With Data Science Leuven, we started the Leuven Smart City & Open Data Track, an initiative to make Leuven a better and a smarter city - read more and subscribe for updates on https://leuvensmartcity.be! Read more about the event here: https://leuvensmartcity.be/2018/04/23/kick-off Find the visual harvesting here: https://www.slideshare.net/LindeVloeberghs/leuven-smart-city-open-data-track-kickoff-by-data-science-leuven-visual-harvesting

1. Building a community around DATA in Leuven
● Inspiration
● Cross-pollination
● Connect people & organisations
● Foster collaborations
SMART CITY & OPEN DATA TRACK
WHY?
Common goal is to build a better and smarter Leuven
through (open) data
HOW?
Bridge communities: bring policy makers, companies,
entrepreneurs and data scientists together
WHAT?
Ongoing community building around Leuven Smart City
● KICK-OFF EVENT:
Leuven Smart City & Open Data meetup on 24 April
● HACKATHON:
Community aims at solving a few concrete cases
with available open data (8 and 9 June)
● OPEN DATA PLATFORM
● COLLABORATIONS city, companies, data experts,
academia, entrepreneurs and citizen enthusiasts
@DSLeuven

2. INFORM & INSPIRE
What is happening today in Leuven
around Smart City & Open Data?
Where are we going?
COLLABORATE
How can we* work together towards
a better and smarter Leuven?
What can we do today?
* city, organisations, companies, data experts,
academia, entrepreneurs and citizen enthusiasts
INTENTIONS
DATA

3. AGENDA
Leuven as Smart City: where are we today? - Jo De Wachter, Leuven MindGate
Interactive panel discussion moderated by Pieter Haeck, technology journalist at De Tijd
● Challenges, opportunities & use cases for Leuven today (20 mins)
● Topic 1: Air Quality in Leuven (30 mins)
● Topic 2: Circulation, Parking & Students in Leuven (30 mins)
Closing - Linde, Data Science Leuven
21h30: Networking & drinks! @STUKcafé

4. LIVE
SMART CITY
Urban renewal and (open) data are combined to increase sustainable living
Focus domains:
1. FLOWS
2. SERVICE
3. HEALTH CARE
4. EXPERIENCE
5. TALENT
Climate neutral by 2030
Jo
De Wachter
Project Manager
Leuven MindGate

5. GIS and data department stad Leuven
A department in transition: evolving from GIS department to data department
● Shifting focus from in-house built GIS software supporting to organisation
wide data management
● First step: Intensive training of staff with ProXML
● First deliverable: an open data platform
○ GIS data
○ Data coming from dep. of Sports
○ Data coming from dep. of Tourism
Partner in Smart Flanders
● Working in data pilots
○ Parking
○ Accessibility
○ Crowds in the city
● Open data charter
Joris
Voets
Application
Specialist
Data Department
at City of Leuven

6. Coordinator of the Smart Flanders programme
https://smart.flanders.be
● Supporting the 13 centre cities and VGC in
Brussels with developing and
implementing a joint open data strategy
and policy
● Approved and published an Open Data
Charter, containing 20 principles on open
data
● Launched a first data pilot, publishing
real-time occupancy of off-street parking
garages as Linked Open Data, including in
Leuven
● Co-authored a study making a status
quaestionis of smart city related
initiatives in the 13 centre cities with
Kenniscentrum Vlaamse Steden
Nils
Walravens
Senior
Researcher
imec-SMIT, VUB
Smart Flanders
Coordinator

7. Born in Leuven on 12 April 1976
42 years later: running for Mayor in that city
Dad of three
Lorin
Parys
Member of the
Flemish
Parliament

8. Ingrid
Reynaert
Business Group
Leader Smart
Cities at Agoria

9. Dirk
Indigne
CEO at
Engie M2M
Sigfox
ENGIE M2M:
● subsidiary of Engie, new Belgian network operator
● building a low-power, high-capacity dedicated IoT connectivity network to
allow millions of small data transmissions from and to connected objects
● complements existing high-bandwidth systems by providing economical,
energy-efficient two-way transmission of small quantities of data, thus
lowering barriers to wide implementation of IoT and M2M solutions, and
greatly extending the battery and service life of connected devices
● exclusive SIGFOX partner & network operator for the Belgian market:
designing, deploying, maintaining and commercializing the Sigfox network
destined to the Internet of Things in Belgium
● co-operating with cities, research institutions and universities to bring simple
and affordable but innovative smart solutions to the citizens
● target applications: track & trace and smart city applications
● level sensors for waste bins
● smart parking sensors
● access control
● sewer level management
● manhole protection

10. Christophe
Marrecau
Artificial
Intelligence
Architect
Digipolis
Antwerpen
Smart city - Stad Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, IMEC
slim bestuur
slimme mobiliteit
slim energie- en materialenbeheer
slimme veiligheid
en slimme mensen

