What is Brussels?

What is Brussels?

What is Brussels?

What is Brussels?

What is Brussels?

Brussels is …

- Belgian and … European capital (home to European Commission, European Parliament, NATO,….)

- 20% production of Belgian BBP

- 700.000 jobs

- 3rd richest region of Europe

WHAT IS BRUSSELS?

Brussels is …

- 2nd biggest lobbying city in the world (n°1= Washington)

- Press center of the world (<1000 journalists)

WHAT IS BRUSSELS?

- 50.000 Brazilians in Belgium (of which a majority => Brussels)

- X thousands of Portugese speakers (Portugal, Angola, Mozambique

- For ex. Schreder (light), AB Inbev

Brussels Brazil

BRUSSELS / BRAZIL

Smart City = Open Data

- http://opendatastore.brussels

- 1500 jobs, 180 million euros

- open data licence (<=> top down)

SMART CITY

So …

SMART CITY

Improving life quality in Brussels - Smart People - Smart Mobility - E-health

IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS

Smart People

- Fiber to the School: digital oxygen - Urbizone: 62 public spaces

- 11 unemployment offices

Digital connection means: - online courses - online networks - …

IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS

Smart People

Coderdojo & Capital Digital

Smart mobility?

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Bron: Inrix

IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS

Smart mobility

Smart mobility = …

- separated bike lanes - fast bike tracks towards the city

Smart mobility = …

- separated bike lanes - fast bike tracks towards the city

Smart mobility = sharing data

European projects (1/2)

1) BIoTope: smart data sharing with Helsinki & Lyon

- Safe school environment

-Measuring bicyclists

- Priority for police, ambulances, firefighters

IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS

Smart mobility = sharing data

European projects (2/2)

2) Ecim: platform for mobility - App for multimodal transport

- Reservation of parking when leaving

IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS

Why e-health?

- 24% feels in bad shape - 40% (!) has mental health

problems - average life expectancy: - in Molenbeek: 77 years

- in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe: 82 years

IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS

Why e-health?

- Data = means (not an objective) - Correlation (not causation) - Complement (not a replacement)

IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS

E-health => fighting cancer

How big data is changing cancer research

The potential benefits to patients 1) Get the treatment that will work best 2) Democratize clinical trials by allowing

more to participate 3) Help develop new cancer treatments and

maybe even a cure

E-health: Frederic Blanpain (Brussels)

E-health in practice

- Exchange of info (among practitioners) - Better monitoring (Embracelet,…) - Prevention (step counting,

smoking,…)

IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS

Brussels as a Smart City (1/2)

“Brussels reminds me of Berlin, twenty years ago.” (Financial Times)

- 25,5% of Belgian ICT-start-ups are created in Brussels

IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY IN BRUSSELS

Brussels as a Smart City (2/2)

- relative cheap office space (cheaper than London or Paris) - high educated workforce

(bilingual, trilingual,…) - good financing possibilities

WHAT IS BRUSSELS?

Obrigado! Thank you for your attention! Any questions? bianca@gov.brussels