08 Fiware and Digital Twins

The hosts try out a new format in this episode, where they have researched a question in each their way and then discuss their findings. In this episode the discussion the question is "What is green code?" taking us from the micro level on which coding language, compiler or algorithm is most energy efficient to the macro level of outcomes of the products being build and the organizations building them.   Below are links to all the resspurces and reports Tommy and Mads mention:Energy Efficiency across Programming Languages: https://greenlab.di.uminho.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/paperSLE.pdf Serverless has potential to be more energy effiecient: https://hbr.org/2020/09/how-green-is-your-software"If efficiency goes up, operating costs go down and vice versa.": https://www.iese.fraunhofer.de/blog/sustainable-software-design/Bitcon consuming more than the entire nation of Switzerland: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/4/20682109/bitcoin-energy-consumption-annual-calculation-cambridge-index-cbeci-country-comparisonOntario's McMaster University on Smart Phones being the most damaging to the environment by 2040: https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2018-03-28-smartphones-danger-killing-planet"Dark mode can save up to 63% on your device's battey life": https://rootwebdesign.studio/articles/using-dark-mode-to-make-your-website-more-energy-efficient/How much battery does dark mode save? https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3458864.3467682Europe's Choice, Ursula von der LeyenCSRD - Corporate sustainability reporting DirectiveCSRD FAQTriple Transition, Interoperable Europehttps://www.interregeurope.eu/policy-learning-platform/news/triple-transition-and-corporate-responsibility-a-new-framework-for-businesses#:~:text=On%205%20July%202023%2C%20one,of%20an%20upgraded%20transition%20policy.https://www.interregeurope.eu/facts-and-figuresTwin Transitionhttps://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/twin-green-digital-transition-how-sustainable-digital-technologies-could-enable-carbon-neutral-eu-2022-06-29_en"Towards a green & digital futureKey requirements for successful twin transitions in the European Union"Report - Twin transition and green transitionEuropean Market study 2021-2023GreenComp: the European sustainability competence framework

In this episode we have the honor of welcoming Yasunori Mochizuki, who is NEC fellow and Chairman of the Board of Directors of FIWARE. We talk about what FIWARE is and the concept of interoperability as well as Digital Twins. Links:FIWARE FoundationMinimum Interoperability MechanismsOpen Agile Smart CitiesDigital Twin Consortium

Implementing Copilot 365 in a large coorporation like KMD requires Internal IT to flip a lot of their usual processes upside down. In this episode we talk to Dion Kær Andersen who, as Senior Product Owner in KMD internal IT, is responsible for all of his colleagues having the most efficient setup while balancing security concerns and cost. Dion's biggest task these days is the Copilot 365 implementation. It is hyped like nothing he has ever experienced before. Listen in as Dion walk us through the steps he and his team is taking as well as the valuable learnings he shares along the away.  This episode is relevant for anyone interested in working with Copilot 365 in KMD or in general. IT Managers who are are looking into how they can provide this tool to their organisation will also get a lot of good advice and the occasional cheat code.   

Today Mads and Tommy are joined by IoT community Lead from Nordic IoT: Camilla Føns Mortensen. The talk is centered around IoT and its adoption in the municipalities. In the podcast we will learn more about the bottlenecks and blockers that is preventing IoT from gaining more widespread use across the municipalities. But also about some of the opportunities that arise from increased utilization of IoT. The talk also take a quick detour and dive into the inner workings of street lights.Read more about the IoT award which will take place on September 25 (2024) at the Digitaliseringsmessen in Odense, here: https://nordiciot.dk/iot-award-2024/.

Data Spaces will become the new normal for datasharing in the EU within the next decade. It will become a critical infrastructure for both the private and public sector when it is in place. We are not there yet - but what is it and what opportunities and problems does "Data Spaces" address? Listen in when we take an entire hour to get wiser on Data Spaces with Lea Schick from Alexandra Instituttet.

Besides working in the CTO office in KMD, Sławomir Rosiek has also build a game based on blockchain technology and NFTs. So when KMD got got the task of hosting a danish node in the European Blochain Service Infrastructure (EBSI), he was the obvious guest to invite.Also welcome to Tommy Andersen joining as host on the podcast bringing a technical mindset to the series content.

Na'Tosha Bard is the CTO of KMD Group and is a versatile organisational leader with a strong technical background. In this episode Na'Tosha is drawing on her many years working at Unity in explaining how we can apply open source principles to internal collaborationn in software companies like KMD.

Hans Jayatissa is currently International Digitalization Officer in KMD but before taking on that role Hans was head of a unit in KMD looking into Quantum Security. In this episode you will get a short introduction to what quantum computing is, what the technological possibilities and threats are as well as an introduction to getting started for free.

A discussion with Malte Højmark-Bertelsen about ChatGPT, KMDtxt, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models and how you can use that in your product.This session was recorded December 2022 - a week after Chat GPT 3.5 went live.