Living Lab 4: PISTIS Living Lab Showcase – Empowering smart cities through trusted data sharing

The PISTIS Smart Cities Living Lab is a user-driven innovation platform designed to revolutionize how urban data is shared, traded, and used. Organized under the Horizon Europe-funded PISTIS project, the Living Lab acts as a bridge between technology providers, SMEs, and urban stakeholders to foster a “secure, trusted, and fair” ecosystem for interoperable data assets.

Core Mission

The Lab’s primary goal is to empower Smart Cities by removing the barriers to data sharing. It focuses on:

  • Trusted Data Exchange: Implementing a federated platform that allows different stakeholders to exchange proprietary data assets securely without losing control over their information.

  • SME Empowerment: Helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access high-quality data to drive business growth, innovation, and digital transformation.

  • Real-World Testing: Providing a “living” environment where participants can test tools like the PISTIS Marketplace and provide feedback on their impact on urban sectors.

Key Areas of Impact

The Living Lab explores practical data-driven solutions across several critical urban domains:

  • Urban Planning & Mobility: Enhancing public transportation and infrastructure using real-time traffic and flow data.

  • Tourism & Entrepreneurship: Creating data-driven opportunities for businesses in the tourism sector to better understand visitor patterns.

  • Energy & Automotive: Leveraging data for grid capacity management, peer-to-peer energy trading, and safer driving experiences.

  • Data Monetization & Ethics: Navigating the legal and ethical complexities of turning data into a tradable asset while ensuring compliance with European values.

The Showcase Event

Join us for an exclusive Living Lab showcase hosted by the European DIGITAL SME Alliance, exploring the future of urban innovation. The PISTIS project has developed a cutting-edge data-trading platform designed to facilitate secure, private, and value-driven data sharing between companies and municipalities.

This session features real-world insights from the City of Athens (DAEM) and cross-sector experts to demonstrate how the PISTIS architecture overcomes common hurdles in data accessibility. Whether you are a city planner or an SME looking to build smart solutions, this Lab provides a firsthand look at how trusted data sharing can transform European smart cities.