dublin, smart, green and innovating

Smart Dublin Councillor Ciarán CuffeDeputy MayorDublin City Council

Dublin, Ireland, European Union

Dublin: smart, green and innovating

• 1.8m people in metropolitan area• Sister city to Beijing• Young, diverse, educated workforce• 20 third-level institutes• Key clusters in biotechnology, medical devices,

technology and financial services

Dublin street party

Dublin Castle

Dublin Docks

Dublin’s River Liffey

“Savills tech city report: Dublin 7th best global city for tech”

“ JLL: Dublin ranked world's third best city for innovation “

“Dublin is Europe's third best city for inward investment,” – FDI European cities and regions of the future, 2016/17

“IBM Global Trends Report 2014 – Ireland No1 for FDI by quality of investment and Dublin in the top 10 global cities”

Background: Dublin a magnet for investment and tech

* source: frontline ventures, 2013

Background: Dublin - Gateway to Europe

1980s 1990’s early 2000’s 2010 onwards

-At the end of 2014 U.S. direct investment stock in Ireland was a record $310 billion.

- Key clusters in biotechnology, medical devices, technology and financial services

Over 3 billion of investment between now and 2020 – Flagship Smart District

Google EMEA headquarters Flagship tenant – now 5,000 employees

“75% of Google staff have relocated from overseas”

Background: Silicon Docks – Area of major redevelopment

Dublin Docklands

Dublin Docklands

The verge of a new era

“We are entering a new era in which a deluge of contextual and actionable real-time data about cities is being generated, analysed and deployed. This is enabling a transition to a form of data-driven urbanism in which the planning and governance of cities will increasingly occur in a much more responsive and evidence-informed manner.”-Professor Rob Kitchen, DublinDashboard

Dublin: pop-up park

Dublin, Europe: Smart, green and innovating

• Smart-high rate of indigenous start-ups and large number

of new media firms locating in Dublin• Green-mild climate, easy access to parks and water in the

city, strong environmental awareness• Innovating-Commissioner for start-ups, strong support from

City and central Government

Dublin: Smart

Dublin: a Smart City

• Smart Dublin is an initiative of the four Dublin Local Authorities to engage with smart technology providers, researchers and citizens to solve city challenges and improve city life.

• We aim to position Dublin as a world leader in the development of new urban solutions, using open data, and with the city region as a test bed.

SmartDublin.ie

Dublin: Traffic Control

SCATS –Traffic Count ‘Sensor Network’ – Main junctions across the city

Public Transport Priority and Parking Guidance

Davra Networks

Dublin: Green

Dublin: a green city

• Parks located close to most of population• High energy standards for new buildings• New light rail lines• Plans for car free central area• New Tree Strategy for City• Pop-up parks

Dublin pop-up park

Dublin: green heritage

Dublin city skyline

Dublin tall ships visit

Old city squares

Dublin Car-free plans for centre

Dublin Car-free plans for centre

Dublin: Innovating

Dublin: an innovating city

• Partnerships to drive innovation and collaboration

• Support for start-ups• Reaching our to citizen science• Dublin Dashboard for real-time information

StartUpDublin.com

Dublin: old and new

DubLinked.ie

• Dublinked is a partnership of the four Dublin Local Authorities and Maynooth University,

• The aim is to drive innovation and collaboration in the development of new urban solutions using open data and with the city region as the test bed.

DubLinked.ie

ReusingDublin.ie

ReusingDublin.ie

www.smartdublin.com

DublinDashboard.ie

About DublinDashboard• The Dublin Dashboard provides citizens, public

sector workers and companies with real-time information, time-series indicator data, and interactive maps about all aspects of the city.

• It enables users to gain detailed, up to date intelligence about the city that aids everyday decision making and fosters evidence-informed analysis.

Open Challenges are a way for the public sector to engage with entrepreneurs, business, technologists and service users to come up with new solutions to the urban challenges currently faced by the Dublin Region.

Open Challenge Approach to procurement

Next steps….open calls for pilots, demonstrators etc..

First Call: The city of Dublin is seeking smart innovative solutions to scale up cycling use.(March 2016)

€100k Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Challenge

Next steps….open calls for pilots, demonstrators

•Access to expertise•Access to City Infrastructure•Other benefits in kind

Small Cell Technology

National Conference Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Find out More

Smart DublinSmartDublin.ie

DublinDashboardDublinDashboard.ie

Dublin City CouncilDublinCity.ie

Enterprise IrelandEnterprise-ireland.com

National Conference CentreTheccd.ie

Dublin’s Start Up CommissionerStartUpDublin.com

See you soon in Dublin!

ciaran.cuffe@dublincity.ieCouncillor Ciarán Cuffe

Deputy Mayor Dublin City Council