This document summarizes Dublin's efforts to become a smart, green, and innovative city. It notes that Dublin has a young, educated workforce and is a center for technology and financial services. It outlines Dublin's initiatives including Smart Dublin, which uses open data and pilots to solve urban challenges. Dublin aims to increase cycling and has challenges for startups. It is investing over 3 billion euros by 2020 to develop innovation districts and attract companies like Google. Overall, the document portrays Dublin as positioning itself as a global leader in smart city development through projects focused on transportation, sustainability, and new technologies.

1. Smart Dublin
Councillor Ciarán Cuffe
Deputy Mayor
Dublin City Council

2. Dublin, Ireland, European Union

3. Dublin: smart, green and innovating
• 1.8m people in metropolitan area
• Sister city to Beijing
• Young, diverse, educated workforce
• 20 third-level institutes
• Key clusters in biotechnology, medical devices,
technology and financial services

4. Dublin street party

5. Dublin Castle

6. Dublin Docks

7. Dublin’s River Liffey

9. “Savills tech city report: Dublin 7th best global city for
tech”
“ JLL: Dublin ranked world's third best city for
innovation “
“Dublin is Europe's third best city for inward
investment,” – FDI European cities and regions of
the future, 2016/17
“IBM Global Trends Report 2014 – Ireland No1 for FDI
by quality of investment and Dublin in the top 10
global cities”
Background: Dublin a magnet for investment and tech

10. * source: frontline ventures, 2013
Background: Dublin - Gateway to Europe
1980s 1990’s early 2000’s 2010 onwards
-At the end of 2014 U.S. direct investment stock in Ireland was a record $310 billion.
- Key clusters in biotechnology, medical devices, technology and financial services

11. Over 3 billion of investment between now and 2020 – Flagship Smart District
Google EMEA headquarters
Flagship tenant – now 5,000 employees
“75% of Google staff have relocated from overseas”
Background: Silicon Docks – Area of major redevelopment

12. Dublin Docklands

13. Dublin Docklands

14. The verge of a new era
“We are entering a new era in which a deluge of
contextual and actionable real-time data about
cities is being generated, analysed and deployed.
This is enabling a transition to a form of data-
driven urbanism in which the planning and
governance of cities will increasingly occur in a
much more responsive and evidence-informed
manner.”
-Professor Rob Kitchen, DublinDashboard

15. Dublin: pop-up park

16. Dublin, Europe:
Smart, green and innovating
• Smart
-high rate of indigenous start-ups and large number
of new media firms locating in Dublin
• Green
-mild climate, easy access to parks and water in the
city, strong environmental awareness
• Innovating
-Commissioner for start-ups, strong support from
City and central Government

17. Dublin: Smart

18. Dublin: a Smart City
• Smart Dublin is an initiative of the four Dublin
Local Authorities to engage with smart
technology providers, researchers and citizens
to solve city challenges and improve city life.
• We aim to position Dublin as a world leader in
the development of new urban solutions,
using open data, and with the city region as a
test bed.

19. SmartDublin.ie

20. Dublin: Traffic Control

21. SCATS –Traffic Count ‘Sensor Network’ – Main junctions across the city

22. Public Transport Priority and Parking Guidance

24. Davra Networks

25. Dublin: Green

26. Dublin: a green city
• Parks located close to most of population
• High energy standards for new buildings
• New light rail lines
• Plans for car free central area
• New Tree Strategy for City
• Pop-up parks

27. Dublin pop-up park

28. Dublin: green heritage

29. Dublin city skyline

30. Dublin tall ships visit

31. Old city squares

32. Dublin Car-free plans for centre

33. Dublin Car-free plans for centre

34. Dublin: Innovating

35. Dublin: an innovating city
• Partnerships to drive innovation and
collaboration
• Support for start-ups
• Reaching our to citizen science
• Dublin Dashboard for real-time information

36. StartUpDublin.com

37. Dublin: old and new

38. DubLinked.ie

39. • Dublinked is a partnership of the four Dublin
Local Authorities and Maynooth University,
• The aim is to drive innovation and collaboration
in the development of new urban solutions using
open data and with the city region as the test
bed.

40. DubLinked.ie

41. ReusingDublin.ie

42. ReusingDublin.ie

43. www.smartdublin.com

44. DublinDashboard.ie
About DublinDashboard
• The Dublin Dashboard provides citizens, public
sector workers and companies with real-time
information, time-series indicator data, and
interactive maps about all aspects of the city.
• It enables users to gain detailed, up to date
intelligence about the city that aids everyday
decision making and fosters evidence-
informed analysis.

45. Open Challenges are a way for the
public sector to engage with
entrepreneurs, business,
technologists and service users
to come up with new solutions
to the urban challenges
currently faced by the Dublin
Region.
Open Challenge Approach to procurement

46. Next steps….open calls for pilots, demonstrators
etc..
First Call: The city of
Dublin is seeking smart
innovative solutions to
scale up cycling use.
(March 2016)

47. €100k Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Challenge

48. Next steps….open calls for pilots, demonstrators
•Access to expertise
•Access to City Infrastructure
•Other benefits in kind
Small Cell Technology

49. National Conference Centre,
Dublin, Ireland

50. Find out More
Smart Dublin
SmartDublin.ie
DublinDashboard
DublinDashboard.ie
Dublin City Council
DublinCity.ie
Enterprise Ireland
Enterprise-ireland.com
National Conference Centre
Theccd.ie
Dublin’s Start Up Commissioner
StartUpDublin.com

51. See you soon in Dublin!
ciaran.cuffe@dublincity.ie
Councillor Ciarán Cuffe
Deputy Mayor Dublin City Council