Events
OrganiCity Open Call Santander Clinic (May)
The OrganiCity open call for experiments is well underway. With the first deadline less than two months away, we are delighted to offer face-to-face assistance in Santander as part of the application process.
Join the OrganiCity partners at Enclave Pronillo on Friday 20th May to learn more about the OrganiCity platform, the open call application process and anything else relating to the OrganiCity project.
In addition to handling your enquiries, we’ll host some networking and collaboration activities. If you’re looking for collaborators, this is the place to do it!
Register here for Friday, 20th May, 17:00 – 19:30
Don’t forget to use the OrganiCity Santander Facebook page to connect with potential collaborators and if you need inspiration, OrganiCity Scenarios is now online with lots of great ideas.
Event details
Date and time
12:00am, 20 Aug 2015Address
Enclave Pronillo, Calle Gral. DÌÁvila, 129, 39010 Santander
NET FUTURES 2016
The Net Futures 2016 will take place on 20 and 21 April 2016 in Brussels and gather over 1.000 attendees.
With the aim of maximizing the competitiveness of the European technology industry the Net Futures conference forms an interconnected community involving companies, organizations and people in
- Research & Innovation
- Market Validation & Living Lab Research
- Business Development, Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Strategy
- Policy Making
Net Futures is an attempt to bridge the gaps between these communities in order to help innovations find their way to the market more easily and effectively.
OrganiCity will be there at the “Open & Agile Smart Cities” stand along with Select4Cities. All of these initiatives are working together to create a digital single market for innovative smart urban solutions. Stop by to learn more about how we’re working across Europe, or to get more details on the OrganiCity open call.
Event details
Date and time
5:00pm, 20 Apr 2016Address
The Egg, Barastraat 175 Rue Bara, Brussels
OrganiCity at Citizen Focus Webinar: “Inclusive Smart Cities”
OrganiCity will be presented by John Lynch of Future Cities Catapult with a particular focus on our principles for engagement in co-creation of smarter cities. This short presentation will be useful for cities who wish to adopt some of the OrganiCity strategies and understand the considerations involved in engaging and sustaining a community of experimenters in the urban context.
SMART CITY EXPO 2016
First congress in Mexico about urban innovation towards equitable cities
OrganiCity in the company of Open & Agile Smart Cities and The World Bank are to be found at the workshop “Co-creating Smart Cities for Life” on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, from 16 to 19.
The workshop invites policy makers and civic innovators to share experiences and develop concrete next steps for tools for civic engagement in smart city projects and strategies. With Cities for Life, OrganiCity and Open & Agile Smart Cities as a context, the workshop will facilitate a very practical approach. The session will also host the OASC 4th Wave launch, and an informal reception.
Smart City Expo 2016
Under the motto “Urban Innovation Towards Equitable Cities in Latin America”, Smart City Expo Puebla is a benchmark to help boost sustainable and equitable urban management, allowing the development of cities in Mexico and Latin America.
The Smart City Expo Puebla will host the most important exponents and researchers of the Smart Cities worldwide. An audience of more than 3,000 people in the Congress and an attendance of 5,000 visitors to the Expo is expected.
Among the main presentations, there will be the regional and metropolitan dimension in the government of cities, mobility and recovery of urban space. The challenge of equality: people in the centre of the Smart City form the Ideas to Action instruments for urban change and Technology and innovation at the service of the people.
This event will convene more than 80 companies participating as exhibitors, and around 500 cities around the world will meet on 16, 17 and 18 February in the Exhibitor Center Puebla.
Smart City Expo Puebla is the event that will trigger the actions of a new management of cities in Latin America, with the main focus of social equity and generating strategies to enable all citizens regardless of their social status access to the same services, quality and efficiency.
For more information see Smart City Expo’s website.
Event details
Date and time
5:00pm, 16 Feb 2016Address
Exhibitor Center Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
SANTANDER CITY COUNCIL WILL PARTICIPATE IN A LOCAL EVENT OF THE STARTUP EUROPE WEEK
This event forms part of the set of activities that will take place from 1st to 5th February 2016, in more than 40 countries and 200 cities under the umbrella of the STARTUP EUROPE WEEK.
Startup Europe Week is an initiative of Startup Europe / European Commission to celebrate entrepreneurship with the peculiarities of European culture. In this sense, a set of events, workshops and speeches are held with specific relevance to the local reality.
Santander City Council was invited by local organizers, Distrito Beta Coworking Center, CISE – International Center Santander Entrepreneurship and Ejecant – Youth Entrepreneurship College of Cantabria from Government of Cantabria, to give a speech about resources and business opportunities in the Santander Smart City context.
