URENIOURBAN AND REGIONAL INNOVATIONResearch

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Faculty of Engineering54 124 ThessalonikiTel: + 30 2310 99 55 81Fax: + 30 2310 99 55 83Website: www.urenio.org

Director: Prof Dr Nicos Komninos

A. Research: 100 projects from the EU and international organisations OECD, UNIDO, UNEP

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The Urban and Regional

Innovation Research is a

University Lab at the Aristotle

University of Thessaloniki.

URENIO research is mainly

competitive research funded by

the European R&D framework

programmes (FP7, H2020), CIP,

and programmes of Interregional

Cooperation (Interreg, MED,

South Est Europe, and other).

UNIVERSITIES & RESEARCH INSTITUTESCATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN; RESEARCH AND

TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE OF MAASTRICHT; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MILAN; UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER; UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES OF TOULOUSE; UNIVERSITY OF WALES, CARDIFF; UNIVERSITY OF LULEA; UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN; CNRS, KINGSTONE UNIVERSITY .

TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATIONSANDALUSIA TECHNOLOGY PARK ; ARCHIMEDES, ESTONIA;

CENTRO SVILUPO, AOSTA; FUNDACION LABEIN; FUNDECYT, EXTREMADURA; JOSEF STEFAN INSTITUTE, SLOVENIA; INFYDE, BILBAO; INSTITUT JULES DESTRE; KENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTRE; LEIA TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, ALAVA; PRONOVUM, HUNGARY; STEINBEIS FOUNDATION, STUTTGART; TAGUS TECHNOLOGY PARK; TALOS, CYPRUS; TECH TIROL, LOWER AUSTRIA; TECH PARK OULU; TEKES FINLAND; ZENIT, MULHEIM

REGIONAL AUTHORITIESBASQUE COUNTRY; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; IONIAN

ISLANDS; NORTH RHIN WESTFALIA; LORRAINE; MANTOVA; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SW OLTENIA, ROMANIA; THESSALY; WALES; W. MACEDONIA

Research collaboration

COMPANIESHP (Italy), AIRBUS (Fr), CASSIDIAN (Fr), ATHOS (Fr),

KEMA-DNV (NL), ARIADNA (Sp), EUROPEAN DYNAMICS (Gr), ALFAMICRO (Pt), PLANET MED (Sp), ICF (USA)

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INTELLIGENT CITIES / INNOVATION SYSTEMSDigital disruption of innovation within intelligent places and environments, including: 1. Evolution of innovation systems: Emergence of intelligent and smart cities. Digital disruption of innovation. User-driven innovation. Smart environments and innovation-for-all.2. Structure and function of intelligent cities: Intelligent city profiles. Components. Knowledge processes. Innovation circuits. Architectures of spatial intelligence. Distributed intelligence within cities.3. Strategies and applications for intelligent cities: Strategy profiles. Strategic planning stages and roadmap. Problems and strategy domains. Applications design and development. Ontologies and apps design. Business models. Measurement and assessment.

Research field / research orientations

Innovation Financing

Banks, Business Angels,

Venture Capital, Regional

Incentives

Technology Transfer

Organisations

Tech Parks, Tech Networks,

Brokers, Consultants

Universities /

Research

Institutes

Public R&D

Laboratories

Private R&D

Departments

and Centres

Technology Information System

Patents, Standards, Technical

Publications, Emerging Markets,

Foresight

CLUSTERS

Group of companies in co-

operation

Vertical / Horizontal

Dev. Org.Univ. Labs

Res. Inst.

