Virtualisation taking place

How understanding virtualisation, the computing continuum

and communities of practice is essential for making the
right investments in research, innovation and deployment

A global perspective from Europe

Martin Brynskov
@brynskov

1 July 2021 · CONNECT University · Summer School Session · European Commission

Digital solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation of cities and communities
 Martin Brynskov
Director & Associate Professor, Aarhus University
DITCOM – Centre for Digital Transformation in Cities & Communities

Chair, Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC)

Chair, Living-in.EU Tech Sub-Group & Co-chair UN U4SSC New Architecture

StandICT.eu EUOS SCC task force member
Chair, Rural Smart Communities Tech Coordination Group
Coordinator, NGIoT & SynchroniCity – Partner, dRural & SCORE
Chair, Danish Standards Committee on SSCC (ISO TC268/ITU SG20)

oascities.org
ditcom.au.dk
 Martin Brynskov
@brynskov
MA
Information Studies, Classical Greek, Semiotics (Digital Habitats)

PhD
Computer Science (with LEGO)

Associate Professor
Digital Design & Information Studies, Interaction Technologies
CRISES
 SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENTAL
 SOLUTIONS

DILEMMAS
The Anthropocene Challenge

7
Source: Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic
Growth, UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) 2011
PROTECTION
+
INNOVATION
LACK OF
TRUST
LACK OF
SCALE
LACK OF
TIME
 Subnational government
expenditure as a percentage of GDP
and general government
expenditure (2019)

Source: 2019 Report World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment
https://www.oecd.org/regional/regional-policy/sngs-around-the-world.htm
Virtualisation taking place
The European problem – and opportunity

Virtualisation Communities of practice Governance levels

Digital twins GIS / BIM / manufacturing / VMs Global
Data platforms GAFAM / BATX EU / Global Regions
Data spaces Internet 1.0 / semantic web MS / National
Regional / State
Computing continuum Local
HPC – Cloud – IoT – Edge – Far Edge Community
Forever – anytime – real-time – instant Place
Trends: AI, IoT and Edge Computing

Report: IoT and Edge Computing:

Opportunities for Europe October 2021

June 2021 NGIoT Roadmap for IoT EU IOT

Research, Innovation and
Deployment

Next Generation Internet of Things |

ngiot.eu
Thematic Workshops
toward a
Roadmap for IoT
Research, Innovation
and Deployment for
Europe

www.ngiot.eu
 EU Technology targets

Supporting EU’s
competiveness
Bringing radical change to
existing technology paradigms

Making the digital

transformation green

Enabling technology for an

empowered and inclusive society

Moving from value chain

to value network

Next Generation Internet of Things | 01/07/2021 18

 EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE
European front runners in Edge-IoT ● Network operators are front-runners in edge computing
Application / Services investments
● Europe has strong players in hardware and service
providers. With accelerators ”champions” like Eurotech,
Gemalto, Software AG, SAP, Bosch, Deutsche Telekom,
Support services Telit, Schneider Electric, etc.
● Moving from use cases towards platform-centric
environments leaders are non-european AWS, Microsoft
Devices & Premises

Main Alliances, Fora & Organisations active in Cloud-Edge-IoT

Edge Vendor Quadrants for DACH region

Next Generation Internet of Things | 1 July 2021 [Source: Internet Of Things (Iot) Vendor & Service Provider Comparison - 19
 TRENDS

● From cloud to edge

● From IoT to AIoTI
● From monitoring to intelligence
● From global/central to local/decentralized
● Towards a green transformation
● From Big Data to relevant data
● From value chain to value network

Next Generation Internet of Things |

National guides
• Denmark à DS/KL
• Sweden à RefARK/SKR
• Netherl. à NEN/VNG
• Flanders à VLOCA/DF
• Japan à Society 5.0
• USA à GCTC
EU/Global
• Living-in.EU à MIMs Plus
• UN SDGs à U4SSC/New Architecture
à SG20 / FG-DPM
Commercial
• National
• Global region
• Global / hyperscalers
 Guide to
NF-SSCC
Danish Standards sustainable, digital
DS S-491 Sustainable cities and communities
Nordic Forum for Sustainable and
(smart city)
transformation in
Smart Cities and Communities
Denmark

