1. Limerick – Ireland’s Digital City
Urban Development Conference Dublin, 21/02/2019
Dr. Mihai Bilauca
Head of Digital Strategy
Limerick City & County Council

2. Fourth Industrial Revolution Disruptive Innovation
The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. Now a Fourth Industrial Revolution is building on the Third, the digital revolution that has been occurring since the middle of the last century. It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres.
Artificial Intelligence
IoT. Data.
Quantum Computing
New Services
Digital Fabrication
Market Disruption
Automation
Efficiency
Connected Worlds

3. New Challenges Urbanisation
over 70% of the world population will live in urban areas. It is also estimated that 80% of economic growth will be generated in cities [2].
Some 1.3 million people are moving to cities every week.
Jobs Replacement
Inequalities
Digital Dependency
Population Growth
Ageing Population
Ageing Infrastructure
$1 Trillion Annual Investment Gap

4. Smart Cities Sustainable. Resilient.
Engaged
Citizen Participation
Co-creation
Informed
Data. Analytics. ICT
Integrated
Transformed
New Structures
Collaboration

5. Local Innovation Systems
Visionary Leadership
Smart Cities Reality
Local Innovation Systems
PP Partnerships
Smart Regulation
Global Standards
Source: World Economic Forum, Cities and the Fourth Industrial Revolution 2018

6. Limerick 2030 Economic & Spatial Plan
12,000 Jobs
5,000 in the City Centre
€1b
Investment
500,000 sq.ft of enterprise space

7. Smarter Ways of Working Limerick Digital Strategy

8. Smart Limerick Roadmap
10 Programmes
125 Projects
5 years
€15m Investment

9. Urban Digital Transformation
Based on the Digital Business Transformation Framework by M.Wade - Global Center for Digital Business Transformation 2015

10. Putting People First Structural Change
Council Organisational
Change Programme
Putting People First Structural Change
Strategy & Operations
Customer Services
Staff Development
Project Management
Digital Transformation Programme
New offerings

11. LIMERICK.IE Integrated Digital Experience Platform
A strong voice for Limerick
17 integrated websites
1m visitors (2018)
Top 25 tourism websites in the
World (Skift 2017)

12. MY LIMERICK ONLINE Services
Integrated
Customer
Experience
MY LIMERICK ONLINE Services
My Favourite Places
Inspire Me
Cases - Requests
Representations
Licences, Grants, etc.

13. Mobile Operations Instant Response to My Limerick & Customer Services
Timely information to & from ground crews
Evidence of work carried out (Photos, GPS, QR Codes, etc.)

14. Engagement & Participation The Key to Smart Cities
Engagement Model
(University of Limerick)
Engagement & Participation The Key to Smart Cities
Data Crowd-sourcing
City & Town Engage
MY POINT
Online Consultation

15. Digital Infrastructure
Municipal Data Network
IoT Deployment
Public WiFi
Digital Infrastructure
Air Quality
Noise Sensors
Pedestrian Counters
What is the role that Government and Local Government needs to play?
Parking Guides
VMS
Smart CCTV

16. Enterprise Architecture
Data as a Service
Insight Limerick
Real-time Data
Open Data
Enterprise Architecture
Research with LERO

17. Collaboration & Leadership Critical in securing ( Funding
Limerick Charter
Limerick Digital Leaders Network
Council Digital Champions Forum

18. Derry Belfast Dublin Galway
A community of practice focused on the advancement of cities and communities in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Limerick
Waterford
Cork
@smartcitiesireland

19. Ireland 2040 Vision Limerick Digital City
Smarter Living in Smart Limerick
Smart Homes, Buildings, Energy
First European Lighthouse Smart City in Ireland

20. Limerick Digital Quarter
Positive
Energy District
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

21. LIMERICK 2030 IS…
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