COMIT / Fiatech Conference 2014, The Crystal, London Efficiency Through Digital Projects Martin Wilson from Appear. MobiCloud is an international project supported by the European Union to develop a cloud-based mobile application platform. The CEO of lead partner Appear Networks gave a brief overview of the project and the construction app challenge it has launched. The slides from the MobiCloud Showcase event that was held in the evening are available separately.

1. MobiCloud Showcase &
Construction App Challenge
Martin Wilson
Appear Networks

2. Appear Networks
Martin Wilson
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Award Winning
Technology
MobiCloud
& the Construction App Challenge

3. MobiCloud
& the Construction App Challenge
Martin Wilson, CEO Appear
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4. MobiCloud Project
Vision: Bridging the Enterprise Mobility Information Gap
EC Research Program: CIP ICT-PSP
Budget: 4.46M Euros
Duration: 2012-2014
www.mobicloudproject.eu
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5. Backed by the European Commission
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Founding partners

6. Cloud
Cloud-Based Mobility Platform allows you to efficiently Manage and
Distribute your Apps through your own corporate app store.
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7. Cross-platform
The development toolkit reduces time and development costs for
your mobility project.
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8. MobiCloud Application Scenarios
Rail
City Transit
Construction Field Service
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9. Why construction?
• Cloud based – no infrastructure
• Cross-platform – no hardware tie-in
• Container – simple deployment
• PaaS / SaaS – project based costs
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10. Site Diary
Using a standard iPad, engineers can
document construction project events and
transparently sync them over the air
in realtime (with connection)
or offline sync (where no connection)
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11. Construction App Challenge
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12. Round 1
• Register and submit an idea (anyone!)
• A panel of experts will review the submissions,
choose the top 10 & give feedback on them
• They will award a prize of €1,000 for the most
innovative idea among those submitted
• Closing date 7th November
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13. Round 2
• Register a development team & chose an idea
• Access to experts from construction to refine
the idea & turn it into a feasible concept
• Advice on how to implement it using the
MobiCloud platform – including business case
• Pitch it to construction on 28th November &
maybe get a site trial
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14. MobiCloud Showcase
5:15 pm – free drinks & nibbles followed by
• More about the project
• Demonstrations
• Example App Challenge ideas
• Questions & Answer panel session
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Close by 7:30