Note – we have had an overwhelming response to the event. We are not looking for speakers for Amsterdam any more but we plan to hold the same event at other venues. Please contact me at ajit.jaokar at futuretext.com to stay in touch
We had a great response to the apps for smart cities event – but we are still looking for some speakers. We take a specific approach to the idea of apps for smart cities as we outline below
Pricing is free for developers: for other tickets please contact me at the email address below. Since the event is also cross promoted with other events on the day, we expect the tickets will sell out very soon.
Booths : We have some space for booths demos. Please contact me at address below
Sponsorship: We are already grateful for the support from organizations and also from various bodies in Amsterdam including the City of Amsterdam. However, we welcome sponsors. Please contact me at address below
What are apps for smart cities? - Apps for smart cities could be defined as: Apps for Smart city = Intelligent places + Data + Mobile apps + Community + Services = City as a platform
Thus, Smart city applications are similar to conventional mobile applications, but with the following additions:
- Apps for smart cities would include hardware – typically open source hardware – which enables ‘intelligent data’ spots in the city
- The apps are typically oriented towards empowerment of citizens and to enabling Smart city applications
- Apps for smart cities could use many existing and new mobile technologies including augmented reality, Android and other platforms but they also include hardware technologies like Arduino, BUG,Funnel , Gainer , Make controller , Wiring , Sun SPOTs , Pinguino , Firmata and others
- They could also integrate with Smart city initiatives from existing vendors and new vendors like Cisco, Pachube, IBM and others
- Community would be an important part of apps for Smart cities
Themes (apps based on these themes)
- Smart Manufacturing, New production tools(home produced food, energy, micro manufacturing, 3D printing)
- Collaboration / sharing of resources via the Internet
- Urban farming
- Apps relating to Open data
- Apps relating to Smart energy
- Apps relating to Smart transportation
- Smart health
- Technology(especially related to open source hardware and s/w)
- Culture(hacker movement)
- Sustainability
- And Art
- If you think there are any more themes we should include please send me an email ajit.jaokar at futuretext.com
My blog is below which gives a lot of information about the ethos of the event