dublin, smart, green and innovating
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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
