Una año más de FIWARE Space: 2022 en retrospectiva

diciembre 30 / 2022 | Blog | 2022, FIWARE, FIWARE Space, resumen

Termina el año, y como siempre por estas fechas podemos echar la vista atrás y fijarnos en los momentos destacados. Aquí en FIWARE Space, podemos decir que hemos tenido un 2022 bastante ocupado, repleto de actividades, colaboraciones, proyectos y eventos.

¡Y vaya si hemos tenido eventos! Con el final de las restricciones sanitarias en todo el país, las conferencias, ferias y congresos han vuelto con fuerza, y la Diputación de Badajoz no podía faltar a la cita. Además de algunos eventos ya clásicos como el IoT Solutions World Congress de Barcelona, o el foro Greencities de Málaga, hay dos encuentros que destacaron particularmente: la primera edición de la feria iRural, celebrada en Don Benito y en la que la administración pacense participó como una de las entidades organizadoras; y el FIWARE Global Summit, la cumbre especializada del ecosistema FIWARE que se tuvo lugar en Septiembre en Gran Canaria.

Greencities 2022

Este último evento vino enmarcado precisamente en una colaboración cada vez más intensa con el ecosistema de innovación FIWARE. Por una parte, FIWARE Space ha participado de forma activa en el crecimiento de la red de iHubs FIWARE, cooperando con algunos de aquellos centros que han dado este año sus primeros pasos en la comunidad —centros entre los que cabe destacar el recién estrenado iHub de Medellín—; por otra parte, la colaboración con la propia fundación FIWARE se ha traducido en la obtención de la calificación de iHub 3 estrellas, marca del papel del centro como referente en cuanto a actividades de transformación digital del ecosistema local.

Estas actividades son de hecho las que realmente han ocupado la mayor parte del año: entre programas de mentorización y acompañamiento a empresas (con 2 nuevas empresas españolas accediendo al Marketplace de FIWARE a través de nuestro programa de mentorización, y varias más ya en camino), cursos y talleres todas las semanas, programas de prácticas, y participación en proyectos propios de la Diputación de Badajoz como el Reto IoT o las Actividades Provincia Digital.

Finalmente, no podemos terminar una revisión del año sin hacer hincapié en una de las actividades que más éxito ha tenido: se trata de los Hackathones Pueblo Conectado, que realizamos varias veces al año con institutos de la región (este año, con el IES Castelar). Se trata quizá de uno de los eventos que mejor resume los beneficios de un ecosistema de formación digital vivo y conectado con las personas de la provincia.Equipo del Centro FIWARE Space

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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.