ISG CIM
Context Information CEN/TC 465 Sustainable and
Management Smart Cities and Communities ITU-T Study Group 20
IoT and Smart and Sustainable Cities
and Communities

SF-SSCC
ISO/TC 268 ISO/IEC JTC 1
European Sector Forum for
Sustainable Cities and Information Technology
Smart and Sustainable Cities
Communities
and Communities

ISO/IEC/ITU
World Smart Cities
Joint Task Force
ISO/TC 268/SC 1
WG 11
Smart community
Smart Cities
infrastructure
Guide to sustainable,
digital transformation
1. Focus on data
2. Build with interfaces (APIs)
3. Ensure a minimum of interoperability
4. Be open towards technology choices
5. Prioritise partnerships and ecosystem
6. Be conscious about maturity and complexity
7. Start small, think big
Available in English in June 2021

https://webshop.ds.dk/da-dk/standarder/standard/ds-inf-1762021
 EU STRATEGY & MFF 2021-2027

Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2020 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2021 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2022
Technology that works for people
Strategy on White paper Action Plan on 5G and 6G
Quantum and on AI 5G corridors for connected and automated mobility
blockchain EU Governments interoperability strategy
Digital Improve work conditions for platform workers
Education plan

A fair and competitive economy

European Digital Legislative Data Act
data strategy Finance framework
Industrial framework for data
strategy governance
package Consumer
agenda

An open democratic and sustainable society

Revised IDAS Destination Earth
New rules for Circular Electronics
Digital Market Electronic health records
Media action
Key strategies plan
related to Internet EU Democracy
of Things action plan

Next Generation Internet of

 ROLE OF HORIZON EUROPE AND DIGITAL EUROPE
Resources

Valley of Death

Horizon Europe
€6.76B €750 B
(NEXT GENERATION EU)

Digital Europe
EU Structural funds &

€80.9B private investments

Research Product Development Market Penetration

Stage of development

Next Generation Internet of

Legitimate
Agency
www.organicity.eu
 CONSORTIUM
3 ORIGINAL ORGANICITY
THE ORGANICITIES (7.2M€)
Luleå University of Technology
Sweden

CONSORTIUM
24 EXPERIMENTS
AARHUS
+ 10 NEW CITIES Aarhus University

+ 17 NEW EXPERIMENTS
Aarhus Municipality

LONDON Alexandra Institute

AARHUS
Future Cities Catapult
Intel UK
Aarhus University University of Lübeck
Imperial College London Germany
Aarhus Municipality

LONDON Alexandra Institute

Future Cities Catapult

Intel UK
University of Lübeck Commissariat à l’énergie atomique
Imperial College London Germany et aux énergies alternatives
France

Commissariat à l’énergie atomique

et aux énergies alternatives
France
Institute for Advanced
Architecture of Catalonia
Spain

SANTANDER
University of Cantabria
Santander Municipality
Institute for Advanced
Architecture of Catalonia TST Sistemas Computer Technology Institut
Spain Greece

SANTANDER
University of Cantabria
Santander Municipality
TST Sistemas Computer Technology Institute
University of Melbourne
Greece
Australia

www.organicity.eu · H2020 RIA 2015-18 · https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/645198

www.organicity.eu
www.organicity.eu
 6
ELEMENTS OF

Minimal
Interop

www.organicity.eu
Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms (1)
Benefit for Cities and Communities
• Choice, flexibility, efficiency, value-for-money,
independence, economic development
Benefit for Businesses
• Scale, agile development/deployment
Benefit for all
• Reduced risk, increased investments, innovation
Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms (2)
Benefit for Innovation Consortia
• Pre-proposal alignment, post-proposal synergies,
agile deployment
Benefit for Policy Makers
• Scale, broad market uptake, avoiding sub-
optimisation, agile policy alignment
Benefit for all
• Reduced risk, increased investments, innovation
Scaling up with the power of MIMs
AI- and IoT-enabled market-ready services:
• 50 services
• 21 cities
• 16 teams – led by SMEs
• 6 months

SynchroniCity Guide
Large-Scale Pilot
Core project:
20m€ · 40 partners
synchronicity-iot.eu
H2020 RIA 2017-19 · https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/732240
21 50
www.synchronicity-iot.eu
CASD : Clean Air School Districts leapcraft

Clean Air School Districts is a holistic solution with sensor instruments, educational
material, and consultation for students, teachers, and parents to collaborate on improving
the school's indoor environment quality.

