Partners

VRT Innovation

ESSENCE tells the story of Smart City residents & visitors via various media channels & devices. With these stories, Essence strengthens interaction between residents, visitors & services in cities.

VITO

VITO is developing an iPad game for the Antwerp Smart Zone to support climate adaptation. In the game, users can redesign a block of streets from Sint-Andries, making use of green measures.

Cegeka

Cegeka improves the quality of life in cities by improving the connection between people & machines. This ensures safe, environmentally-friendly and multimodal traffic, efficient energy & 5G networks.

Digipolis

Digipolis is the digital partner of the City of Antwerp. They facilitate, manage and support the end-to-end IT infrastructure, and help to develop innovative urban digital applications.

Fluvius

Fluvius Smart City supports the development of the Smart City plan, which responds to changing needs with respect to the environment, climate, mobility, safety and well-being in cities.

Sentiance

ESSENCE tells the story of Smart City residents & visitors via various media channels and devices. With these stories, Essence strengthens interaction between residents, visitors & services in cities.

Smartnodes

Smartnodes is a Belgian company that has developed wireless technology for the dynamic control of public lighting. This makes energy savings of up to 70% possible.

Aptus

Aptus is an IoT integrator that bridges the physical and the digital world. Specifically, they focus on hardware/electronics, connectivity and software.

Geo Solutions

Geo Solutions is developing the “De Hitteverklikker” [The Heat Detector] application, which is designed to inform the vulnerable and their caregivers/nurses about a (potential) heat wave.

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Monkeyshot

Monkeyshot is working on a perfect user experience of applications with the neighbourhood, like “De Hitteverklikker” to make it as user-friendly and accessible to the target group as possible.

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Schréder

Schréder provides lighting solutions that are compatible with other innovative technologies. For example, within the “Smart Lighting” project, they provide dynamic light thanks to a link with imec.

Police Zone Antwerp

Antwerp police offers Smart Zone Antwerp support and professional advice from the neighbourhood teams.

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Clear Channel

Clear Channel would like to help build the city of the future with Digipolis, imec and the City of Antwerp.

Citymesh

Citymesh is a recognised Belgian operator that specialises in the roll-out of large-scale wireless networks.

Woonhaven

With more than 34,000 customers, Woonhaven Antwerp is the largest social housing company in Flanders. They are always looking for new methods to build more sustainable and live more energy-efficient.

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Digitopia

Robovision

Robovision is an Antwerp - Ghent company specialising in image processing and AI. Their goal is to give everyone, regardless of their level of knowledge, access to AI.

Cronos

Cronos Public Services provides guidance for government clients with digital challenges. In doing so, they use the knowledge that can be found in various parts of the Cronos Group.