Digital Spaces Living Lab: Mobile Apps for Use in the City

Mobile Apps for Use in the City

A LIVING LAB EVENT ABOUT SMART CITY MOBILE APPS

26 and 27 january 2013, Saturday and Sunday, from 9.30 am to 7.00 pm

Venues:
Betahaus
Transformatori workshop/UACEG
Vivacom Art Hall
Sofia Art Gallery

Main organiser:
Digital Spaces Living Lab

Co-Organisers:
LAUNCHub
Sofia Development Association
Mobile Monday Sofia
Transformatori
Vivacom
Betahaus

The objective of this event is to showcase and analyse the variety of innovative mobile apps for urban use which have been developed in recent years in South Eastern Europe and beyond. Between 15 and 20 mobile apps will be presented during the event. Such apps change the way we perform various activities in our daily lives in the city. Participants in the workshop are expected to install and try some of the apps prior to the living lab event in Sofia. During the two-day event demos and discussions will be organised in several thematic sessions in order to analyse how useful mobile apps are in smart cities and how some of these services can be improved in the future. The four sessions focus on the following topics:
> smart cities
> smart transportation
> smart events and lifestyle
> smart media and entertainment

Welcome and Introduction

DSLL Intro Presentation (PDF, 1,5MB)

Agenda

9:30-13:30

26 january 2013

Smart Transportation
@Betahaus

Taxi Bulgaria Presentation (PDF, 8,4MB)
Sofia Traffic Presentation (PDF, 2,2MB)
Walk2Help Presentation (PDF, 10,4MB)

Order a taxi, check the public transport timetables, or get the latest flight information straight from your mobile phone. Do you know how mobile apps will change transportation and the way we move through the city 2 years from now?

Taxi Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
TaxiMe (Bulgaria)
Taxibeat (Greece)
Sofspirka (Bulgaria)
BG Airports (Bulgaria)
Sofia Traffic (Bulgaria)
Walk2Help (Bulgaria)

Install these free apps and try them out! Tell us what you think about them during the event!

15:00-19:00

26 january 2013

Smart Cities
@Transformatori workshop/UACEG

BGMaps Presentation (PDF, 1,4MB)
ImproveMYCity Presentation (PDF, 7,8MB)
Getlocal Presentation (PDF, 5,7MB)
Clusttour Presentation (PDF, 1,8MB)

Find locations and get directions, report or discuss local problems, find interesting places in cities from other people's photographs, or learn more about your city - all using your mobile. How useful are digital cities for their citizens?

BGMaps (Bulgaria)
ImproveMyCity (Greece)	ImproveMyCity is used only for Municipality of Thermi. It is just for viewing purposes and not for reporting issues!
Getlokal (Bulgaria)
SofiaLive (Bulgaria)
Clusttour (Greece)

Install these free apps and try them out! Tell us what you think about them during the event!

9:30-13:30

27 january 2013

Smart Events and Lifestyle
@Vivacom Art Hall

Vamos Presentation (PDF, 8,3MB)
ThessFest & TEDxThess Presentation (PDF, 2,3MB)
LaKoketa Presentation (PDF, 10,7MB)

Discover cool events in the city and learn where your friends are going tonight, meet some of the most interesting people in your city, or check your digital wardrobe to get recommendations what to wear today. Is the smartphone becoming the ultimate tool for controlling our life(style)?

Vamos (Germany)
Useful At Night (Bulgaria)
ThessFest (Greece)
TEDxThess (Greece)
La Koketa (Bulgaria)

Install these free apps and try them out! Tell us what you think about them during the event!

14:30-17:30

27 january 2013

Smart Media and Entertainment
@Sofia Art Gallery

Cinematic Presentation (PDF, 478KB)
BGPostCard Presentation (PDF, 5,4MB)

Stream films from your mobile to your home TV screen, find what films are on tonight and buy tickets for them, explore one of the best European film festivals, or send a paper postcard to a friend right from your smartphone. Media and entertainment is no longer the same or is it?