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Remaking Cities Congress Pittsburgh, PA October 16-18, 2013
Research and Innovation
Research and Innovation
Pittsburgh, October 2013
Remaking Cities Congress
Giuseppe Ruotolo European Commission Innovation Policy Unit
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Scenario 2010 - 2050
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2050
World GDP (constant USD), Source: Global Europe 2050
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Economic impact of innovation and correlation to employment
Source: DG Research and Innovation - Economic Analysis unit (2013)Data: Eurostat, Innovation Union Scoreboard 2013
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R² = 0.3098corr. = 0.556
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Index of economic impact of innovation (2010-2011)
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Where innovation happens…
"Urbanization is inevitable…it is a positive force in support of social equality, cultural vitality, economic prosperity and ecological security…it poses tremendous and complex opportunities for a shared, sustainable future"
- Manifesto for Cities, UN Habitat 2012 -
Around 50% of the world population live in cities
à expected to rise to 60% by 2030 à 1 million more urban dwellers worldwide every week
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50%
75% Energy
consumption
80% Greenhouse
gas emissions
60% Demand of drinking water
3% Earth's land surface
75% Resource
consumption
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The 'Smart Cities and Communities' European Innovation Partnership
Accelerating full-scale deployment of smart city solutions at intersection of Energy, Transport and ICT
Using many types of actions,
BUT not a funding instrument
Creating stronger cooperation between industry, policy makers research, cities and other end-users
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• Identify common challenges
• Develop and deploy innovative, replicable solutions
• Bundle demand from cities
• Attract and involve business and banks
• Create markets!
Each city is unique …
… but there are common challenges!
The Smart Cities philosophy
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Challenges: some indicators for success
• Greenhouse gas emissions/20-20-20 targets
• Better quality of life for citizens
• Better public services
• Improving business environment
• Success means: attracting finance
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The European Capital of Innovation Award
q Cities following an ü Innovative ü Inspiring ü Integrated ü Interactive strategy
q An outstanding achievement in the innovation ecosystem
q Funds for scaling up this achievement
We are looking for concrete achievements!
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Why these initiatives?
To acknowledge city as game-changer, able to respond to citizens’ needs through a multifaceted approach, aiming at:
Ø Empowering
Ø Engaging
Ø Enhancing Ø Enabling
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Do we need a 'city'…
develop cities as
interconnected innovation
HUBS !
to leverage more open models of
innovation?
to design new relationships,
such as crowd-
funding?
to connect the worldwide
community of do-it-yourself innovators?
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Re-inventing cities
q Dedicated areas
q New buildings
q New urban solutions
q …
a limited vision of pioneer cities?
vs
a key factor of an efficient economic development strategy?
Cities need to re-invent and make themselves more attractive!
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What is needed
A visionary leadership
= Administrators fully committed to set up their mission for the
future now
resilience
What more?
A systemic perspective
= ways to further involve citizens:
effective
+
‘affective’
city
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Thanks for your attention
giuseppe.ruotolo@ec.europa.eu
+32 2 2964455
http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm
http://ec.europa.eu/icapital
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