the creative ring in europe- prof. pieter ballon @ euic2014
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No Smart Cities without Creative Cities: the Creative Ring in Europe
Prof Dr Pieter Ballon, Director iMinds
Innovation Convention
11 March 2014, Brussels
What makes a city smart?
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Smart cities are creative cities
• Creative industries generate3.5% of EU GDP
• Creative industries have 3% ofEU active population
• Micro-business and self-employed dominate the creative industries
• Big companies rely on creativesector SMEs to discover newopportunities and ventures
• But: Structural Problems interms of business models,scalability, compatible FutureInternet toolsets
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Creative Cities need Creative Industries
Creative cities need to connect
Turning cities into creative labs
The Creative Ring: communities
On-site/Off-siteSuported by the “Creative Foursquare” – advanced community appPowered by a Creative Agenda
The Creative Ring: tools
CI-oriented tools readily available: multimedia authoring and distribution, sensor data processing, big data collection, smart city exploration,…Repository of other tools with clear licensing conditions
The Creative Ring: spaces
Intra-project: Brussels, Kortrijk, BarcelonaExtra-project: Trento, Manchester, Québec City (for now)
The Creative Ring: co-creation
Enabling “Creative Conferencing”Present in every hubPowered by ultra-high speed FTTH connections and SOTA technology
FI-PPP Phase 3: CREATI-FI
