The Living Lab Phase:
Contractors, Hackathons and More....
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Three Consortia reached and successfully completed the 3rd Phase of the SELECT for Cities PCP - the Living Lab. In this Phase they tested their Platforms with a mix of in-house and external end-users in the cities of Antwerp and Helsinki!
Following evaluation of the Contractors' solutions, the Buyers Group ranked the Contractors as follows:
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University of Florence
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Indra Soluciones Tecnologias de la Informacion S.L.U.
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Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.P.A.
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Congratulations to all the Contractors for delivering innovative solutions through hard work!
About Phase III: Living Lab Testing
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The Living Lab Phase comprised three iterations:
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Preparing platforms for the Living Lab tests in Antwerp & Helsinki,
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Enabling developers to create personalised apps & dashboards for the Antwerp & Helsinki (use cases involved air quality and mobility)
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Real-life testing of the Platforms by citizens, tourists, city officials and business owners in the two cities
The information below shows the events each team ran to solicit end user engagement to test their solutions.
City: Antwerp
Date: 5th March 2019
Event: City Enabler roadshow
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City: Antwerp
Date: 12th March 2019
Event: City Enabler roadshow
City: Helsinki
Date: 14th March 2019
Event: Hackathon
Organizer: Aalto University/CKIR
Contact info: ckir-biz@aalto.fi
City: Helsinki
Date: 27th February - 13th March, registration closes 13th March
21st March - 29th March - Create your solution onto Helsinki platform environment
2nd April Developers present their solutions and winners will be announced
Organizer: MINSAIT and Indra Company
Contact info: support.helsinki4cities@onesaitplatform.com
City: Antwerp
Date: 27th February - 13th March, registration closes 13th March
21st March - 29th March - Create your solution onto Antwerp platform environment
4th April Developers present their solutions and winners will be announced
Organizer: MINSAIT and Indra Company
Contact info: support.antwerp4cities@onesaitplatform.com
City: Online (www.snap4city.org)
Date: 21st January 2019 to 15th March 2019
Event: Hackathon
Organizer: University of Florence
Contact info: https://www.snap4city.org
City: Antwerp
Date: 21st March 2019
Event: City Enabler Meetup for residents @The Beacon
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