From pilot projects to successful rollout – model regions as innovation and testing areas for smart infrastructures and digital ecosystems.
The first conference “Deutschland intelligent vernetzt” at the National IT Summit 2015 highlighted the central importance of regional players and their networks for successfully shaping the digital transformation and building intelligently networked infrastructures.
This year’s conference now focused on the perspective of the regions in order to develop impulses for action for a successful rollout of intelligent infrastructures and the development of digital ecosystems.
We are delighted that we have been able to offer you a conference program that brings together designers from business, science, politics and administration in a special way.brought them together on an equal footing. A program that was all about practical, usable knowledge for everyone involved.
All interest groups were invited to actively participate in this process and contribute their experiences. We are convinced that the results of the conference will make a lasting contribution to further accelerating the development and expansion of smart infrastructures and digital ecosystems in Germany.
We would like to thank all participants for the valuable and constructive exchange. The DIV Conference 2016 was a complete success.
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Recognizing priorities – Joint discussion of recommendations for action
The implementation of smart networking is a joint, cross-sectoral challenge that can only be successful if national and regional activities work together. The municipal/regional level plays a key role in the nationwide rollout of intelligently networked infrastructures. But what specific measures can be taken at this level in order to remove obstacles and quickly tap into the potential benefits of intelligent networking locally? This question was the focus of this year’s DIV sessions, which were jointly addressed in two interactive workshop formats of approx. 80 minutes each.
For the first time, we also offered DIV16 participants the opportunity to prepare for the workshop sessions in advance of the event. They were able to familiarize themselves with the impulses and preliminary considerations for the workshop sessions, comment on and supplement them and thus contribute to the formulation of concrete recommendations for action at the conference.
You will find the respective link to this platform in the following workshop sessions.
How can we move more quickly from pilot projects to successful rollouts in Germany? What contribution can the municipal and regional level make?
The first part of the sessions focused on the implementation situation and experiences of national and regional projects. Success factors and hurdles on the way to rollout were analyzed and measures to accelerate a successful market entry were discussed and prioritized in summary. In particular, the question of which measures can be implemented regionally on site and which require decisions at federal or state level was considered.
In the second part of the sessions, intelligent networking was to be explored in greater depth using the example of regional projects in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Based on a brief impulse, the focus here was on discussing current practical issues of selected projects on the way to rollout on the market and integration into regional development practice. National and regional experts contributed their experiences and recommendations and jointly developed proposals for implementation measures.
How can we in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region move more quickly from concrete projects to implementation and use existing structures and processes?
The electricity grid of the future will face different challenges than in the past with regard to the collection and distribution of energy. In addition to physical factors, new market mechanisms in particular will have a significant influence on how energy grids have to be designed and operated in the future. In the first part of the session, a current picture of the success factors and obstacles to the rollout of smart energy grids and suitable measures will be discussed. Based on the findings of various BMWi research projects and with a view to the changed legal situation (Act on the Digitization of the Energy Transition) the second part of the session will focus on the question of which market instruments are helpful at regional level for the rollout of smart grid and smart market solutions and how these can be implemented.
Here is the link to the preparatory information:
www.trello.com/session1energie
Digitalization and intelligent networking are opening up a wide range of new opportunities in the field of medical care with very tangible benefits for citizens, doctors, clinics and health insurance companies. The German government’s Digital Agenda and the E-Health Act gave telemedicine in Germany a significant boost and momentum in 2015. Interest in the potential of telemedicine for high-quality medical care close to home has been aroused and is growing. However, there are still significant hurdles to overcome in order to roll out intelligent networking in the healthcare sector. In the first part of the session, success factors, hurdles and measures to accelerate the rollout of intelligent healthcare networks will be discussed, and in the second part of the session, possible transitions into practice will be discussed using the example of a specific use case such as the electronic vaccination certificate.
