The document discusses the Antwerp Smart Zone, highlighting the city's dynamic and innovative characteristics while addressing the need for a common vision, priorities, and scalable solutions for smarter urban development. It emphasizes the integration of smart governance, mobility, and environment in creating a comprehensive smart city approach, facilitated by collaboration between various stakeholders. Additionally, it outlines the role of imec as a technology lab for IoT services, enabling real-life experimentation and co-creation in urban innovation.

1. ANTWERP SMART ZONE
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2. THE CITY SIDE
OF THINGS

3. ANTWERP: THE BACKGROUND
 Big small city
 Different districts
 DNA
 Dynamic
 Proud
 Enterprising
 Dominant
 Straightforward
 Extravert
 Innovative
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4. ANTWERP: THE STARTING POINT
 Lots of different projects
 No overall vision
 No (use of) common infrastructure
 Point solutions
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5. ANTWERP: THE VALUES
 Digital focus
 Cost effective
 Re-use of tools
 E-inclusive
 Bèta city
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6. ANTWERP: THE SOLUTION
 Common vision and priorities
 Smart security
 Smart Governance
 Smart mobility
 Smart environment
 Smart citizen
 Wide focus!
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ANTWERP: THE SOLUTION THE PROBLEM

7. ANTWERP: THE SOLUTION
 Common vision and priorities
 Common rules
 Common infrastructure
 Scalable solutions
 Small tests – big applications
 Antwerp Smart Zone
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8. THE IMEC SIDE
OF THINGS

9. @VERBEELD

10. “Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem,
everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem.
In fact, a city is nothing more than a solution to a problem, that in turn
creates more problems that need more solutions, until towers rise, roads
widen, bridges are built, and millions of people are caught up in a mad race
to feed the problem-solving, problem-creating frenzy.”
Neal Shusterman

11. Smart Cities
are about
Improving urban life
not about
Deploying
technology

12. TOP DOWN
INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS

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20. BOTTOM UP
PERSONALISED SOLUTIONS
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27. THE “PROMISE” OF IOT IN SMART CITIES
COMBINING
LARGE SCALE TOP DOWN INFRASTRUCTURE
AND
INDIVIDUALISED SOLUTIONS

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THE PROMISE
OF IOT

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PUBLIC
SAFETY
MOBILITY

31. YOU’VE HEARD ALL THAT BEFORE?
SO HAVE WE.
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Companies
Research
Public
sector
Citizens

32. imec smart city enablers
SMART CITIES
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES &
SYSTEMS
CORE
CMOS
SENSOR
TECHNOLOGY
FLEXIBLE
TECHNOLOGY
NETWORKING
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
DIGITAL
PRIVACY &
SECURITY
DATA SCIENCE
AI
PASSERBY
SCANNING
BEHAVIOUR
CHANGE
AIR AND
WATER
QUALITY
DIGITAL
SIGNAGE PRIVACY OPEN DATA …

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City of Things
• IoT reference living lab
and technology lab in
Europe
• for international and
local stakeholders
• to create, test and
validate IoT services,
applications and
technologies
• in a neutral, large scale,
real life and real time
smart city environment

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imec Antwerp
Smart Zone
• 2,5 km2
• Western street
• Extremely busy
• High end retail
• Trams, cars, bikes
• Eastern street
• Walking street
• Antique shops
• Social housing,
parks
• 4H present
• Strong communities

35. SMART ZONE
PART OF THE CITY OF THINGS PROGRAM
REAL-LIFE TESTING AND
EXPERIMENTING
WHERE USERS AND
PRODUCERS CO-CREATE
INNOVATION
ECOSYSTEM THAT STIMULATES
BUSINESS INNOVATION

36. IMPROVE DIGITAL INNOVATIONS BY ACTIVELY INVOLVING USERS &
STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH CO-CREATION & REAL-LIFE INTERVENTION
ITERATIONS
OF DESIGN
CYCLES
OUTSIDE OF
CONTROLLED LAB
MULTI-
STAKEHOLDER
EMPOWERING USERS
TO
IMPACT THE
INNOVATION
PROCESS
IMEC LIVING LABS

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40. PUBLIC