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Scenarios for a Digital Thermi2nd Futures WorkshopLiège, 11th October 2006

Panagiotis TsarchopoulosURENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

October 2006 Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos

URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

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What is a Digital City

A connected city that combines broadband communications infrastructure; flexible, service-oriented computing infrastructure; and innovative services to meet the needs of governments and their employees, citizens and businesses.



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An Example



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Benefits for the city

Government agencies will improve the efficiency of services while decreasing costs

Democracy will be enhancedCitizens will be more satisfied with

government services as well as with their community life

Businesses can be more competitive and profitable

Working models can be more flexible The “image” of the Municipality and Region

will be improved



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Layers of a Digital City



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1. Communication infrastructure

Wire or Wireless network

Fibber optics, DSL, ISDN, etc

WiFi, WiMAX, 3G MAN

Private or public network



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2. Computing Infrastructure

Security system (data, users)

Spatial data (GIS/LBS)

SOA, SOE, SOI, etc.

eForms

RFID, sensors, smart objects



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3. Application Layer

e-Government, e-Procurement e-Commerce, e-business e-Health (telemedicine) e-Learning (distance learning) Traffic management, e-ticketing, etc. Public safety, video surveillance Land management Asset management Promotion & culture (e-tourism)



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Applications – A variety of new options

HTMLCSS

Javascript

User InterfaceAJAX Based Interface

PresentationLevel

PHP.NETJ2EESOAP

Application Servere- services

ControlLevel

DBXML

Data Bases & XMLFor data storage

DataLevel



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Municipality of Thermi

15 km far from the centre of Thessaloniki Covers an area of 100.200 acres 16.546 inhabitants (2001 census), +76, 2%

from previous census (1991) National Centre of Agricultural Development,

Faculties of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Technological Park of Thessaloniki, Centre for the Diffusion of Technology and Science, “Macedonia” Airport, a lot of private schools, etc.



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Scenario Building

From the above mentioned options hundreds of possible scenarios can be developed

Different communication choices

Different computing choices

Different application choices



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One Possible Scenario

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Broadband City’s Network

Fiber Optics, 3G, WiMAX, WiFi Mess, Cable/DSL, WiFi

Digital Democracy§ Information about activities &

projects§ Council’s meetings live and on

demand through the Internet§ On-line discussion forum§ On-line polls

Digital Governance§ Information about services and procedures§ Οn-line certificates

Digital

Entrepreneurship§ On-line business tools§ e-marketplace

Promotion and Culture§ Digital map§ Virtual tour§ Cultural information

Information§ Targeting residents and businesses§ Selected sectors of interest§ Users’ personal distribution channels

(blogs)



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Timescale

5 Years



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Selection of indicators

Municipality’s needs and future directions Technical feasibility Commercial viability Existing circumstances (infrastructures,

human resources, etc) Total cost and financing opportunities Medium and long term effects …



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Implementation Steps

FUTURREG Toolkit – Scenario Building

Thank you very much for your attention

scenarios for a digital thermi 2 nd futures workshop liège, 11 th october 2006 panagiotis...

Documents

greece slide

digital thermi

improved slide

digital city slide

public network slide

possible scenario slide

variety of new options

application layer egovernment