Global Smart City Testbed: Busan (Korea)
Busan Global Smart City Testbed Project is an IoT-based Smart City building project whose goal is to secure global references by developing an Open Smart City Platform on which new commercializable urban services can be suggested and tested, demonstrate IoT-based promising urban services by
building a testbed in Haeundae Busan for the realization of a sustainable city, and establish a governance for the operation of a smart city in order to vitalize a public self-sustainable ecosystem. The goal is to train 500 IoT professionals, promote 50 creative enterprises and 5 global hidden champions, and discover 5 global common services under the vision of global reference smart city, sustainable city, and IoT-centered knowledge city. The project scope includes developing an Open Smart City platform based on oneM2M standards, demonstrating promising urban services, and establishing governance for the operation. The foundation of the Busan smart city was successfully established for providing IoT services tailored to regional characteristics through the collaboration with local government, and expanding IoT infra & services on a national scale in 2015.
