FIWARE Global Summit 2022

Martes, Miércoles y Jueves de esta semana han sido fechas señaladas para el mundo de la innovación digital, con la celebración de una cita indispensable dentro del sector de las tecnologías Smart: la FIWARE Global Summit, una cumbre global que cada año reúne a la flor y la nata del panorama internacional de la digitalización. Entidades públicas y privadas, unidas por un nodo común: el uso de la tecnología FIWARE como semilla para la transformación digital.

El evento, que en cada ocasión se celebra en una localización distinta, se desplazó esta vez hasta la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, en las instalaciones de la Institución Ferial de Canarias: un ambiente perfecto para acoger las múltiples charlas, conferencias y eventos de networking que constituyeron el núcleo de la cumbre.

Tras el parón ocasionado por la pandemia, la FIWARE Global Summit supuso una oportunidad para reunir a más de 150 ponentes, distribuidos en distintas áreas de actuación: desde el conjunto de charlas dedicadas a las tecnologías más disruptivas e innovadoras de la escena tecnológica internacional, hasta los ejemplos prácticos y experiencias de uso real que pudieron compartir aquellas entidades que ya tienen en marcha un proyecto maduro de digitalización.

Es en este último ámbito en el que Diputación de Badajoz  pudo aprovechar toda la experiencia ganada tras 4 años de transformación digital, a través de la iniciativa Badajoz Es Más: a lo largo del evento, el equipo de FIWARE Space tuvo la oportunidad de compartir el conocimiento y buenas prácticas que han permitido a la provincia situarse como una de las puntas de lanza en el mundo de la digitalización —específicamente, en el sector de los Territorios Inteligentes, centrado en la transformación digital de los servicios públicos a nivel provincial. Con dos charlas centradas en el tema, a cargo del personal del propio FIWARE Space, la Diputación tuvo una presencia notable en la agenda del evento.

Jorge Osuna, dinamizador del centro, dio una visión general del modelo de actuación que ha permitido a la iniciativa de la administración provincial situarse a la cabeza de los esfuerzos de digitalización territoriales: un modelo que pone engrana la Plataforma Provincial de Gestión Inteligente de Servicios Públicos, así como los recursos y habilidades técnicas del equipo de Diputación, con las necesidades propias del ecosistema de cara a ciudadanía, empresas e instituciones. Se trata de una estrategia que ha cosechado un éxito notable en la provincia, motivo por lo que el modelo de Diputación es de particular interés para otras regiones y entidades interesadas en implementar su propia plataforma de digitalización.

En esa misma línea, Miguel López —también del equipo de dinamización del centro FIWARE Space— tuvo ocasión de compartir las experiencias acumuladas durante el desarrollo del proyecto Badajoz Es Más de cara a la transformación digital de un territorio rural, centrándose particularmente en los retos que una provincia de estas características presenta ante la implementación de soluciones tecnológicas, y las estrategias adoptadas por la Diputación para enfrentarse a ellos.

Finalmente, cabe destacar que el evento supuso una valiosa oportunidad para estrechar lazos con la comunidad FIWARE: tanto con la propia Fundación, como con los proyectos de digitalización emergentes en otras partes del mundo.

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FIWARE SPACE

FIWARE Space is the innovation center of the Provincial Council of Badajoz to bring the new technologies of IoT and Big Data to citizens, SMEs and start-ups. It is constituted as an official Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) in Badajoz province to promote the digitization and transformation of companies through technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and artificial intelligence with FIWARE as data connector from different sources.

This center is part of a global project called “Badajoz Es Más“, which aims to develop municipalities with a better quality of life through sustainable development. The objective is clear: to turn the province of Badajoz into an Intelligent Territory or a “Smart Province”. In order to achieve this goal, it is a must to involve the local companies, the public administration and the citizens.

FIWARE Space coordinates the activity related to the knowledge, use and possibilities offered by the Provincial Platform for Smart Management of Public Services, which allows the integration of information from different smart services in one place, to facilitate the analysis and management of services that are the responsibility of the Provincial Council of Badajoz. This platform uses the latest technologies promoted by the European Commission about how to integrate near real-time data and how to manage context information.

FIWARE Space is a non-profit innovation center that aims to make the technological knowledge and tools of the “Badajoz Es Más” project available to different entities, among which are:

 

– Public administrations
– Municipalities
– Small and medium enterprises
– The teaching and research staff of the university and other educational institutions
– The entrepreneurs
– The citizens

One of the main goals of this center is to support our small and medium enterprises through the digital transformation of the province. For this, the center offers to these entities de following services.

 

SERVICES

A 2-month mentoring program to go deeper in the technology knowledge and the opportunities that are behind the intelligent province development, to know first-hand the technological work that is being carried out and how to take advantages of this digital transformation. In these 2 months, the company will adapt its solution or service to a FIWARE smart solution, thus being compatible with the platform used by the Badajoz Provincial council that connects all the data sources of the province, and with any other smart city platform that uses this technology.

Specialized consulting and technical support for the integration of solutions in FIWARE. We help the creation and adaptation of data models, architecture knowledge and the possibilities of integrating into this European standard.

Certification of solutions in the FIWARE Marketplace website of the FIWARE Foundation. We advise on how to apply with the solution developed to obtain the different certifications.

Advice on acceleration programs. After the completion of the mentoring program, we try to find a suitable European acceleration program to take the project to the next level.

Physical location for the development of integration in FIWARE. We have a physical space in which you can work to integrate the solution into FIWARE, with the tools and support of the technical office.

Theoretical and practical training workshops. Every Friday of the year we conduct workshops to learn more about how a smart city works and what’s the technology behind.

Visits to the innovation center. Interested people or entities can visit the center once a week to see first hand the digital transformation that is taking place in the province and meet the real solutions that are being installed.

 

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PYMES

 

FIWARE Space also carries out some unique activities throughout the year:

Hackathons. Workday in which, by teams, a real technological problem is solved by multidisciplinary teams.

IoT challenge. Companies are presented to solve a real problem of the province through technology. Once the applications have been submitted, an evaluating court chooses the winner, who will receive an economic endowment to carry out his idea and put it into operation in the province.

Design Thinking Workshop. Workshop that aims to foster creativity through innovative new methodologies that will allow us to go deep in a specific challenge.

 

EVENTS

In addition to all this, FIWARE Space, in the hands of the Badajoz Provincial Council, participates in different local, national and international events in which it provides visibility to the local companies with the aim to contribute to the expansion of this companies in other regions.

Finally, it should be noted that FIWARE Space is considered as a 2-star FIWARE iHub, catalogued by the FIWARE Foundation, thanks to the work and the number of activities carried out to bring new technologies to citizens.