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ABSTRACTThis report lists all activities regarding dissemination and standardisation the
CPaaS.io project has undertaken in the first year of the project. The project work
resulted in 7 peer-reviewed scientific publications, 4 publications targeted
towards the general public, 2 webinars, 4 demos at events, and several more
project presentations to specific interest groups including city officials. An initialpress release led to many press reports about the project. The project’s public
web site, a project flyer and an associated twitter account are other means
through which information about the project is shared. Standardisation activities
are currently low key, but are planned to be intensified in the upcoming years.

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Table of Contents
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Dissemination Strategy ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

2

Dissemination Activities ........................................................................................................................................................ 5
2.1

Public Website................................................................................................................................................................. 5

2.2

Events ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

2.3

Scientific papers.............................................................................................................................................................. 7

2.4

Other publications ......................................................................................................................................................... 8

2.5

Talks, direct meetings etc. .......................................................................................................................................... 9

2.6

Press releases................................................................................................................................................................. 103Standardisation Activities ................................................................................................................................................... 12

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Mentions in the Press .......................................................................................................................................................... 12

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Future Plans ............................................................................................................................................................................. 14

1 Dissemination Strategy
From a dissemination point of view, year 1 of the CPaaS.io project was mainly about getting the project
known to many potentially interested parties, with the goal of establishing possibilities for cooperation
and as a door-opener when talking to cities. Or more generally speaking, to provide the ground workthat will lead to concrete exploitation opportunities in the upcoming years. This was done through the
project’s website, an associated Twitter channel, an initial press release, several public talks andexhibitions, as well as publications targeting a wider than just the scientific audience.
Most of the project’s work in year 1 was however not about dissemination, but about the technicaldevelopment of the platform, its functional architecture, and the concrete implementation architectures.
Such technical results are what the project is about and what gives content for future dissemination
activities that are also of interest to others. A number of scientific papers have resulted from this work
already.
Table 1 summarizes the number of concrete disseminations done in year 1 compared to the target
numbers as stated in the Description of Action (DoA).
Table 1: Dissemination targets according to DoA and numbers to date.

Type of measurable communication activity
Journal publications
Conference and workshop publications
Tutorials and sessions in winter/summer schools
White papers
Deliverables (public deliverables)
LinkedIn discussion groups
Co-creation workshops
Demos at exhibitions
Demos in cities

Target number(whole project)
6
14
4
2
35
1
2
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Contributions to standards
Press reports
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Webinars

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4 support. contributions
8
0

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2

2 Dissemination Activities

2.1 Public Website
The CPaaS.io website (http://www.cpaas.io/) was designed as a single-page, responsive website that also
displays well on mobile devices. It is available in English and Japanese (see Figure 1). Project updates are
regularly reported in the News section. In addition, feeds from the associated Twitter channel (@cpaas.io)
are displayed as a sidebar of news items (Figure 2).

Figure 1: Website in Japanese.

Figure 2: Twitter feed.

2.2 Events
Even in year one the CPaaS.io project has already made active contributions in several events, as shownin Table 2. The most important ones are certainly the participation at the TRON Symposium and at CeBIT.
Below follows a short description of the CPaaS.io contributions at these events, in chronological order.

