What is Brussels?
What is Brussels?
What is Brussels?
What is Brussels?
What is Brussels?
Brussels is …
- Belgian and … European capital (home to European Commission, European Parliament, NATO,….)
- 20% production of Belgian BBP
- 700.000 jobs
- 3rd richest region of Europe
WHAT IS BRUSSELS?
Brussels is …
- 2nd biggest lobbying city in the world (n°1= Washington)
- Press center of the world (<1000 journalists)
WHAT IS BRUSSELS?
- 50.000 Brazilians in Belgium (of which a majority => Brussels)
- X thousands of Portugese speakers (Portugal, Angola, Mozambique
- For ex. Schreder (light), AB Inbev
Brussels Brazil
BRUSSELS / BRAZIL
Smart City = Open Data
- http://opendatastore.brussels
- 1500 jobs, 180 million euros
- open data licence (<=> top down)
SMART CITY
So …
SMART CITY
Improving life quality in Brussels - Smart People - Smart Mobility - E-health
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS
Smart People
- Fiber to the School: digital oxygen - Urbizone: 62 public spaces
- 11 unemployment offices
Digital connection means: - online courses - online networks - …
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS
Smart People
Coderdojo & Capital Digital
Smart mobility?
Verspilde uren in files (per jaar, 2013)
Bron: Inrix
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS
Smart mobility
Smart mobility = …
- separated bike lanes - fast bike tracks towards the city
Smart mobility = …
- separated bike lanes - fast bike tracks towards the city
Smart mobility = sharing data
European projects (1/2)
1) BIoTope: smart data sharing with Helsinki & Lyon
- Safe school environment
-Measuring bicyclists
- Priority for police, ambulances, firefighters
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS
Smart mobility = sharing data
European projects (2/2)
2) Ecim: platform for mobility - App for multimodal transport
- Reservation of parking when leaving
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS
Why e-health?
- 24% feels in bad shape - 40% (!) has mental health
problems - average life expectancy: - in Molenbeek: 77 years
- in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe: 82 years
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS
Why e-health?
- Data = means (not an objective) - Correlation (not causation) - Complement (not a replacement)
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS
E-health => fighting cancer
How big data is changing cancer research
The potential benefits to patients 1) Get the treatment that will work best 2) Democratize clinical trials by allowing
more to participate 3) Help develop new cancer treatments and
maybe even a cure
E-health: Frederic Blanpain (Brussels)
E-health in practice
- Exchange of info (among practitioners) - Better monitoring (Embracelet,…) - Prevention (step counting,
smoking,…)
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS
Brussels as a Smart City (1/2)
“Brussels reminds me of Berlin, twenty years ago.” (Financial Times)
- 25,5% of Belgian ICT-start-ups are created in Brussels
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS
Brussels as a Smart City (2/2)
- relative cheap office space (cheaper than London or Paris) - high educated workforce
(bilingual, trilingual,…) - good financing possibilities
WHAT IS BRUSSELS?
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