Digital economy and smart
metropolises : a joint future?
31 october 2013 – London
Valerie AILLAUD
CCI of Paris Region
Economic development well-being of the population
ageing of the population Housing
Mobility, transportation, freight climate change
governance social cohesion
Sustainable development
Health Education Real estate
Safety and security
Digital technologies & ICT infrastructures
From 1 to 10
Motives of
firms’
location in
2005
Ipsos For Paris-Ile de France Capitale Economique april 2005 – 504 firms in Europe
Investments
criteria in
2013
KPMG For Paris-Ile de France Capitale Economique mai 2013 – 502 firms in Europe
GIS
Sensors
Storage
UltraBroadband &
mobile
connectivity
Data in a
connected world
Contributions of ICT investment to GDP
growth (Annual average growth 2000 – 2009 4.50%
OECD)
4.00%
3.50%
3.00%
2.50%
2.00%
1.50%
1.00%
0.50%
0.00%
United
United States
Japan
France
Korea
Germany
Kingdom
GDP increase
Contribution of ITC Investments to GDP increase
Contribution of technologies to
GDP in the Regions
%
Survey Roland Berger – Paris - 2010
25
20
15
Series1
10
5
0
Berlin
New York
Paris
San
Francisco
Seoul
London
Digital Metropolis
3 pillars
Infrastructures
services
usages
Smart Metropolis
6 pillars
Smart Metropolis : intelligence
Smart Metropolis : as a living laboratory
http://www.hitachi.com/products/smartcity/vision/concept/it.html
Smart cities = a system of systems of sytem
A holistic approach
What are the requirements for being really smart ?
, e-governement
of citizens
. 11- Open public data
. 12 – Experimentation of new projects
. 13 – Strategic vision & plan (with all stakeholders)
Role of metropolises ?
Strenghts and weaknesses of the metropolis
4
3
2
Availability of broadband infrastructure
(fiber optic connection)
Availability of wireless connectivity useful
in mobility
Opportunity to experiment new projects
Existence of a strategic plan at the
appropriate scale
LUXEMBOURG - AMSTERDAM
FRANCFORT
MADRID
MILANO
FRANCFORT
LUXEMBOURG
PARIS
TORINO
ATHENES
BERLIN
AMSTERDAM ATHENES
MADRID
PARIS
TORINO
AMSTERDAM LUXEMBOURG
BERLIN FRANCFORT MILANO
MADRID
PARIS
TORINO
BERLIN
MILANO
A close working relationship between
business, government, and citizenry
Municipal facilities as urban laboratories (to
test out new clean tech, sustainability
or mobility technologies)...
Existence of open data policy
AMSTERDAM
BERLIN
FRANCFORT MILANO
TORINO LUXEMBOURG
ATHENES
MADRID
PARIS
MILANO
TORINO
AMSTERDAM PARIS
BERLIN
FRANCFORT
MADRID
PARIS
(AMSTERDAM) FRANCFORT
MADRID LUXEMBOURG
BERLIN
MADRID
PARIS
TORINO
BERLIN
MILANO
PARIS
TORINO
MADRID
TORINO
AMSTERDAM ATHENES
BERLIN
MILANO
TORINO
AMSTERDAM
MILANO LUXEMBOURG
AMSTERDAM FRANCFORT
MADRID LUXEMBOURG
ATHENES
AMSTERDAM FRANCFORT
LUXEMBOURG
TORINO
AMSTERDAM
TORINO LUXEMBOURG
BERLIN
MADRID
MILANO
PARIS
BERLIN FRANCFORT
TORINO
ATHENES
BERLIN
MILANO
PARIS
ATHENES
BERLIN
FRANCFORT
MADRID
MILANO LUXEMBOURG
PARIS
AMSTERDAM ATHENES
FRANCFORT
Existence of digital clusters / districts
Support the local start-up community
(incubators…)
Development of e-government
Training programs and educational projects
for attracting and retaining young,
educated people to study
Public investment in digital technology
Private investment (business angels…)
City branding promoting digital dynamism
PARIS
TORINO
AMSTERDAM
BERLIN
MADRID
TORINO
MADRID
1
ATHENES
ATHENES
FRANCFORT
MILANO
LUXEMBOURG
ATHENES LUXEMBOURG
ATHENES
FRANCFORT
ATHENES
MADRID LUXEMBOURG
MILANO
AMSTERDAM FRANCFORT
MILANO
AMSTERDAM
PARIS
ATHENES
PARIS LUXEMBOURG
Overview of smart metropolis projects in the European CCI Club
AMSTERDAM
Apps for Amsterdam
Ikringloop (www.ikrinkoop.com)
Climate street
ATHENES
Hyperion : a consumer-centric measurement tool for broadband performance
Athena research and innovation center in information, Communication and Knowledge technologies
Labs.Opengov
BERLIN
Berlin/Brandenburg “Schaufenster Elektromobilität” (“Showcase e-mobility”)
Vattenfall – virtual power plant
BMVBS : Efficienthaus plus (energy efficient building)
