Last Thursday, at the Innovday 2019 of EDP Distribuição, Dr. René Bohnsack presented his vision of a smart city in 2025 and how EDP can prepare for it. Being an international expert in business model innovation, René Bohnsack was invited to speak about the specifics and the future of business modeling in the smart city
The Smart City Innovation Lab was invited to guide and inspire 25 teams at the 7th edition of BET24 Startup Challenge 1.0. What are investors looking for? Exactly – significant return potential at minimum risk. However, “risk” is a broad term compared to the five specific startup failures investors are looking to avoid: product risk,
The Smart City Innovation Lab guided 60 international students on an Urban Innovation Workshop with the aim of agilely learning more about innovation and venture creation. Alina Margolina opened the session with a keynote on what is business model innovation and how a pattern-based approach can simplify the process of business model innovation, introducing the
inteGRIDy has just released its second newsletter. The issue includes news regarding reference architecture and promising business cases together with 5 project partner profiles and dissemination news. Please find it uploaded to the InteGRIDy webpage at: http://integridy.eu/content/newsletter-issue-2-mar-2018 Click here to go directly to the Newsletter. On social media you can find it under: twitter à
The H2020 project inteGRIDy (Integrated Smart GRID Cross-Functional Solutions for Optimized Synergetic Energy Distribution, Utilization Storage Technologies), which aims to integrate cutting-edge technologies, solutions and mechanisms in a scalable Cross-Functional Platform, released its first video. InteGRIDy tackles the challenges posed by climate change and the therefore much needed energy transition for a sustainable future. Its
It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of the me2 App in Apple Store and Google Play. UPDATE iOS Users - The only thing that is needed to do: Enter in http://me2.mediaprimer.pt/ and press the "Download on AppStore" badge. The user will be redirected to AppStore to install the app. Android Users -
At this year’s ONE Doctoral Consortium in Atlanta 24 PhD students were admitted to discuss their dissertation projects in small groups with senior faculty members. After a welcome lunch and some opening statements and introductions, the students joined small research feedback sessions with two or three other students and one faculty member. In addition to
In June 2016 the European smart city project "me²" started. The project is coordinated by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences within the framework of the ERA-NET Cofund Smart Cities and Communities (ENSCC) programme. The project me² represents a new market place for urban actors in which a local community of electric vehicle (EV) users
The me2 Lisbon Pilot started in December 2016 and will end in May 2017, a duration of 6 months. It involves a community of around 50 members, including several EV users. Most of the me2 community members are municipality employees. The energy consumption of the households of all community members will be monitored. Smart meters
René Bohnsack of Catolica Lisbon business school discusses the current trend toward smart cities. We are in the middle of a revolution. The city as we know it might soon be a memory of the past. Our urban environment is undergoing wide-reaching change with regard to its conditions for citizens, the operations of infrastructure and
