FIWARE Space participa en el evento internacional FIWARE Smart Fest

La semana pasada, entre el 8 y el 10 de Junio, tuvo lugar FIWARE Smart Fest, un evento organizado por la fundación FIWARE que reúne a los principales miembros de la iniciativa, así como a invitados con un amplio rango de perfiles: desde CEOs de empresas líderes del sector digital, hasta personas clave de la política europea. Este encuentro, celebrado de forma totalmente online, es en muchos sentidos la continuación del FIWARE Summit que hasta hace poco se celebraba cada año – una tradición lamentablemente interrumpida por la pandemia.

Durante las sesiones, distribuidas a lo largo de tres días, los ponentes abordaron temas de todo tipo: desde demostraciones de alto nivel de las posibilidades de digitalización de distintos sectores, y las tecnologías Smart involucradas en dicho proceso, hasta casos de uso ya implementados.

El propio centro FIWARE Space contó con una amplia representación en el Smart Fest, dando a conocer las políticas de digitalización llevadas a cabo en la provincia de Badajoz. Tanto las actividades desarrolladas dentro el proyecto «Badajoz Es Más» como las correspondientes a otras iniciativas de la Diputación – como la de la constitución de la provincia en Destino Turístico Inteligente – despertaron el interés de los asistentes, tratándose de algunos de los casos de implementación basados en la plataforma FIWARE con más trayectoria en el sector público.

La presentación de los casos de uso de soluciones turísticas en la provincia – entre las que destaca particularmente la sensorización exhaustiva de las playas de agua dulce en Cheles y Orellana, ambas bandera azul – corrió a cargo de Roberto Gallego, Jefe del Proyecto «Badajoz Es Más», quien también destacó las posibilidades que ofrecen los datos provenientes de otros sectores al aplicarse al Turismo Inteligente. Por su parte, Miguel López, dinamizador del centro FIWARE Space, participó en la sección United We Thrive, enfocada en los acuerdos de cooperación entre distintos Centros de Innovación Digital de todo el mundo. En particular, la sesión permitió poner en valor la colaboración entre el centro pacense y su homólogo argentino, el Instituto Ciudades del Futuro, en el ámbito de la monitorización medioambiental.

Es de esperar que la FIWARE Smart Fest contribuya en gran medida a dar forma a las políticas tomadas desde la fundación, además de ofrecer numerosas oportunidades de cooperación entre las distintas entidades participantes.

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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.