Transforming the way cities

solve problems

Dublin

October 2015

#citiesshare

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Publish needs Market knowledge

Trust new businesses

Process new ideas

Trust by informal contacts

How cities spend 10% of world GDP

Barbara Hale,

Assistant general manager,

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

“Instead of saying to the marketplace „here‟s the solution we want‟ we said „here‟s the challenge, here‟s the problem we‟re having‟. That opened us up to what other people thought the solution to the problem was, rather than us in our own little world deciding we knew the answer.”

Five steps to problem-solving

procurement

CONTRACT SHAREDEFINE PROBLEMOPEN TO

THE MARKET SELECT

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Open.

Cities trading solutions through Citymart.

Need Solutionline thickness = deployment stage

Winner Living Labs Global Award 2012

75 wireless sensors embedded to provide Sant Cugat with a smart parking pilot that reduced congestion, lowered pollution and enabled the council to manage parking better.

• As the company‟s first real-life deployment it served as their launch pad.

• In less than a year the pilot had led to a contract with the Chinese city of Wuxi for 120 sensors - $30,000.

• In 2013 they secured a contract with Moscow for 12,000 sensors -$3,000,000.

Connecthings

Winner of 5 Citymart challengesConnecthings have won 4 other challenges with Citymart - Derry-Londonderry, Hamburg, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, La Coruna.

Barcelona

• February 2013: during the 2013 Mobile World Congress Connecthings wirelessly tagged the trade-fair and major tourist attractions as their LLGA pilot.

• May 2013: Connecthings wirelessly tag the FINA World Swimming Championships.

• July 2013: Connecthings becomes official contactless tag supplier to Barcelona, winning a EUR 60,000 tender.

• Connecthings relocates its operations in Spain to Barcelona employing 10 mobile technology and business development experts.

Rio de Janeiro

Provided NFC services for the World Cup and also for the upcoming Olympics.

La Coruña

Citywide tagging to access bus and tourist information.

Citymart partners – past and present

Upcoming opportunities

Sheffield, UK

Enhancing city centre vibrancy & Supporting

independent living

100 Resilient Cities – Social cohesion

Da Nang, Vietnam

Bristol, UK

Oakland, USA

New Orleans, USA

New York, USA

Digital inclusion & Social equity

Long Beach, USA

Local economic development

Philadelphia, USA

Flood water management & Vision zero traffic

safety

Dublin, Eire

Mobility, lighting, extreme weather and

environment

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