Biggest Achievement : Cross city integration with common digital platfrom

Biggest Difficulty : Getting access to schools & inconsistency in technical protocols

www.casd.leapcraft.dk
June 2021
explore.porto.pt
 Minimal
Interoperability
Mechanisms
(MIMs)

🇫🇮
🇳🇱

Documentation:
mims.oascities.org
 Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms (MIMs)

STAGES

GOVERNANCE
Members and partners à Working Groups à Technical Council
General Assembly ß Board of Directors ß Council of Cities

Documentation:
mims.oascities.org
OASC 2021

31 158 118,500,000+ €3.6+ trillion

countries cities inhabitants Combined GDP
 OASC Partners
Strategic ...

Core

Enterprise

CxC SMEs
 MIMs + Ecosystem X

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things/smart-
cities-ontology-for-digital-twins/ba-p/2166585

https://azure.microsoft.com/da-dk/resources/videos/smart-cities-
ontology-for-digital-twins/
 Overview commitments

Financial Technical Legal Education & Capacity Monitoring & Measuring

Building
1.1 2.1 3 5
4.1
Joint Inv estment Plan Common list of Standards & Assess and dev elop legal measures Framework based on existing
Dev elop administrative capacities
Technical Specifications for a common EU framework methodologies
1.2
4.2
Multi-lev el sy nergies 2.2
Citizen-centric design approaches
Key Enablers –Av ailable for All
1.3
4.3
Local digital transformation with 2.3
Digital education and skills for
EU funds Common Marketplace
public authorities and businesses
1.4
4.4
Use common procurement
Prov ide digital education and skills
practices
to the public

MIMs Plus 4.5

Culture of co-creation, participative
and cross-sector approach

4.6
Facilitate and coordinate activities
for scaling-up

4.7
Opportunities that can accelerate
deployment DIHs
MIMs Plus = MIMs for EU27
Governed by the Living-in.EU Steering Board

MIMs
• Interaction
• Integrity
• Impact

Plus European initiatives and regulation

• EIF / EIF4SCC • 100ICC, EIP-SSC
• ISA2 / EDGES • National
• CEF Digital • Regional
• INSPIRE, ELISE • Other sources
• DESI / LORDI

https://living-in.eu/groups/commitments/technical
 Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms (MIMs) – Global

STAGES

GOVERNANCE
Members and partners à Working Groups à Technical Council
General Assembly ß Board of Directors ß Council of Cities

Documentation:
mims.oascities.org
MIMs Plus – MIMs for EU27 – Living-in.EU

STAGES
Existing specification à Draft MIMs Plus integration à Approved MIMs Plus

GOVERNANCE
Signatories and partners à Tech subgroup à Steering Board à Policy

Documentation: https://living-in.eu/groups/commitments/technical
AI + MIMs Plus
European policy updates
 Mobility & transport

Energy & energy

efficiency

Water & sanitation

Waste & Resources

EIF
Administrative
& public services

Safety & Security

Healthcare & well-

Cities & Communities

being

Economic development
& housing
Local

Engagement
& community
European Interoperability Framework for Smart Cities and Communities – EIF4SCC

Regional
National
European
…
…
…
MIMs Plus

EU Funded Projects
EU Funded Initiatives
EU Urban Agenda
E.g. the 3+1 dimensions in the New Leipzig Charter
DUET approach

15 different partners
from across Europe

Three city test beds:

• Flanders Region
• City of Athens
• City of Pilsen

Five minimum capabilities:

• Connected
• Integrated
• Visualise
• Analysis
• Secure

CHANGE.
made possible.
Agri-food + MIMs Plus / LI.EU
Comparing notes, next steps

Smart Farming Smart Rural Communities Smart Communities

• DEMETER • AURORAL • Living-in.EU
• ATLAS • dRural • SynchroniCity
• IoF2020
• SmartAgriHubs

White paper
Baseline and input for data spaces, minimal interoperability and validation
EU Presidency events: Portugal, Slovenia, France...
 Virtualisation taking place

How understanding virtualisation, the computing continuum

and communities of practice is essential for making the
right investments in research, innovation and deployment

A global perspective from Europe

Martin Brynskov
@brynskov

1 July 2021 · CONNECT University · Summer School Session · European Commission

Digital solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation of cities and communities