we move…

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… “Standards” is a critical word in this revolution …

… creates barriers

A lack of standards…

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…today almost everybody understands why…

Limited to few de-facto standards,

each controlled by a single,

powerful proscriber

2005-2015

Smart City

Smart Car

2015 and beyond…

Smart Home

Smart Office

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The FIWARE Public-Private Partnership

Driven by

implementation

Sustainability ensured

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The benefits of an Open Ecosystem

Service & Domain

Providers: innovation,

cost savings, data@work

Platform

Providers

and Solution

Integrators: ability to “co-

opete” (cooperate

and compete)

Application

Providers: visibility,

connection to target

customers, acceleration

opportunities, facilities

for experimentation

Commercial

Partnerships

Connect to

Entrepreneurs

Avoid risk of

lock-in

City

Governments

Connected Car

Developers

City Service

Providers (data)

Everyone: creation of jobs, larger

market opportunities,

global scalability Telecom providers:

System integrators

Independent

developers

Innovative Apps

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…Creating a vibrant community of

active contributors who are committed to

a sustainable investment over time

22 partners from 8 different countries

Over 1.1 million hours of developing

activities in 5 years

122/76M€ of budget/funding (37/23 M€ in

the next 2 years)

Each FIWARE component is considered

strategic in the portfolio of each

contributing partner

Building a successful ecosystem requires…

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…Creating a meeting point where supply

and demand intersect and innovation takes

place

25+ relevant service providers involved in

developing use cases for the FIWARE

Accelerator program

1900 open datasets from cities already

published and growing fast!

17 nodes across Europe providing 3000+

cores, 16+ TB RAM, 750+ TB HD

1st node in LATAM deployed in Mexico.

New nodes being setup in Brazil and Chile

Building a successful ecosystem requires…

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…Creating incentives for entrepreneurs

and developers

80 M€ in grants to startups/SMEs in the

next 2 years (FIWARE Acceleration

Program)

20 M€ to support involvement of

16 accelerators across Europe

3100+ startups/SMEs applied to 1st

Open Call of the FIWARE Acceleration

program

1300 startups/SMEs to be funded (~400 as result of 1st Open Call)

Building a successful ecosystem requires…

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…Creating scale and the ability to go global

21 Innovation Hubs in Europe

First FIWARE Lab nodes in Mexico and

Brazil

funding assigned to FIWARE mundus

activities targeted to build links with

Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Japan,

Canada, Korea, BRIC countries …

Building a successful ecosystem requires…

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We walk the talk…

TELEFONICA, ORANGE, ENGINEERING and ATOS

join forces to push common standards for

Smart Cities based on the FIWARE platform

MWC, Barcelona, March 3rd 2015

Open and Agile Cities Initiative:

Participating Cities

Mexico (in conversations)

Brasil

Finland Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa,

Tampere, Oulu, Turku

Denmark Copenhagen, Aarhus,

Aalborg

Spain Valencia, Santander, Malaga,

Sevilla

Belgium Brussels Capital Region,

Ghent, Antwerp Portugal

Porto, Lisbon, Fundao,

Palmela, Penela, Agueda

UK (in conversations)

Netherlands (in conversations)

CeBIT, Hannover, March 16th 2015

Italy

Milan, Palermo, Lecce

Olinda, Anápolis, Porto Alegre,

Vitória, Colinas de Toncantis,

Taquarintinga

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…including with South Korea, a recognized leader in the Digital Economy

KT and Telefónica announced a strategic

partnership to

develop IoT ecosystems and

technologies at MWC

Source: Santiso, Javier, España 3.0

Korea is leading the digitalization worldwide

«e-Intensity» index vs. GDP per capita(1)

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GDP (PPP) ($000, rounded PPP)

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Poland

Lituania

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Romani

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Norway

Denmark

Israel

Japan

Turkey

Finland

US

Kore

a World’s top

“Digital”

country

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…the reasons behind which are clear

Source: Santiso, Javier, España 3.0

Korea has downloaded the digital economy “killer apps”

GlobalizationInnovation Digitalization Education

4.4%

1.3%

Corea España

54%

34%

Corea España

60%

6%

Corea España

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-1

Corea España

R&D (% GDP, 2012) Exports (% GDP, 2013) % Accesses > 15 Mbps

(1Q 2014)

2013 vs. 2003 Mathematics

ranking variation (PISA

report)

1º 1º 35º 5º 34º25º 5º 18º

Digitalization Ranking. This ranking is based in the average broadband Access speed, in 2T 2013, as reported by

Akamai

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Our vision: every city as magical as Disney World

- Wired Magazine

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