Tech Park

Cluster

Cluster

e-Intelligence

e-Innovation

e-Technologies

e-Markets

Digital

CyberIntelligent

Smart

Layer III. Digital spaces / Smart environments

Layer II. Innovation institutions, Governance

Layer I. Agglomeration, clusters and networks

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1: Digital disruption of innovation systems -> Internet enabled, global, user-driven ecosystems

RESEARCH AND

TECHNOLOGICAL

DEVELOPMENT

Research institutes University research

R&D in large companies

Innovative SMEs

INNOVATION FINANCE

Venture capital funds

Technology incentives

Regional incentives and aids

Spin-offs / start-ups

NEW PRODUCT

DEVELOPMENT

Provision of

management, product,

market, and quality

services

Specialised centres

Business consultants

PROCESS

INNOVATION

Clusters and networks

Technology co-operation

Supply chains

Alliances

Distribution &

Promotion

TECHNOLOGY

TRANSFER

Co-operation between

universities and

companies

Technology brokerage

Licensing

CLOUD

INTERNET OF THINGS

QR CODES –AUGMENTED REALITY

User-driven in smart environments

Technology transfer Reverse engineering R&D based NPD

Networking achitectures

Company (ies)

Supliers

Supliers

Supliers

Supliers

Government Regional policy; Strategic

planning; Business associations; Stakeholders

FinancingBanks, Business Angels,

Venture Capital, Regional Incentives, Crowdfunding

Technology and Information Intermediaries

•Technology transfer agencies; Consultancy; Tech Networks;

Patents; Standards; Market watch

Public R&D

Private R&D

Customers

Customers

Users

University R&D

Businesssectors

Businessclusters

Digital spaces and smart environments

Broadband, sensors, digital skills, data, software

applications, e-services

Innovation system(s)Organisations, institutions, users

CityRoutines, needs, problems

Innovation circuit 1

Innovation circuit 3

Innovation circuit 2

Innovation economy• Investment and entrepreneurship• Creativity, research, and innovation • Work and labour markets• Products and services markets • Collaboration and supply chains

City infrastructure and utilities• Mobility, transport and parking• Energy saving, smart grid, and renewable energy• Water management and saving• Waste management and valorisation• Broadband, wired and wireless

Living in the city – quality of life • Housing • Health and social care• Education • Recreation and sports• Environment, safety and security

City governance• Decision making / citizen participation / democracy• Government services to citizens• City planning / city management• Monitoring and benchmarking

Company (ies) &

Organisations

Supliers

Supliers

Supliers

Supliers

Government Regional policy; Strategic

planning; Business associations; Stakeholders

FinancingBanks, Business Angels,

Venture Capital, Regional Incentives, Crowdfunding

Technology and Information Intermediaries

•Technology transfer agencies; Consultancy; Tech Networks;

Patents; Standards; Market watch

Public R&D

Private R&D

Customers

Customers

Users

University R&D

Businesssectors

Businessclusters

2. Structure, function, and architectures of intelligent cities

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I. Orchestration intelligence: Organized innovation workflow within a community

Apps for

•the economy,

•quality of life,

•utilities,

•e-governance

IV. Agglomeration intelligence: Bottom-up creation of apps

LAND

HOUSING

CY 1, 2, 3, 4

TECHNOLOGY LEARNING

COMMERCIAL ZONE

OPERATION COSTS

PEOPLE

LABS / PLATFORMS

SKILLS

KNOWLEDGE BASED FIRMS

Physical space

Digital space

II. Empowerment intelligence: Double loop

27Πηγή: Linked Data and

Search: Thomas Steiner

(Google Inc, Germany)

Future Internet + Embedded Spaces

III. Instrumentation intelligence

Architectures of intelligent cities

Industry clusters and

sectors

Housing Districts

University

Science Parksand Incubators

Transporthubs

CBD

City and Districts

Port

Cen

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Bu

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Dis

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Tech

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Layer 2: INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS OF DISTRICTS4 FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES: WATCH – LEARN– INNOVATE - MARKET

Layer 1: CITY DISTRICTS People, Activities, Infrastructure

Ind

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ry

Port

Tran

spo

rt

Hu

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Layer 3: APPS + EMBEDDED SYSTEMS + SOCIAL MEDIA 4 TYPES OF APPLICATIONS