1

Webinars had not been planned in the DoA

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An exhibition Fragments of Wisdom was held at the Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo (UoT) in
Tokyo, Japan, 11th-28th October. The exhibition featured photos of the Hongo Campus taken by female
photographer Michiko Sato. The exhibition was augmented by services based on the CPaaS.io
architecture. Concretely this included a projection mapping service as well as a guide service.
Microsoft Japan (MSJ) and Yokosuka Telecom Research Park (YRP) made a presentation at Resilient City
Summit Toyama in Toyama Japan, 2nd-3rd November, introducing the Sapporo use case of CPaaS.io.
YRP, MSJ, ACCESS (ACC), Ubiquitous Computing Technology (UCT), and UoT have promoted CPaaS.io at
TRON Symposium 2016 in Tokyo Japan, 14-16th December. At this symposium, the planned use cases
were presented in the context of the whole objective of the CPaaS.io project, followed by a panel
discussion about the merits of CPaaS.io as a common platform to realize such use cases.
AGT has promoted CPaaS.io at CeBIT 2017 in Hannover Germany, 21-24th March. AGT participated witha point of demonstration (POD) as part of the Smart City Forum2 booth. AGT demonstrated their videobased emotion detection solution as well as other analytics solutions for Smart Cities and EventManagement that is used in CPaaS.io as part of the event management and user experience use case.
The POD also demonstrated solutions from VaVeL3 and GrowSmarter4, two other H2020 Smart City
projects in which AGT is participating. As concrete events and scenarios developed in CPaaS.io both aEuropean event, the Color Run, and the Open Data initiative in Sapporo were presented. CPaas.io flyers
in English and Japanese were distributed and as a result we engaged a larger number of individuals
representing companies, municipalities, academia in the whole world. For 22 individuals we have received
contact details. In addition we engaged with all the other companies, cities and project at the Smart City
forum and participated at the 15th Expert Talk Seminar of the Smart City Forum.
NEC included CPaaS.io in their Smart City demonstration called CityMagnifier. Data from Murcia(delivered by the CPaaS.io partner Odin) was received and stored in a FIWARE server following the
CPaaS.io architecture. The data were semantically analysed, mapped into the ontology of the FIESTA-IoT
project and visualized in the CityMagnifier application. More than 100 visitors were seeing thedemonstration live.
From a scientific perspective finally, Odin Solutions (OdinS) and the Bern University of Applied Sciences
organized a workshop at the Global IoT Summit in Geneva on user-centric security, privacy and data
governance in smart cities, USP4SC5, a topic important for reaching the objective of empowering thecitizen to her data. In total, 7 peer-reviewed papers where presented on June 9.

2

https://smart-city-forum.de3

http://www.vavel-project.eu

4

http://www.grow-smarter.eu

5

http://globaliotsummit.org/workshop-usp4sc

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Figure 3: Emotion detection demo showing CPaaS.io project team members at CeBIT.
From left to right: Gurkan Solmaz (NEC), Martin Strohbach (AGT), Stefan Gessler (NEC)

Table 2: Events with CPaaS.io contributions.

Event
Fragments of
Wisdom

Place
Tokyo

Date
Oct. 11-28, 2016

Partners
UoT

Nov 2-3, 2016

Contribution
Augmented services for photo
exhibition based on CPaaS.io
architecture
Presentation of Sapporo Use Case

Resilient City
Summit Toyama
2016 TRON
Symposium
2017 CeBIT

ToyamaTokyo

Dec. 14-16, 2016

Several sessions and panel discussion

HannoverMarch 21-24, 2017

GenevaJune 6-9, 2017

CPaaS representation at NEC both andSmart City Forum by AGT
Workshop on user-centric security,
privacy and data governancen in smart
cities (USP4SC)

YRP, MSJ, ACC,
UCT, UoT
AGT, NEC2017 Global IoT
SummitMSJ, YRPOdinS, BFH

2.3 Scientific papers
As shown in Table 3, the scientific work resulted in 7 peer-reviewed publications in year 1, with one
additional paper currently being in review.
Table 3: Scientific publications in year 1.

