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KEYNOTE SESSION PART 1
08.30 h. Welcome coffee & registration09.00 h. Chair’s Opening Remarks09.10 h. Understanding Intelligent Cities in its Social, Cultural and Economic Context - What are the criteria that constitutes a smart city?
- Achieving a clearer picture of smart city trends and growth
- What are the realities and challenges behind cultivating smart communities?
- The latest developments and trends in intelligent cities
- How can you make your intelligent city a success?
- What are the examples from Asia, Europe and the Americas?
09.30 h. Business Leaders Panel: The Vision Towards Intelligent Cities - The future of the intelligent cities
- Revenue for the global intelligent cities market is expected to reach 1,3 Trillion Dollars Trillion by 2019: Which steps will be taken?
- What does it take to build an intelligent city?
- What has been done to achieve: investments, reliability, efficiency, security, cost savings, and reduced emissions?
- How cities can transform themselves into cleaner, safer, more attractive places to live through the integration of new and intelligent technologies in energy & renewables, water, mobility and telecommunication?
11.00 h. Networking refreshment break11.15 h. Keynote Session: Delivering Future Cities for National Prosperity and Growth - Shaping the cities of the future: The role of intelligent cities in shaping the government’s industrial strategy and delivering success at the local level
- The European Commission’s smart cities initiative
- Developing infrastructure in future cities
- Key drivers to smart city development
- Linking municipal systems for strategic revitalization of city assets and public services
- Real-world examples of how authorities are adding intelligence to their cities
- Global review of best practices in existing intelligent cities worldwide
- How can cities make changes at a policy and a practical level in order to achieve this vision?
- Making cities greener, cleaner and healthier using smart technologies
12.30 h. Networking lunch break followed by parallel sessions in Room A and B -
KEYNOTE SESSION PART 2
09.10 h. Global Strategies for the Intelligent City Transformation - The policy context for Smart Cities & Communities
- The European Commission’s smart cities initiative
- Key drivers to smart city development
- Linking municipal systems for strategic revitalization of city assets and public services
- Real-world examples of how authorities are adding intelligence to their cities
- Global review of best practices in existing intelligent cities worldwide
- How can cities make changes at a policy and a practical level in order to achieve this vision?
- Making cities greener, cleaner and healthier using smart technologies
10.30 h. Networking refreshment break -
Day One Room A
14.00 h. Smart Grids and Smarter Cities - What are the key criteria for smart grid success?
- Integrating communications technologies within the municipal and city environment
14.30 h. Smart Metering and New Technologies - What are the specific functionalities of smart meters?
- Smart metering – successful case studies
- What are the challenges to be faced? Reliability, security, implementation and coverage
- New services and business models
15.30 h. Networking refreshment break16.00 h. Renewable Energy in Smart Cities: Wind, Solar and Biofuels - Strategic planning for wind power infrastructure development
- How Can I Bring Wind Energy to My Community?
- What is the anticipated role of solar power in intelligent city transformation
- Innovative financing for commercial rooftops
- Installation of solar roof-top hybrid grid-connected and stand alone systems
- Commercial Realities of Biofuels in the Future Energy Mix
- Biofuels Role in reducing CO2 emissions
- National Biofuels policies: Examining the differences in national legislation
- Energy efficiency: as a result of high demand, a huge effort has been made to improve the way in which energy is consumed; nevertheless, how could this be developed further?
16.00 h. Water and Wastewater Infrastructure - What are the latest technologies in urban water management?
- The role of the regulators in initiating and incentivising the installation of smart water infrastructure
- Wastewater recycling
- The role of the regulators in initiating and incentivising the installation of smart water infrastructure
- What are the most efficient new schemes for introducing water back into the natural cycle?
- Smart water grids and how we can make the most of available water resources?
16.00 h. Waste Management and Waste to Energy - Learn how smart cities are implementing solutions such as recycling and waste-to-energy
- What are the latest technologies in waste monitoring and removal?
- Strategies for sustainable waste management
- New approaches to reducing the production of urban waste: reutilization, recycling and product engineering
18.00 h. End of day one followed by networking drinks -
Day One Room B
14.00 h. Mobile Healthcare in Smart Cities - Dealing with future demands for urban healthcare
- How the requirements for healthcare in cities will evolve in the next ten years
- Building integrated healthcare delivery systems through connected communities
- Developing effective business and partnership models
- Personalised medical care supported by Big Data?
- Remote Monitoring: Opportunities in monitoring health outside the hospital
15.30 h. Networking refreshment break16.00 h. Urban Transformation and Environment - Local government approach to urban transformation
- Introduction, grounds, objectives and scope of Law No 6306 on transformation of areas under disaster risk in Turkey
- International case studies
17.00 h. Social Media and the City - How can the wealth of information being generated by social media help us better understand how our cities function and create smarter cities in the process?
- How can social media play a part in everything from town planning to combating traffic jams?
- New value for local government
- Unlocking the transformative power of social media: finding ways to connect, collaborate, communicate and innovate
18.00 h. End of day one followed by networking drinks08.30 h. Welcome coffee09.00 h. Intelligent Transport Solutions - Creating an integrated transport strategy involving multiple transport authorities
- Identifying business models that make commercial sense for the city
- Understanding and addressing the challenges in integrating intelligent systems into existing transportation infrastructure
09.45 h. Electric Mobility - How successful have cities been in introducing electric buses, taxis and public vehicles as a route to kick-start electric mobility in their cities?
- What are the business models currently in use around the world?
- How have cities successfully financed and paid for electric vehicle infrastructure?
- Electric vehicles and charging infrastructure
10.30 h. Networking refreshment break11.00 h. Mayors Panel 12.30 h. Networking lunch break14.00 h. Smart Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges Smart cities influence the creation of more tourism opportunities.
