EIP Smart Cities & Communities. Action Cluster: Business Models, Finance & Procurement Meeting nr 1

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1 EIP Smart Cities & Communities Action Cluster: Business Models, Finance & Procurement Meeting nr 1 Date: 09/10/2014 Opening / Closing: 11:00 / 15:00 Location: Chaired by: Rapporteurs: Square Brussels Meeting Centre Sonja Schouten Alliander N.V. Camino Correia & Mikael Edelstam

Closing: 11:00 / 15:00 Location: Chaired by: Rapporteurs: Square

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION AND AGENDA DISCUSSION AND CONTENTS Discussion points Conclusions NEXT STEPS ATTENDEES AGENDA CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS DOCUMENT MEETING NR /10/2014

.. 6 3 NEXT STEPS... 7 4 ATTENDEES... 9 5 AGENDA.

3 1 INTRODUCTION AND AGENDA The meeting, chaired by Sonja Schouten, leading Sherpa for the Action Cluster on Business Models, Finance & Procurement, followed the proposed agenda (enclosed). It was based on one general presentation, working group and open debate. Time was also allocated to allow networking between participants. Participants representing the AC Business Models, Finance and Procurement commitments were invited by the EC to the event, as well as Sherpa s staff and experts. (List of participants enclosed). 2 DISCUSSION AND CONTENTS 2.1 Discussion points 11:00-11:20 Welcome & Introductions Sonja Schouten opened the meeting, thanking the participants for their attendance and introducing the AC supporting team. She underlined the importance of this Action Cluster and the strong relation with other ACs. Each participant briefly introduced himself and his experience and interest in Smart Cities. The AC is constituted by a complementary group with local representatives, industry, public/private networks, financial institutions and financial experts. With 14 commitments represented, 2 of them presented to other priorities but with strong interest in the Business Models, Finance and Procurement AC. 11:20-11:30 Overview One overall presentation gave key information on the SIP and the first call of commitments result. (Enclosed). This is a relevant AC and the High level group of the EIP Smart Cities and Communities has launched three related and relevant questions: 1. How to bring public and private funders and funds to the table fast to excite market growth? 2. How to stimulate cities to aggregate demand? MEETING NR /10/2014

Participants representing the AC Business Models, Finance and Procurement commitments were invited by the EC to the event, as well as Sherpa s staff and experts. (List of participants enclosed).

4 3. What additional actions are needed to support scaling up, e.g. new business models and financing, inter-operability of solutions and smart standardization? It was noted that for AC Business Models, Finance and Procurement: It is a small AC according to the number of commitments, with 16 commitments. 10 commitments are individual commitments. Small presence of Eastern countries. The commitments integrate different stakeholders, with different roles. Almost all of them have related cities and many industries. Many Commitments resulting from local ecosystems or public/private clusters and are focused on local business models and procurement Related commitments in other ACs, mainly in integrated infrastructures and in Sustainable Districts & Built Environment. 11:30-12:30 Your Commitments 10 commitments have been presented, all of them expressing their wish to learn more about each other s' work and possibilities for collaboration. The commitments show different levels of ambition and implementation. Nevertheless, commitments constitute a good basis for developing, scaling and spreading concepts where: Local ecosystems work with new business models; Aggregate needs to increase the market demand; Procurement issues; Platforms for best practices, exchange of knowledge, collection of experiences; Integration of public and private financial tools. 12:30 14:20 Work Group discussion Discussion on: What can you offer to other Commitments? / What are you looking for from other Commitments/us? 15 minutes were devoted to working groups, in three small groups (approx. 8 participants per group.). After the discussion, all the participants offer their experience, knowledge; the following points were noted in relation to expectations participants: MEETING NR /10/2014

Small presence of Eastern countries. The commitments integrate different stakeholders, with different roles. Almost all of them have related cities and many industries.

5 Share knowledge. o Existing innovative business models Key partners o Capacity building o Proof of concept(s) Scale up activities, through replication; developed at local level attracting manufacturers and investors. Overcome the barriers to implementation. Real possibilities for commitments integration. Define new financial schemes. Public / private financial tools. To increase the efficiency for all the participants. Use of the funds constructively, properly. Tools to evaluate the impact. In the working groups two relevant thoughts: How to interact with other ACs. The economic difficulty related to work with social houses. What do we want to achieve together within this Action Cluster? 15 minutes were devoted to working groups, in three small groups (approx. 8 participants per group.). After the discussion, the following points were noted in relation to AC objectives: General: o To share concepts/practices/experiences with the wide community What exists Lessons learned Indicators. To improve, you need to know where you start from o To cooperate with relevant stakeholders, Eastern European countries, local banks, small cities. o To identify financial / legal barriers for new technologies implementation. o To generate a Business school community. o Holistic view - frequent interaction with other clusters Business models. o Develop Business models. In complex frameworks. Replication Scale up. Aggregated demand MEETING NR /10/2014

Overcome the barriers to implementation. Real possibilities for commitments integration. Define new financial schemes. Public / private financial tools.