IPK – Smart production projects
“Open data portal Berlin”
ALBA recycling and facility solutions
Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe (Berlin city cleaning company)
Clean Tech Business Park Marzahn
EUREF Campus – smart grid
Tegel Projeckt GmbH – Urban Tech Republic
FRANCFORT
Broadband infrastructure : by the end of 2014, the region of FrankfurtRheinMain will have 50 Mbits/sec
broadband available for more than 75 percent of households
Loading stations for e-mobility being set up by the regional power supplier Mainova
The digital hub FrankfurtRheinMain (center for digital policies)
LUXEMBOURG
e-governmental portal ‘Guichet.lu’ and ‘MyGuichet’ platform
Smart city Luxembourg
The e-municipality
Tonicités
The HOTCITY
MADRID
Digital City Leganes – Citizens
Digital City Tres Cantos – Enterprises
Digital City Aranjuez - Health
MILAN
E015 digital ecosystem
Milan smart city strategy
Energy efficient buildings
PARIS
Energy : Issygrid
Transport Autolib
Education : HEC MOOC
TURIN
To make the metropolitan services more green and effective
Integrated projects 
disseminated approach
Projects => not always
sustainable development
oriented
Common
Open data
Powergrid / smart grid
Transportation
experimentations
Specific
Virtual power plant
Experiences in specific
field
Overview of projects contributing to growth of digital enterprises
AMSTERDAM
StartupBootcamp (www.startupbootcamp.org)
Rockstart (www.rockstart.nl)
Appsterdam (http://appsterdam.rs)
BERLIN (ppt)
Education and development of skilled labour
ICT Cluster management initiative
Improving basic conditions for start-ups
FRANCFORT
Mainraum Frankfurt (start-up center)
Digital hub FrankfurtRheinMain (industry association)
Frankfurt Symposium for Digital infrastructure (annually)
House of IT Darmstadt (academic cluster)
LUXEMBOURG
The importance of the ICT sector in Luxembourg
Esch/Belval : from Luxembourg’s large steelwork to a modern and smart city quarter
Metroborder project : focus on cross Border Metropolitan Polycentric Regions (Greater Region)
MADRID
Madrid Network Cluster de TIC
Parque Cientifico Madrid
Interact Camara Madrid, Espacio de Negocio y Technologia
MILAN
Cleantech cluster
Fare Impresa digitale project
Speed me up
PARIS
Digital cluster : Halle Freyssinet
Experimentation : Paris Region Lab
Experimentation : Call for offer for public furniture
TURIN (ppt)
THINK UP : to promote the Torino ICT cluster abroad
TOSM : to attract foreign investors in Torino
Global approach 
fragmented approach
Common
. Clusters
(ICT – Audiovisuel – e-tourism – clenatech
– global…)
. Showcases / forefront places
. Smart cities areas/quarters
. Experimentations
Specific
. Promotion abroad
. Education/skill labor
. Smart cities areas/quarters
. Branding policies
Market of smart
metropolises
Market trends : rapid and
growing urbanization
City dwellers :
Now 50% of total population
By 2030 : 4.9 mds
By 2050 : 6 mds
75 % of total population
By 2025 : 37 megacities
(of +10 millions inhabitants)
22 of those cities : in Asia
International smart metropolis outside Europe
Others Smart Cities in
process
King Abdullah Economic
City (KAEC, Saudi
Arabia),
US : Dubuque (Iowa)
Holyoke
(Massachusetts), San
Diego (California),
Ho Chi Minh City
(Vietnam)
Singapore
Sydney
Yokohama & Fujisawa
(Japan),
Curitiba (BR).
A market to build or transform metropolis
Annual
growth of Smart city technology market
$6.1 milliard in 2012
$20.2 milliard in 2020
Forecasts of Navigant Research
ICT Global
companies
2,500 smarter cities projects
around the world
Utilities companies
Transportation - Gas – electricity –
water – telephone – steam…
Trends – opportunities - questions
Trends and questions
Questions
Governance and coordination of stakeholders at metropolitan ?
New metropolis created from scratch  historical metropolis : different challenges?
Monopolistic ICT companies  utilities companies : which competition ?
Use of data? Experimentation ? New market for SME?
Trends and opportunities
A city Dash board
Operation center in Rio
Thank you