11. Maarten
Reyniers
Initiator of
Leuvenair.be
PhD astronomy @KUL
Works at KMI
Leuvenair.be:
a citizens' initiative to map the air quality in Leuven with low-cost sensors
● Measurement of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5)
● Currently ~100 sensors in Leuven
● Low-cost (EUR35): everyone can join
● Back-end uses German Luftdaten.info project (~5000 PM sensors worldwide)
● First batch of sensors was sponsored by Provincie Vlaams-Brabant through
Straten Vol Leuven
● All data are open
Why?
● To monitor air quality at high
spatial and temporal resolution
in the Leuven region
● As complement to (sparse)
official network of VMM (closest
ref. station is in Aarschot)
● Initiate citizen science activities
in Leuven with “Civic Lab
Leuven”
● Raise awareness on air quality

12. Lucas
Vanlaer
Community
Manager
Lcie (KU Leuven)
Team Coach
Circulaid
Lcie is the community at KU Leuven that promotes and
supports entrepreneurship amongst students.
Product Innovation Project: An interdisciplinary project
course at KU Leuven, where students try to solve real-life
problems innovatively
A Big Data-approach to parking in Leuven, using existing
data sets to guide you in your parking hassles.

13. Jo De Wachter
Leuven MindGate
Joris Voets
Stad Leuven
Nils Walravens
Smart Flanders
Christophe Marrecau
Digipolis Antwerpen
Ingrid Reynaert
Agoria
Dirk Indigne
Engie M2M Sigfox
Lorin Parys
Flemish Parliament
Maarten Reyniers
LeuvenAir
Lucas Vanlaer
Lcie - CirculAid
PANEL
Challenges, opportunities & use cases for Leuven today

14. Jo De Wachter
Leuven MindGate
Joris Voets
Stad Leuven
Nils Walravens
Smart Flanders
Christophe Marrecau
Digipolis Antwerpen
Ingrid Reynaert
Agoria
Dirk Indigne
Engie M2M Sigfox
Lorin Parys
Flemish Parliament
Lucas Vanlaer
Lcie - CirculAid
Maarten Reyniers
LeuvenAir
PANEL
Air Quality in Leuven

15. Jo De Wachter
Leuven MindGate
Joris Voets
Stad Leuven
Nils Walravens
Smart Flanders
Christophe Marrecau
Digipolis Antwerpen
Ingrid Reynaert
Agoria
Dirk Indigne
Engie M2M Sigfox
Lorin Parys
Flemish Parliament
Maarten Reyniers
LeuvenAir
Lucas Vanlaer
Lcie - CirculAid
PANEL
Circulation, Parking & Students in Leuven

16. Moderator
Pieter Haeck
Journalist Technology & Media
at De Tijd
@pieter_haeck
Visual Harvester
Els Vrints
Visual Harvester &
Coach at Barefoot Track
els@elsvrints.be
THANK YOU!

17. SMART CITY & OPEN DATA TRACK
WHY?
Common goal is to build a better and smarter Leuven
through open data
HOW?
Bridge communities: bring policy makers, companies,
entrepreneurs and data scientists together
WHAT?
NEXT STEPS around Leuven Smart City
● AND& FESTIVAL on 5/5
● HACKATHON on 8 & 9/6
● OPEN DATA PLATFORM
● COLLABORATIONS
city, companies, data experts, citizen enthusiasts
AE – Architects for
Business & ICT
GfK – Market Research & User
Experience Research Experts
DataMinded – Better
Data Engineering
PARTNERS for the DSL
Microsoft Azure -
Cloud Computing
DataCamp - Learn
Data Science Online

18. NEXT STEPS
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19. NEXT STEPS
Leuven Smart City &
Open Data Hackathon
Concrete challenges
for the City of Leuven
with available (open) data
Friday evening 8th June
-
Saturday evening 9th June

20. Join us for DRINKS!
@ STUKcafé Naamsestraat 96, Leuven
Follow the beer leader!

21. Jo De Wachter
Leuven MindGate
Joris Voets
Stad Leuven
Nils Walravens
Smart Flanders
Christophe Marrecau
Digipolis Antwerpen
Ingrid Reynaert
Agoria
Dirk Indigne
Engie M2M Sigfox
Lorin Parys
Flemish Parliament
Maarten Reyniers
LeuvenAir
Lucas Vanlaer
Lcie - CirculAid
PANEL

22. Istvan
Hajnal
Jan
Vercammen
Karlijn
Willems
Kris
Peeters
Linde
Vloeberghs
datascienceleuven.be
meetup.com/Data-Science-Leuven
datascienceleuven@gmail.com
@DSLeuven