Here is the link to the preparatory information:
www.trello.com/session2gesundheit
The proportion of networked intermodal or multimodal mobility solutions has not yet been significantly increased in recent years. A key finding of the Stakeholder Peer Review 2015 is that Germany is not lacking in knowledge, but has an implementation deficit. The motion “Promoting intelligent mobility” by the government parliamentary groups, which was adopted by the German Bundestag on 25.02.2016, among other things, is creating movement at national level. In addition to promoting mobility, the motion also aims to make better use of the opportunities offered by the digitalization of transport.
In the first part of the session, success factors, hurdles and measures to accelerate the rollout of intelligent transportation networks will be discussed.
The second part of the session will focus on practical issues relating to the development, testing and rollout of innovative transport concepts “on the road to intelligent mobility” in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region.
Here is the link to the preparatory information:
www.trello.com/session3verkehr
In the international competition for the best solutions for intelligent education networks, Germany only plays a minor role today and runs the risk of becoming the exclusive customer of internationally active providers of education technologies in the near future. There is a danger that internationally active providers will dominate the local market with their platform, content and service solutions in such a way as to create lasting dependencies. However, if intelligent education networks are to be established and expanded in a sustainable, systematic and structured manner, additional joint efforts by the federal and state governments are required.
The first part of the session will look at success factors, hurdles and measures to accelerate the rollout of intelligent education networks and digital education solutions.
The second part of the session will discuss how better cooperation between the 22 universities in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region can be promoted as a basis for intelligent networking.
Here is the link to the preparatory information:
www.trello.com/session4bildung
Germany is lagging far behind in terms of the digitalization of public administration. The latest reports by the National Regulatory Control Council (NKR) and the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) have once again clearly demonstrated this. In view of the special responsibility of the public sector to participate in and shape the process of digitalization and intelligent networking of public infrastructures, there is therefore a particular need for action.
The first part of the session will look at success factors, hurdles and measures to accelerate the rollout of intelligent administrative networks.
Building on the experiences of the highly acclaimed nationwide pilot project “Cooperative e-government in federal structures”, the second part of the session will discuss the extent to which the concept of intelligent networking is suitable for reducing the digital development backlog in the area of public administration and, at best, making public administration the pacemaker of intelligent networking in Germany.
Here is the link to the preparatory information:
www.trello.com/session5verwaltung
Networked machines, intelligent objects, smart clothing – the Internet of Things and intelligent networking are turning digital data into a raw material and changing the way we develop, use and operate ICT. This is because the key foundations of intelligent networking are cross-sector access to data as well as its provision and use. Smart data and networked platforms promise a wide range of potential here, but there are also specific industry-specific challenges and obstacles to their application and implementation.
The first part of the session will discuss success factors, hurdles and measures to accelerate
the rollout of platform- and data-based solutions and business models.
The second part of the session will focus on the design and experimental testing of cooperative data infrastructures at regional level (real-world laboratory for public data development).
Here is the link to the preparatory information:
www.trello.com/session6datenplattformen
Smart networking projects are currently being discussed and implemented in numerous cities and regions in Germany. Digitized public infrastructures are the backbone of smart cities and regions, whose intersectoral networking is made possible via open urban ICT platforms. The first part of the session will look at success factors, hurdles and recommended measures to accelerate the rollout of smart city/smart region projects. Using the example of multifunctional street lamps (Humble Lamppost), the second part of the session will discuss where the challenges of digital transformation lie at municipal or regional level and how they can be overcome in practice.
Here is the link to the preparatory information:
www.trello.com/session7smartcities
The Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region benefits in particular from the potential of digitalization due to the broad mix of industries and the region’s strong economic power. The session will focus on exemplary success stories from regional company representatives from industry, SMEs and the skilled trades. Based on specific projects, there will then be the opportunity to exchange practical experience and transfer know-how in workshop islands. How can existing obstacles be overcome and success factors strengthened? What contribution can chambers and regional networks make to this? In a workshop island, initial ideas for an “Atlas of the Rhine-Neckar digital region” will be presented, which should contribute to better visibility of the numerous players and existing digitalization activities.