Authors

Paper Title

Conference

T. Yamakami(ACC)

A 4-stage Mental Model ofConversion: An Approach to
Capture Transition ofCustomer Mind

19th IEEE International
Conference on Advanced
Communications Technology(ICACT)

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Conference
Date
Feb. 19-22,
2017

Location
PyeongChang,
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Authors

Paper Title

Conference

V. Beltran, J. A.
Martinez (OdinS),
A. F. Skarmeta(OdinS)
J. Frecè (BFH)

User-Centric Access Control
for Efficient Security in Smart
CitiesT. Yamakami(ACC)

A Dimensional Framework to
Evaluate Coverage of IoT
Services in City Platform as aService
A Gap Analysis Framework of
IoT-empowered City Platform
as a Service

2nd Workshop on User
centric security, privacy anddata governance in smart
cities (USP4SC)
2nd Workshop on User
centric security, privacy anddata governance in smart
cities (USP4SC)
14th International
Conference on Service
Systems and Service
Management (ICSSSM)
14th International
Conference on Service
Systems and Service
Management (ICSSSM)
IEEE International Workshop
on Secure and ResourceEfficient Edge Computing
2017 (SecureEdge 2017)
16th IFIP Electronic
Government (EGOV) and 9th
Electronic Participation(ePart) Conference 2017
Hawaii International
Conference on System
Sciences (HICSS-51)

T. Yamakami(ACC)

T. Yamakami(ACC)

M. Fraefel (BFH),
S. Haller (BFH), A.
Gschwend (BFH)
S. Haller (BFH), A.
Neuroni (BFH), M.
Fraefel (BFH), K.
Sakamura (YRP)The Challenge of OwnData
Service Features

Horizontal Requirement
Engineering in Integration ofMultiple IoT Use Cases of City
Platform as a Service
Big Data in the Public sector.
Linking Cities to Sensors

Perspectives on Strategies: A
Smart City Strategy
Framework based on
Morphological Analysis(acceptance pending)Conference
Date
June 9,2017

Location

June 9,2017

Geneva,Switzerland

June 16-18,
2017

Dalian, China

June 16-18,
2017

Dalian, China

Aug. 21-23,
2017

Helsinki, Finland

Sept. 4-7,
2017

St. Petersberg,
RussiaJanuary 3-6,
2018

Waikaloa
Village, USA

Geneva,Switzerland

2.4 Co-Creation Events
NEC participated in the co-creation event “Düsseldorf 2020 – Creating a Smart City” in Düsseldorf, 13.-14.
June 2017. They presented a Hackathon challenge using the combination of public, enterprise, andprivate data. The response to the challenge was accepted by members from NEC; DIEHL Metering,digihub and E.ON.

Figure 4: Impressions from the co-creation event in Düsseldorf

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2.5 Other publications
In April 2017, the scientific online journal of the BFH Centre Digital Society, SocietyByte, had as its
featured topic “smart city”. Three project-related articles by CPaaS.io partners were included:


AGT: Martin Strohbach, Manuel Görtz and Markus Schlattmann, IoT Data Analytics – A key enabler
for the Growth of Smart Cities, https://www.societybyte.swiss/2017/04/21/iot-data-analytics-akey-enabler-for-the-growth-of-smart-cities/.



BFH: Stephan Haller, Konrad Walser: Governance einer erfolgreichen Smart City – Ein MultiStakeholder-Ansatz ist entscheidend, https://www.societybyte.swiss/2017/04/01/governanceeiner-erfolgreichen-smart-city-ein-multi-stakeholder-ansatz-ist-entscheidend/.



TTN: Rishabh Chauhan: Building a decentralized Global Network for the Internet of Things,
https://www.societybyte.swiss/2017/04/01/building-a-decentralized-global-network-for-theinternet-of-things/

In addition, in October 2016 another article was published in the same online journal, giving a project
overview:
StephanHaller:Daten
alsInnovationstreiberderintelligenten
Stadt,
https://www.societybyte.swiss/2016/10/01/daten-als-innovationstreiber-der-intelligenten-stadt/.