INTELLIGENCE E-LEARNING CO-CREATION MARKETPLACE

1. L1 - City: Description of City / District / Utility: Challenges and communities

2. L2 - Innovation ecosystem: Information and knowledge processes addressing problems and challenges

3. L3 - Digital space and smart environments: web, web 2.0, crowdsourcing, social media, cloud, mobile apps suitable for L1 and L2

4. Strategy: L1-L2-L3 integration and

spatial intelligence: Knowledge services - Solution to challenges

5. Applications and solutions development for the city or districts or utilities

6. Business models for new services sustainability

7. Measurement: KP Indicators for L1, L2, L3 and new services assessment

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3. Strategies for intelligent / smart cities

Smart specialisation

strategies

Digital growth

strategies

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Strategies for intelligent / smart territories in the EU

Smart city applications: Cloud, open source, re-use, training

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CoreSmart City Apps

Valladolid

Agueda

Manchester

Thessaloniki

X Smart Mirror

X Smart Mirror

X Smart Mirror

X Smart Mirror

Cluster

District

Infra

All

All

Gov

Living

Perimeter

CLOUD - IASS & PASSONLINE LEARNING / CONSULTINGAPPLICATIONS FOR INTEL CITIES

I. Apps for innovation-led economySmart marketplaceCrowdfundingCity brandingLiving-labs / cluster development Technology commercialization

II. Apps for transparent governanceImprove my cityData visualizationBenchmarking

III. Apps for safety and securityViolenceTraffic accidents - vision zeroHealth risks due to environment

IV. Apps better urban environmentZero CO2 city districtsSensor network – Air pollution

B. Global watch on intelligent cities

C. Courses on digital and intelligent cities

Digital and Intelligent cities: the landscape1. Origins and concept

• Evolution of innovation ecosystems

• Urbanization. Strategic planning. Experimentation of cities, companies, Labs

• A family of new concepts and definitions

2. Structure, functions, and spatial intelligence of cities

• User-driven and global systems of innovation; digital disruption of innovation

• Smart environments: broadband, cloud, sensors, apps, e-services

• Intelligent city structuring layers: L1, L2, and L3

• Knowledge functions and innovation circuits

• Architectures of intelligence: Agglom. of apps, orchestration, upskilling, instrumentation

3. Strategic planning, processes and methods

• Strategies

• Business models, financial eng., sustainability

• Measurement and impact assessment

4. Applications, solutions, ontologies

• Cloud, infrastructure and platforms

• Data, models, open and linked data

• Apps for economy, gov., infra, qual. of life

Design and development of smart city applications

1. Smart city design process

2. Identification of routines

3. Ontologies of smart cities apps

4. Design of user interface

5. Graphic design

6. Application programming tools

7. Content management systems

Cloud CoreSmart City Apps

Valladolid

Agueda

Manchester

Thessaloniki

X Smart Mirror

X Smart Mirror

X Smart Mirror

X Smart Mirror

Cluster

District

Infra

All

All

Gov

Living

Perimeter

REGIONAL SYSTEM OF

INNOVATION

Innovation Financing

Banks, Business Angels,

Venture Capital, Regional

Incentives

Technology Transfer

Organisations

Tech Parks, Tech Networks,

Brokers, Consultants

Universities /

Research

Institutes

Public R&D

Laboratories

Private R&D

and Training

Centres

Technology Information System

Patents, Standards, Technical

Publications, Emerging Markets,

Foresight

CLUSTERS

Group of companies in co-

operation

Vertical / Horizontal

Industry clusters and

sectors

Housing Districts

University

Science Parksand Incubators

Transporthubs

CBDPort district

City and Districts

Digital space – smart technologies level

Knowledge and innovation level

People, activities, infrastructure level

N S C A

S N P O

P A I

D. Publications

E. Spin-off company INTELSPACE SA

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INTELSPACE SA - Services

The staff of URENIO is 20 people + external

contract research

Qualifications of the permanent staff:

Urban and regional planning

Electrical and electronic engineering

Computer science, Information technology

Civil engineering, mechanical engineering

Sociology and economics

Applied mathematics and statistics

People

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