- How a marked improvement in the management of a city environment, its citizen relations, technology and urban planning can have a positive effect on a city as a tourist destination?
- How visitors navigate the city/country and volume of events/sites and associated information overload?
- Innovative approaches and technology solutions to enhance the tourism sector’s technology base
- Creating digital catalogues and adapting static and real-time touristic information
15.00 h. Intelligent Buildings and Homes - How do we make our buildings smarter?
- Emerging M2M Opportunities in smart homes
- Regulations overview and what still needs to be done?
- Exploiting wireless communication networks to design intelligent and ?exible urban architecture
15.45 h. Networking refreshment break16.00 h. Cities Enabled by Smart ICT - What is the role of ICT in driving future cities approach?
- What are the critical success factors?
- Helping cities to use analytics to gain a better understanding of information across departments and agencies
16.45 h. Retail in Intelligent Cities - What is the role of intelligent city infrastructure for retail in a multichannel world?
- How can intelligent city players compete in a location based services market dominated by the web majors?
- Enhancing the in-store shopper experience and adding value to retail units and the high street
- The evolving landscape of mobile intelligent device penetration and mobile web service user behavior
- To earn — and retain — loyal customers, retailers are looking for hidden connections to transform how they do business
17.30 h. Chairman’s closing remarks and end of summit -
Day Two Room A
08.30 h. Welcome coffee09.00 h. Intelligent Transport Solutions - Creating an integrated transport strategy involving multiple transport authorities
- Identifying business models that make commercial sense for the city
- Understanding and addressing the challenges in integrating intelligent systems into existing transportation infrastructure
09.45 h. Electric Mobility - How successful have cities been in introducing electric buses, taxis and public vehicles as a route to kick-start electric mobility in their cities?
- What are the business models currently in use around the world?
- How have cities successfully financed and paid for electric vehicle infrastructure?
- Electric vehicles and charging infrastructure
10.30 h. Networking refreshment break11.00 h. Mayors Panel Participants will have the opportunity to engage in active dialogue on best practice and intelligent solutions with mayors. Each local leader will have the opportunity to re?ect upon the complications faced n their city and their strategies to confront them.
12.30 h. Networking refreshment break14.00 h. Smart Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges Smart cities influence the creation of more tourism opportunities.
- How a marked improvement in the management of a city environment, its citizen relations, technology and urban planning can have a positive effect on a city as a tourist destination?
- How visitors navigate the city/country and volume of events/sites and associated information overload?
- Innovative approaches and technology solutions to enhance the tourism sector’s technology base
- Creating digital catalogues and adapting static and real-time touristic information
15.00 h. Retail in Intelligent Cities - What is the role of intelligent city infrastructure for retail in a multichannel world?
- How can intelligent city players compete in a location based services market dominated by the web majors?
- Enhancing the in-store shopper experience and adding value to retail units and the high street
- The evolving landscape of mobile intelligent device penetration and mobile web service user behavior
- To earn — and retain — loyal customers, retailers are looking for hidden connections to transform how they do business
15.30 h. Networking refreshment break16.00 h. Social Media and the City - How can the wealth of information being generated by social media help us better understand how our cities function and create smarter cities in the process?
- How can social media play a part in everything from town planning to combating traffic jams?
- New value for local government
- Unlocking the transformative power of social media: finding ways to connect, collaborate, communicate and innovate
16.45 h. Intelligent Buildings and Homes - How do we make our buildings smarter?
- Emerging M2M Opportunities in smart homes
- Regulations overview and what still needs to be done?
- Exploiting wireless communication networks to design intelligent and ?exible urban architecture
17.30 h. Chairman’s closing remarks and end of summit -
Day Two Room B
08.30 h. Welcome coffee09.00 h. Big Data and the Cloud - What are the opportunities of big data for smart cities?
- What are the expected innovations in future developments?
- Integrating city operations with cloud based software
- Addressing security and privacy challenges of the platform and the data
- How do we go from Open Data to Big Data for Smart Cities?
09.45 h. Internet of Things/M2M Opportunities for the Smart City - How can IoT/M2M help the development of smart cities?
- Data management in the Internet of Things
- Cloud computing and internet of things
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications
- Trust, security and privacy in IoT and Smart Cities
10.30 h. Networking refreshment break -
11.00 Due to the continuing ‘Mayors Panel’ in the Room A, there is no session for this room during this period
12.30 h. Networking lunch break14.00 h. Mobile Payment and Near Field Communication (NFC) - Is NFC creating a new paradigm?
- What new possibilities does NFC introduce and how will they be managed?
- Essential guidelines for rolling out cloud payments
- Determine which business models are completed and running successfully
14.45 h. Geographic Information Systems - The latest GIS Solutions for desktop, web, mobile and cloud platforms
- GIS solutions capabilities, performances and reliabilities
- Technologies and standards for managing and representing 3D city models and making data analysis for an improved urban management: geo-information, geo-referencing, geo-location and geo-services
- The ways to effectively use the data from GPS navigation devices, fleet management solutions and GSM networks in order to improve the utilization and management of transport networks
15.30 h. Networking refreshment break16.00 h. Financing the Intelligent City Transformation - Public-Private-Partnerships and how they operate within the intelligent city framework
- How can cities and project developers attract greater interest from institutional investors and investment banks?
- An insight into the appetite for energy and infrastructure finance in the current climate
- Current EU financing schemes available to intelligent cities
- What economic policies should be put in place to help partner public organizations to modernize public services?
- Examining the different financial instruments and cities’ ability to access funding directly
- Updates on the Availability of Institutional Funding through International Agencies in the Development of Smart Cities
17.30 h. Chairman’s closing remarks and end of summit
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