2.6 Talks, direct meetings etc.
The project has also been presented in various talks and direct meetings with city officials, as shown in
Table 4. In addition, specific exploitation-oriented meetings have taken place as well; these are listed indeliverable D7.4.
Table 4: Talks and direct meetings

Date
June 24,2016

Presenters
Alexander
Overtoom (TTN)

Title
Waterproof Amsterdam &CPaaS.io

Oct. 6, 2016

K. Shindo (YRP)

Oct. 28, 2016

Alexander
Overtoom (TTN)

CPaas.io:City Platform as aService – Integrated and Open
Waterproof Amsterdam &CPaaS.io

Nov. 28,
2016

S. Haller (BFH)

Dec. 20, 2016

Alexander
Overtoom (TTN)
M. Strohbach(AGT)Jan. 10, 2017

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städtischen
Innovationsplattform
TTN webinar - what can you dowith LoRaWAN
CPaas.io:City Platform as aService – Integrated and OpenCPaaS.io

Event
Amsterdam Economic Board
presentation, led by mayor of
Amsterdam
6th Japan – EU Symposium on ICT
Research and Innovation
Meeting with Municipality of
Amsterdam - smart cityrepresentatives
Steering Group Meeting of Smart
Capital Region Switzerland

Location
Amsterdam

Online Webinar

OnlineWebinarDarmstadt

VaVeL consortium plenary meetingTokyo
Amsterdam

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Date
April 11,2017

May 2, 2017

June 13&14

June 28,
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Presenters
S. Haller (BFH),
M. Strohbach(AGT), C.
Ishikawa (YRP)
S. Haller (BFH)

E. Kovacs, S.
Gessler (NEC)S. Haller (BFH)

Title
What role does an open city
platform play in creating smart
city innovation?

Event
Webinar series by the EU-Japan
Centre for Industrial Collaboration

Location
OnlineWebinarCPaaS.io – Ein Horizon 2o2o
Projekt zur Entwicklung einer
städtischen
Innovationsplattform
Umweltbewusstes Handeln...
... wie können Apps und
Stadtdaten unser Verhaltenändern und die Ökobilanz der
Stadt verbessern.
Wann ist eine City „smart“?

12. Workshop of IG Smart Cities
SchweizBern

Düsseldorf 2020 – Creating a Smart
City

Düsseldorf

http://www.digihub.de/smartcity/
3rd OGD Round Table, Swiss
Federal ArchivesBern

2.7 Press releases
As the European coordinator, the BFH issued a press release in English and German shortly after the
project had started (see Figure 5). We received quite a good response from media, resulting in a numberof reports, as shown in section 4.

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Figure 5: First CPaaS.io Press Release.

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3 Standardisation Activities
NEC is chairing the ETSI Industrial Specification group on “Context Information Management” (ETSI ISG
CIM). This group is defining the next version of the FIWARE NGSI API. This API is a core API also used by
CPaaS.io. Experiences from the project will be included into the specification work. Furthermore, ETSI ISG
CIM will be defining a Smart City data model, another area in which CPaaS.io will contribute. A firstcollaboration with ETSI ISG CIM is targeted for the July 19th, 2017 in Berlin during their public
consultation of EU research projects.
As part of CeBit 2017 Smart City Forum AGT participated at the 15th Expert Talk Seminar of the Smart City
Forum in which the DIN SPEC 91357 Reference Architecture Model “Open Urban Platform” (OUP) waspresented by Bernhard Kempen from DIN. The work is related to the H2020 project Espresso6 and highly
relevant for CPaaS.io.

4 Mentions in the Press
Table 5 shows all press listings of CPaaS.io that we are aware of. Reports about the project have been
published in regional and local newspapers, technical journals, as well as online ICT news portals. The
Japanese TRONWARE magazine published a 12-page special feature about CPaaS.io, including projectdescription as well as a talk between the two project coordinators, Prof. Ken Sakamura and Prof. Stephan
Haller (Figure 6).
Table 5: CPaaS.io in the press.