The whole event will take place on 4th February at Biblioteca Central de Cantabria (C/ Ruiz de Alda, 19, Santander) from 17h to 20h. More information and registering at XING Events (in Spanish).
Event details
Date and time
5:00pm, 4 Feb 2016Address
Biblioteca Central de Cantabria, C/ Ruiz de Alda 19, Santander
ENTERPRENEURS BREAKFAST: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN SANTANDER SMART CITY CONTEXT
The involvement in recent years of Santander in European innovation projects related to the Smart City paradigm has transformed Santander in an ideal environment for new business opportunities related to Information and Communication Technologies. Santander offers an outstanding infrastructure for entrepreneurship or developing business tests at real scale.
In this event, several Santander City Council‰Ûªs officers will present Santander‰Ûªs activities related to Smart Cities and innovation to local entrepreneurs and SMEs. The most suitable instruments and tools for aiding entrepreneurs and SMEs to develop and finance their ideas and projects will be explained, including the open calls associated with European financed projects in which the city participates.
After the presentation, further discussion will be held in a workshop style.
Event details
Date and time
5:00pm, 15 Jan 2016Address
Business initiatives center Plaza de Mexico, Calle Alta 133, Santander
ORGANICITY OPEN CALL LONDON ANNOUNCEMENT
The OrganiCity Open Call is almost upon us. For the first time, a smart city platform designed with citizens and for citizens will open to communities for experimental projects across three cities.
From early 2016 researchers, businesses, citizens and more are invited to propose experiments for London using urban data and the internet of things. Experiment proposals can access up to 60,000 € of funding, and the call is open to experimenters from anywhere who are willing to use the OrganiCity platform.
On 14 January 2016, your London OrganiCity partners will introduce the suite of tools that will be available, including urban data sets from across London (UK), Aarhus (Denmark) and Santander (Spain). In addition, we will take you through the application process for the open call.
Finally, we’ll celebrate one year worth of co-creation with a rapid ideas exchange and collaborator networking.
Event details
Date and time
5:00pm, 14 Jan 2016Address
Future Cities Catapult @ Urban Innovation Centre
1 Sekforde Street
London
EC1R 0BE
Get inspiration for your smart city ideas
Earlier this year we launched OrganiCity at a workshop where we presented the concept. Now we are pleased to invite companies, business developers, organisations etc. to a morning meeting where we present the first open calls for city experiments.
At the meeting, we will inform you about the upcoming two open calls for co-creative experiments based on the OrganiCity Platform. The first call will be launched in January 2016, when companies and others interested can apply for funds from a total budget of 1.5 million DKK to be distributed among Aarhus experiments.
Join the meeting if you want to learn more about:
How other European cities involve their citizens and companies in smart city collaboration
How to apply for funds allocated for city experiments based on co-creation
What technologies will be made available for the experiments
Learn more and see the full programme here
Event details
Date and time
5:00pm, 3 Dec 2015Address
Godsbanen, Remisen, Skovgaardsgade 3, 8000 Aarhus C
Santander First Clinic
Evento dirigido a emprendedores, ciudadanos y empresas interesados en preparar propuestas para financiación de experimentos relacionados con las Ciudades Inteligentes dentro del marco del proyecto europeo OrganiCity. Se realizará una introducción de las características técnicas de la plataforma OrganiCity, los datos y herramientas que ofrece, así como también se explicará las condiciones y requisitos que deben cumplir las propuestas de experimentación, su preparación formal, y el manejo de la aplicación web donde se reciben. Además, se contará con un turno de preguntas en el que solventar las dudas generales, legales y técnicas que tengan los participantes.
Event details
Date and time
5:00pm, 2 Jun 2017Address
Centro Civico NUMANCIA
Calle Cardenal Cisneros 76
39007 Santander
Spain
OrganiCity conversation: Let’s talk experimentation
Would you like to build an experimental solution using urban data and the Internet of Things? OrganiCity will soon be opening up a platform to help you, and we would like to hear your thoughts on what’s needed to get London prototyping.
Your ideas and opinions will help us design the first OrganiCity open call, happening in January 2016, which will offer funding and support to citizens who wish to build experiments using urban data in London and beyond We’re giving away free tickets to the Design Museum to say thank you for taking part.
We have two sessions organised. You can register here:
Monday 21st of September 5:00 – 7:00pm
Monday 28th of September 5:00 – 7:00pm
It will be a casual discussion group at the Urban Innovation Centre in Clerkenwell and we’ll provide some snacks and refreshments.
Your input could play a part in shaping how the city develops in the future so don’t miss the opportunity to build a better London.
Event details
Date and time
12:00am, 21 Aug 2015Address
Future Cities Catapult @ Urban Innovation Centre
1 Sekforde Street
London
EC1R 0BE