Of most relevance to the smart city audience is CityVerve, the IoT Demonstrator, which gathers experts to create a “blueprint for cities.” It begins with the platform – a technology layer that acts as a central nervous system – smartly supporting and connecting independent systems and applications. This is of course the obvious and logical place to build. The group then identifies opportunities in four key areas, encourages collaboration and open innovation, and finds a way to measure it all. City Verve is made up of 21 organizations from government, university and industry.