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Scenarios for a Digital Thermi

This article discusses the concept of a digital city and its benefits, using the municipality of Thermi in Greece as an example. It explores the various layers of a digital city, including communication infrastructure, computing infrastructure, and application layer. The article also presents one possible scenario for the implementation of a digital city and highlights the selection criteria for indicators and the implementation steps.

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Scenarios for a Digital Thermi

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  1. Scenarios for a Digital Thermi 2nd Futures Workshop Liège, 11th October 2006 Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  2. What is a Digital City • A connected city that combines broadband communications infrastructure; flexible, service-oriented computing infrastructure; and innovative services to meet the needs of governments and their employees, citizens and businesses. Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  3. An Example Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  4. Benefits for the city • Government agencies will improve the efficiency of services while decreasing costs • Democracy will be enhanced • Citizens will be more satisfied with government services as well as with their community life • Businesses can be more competitive and profitable • Working models can be more flexible • The “image” of the Municipality and Region will be improved Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  5. Layers of a Digital City Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  6. 1. Communication infrastructure • Wire or Wireless network • Fibber optics, DSL, ISDN, etc • WiFi, WiMAX, 3G MAN • Private or public network Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  7. 2. Computing Infrastructure • Security system (data, users) • Spatial data (GIS/LBS) • SOA, SOE, SOI, etc. • eForms • RFID, sensors, smart objects Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  8. 3. Application Layer • e-Government, e-Procurement • e-Commerce, e-business • e-Health (telemedicine) • e-Learning (distance learning) • Traffic management, e-ticketing, etc. • Public safety, video surveillance • Land management • Asset management • Promotion & culture (e-tourism) Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  9. Applications – A variety of new options Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  10. Municipality of Thermi • 15 km far from the centre of Thessaloniki • Covers an area of 100.200 acres • 16.546 inhabitants(2001 census), +76, 2% from previous census (1991) • National Centre of Agricultural Development, Faculties of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Technological Park of Thessaloniki, Centre for the Diffusion of Technology and Science, “Macedonia” Airport, a lot of private schools, etc. Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  11. Scenario Building • From the above mentioned options hundreds of possible scenarios can be developed • Different communication choices • Different computing choices • Different application choices Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  12. One Possible Scenario Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  13. Timescale • 5 Years Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  14. Selection of indicators • Municipality’s needs and future directions • Technical feasibility • Commercial viability • Existingcircumstances (infrastructures, human resources, etc) • Total cost and financing opportunities • Medium and long term effects • … Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  15. Implementation Steps • FUTURREG Toolkit – Scenario Building Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece

  16. Thank you very much for your attention

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