Santander displays its potential as Smart City for the Future Internet
September,
21st, 2013 - Between October
16 and 18th, the city of Santander, Spain, hosted an event focused on the Future
Internet and the Smart Cities. More than 300 experts, including solution
integrators, entrepreneurs, developers as well as representatives of public
councils and administrations, attended the event.
The three-day event was organized around three
itineraries. First, a full-fledge program of conferences and round tables where
policy makers and experts on Smart Cities (such as RECI, the Spanish Network
for Smart Cities) shared their views on Smart Cities and discussed about the opportunities
brought by FI-WARE and FI-LAB. Secondly, an exhibition area where companies,
including startups, presented their solutions for the Future Internet.
Last, a programming competition (AKA hackathon) where
almost 100 developers met to try the creation of proof-of-concept applications
for Smart Cities using FI-WARE. In all, the Magdalena Palace of Santander
became a melting pot of ideas to promote development of Smart Cities in Europe.
Taking advantage of the audience of the event, di.me
project placed a booth on the exhibition. Di.me consortium members hosted the
booth and showed visitors the achievements of di.me and the applicability of
them in the future of the Social Media.