Leveraging SMEs Strength for INSPIRE Richard Rombouts Snowflake

Leveraging SMEs’ Strength for INSPIRE Richard Rombouts Snowflake Software www. snowflakesoftware. com

Snowflake Software The Data e. Xchange Company Software Development Off-the-Shelf Products Training and Support www. snowflakesoftware. com

INSPIRE at Snowflake Software GO Publisher • Create INSPIRE data • Share INSPIRE data GO Loader • Load INSPIRE data INSPIRE-as-a. Service Training • INSPIRE Essentials • GML • XML • Data Modelling Consultancy • Implementing INSPIRE • Transforming data • Implementing enterprise-sized data publication systems • Let us do it for you www. snowflakesoftware. com

What I want to talk about. . . • • • Experiences Opportunities Barriers New initiatives Innovation www. snowflakesoftware. com

Experiences • INSPIRE puts data sharing and open standards on agenda with data providers • Growing realisation that data is an asset • INSPIRE is actually being implemented across Europe; no more paper tiger • INSPIRE is often perceived as technological problem, not as an opportunity for innovation. www. snowflakesoftware. com

Opportunities • SMEs are agile by nature and are close to their customers making them ideal to cooperate with • Training and knowledge sharing on technical and management level still required • Other domains adopting INSPIRE-like initiatives, eg. Single European Sky and One. Geology. www. snowflakesoftware. com

Barriers • Long implementation timescales causing – Data providers to wait with implementation – Upfront investment and uncertain long-term revenues for SMEs • Current tendering procedures not beneficial for SMEs • Governments competing with businesses • Perceived complexness by data providers • EU not leading by example. . . yet www. snowflakesoftware. com

Leading by example 96% of open datasets from just a single organisation (<2% from EEA) www. snowflakesoftware. com

Leading by example Wide variety of data providers www. snowflakesoftware. com

New Initiatives • European Location Framework (E. L. F. ) – Technical infrastructure which delivers authoratative, interoperable, cross-border geospatial reference data. • CITI-SENSE – Development of sensor-based Citizens' Observatory Community for improving quality of life in cities. • UK Open Data Institute – Catalyst for the evolution of an open data culture in the UK. www. snowflakesoftware. com

Innovation “If you can dream it, you can do it. ” Walt Disney www. snowflakesoftware. com

Innovation requires. . . • Innovative data providers – More than just opening up datasets • Innovative technology providers – More than just selling software licences • Inspiration – More than just ticking the INSPIRE-box www. snowflakesoftware. com

Final Thoughts • INSPIRE can be a driver for open data innovation • INSPIRE is not a technological problem requiring a single software solution • SMEs have an intimate understanding of their customers and their culture. Use it! • SMEs are agile and innovative, because it is in their DNA. www. snowflakesoftware. com

Learn more? Talk to me. Richard Rombouts richard. rombouts@snowflakesoftware. com @Rich. Rombouts www. snowflakesoftware. com info@snowflakesoftware. com @sflakesoftware www. snowflakesoftware. com