6

Date
24.08.2016

Magazine/Paper/…
Inside-it.ch

Lang.
DE

25.08.2016

CE todayDE

01.09.2016

Smart Mobility
Summit Blog

EN

27.09.2016

JDN - Journal du Net

FR

Article Title and URL
Fachhochschule Bern baut die "City-Platform-as-a-Service"
http://www.inside-it.ch/articles/44780
Berner Fachhochschule kooperiert für Smart-City-Projekt
http://www.cetoday.ch/de-CH/News/2016/08/25/BernerFachhochschule-kooperiert-fuer-Smart-City-Projekt.aspx
Who will be responsible for leading and co-ordinating future smart
city projects?
http://www.smartmobilitysummit.com/blog/who-will-beresponsible-for-leading-and-co-ordinating-future-smart-cityprojects?utm_source=newsletter%201st%20september%202016&u
tm_medium=email&utm_content=Who%20will%20be%20responsi
ble%20for%20leading%20and%20coordinating%20future%20smart%20city%20projects?
L'Europe et le Japon créent une plateforme open data pour lasmart city
http://www.journaldunet.com/economie/services/1185199-leurope-et-le-japon-creent-une-plateforme-open-data-pour-lasmart-city/

http://espresso-project.eu/

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Date
25.08.2016

Magazine/Paper/…
C36daily ICT News

Lang.
DE

25.08.2016
25.08.2016

Der BundIT Markt Online

DEDE

25.08.2016

Kommunalmagazin
OnlineDE25.08.2016

Netzwoche Online

DE05.10.2016

TRONWARE

JP

05.12.2016

Murcia EconomiaES

30.09.2016

Cities Today

EN

09.09.2016

ITUblog

EN

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Article Title and URL
Schweiz: Fachhochschule Bern baut die «City-Platform-as-aService»https://twitter.com/C36daily
Mit EU-Projekt den urbanen Raum besser planen
Berner Fachhochschule kooperiert für Smart-City-Projekt
http://www.it-markt.ch/news/2016-08-25/berner-fachhochschulekooperiert-fuer-smart-city-projekt
Berner Fachhochschule baut Plattform für die Smart City
http://www.kommunalmagazin.ch/berner-fachhochschule-bautplattform-fuer-die-smart-city
Berner Fachhochschule kooperiert für Smart-City-Projekt
http://www.netzwoche.ch/news/2016-08-25/bernerfachhochschule-kooperiert-fuer-smart-city-projekt
CPaaS.io プロジェクト (Special Feature about CPaaS.io)
http://www.tron.org/ja/2016/10/post-2169/
la-murciana-odins-participa-en-una-plataforma-euro-japonesa
http://murciaeconomia.com/not/47471/la-murciana-odinsparticipa-en-una-plataforma-euro-japonesa
Europe and Japan collaborate on smart cities
https://cities-today.com/europe-japan-collaborate-smart-cities
Europe and Japan collaborate on smart cities with cloud-based‘CPaaS.io’
https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/europe-and-japancollaborate-on-smart-cities-with-cloud-based-cpaas-io/

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Figure 6: Excerpt from TRONWARE report about CPaaS.io (Source: TRONWARE magazine)

5 Future Plans
No significant changes are required in the general dissemination strategy. We will continue to publish
scientific papers at relevant conferences, to talk to city officials and other interested parties and interest
groups, and to regularly update the project web site.
Some activities will however be intensified: Firstly, the project intends to more closely cooperate withother ongoing projects and activities, in particular the Open and Agile Smart Cities initiative (OASC7) and7

http://www.oascities.org/

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Secondly, active event participation will increase as the project will have already more results todemonstrate. At the 2017 TRON Symposium in Tokyo in December, we plan to hold a city stakeholder
workshop. Other potential targets for event participation are CeBIT 2018 as well as the IoT Week 2018.
And finally, more needs to happen regarding standardisation. The project will be trying through its NEC
representatives to bring its work on data models and ontologies to the ETSI ISG CIM. Another target isthe ITU-T Study Group 20 “Internet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C)”.

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