Smart City challengesHannes Astok

Smart City Lab TartuDevelopment Manager

Estonian Smart City landscape• Estonia 1,3 M citizens• Tartu (100 000 inhabitants)– ICT as enabler for the smart city– Sustainable energy solutions

• Tallinn (420 000 inh.): Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol area as smart city development

• Rakvere (16 000 inh.): smart house issues, demonstration house

Tartu Smart City Lab

Cluster and cooperation environment for

smart mobile and web solutions for cities

Tartu Smart

City Lab

ICT companies Tartu

University

Tartu City

Tartu Science

Park

Infrastructure companies

SMART PRODUCTS

Focus topics • Intelligent transport and mobility• Health care, agening and welfare • Smart infrastructure and energy saving• Participative and efficient governance services

ACTIVITIES

From bottlenecks to smart products

Going global with products

Tartu as the first customer?

Prototyping

Finding ideas (city- companies cooperation)

Describing bottlenecks

Pilots• Opening city GIS data for the citizens• Tools for inspections in the city• Tourist mobile app• NFC-supported public transportation data app• Hands-free public transport ticketing• Others

GIS data for the citizens

When the bus arrives?

QR code and NFC chip allows access to instant information in every bus stop

m-Tartu

Jiffi hands-free ticketing system

HOW TO MAKE SMART CITY INITIATIVES SUSTAINABLE?

White paper for Estonian Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure October 2014

The problem• Cities are not aware about the latest technology

development• Business do not know how the city is functioning• Cities do not know how to participate in technology

innovation and implementation processes• Early procurement dialogue is missing• Few cooperation between the cities on best practices

sharing

Key issues

RISKS MANAGE-MENTSUPPORTING BUSINESS AND EXPORT

CAPACITY BUILDING

1. Developing capacities• Development of the city organizations:– Chief Innovation Officer?– Business processes re-engineering and innovation

support unit• Developing city officials skills and awareness• Developing innovation readiness among the

users of the smart solutions

2. How to cover activities and risks in the sustainable way?

• EU funds – limited and not forever• National government support - limited• Cities want to get clear socio-economical benefits

from the smart solutions and activities• Companies want to make profit at the end of the day

2. Reducing and sharing risks• Developing sectorial competences

nationally/regionally: practitioners, experts, R&D, companies

• Developing tools and collecting data for modelling • Supporting innovative procurement, including early

dialogue • Developing standards and guidelines• Supporting large scale demonstrations

3. Supporting business and export

• Designing products, not solutions• Business model and support for every product• Promoting and supporting export activities

(networking, demonstrations, expos)