Smart Cities Workshop: Inputs for a Roadmap towards Smart Cities in Austria

摘要

Background on EU level Not least since the "Smart Cities" European Industrial Initiative (EII) within the framework of the European Commission's Strategic Energy Technology (SET)-Plan and the implementation of the SmartCities-Workgroup within the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) at the end of January 2011, chaired by the AIT, the topic 'Smart Cities' has reached a European dimension. Smart Cities - what are they? The term 'Smart Cities' is used by persons with very different professional backgrounds. Due to the wide variety of topics in the field of Smart Cities it is very difficult to clearly define the future strategies in these areas. Based on a definition of the term and focussing on energy relevant aspects this paper will provide an overview of current research topics related to Smart Cities, will present the current state of the Austrian researchand approaches proposed by different scientific disciplines as well as focus on the very broad and complex research field Smart Cities. These topics will be discussed at the workshop. Smart Cities Workshop at the CORP conference The workshop will be held within the framework of the CORP and will be chaired by OIR and AIT. Both partners will first present the state and actors of the Austrian research on Smart Cities. The major part of the workshop will be devoted to moderated discussions concerning the state of the art and future focuses of research on Smart Cities which will include the contributions and ideas of the audience. The results of the workshop will be used to elaborate roadmaps and action plans for political stakeholders.