SELECT for Cities, an initiative that’s changing the way cities in Europe innovate through the creation of city wide Internet-of-Everything (IoE) testing labs, launched an open online consultation yesterday during the NetFutures conference in Brussels.
SELECT for Cities, an initiative that’s changing the way cities in Europe innovate through the creation of city wide Internet-of-Everything (IoE) testing labs, launched an open online consultation yesterday during the NetFutures conference in Brussels.
SELECT for Cities is deploying a pre-commercial procurement (PCP) process to find and select suppliers who will help the cities of Antwerp, Helsinki and Copenhagen achieve their ambition of becoming large scale IoE testing labs. By using the PCP approach, the consortium of cities will be able to initially fund the design of IoE concepts that explore multiple ideas from a variety of organisations. Upon reviewing the results, a smaller number of solutions will be chosen to enter a funded prototyping phase, and then once again these will be reduced for a final piloting phase.
The objective of this consultation is for the procuring cities to hear the thoughts and views of potential suppliers, developers, city experts and other cities, about the current Internet-of-Things (IoT) market, and its potential gaps and needs.
In addition to the online consultation, solution providers and other stakeholders are also invited to participate in one of three open meetings this Spring to discuss city needs and the PCP process in more detail. The meetings are taking place in Antwerp on the 24 May, Helsinki on the 30 May and Copenhagen on the 6 June and are open and free to attend. More information can be found here.
Contribute your voice and fill out the consultation here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SELECT4Cities
Read more about the project here: http://www.select4cities.eu/
The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) is the international, non-profit, independent association of benchmarked Living Labs.
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