El pasado 11 de diciembre la Diputación de Badajoz inauguró las instalaciones de FIWARE Space ubicadas en el Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Extremadura en el Campus Universitario de Badajoz.

Fiware Space se enmarca en el proyecto Badajoz es Más como uno de los ejes principales con foco a impulsar el desarrollo de proyectos innovadores, el talento y el emprendimiento en la provincia. De esta forma se avanza en la transformación digital del territorio y en la reducción de la brecha digital entre áreas rurales y urbanas, proporcionando las capacidades y herramientas necesarias para poder desarrollar el ecosistema empresarial y de emprendimiento local, propiciando nuevas oportunidades de empleo y riqueza.

Miguel Ángel Gallardo, presidente de la Diputación de Badajoz, junto con D. Jaime Gragera, coordinador de informática y administración digital de la Diputación, y Juan Marcelo Gaitán, chairman de FIWARE foundation, presentaron el centro FIWARE Space, un espacio que ofrece herramientas tecnológicas, formación y soporte técnico a empresas, emprendedores, estudiantes y entidades públicas para que puedan acercarse a la tecnología que se está implementando en el territorio y que de esta manera puedan sacar provecho de la transformación digital que se está produciendo, pudiendo llevar a cabo proyectos innovadores.

FIWARE Space forma parte de la red de FIWARE iHubs internacionales lo que permite vía de acceso directa a esta iniciativa impulsada por la Unión Europea y que tiene por misión empoderar, promover y validar los desarrollos de tecnologías bajo este estándar y a la comunidad creada en torno al mismo para así facilitar el desarrollo de nuevas aplicaciones Smart en múltiples sectores.

El Centro de Innovación FIWARE Space cuenta con un espacio demostrador donde se puede conocer múltiples soluciones tecnológicas en el ámbito del IoT y de las aplicaciones Smart que ya se están implementando en la provincia de Badajoz para monitorizar la calidad de aire, cabinas de teléfono inteligentes, cartas inteligentes, gestión de aguas y residuos sólidos urbanos, entre otros. Se trata de un lugar diseñado para que empresas, startups, estudiantes y entidades públicas puedan conocer de primera mano toda esa última tecnología que está apareciendo en el mercado y que está transformando la provincia.

El centro FIWARE Space se encarga de impulsar y de visibilizar el desarrollo de proyecto innovadores en el ámbito del IoT y aplicaciones Smart a través de sus programas de mentorización, cursos, ayudas en la adquisición de financiación, certificaciones y asistencia a eventos.

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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.