6 o Implementation of business models, cooperation with commitments from other AC. To learn the language of investors (public & private). o Beyond the theory, generate demonstrators with synergies and complementarities between the commitments / activities. o Develop case studies on business models and financial innovation o Wider picture and impact of our business decisions Finance o To design new Public/private financial tools to support new technologies implementation. o Guidelines for integration of financial funds; public and private. Public funds at regional, national and European level. Procurement. o To identify barriers, take into account the scale of the cities. Support of the smallest ones. o To simplify the procurement processes. Internal processes in the local municipalities. o New policies, new rules at European level 2.2 Conclusions In line with the objectives discussed, three subgroups are proposed: - With specific objectives - Fully interrelated - With one integrated management team. The strong relation between the subgroups financial and business models generate a reflection about the possibility to integrate the two sub groups. Finally the agreement is to maintain the structure of three subgroups but with a strong relation between them and a join methodology to work. MEETING NR /10/2014

o Develop case studies on business models and financial innovation o Wider picture and impact of our business decisions Finance o To design new Public/private financial tools to support new

7 One open question is posed to all the participants: Do you want to participate in this AC, and in which subgroup? The initial result is Business Models 5 Finance 4 Procurement 1 Business + Finance 3 3 NEXT STEPS Action Cluster Participants = You! Participate in one of the subgroups; Agree on overall 6 month work plan by the end of October; Agree on subgroup 6 month work plan by the end of October; Action Cluster Team = Us! Reflection & Overview of today kick off meeting; Identified needs follow-up; MEETING NR /10/2014

Participate in one of the subgroups; Agree on overall 6 month work plan by the end of October; Agree on subgroup 6 month work plan

8 Work on subgroup plus integrated 6 month work plans; Schedule subgroup and/or general (physical) meetings MEETING NR /10/2014

9 4 ATTENDEES First_name Last_name Company_name Company_type Country Commitment_number Toon Bom City of Enschede City-regional-representative NL 5040 Wilbert Hoondert City of Delft / G32 City-regional-representative NL 5040 Caroline Twigg Ctwigg@futurecities.catapult.org.uk Future Cities Catapult Others GB 5044 Frank Van Frank@fidecity.eu Fidecity Consultancy BE 5613 Steenwinkel Francis Hayen Francis.hayen@belfius.be Belfius Bank & Insurance Financial-institution BE 6240 Enrico Mazzon Mazzon@apre.it APRE - Agency for the Promotion of Research-center IT 6553 European Research Paolo Testa Testa@cittalia.it Cittalia - Research Center ANCI Others IT 7354 Marco Nicolai Marco.nicolai@marconicolai.it Marco Nicolai Consultant IT 7354 Bram Sieben Bram.sieben@alliander.com Alliander.N.V. Industry NL 6191 Francisco Rodriguez Francisco.rodriguez@tecnalia.com TECNALIA Research-center ES 7519 Konstantina Karydi Karykon83@gmail.com City of Athens City-regional-representative GR 7441 Andres Larriera Abdres.larriera@hitachi-eu.com Hitachi Europe Industry UK 6317 Alejandro Marfil Alejandro.marfil@andaluciasmartcity.com CLUSTER ANDALUCIA SMART CITY Others ES 7371 Mattia Dalle vedove Mattia.dalle_vedove.kf@hitachi.com Hitachi ltd Industry Be 6317 John Callow Info@sustainablecities.eu City of Aalborg Public authority DK 7622 Manuel Irún Manuel.irun@climate-kic.org Climate-KIC European Initiative EU Several Chiara Caló Chiara.calo@dhitech,it DHITECH. S.c.a.r.l. Others (public-private consortium for IT applied research) Laura Fulci Laura.fulci@polito.it Politecnico Totino Research-center IT

uk Future Cities Catapult Others GB 5044 Frank Van Frank@fidecity.eu Fidecity Consultancy BE 5613 Steenwinkel Francis Hayen Francis.hayen@belfius.

10 Gaelle Le gars European Commission - DG CONNECT European-institution BE EC Christos Fragaku Christos.fragaku@ec.europa.eu European Commission - DG Research European-institution EU EC and Innovation Mikael Edelstam Mikael.edelstam@miljostrategi.se ERRIN - Region Skåne European network SE Market place Camino Correia Ccorreia@zabala.es Zabala Innovation Consulting, S.A. Consultancy ES Market place Sergio Olivero Olivero@siti.polito.it Siti Research-center IT Sherpa Paul CARTUYVELS Pcartuyvels@bouygues-europe.com Bouygues Industry FR Sherpa Jacques KOMORNICKI Jko@cefic.be CEFIC Industry BE Sherpa Sonja Schouten Sonja.schouten@alliander.com Alliander Industry NL Sherpa Elke Nass- Elke.nasstoennessen@eapb.eu European Association of Public Banks European-institution BE Expert Tonnessen Richard Tuffs Director@errin.eu ERRIN European network BE Expert Frank Lee Lee@eib.org EIB European-institution UK Expert MEETING NR /10/2014

Consultancy ES Market place Sergio Olivero Olivero@siti.polito.it Siti Research-center IT Sherpa Paul CARTUYVELS Pcartuyvels@bouygues-europe.

11 5 AGENDA 11:00-12:30 Part I 11:00-11:20 Welcome & Introductions 11:20-11:30 Overview 11:30-12:30 Your Commitments Lunch 13:30-14:45 Part II 13:30-14:00 Your Commitments (continued) 14:00-14:20 Conclusion & Objectives 14:20-14:30 6 Month Plan 14:30-14:45 Wrap Up & Reflection

30 Lunch 13:30-14:45 Part II 13:30-14:00 Your Commitments (continued)

12 6 CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS DOCUMENT Name Sonja Schouten Camino Correia Mikael Edelstam address MEETING NR /10/2014

address sonja.schouten@alliander.com ccorreia@zabala.

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