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“Secure and Safer Solutions for S marter Cities”

“Secure and Safer Solutions for S marter Cities” . Nice - 12 May 2014 - Rolf Sigg . Background 1. According to the United Nations, more than 50% of the worlds population lived in cities in 2008. By the year 2050 more than 70% of all people will live in cities

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“Secure and Safer Solutions for S marter Cities”

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  1. “Secure and Safer Solutions for Smarter Cities” Nice - 12 May 2014 - Rolf Sigg

  2. Background 1 • According to the United Nations, more than 50% of the worlds population lived in cities in 2008. • By the year 2050 more than 70% of all people will live in cities • In the last decade Smartness has increasingly been seen as an answer to the megatrends which challenge cities, such as: • Urbanization • Population growth and ageing • Population mobility • Climate change • Limited energy resources Rolf Sigg

  3. Background 2 • Cities are more than just the political and public administration with their institutions • The proper term would rather be “communities” • Cities in the sense of communities include all stakeholders: • The citizens living in the city • The businesses operating in the city • The providers of critical infrastructure to the city • The public administration managing the city • All stakeholders have distinct expectations towards the community they live or operate in Rolf Sigg

  4. Background 3 • Smartness of cities is currently essentially limited to energy-efficiency and ICT-based solutions for : • Flows of People & Goods • Flows of Energy • Flows of Data • The European Innovation Partnership Smart Cities and Communities (EIP SCC), launchedbythe EC in 2012, onlyincludesthesethreeareas. • But: Only sustainable and resilient cities are truly competitive Smart Cities • Resilience is based on adequate safety and security management for the city Rolf Sigg

  5. Smartness Safety, Security, Resilience Euralarm Proposal • Citizens, businesses, urban processesandinfrastructurerely on safetyandsecurity as keypillarstokeeptheSmart Cityfunctionalat all times • A holistic Smart City dialoguethereforeneedsexpertiseandaccesstoconcretesolutionsforsafety, security, andresiliencepairedwithrelatedstandardization & certification Information, Communication Energy Grid Management Data Fusion & Analysis Traffic Management Secure Smart City Processes, People & Infrastructure Rolf Sigg

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