Sino Italian Exchange Even
Beijing Science and Technology Activity Centre
November 14, 2013
Smart cites and smart communities
Lorenzo Benussi
Adviser, digital and innovation policy
ANCI Smart City Observatory and TOP-IX Consortium
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Background: world of data (1)
<hyper-connected + socio-technical + complex-system>
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Background: world of data (2)
Value
$300 billion potential annual value to
US health care - more than X 2 total
annual health care spending in
Spain.€250 billion potential annual
value to Europe's public sector
administration - more than GDP of
Greece.
Jobs
140.000-190.000 deep analytical talent
position in USA
1.5 million data-savvy managers
needed to take full advantage of big
data
in theBigUSA.
[Source-McKinsey:
Data: The next frontier of innovation, competition
and productivity. (may 2011)]
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A picture of italian urbanization
85% of
municipalities
under 10.000
inhabitants
only 15 cities
over 200.000
inhabitants
widespread presence
of little-medium cities
The demography, urban development and the history of Italian cities lead to big
differences in the development of Smart City projects
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Italian municipalities… are smarts?
Large cities
• started specific and structured process based on "holistic" approach
– a) integration of new projects and existing public services, b)
creation of governance's mechanism to foster cooperation
Little-medium cities
• created projects on specific items (transport and mobility, egovernment, energy efficiency, cultural heritage, platform and big
data) that are starting to merge top-down policies and bottom-up
solutions;
Small towns
• mostly in the countryside, lag behind due to geographical
dimensional and infrastructural divide but they are new models
based on “integration” (of networks, services and local actors)
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How many cities started smart project?
Smart City investement
Smart City themes
18
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Less than
500.000€
26%
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2
14
9
4
More
than
500.000€
74%
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How many cities started smart planning?
How many cities started with smart city's
planning?
14%
No
How many cities activated public-private
partnership to finance smart projects?
No
33%
Yes
Yes
67%
86%
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Strengths and weaknesses
Smart Living
Smart Environment
Smart People
Smart Economy
Smart Mobility
Smart Governance
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Weaknesses
Strengths
20
40
60
80
100
Not responding
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ANCI for Smart Cities
Minister of Education,
University and Research
National Research
Council
National Institute of
Statistics and Agency for
Digital Development
sharing information
and methodologies
Advising cities on new
technology and tools
Metric of impact
(economic and social)
spreading standard
models and best
practices
Experimental projects
(energy, culture and
tourism)
Realizing the
monitoring system
(qualitative and
quantitative
approach)
Ministries and
Governemnt
Defining the National
Urban Agenda’s
priorities,
building the
technological platform
(data)
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ANCI for Smart Cities:
the observatory
Classify projects and
technological solutions
Define threshold
(standard) of feasibility
Smart City
Observatory
Create guidelines for
design and
implementation
Identify (try to solve) the
major regulatory and
organizational obstacles
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Major goals and future developments
Cultural heritage: technology to
preserve and “enhance” national
heritage
Tourism: to create smart and
innovative products and services
City centre design: to foster
innovation in the city centres design
(more effective and efficient)
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Contacts
Twitter: lorenzobenussi; LinkedIn: lorenzo benussi
Mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
THANK YOU
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