Digital transformation of the cities through centralized, participative and collaborative interactions between city actors: government, city service providers, industry, citizens.
In the information area, we are looking for solutions to allow municipalities or regions to evolve from Open Data to an Urban Information Framework, creating value from big and real time data, audio/video flows generated by any sensors, IoT, social networks, crowd sensing, etc. Examples of expected new business models include semantic data browsing, data brokerage and trusted services between data providers and customers, as well as hyper-local services and local Internet networks. Additionally, solutions for a clean, quiet, stress-less and cost-effective mobility are of interest. Mobility as a Service integrating public, private, peer-to-peer, conventional, decarbonized or autonomous transport means in seamless door-to-door mobility services. Augmented and virtual reality solutions for city planners and tourists in situ with valuable added information about the past and potential future of city sights. Also, solutions improving the safety in the cities are expected, either for exceptional events such as concerts, climatic events or terrorist attacks, or in daily life, in the street, at home or at work. Traditional centralized systems need to be enhanced with citizen participation and collaboration at each step of risk management: risk analysis, prevention and mitigation strategies, training, prediction and post-event analysis.
Keywords: mobility, safety, e-government