Here is the link to the preparatory information:
www.trello.com/session8wirtschaftmrn
The results of the sessions will be summarized at the end and presented in the final plenary session. Documentation will be produced afterwards and published on this page.
Almost 300 high-calibre participants from business, science and administration came to the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region in Ludwigshafen on 12 October 2016 to discuss the future shape of digitalization in Germany.
The detailed analysis of the results will be prepared by the National IT Summit in November and made available here.
Until then, you are welcome to visit the workshop sessions and impulse presentations via the links below (one-time registration required). There you can already get a first impression of the results of the individual workshop sessions and follow the work process of the conference. You can also read about the defined hurdles and measures as well as the national and regional impulses developed.
The videos of the keynote speeches, the panel discussion and the presentation of the results are also available below.
The “Intelligent Networking” Working Group of the National IT Summit supports the implementation and further development of the Federal Government’s Digital Agenda with its cross-industry expertise in the “Innovative Digitalization of the Economy” platform. As a high-level committee, it advises and supports the implementation of the strategy in particular “Intelligent
Networking” of the German government. With its experts in ten thematic subgroups, it monitors developments at the interface between politics and business and has been making important contributions to the public debate for years. Most recently, the “DIV Report”, a comprehensive report on the status and progress of intelligent networking in Germany, was presented as the result of a cross-industry stakeholder peer review.
As an operational player in regional development, Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar GmbH is committed to strengthening the innovative power of the Rhine-Neckar region on behalf of its shareholders (Verband Region Rhein-Neckar, Verein Zukunft Region Rhein-Neckar e. V. and six regional chambers of industry and commerce) and on the basis of a state treaty between the states of Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. Digitalization and intelligent networking are the focus of a model project of Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar GmbH. Innovative solutions and technologies for intelligent networking in the education, energy, health, transport and administration sectors are to be developed and tested across the borders of three federal states in cooperation with business, science and the public sector. One milestone on this path is the German government’s National IT Summit, which will take place in Ludwigshafen in 2017.
The MÜNCHNER KREIS provides orientation for mastering the challenges of digital transformation. As a non-profit association, the MÜNCHNER KREIS offers an independent, interdisciplinary and international platform that enables active and diverse discourse between experts from business, science and politics. With a wide range of activities, the members of the Münchner Kreis analyze future developments and thus generate well-founded guiding principles on the technical, economic, political and social challenges in the field of tension of the digital transformation.
The BMWi’s Intelligent Networking Initiative supports the use of the diverse potential of intelligent networking, together with a network of strong partners from companies, research institutions and associations from the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the application sectors of education, energy, health, transport and administration. It promotes systematic networking among the various players, for example the exchange of ideas and projects on an open innovation platform. The initiative is a point of contact for experts, professional users and end users. It also contributes to a better understanding of intelligent networking through a wide range of activities.
The Intelligent Infrastructures and Networks research network focuses on the fundamental transformation of basic infrastructures through the use of digital technologies in the context of an accompanying change in the economic, legal and social framework conditions. Due to the increasing importance and technical and social complexity, the research network is dedicated to initiating and implementing the necessary research and development projects, evaluations and pilot projects. This also includes a technical, economic and social discourse with the participating companies, public institutions and social bodies.
Charter of Digital Networking is a cross-company, cross-industry and cross-association initiative that emerged from the National IT Summit. Its aim is to conduct a dialog on the future across all levels of society and to create a common understanding of the path to the digital society. The supporting association is open to companies of all sizes, associations and initiatives as well as representatives and institutions from academia and private individuals. It is based on a charter with ten principles that address the social and economic potential of digitalization as well as the handling of data, infrastructures and standards. The charter documents a common set of values and a sense of responsibility in dealing with digitalization.