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About us

Las Rozas Innova, the Public Innovation Company of Las Rozas City Council. We promote the technological and innovative ecosystem of the city. We attract and connect talent, entrepreneurship, companies and Public Administration for the development of a smart, agile, modern, sustainable city full of opportunities.

Figures

We promote an open, modern economy based on technological development and innovation to create employment and wealth.

• Population: 98,086 inhabitants*.
• Average age: 37.4 years.
• Per capita net income: 63,629 €*.
• Fourth municipality of Spain.
• Area: 58.3 km2.

*Source: INE. Year 2023

Location and Infrastructures

18 km Away

Madrid

Access from A-6, M-40, M-50 y M-505

32 km Away

3 commuter rail stations (RENFE)

Bus: More than 240 bus stops

Quality of Life

A sustainable city that is attractive for playing sports, leisure and tourism. Las Rozas is a city with a full cultural calendar and list of services where public safety is a highlight.

Nature

Education

• Biosphere reserve. Almost half of the municipality is part of the Parque Regional de la Cuenco Alta del Manzanares.
• Las Rozas has 8 spring sources, 14 wetlands and 12 paths.

• 73.38% of the population of Las Rozas between 24 and 65 years of age has higher education.
• 29 educational centers and 2 universities.
• It is committed to being bilingual in English in almost all schools, and to programming, robotics, debate, etc., to round off student education.
• Headquarters of the UTAD, center attached to Camilo José Cela University specialized in digital studies and to the scientific- technological campus of UNED.

Shopping and Leisure

• Headquarters of "Las Rozas Village". 4 million tourists visit it every year.
• More than 200 businesses in one of the largest open air business areas in Spain.

Sports

• Large infrastructures and zones in the open air and for holding sports events, for both professional and family profiles.

North west business center

• The third city in the Community of Madrid with the largest number of established multi-nationals with innovative, technology- based businesses being a particular highlight.
• 11,185* businesses located.
• The second city in the Community of Madrid with the largest number of technology-based startups: 106**.

*Source: INE 2023**Source: Informe Startup Radar. Madri+D

Connection of the business and entrepreneurial ecosystem

• Hub Las Rozas Innova: work space for start-ups and businesses with back-up and support services for innovative projects that, once the idea stage has passed, have an innovative product and some metrics.
• Investment Forum: six-monthly event between investors and start-ups that facilitates their connection and the identification of innovative projects with great potential for scalability.
• Boost to the Investor Ecosystem: training and support from business angels, funds, family offices, etc. due to the pioneering agreement with the association Big Ban Inversores Privados.
• Open Innovation: connection of start-ups, corporations and research centers.

Investor Services

Las Rozas has a business service and investment attraction office for:

• Identifying investment opportunities.
• Information about the applicable regulatory framework.
• Advice on available subsidies and incentives.
• Looking for available offices and sites.
• Connecting to the entrepreneurial and business ecosystem.
• Access to specialist service providers.

Smart City Office

Smart City Platform and Control Center

COSMOS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMINCIDENCES, NOTIFICATIONS, PROCESSES, PLANNING

SIMULATION AND PREDICTION (IA, MACHINE LEARNING)

GIS Spatial Data

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS (BIG DATA)

INDICATORS (BIG DATA)

BMS Buildings and Energy

City Archive Management (CMMS)

WATER

ENERGY

MOBILITY

WASTES

VERTICALS AND CITY SERVICES

PV Energy

EMS - Energy Management System

Public Procurement of Innovative solutions

Renewable energy project for self-consumption in municipal buildings. Las Rozas de Madrid

AUDITORIUM

LIBRARY BUILDING

Installation on a roof: 200 m2 Installed power: 18 kWp electric 20 kW thermal heat and 15 kW thermal cold

Installation in a skylight and two vertical walls: 116 m2Installed electrical power: 15 kWp

Open Innovation Office

Sustainable Mobility: Digital Twin

Tourism

From Smart City to a Smart Metropolitan Area: MADRID OESTE TECNOLÓGICO

Madrid Oeste Tecnológico (MOT) is a collaborative project between four Madrid municipalities: Las Rozas, Majadahonda, Pozuelo de Alarcón and Boadilla del Monte, which are firmly committed to the promotion of digital transformation and the creation of a Smart Metropolitan Area. MOT was created to lead the necessary impulse to activate development policies together with the innovative ecosystem of the territory, thus promoting digital innovation through the application of technologies that improve productivity and competitiveness in the west area of Madrid. MOT is the natural growth of the project driven by Las Rozas. MOT gathers*:

• More than 300,000 inhabitants.
• Young population: 19% of the population is under the age of 14.
• Median age close to 42 years old.
• High rate of university graduates.
• Cities with the lowest tax burden in Spain.
• More than 35,000 companies in the area.

*Sources: INE, IEE, DIRCE-INE

Smart Economy

Smart Mobility

Smart People

Focused on enhancing the human capital that resides in the city, empowering citizens to become participants in the co-creation process of the "smart city".

Concerned with competitiveness and economic development, taking advantage of the opportunities generated by the incorporation of innovation models and technologies.

Related to mobility, accessibility, transportation and, consequently, everything related to the management of infrastructures and related services.

Smart Living

Smart Environment

Smart Government

Focused on improving the quality of life of citizens as recipients of services provided by the city.

Focused on the management of the city's environment, its resources, and the impact of activities and resource use on the environment.

Oriented towards the technological tools currently available to achieve a new model of government that is more transparent and open to the public.

Networks and Recognitions

• City of Science and Innovation. RED INNPULSO.
• Cluster Internet of Things.
• Intelligent City Challenge.
• Award for the Best Digitalization Initiative in theField of Public Administrations.
• Procura+ Network.
• Red Española de Ciudades Inteligentes. RECI.
• Smart Tourist Destination.

The Spanish Networkof Smart Cities

Impact of the Network

Objectives

Governance

RECI is the node linking a wide network of partners linked to Smart Cities

Working Group #1

Working Group #2

Working Group #3

IV Smart Cities RECI Congress

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