AGENDA OF THE 15TH SMART CITY FORUM
22nd November 2022, Day 1
9:30-9:40 The Ceremonial inauguration
SMART SAVINGS AND SMART INVESTMENTS
9:40-10:20 City Mayors’ Summit – analysis of our situation
Inauguration debate
- The economic condition of the state and local governments
- Crisis management in the upcoming months
- The most important investments in 2022 – what are the successes
- Smart-city technologies
- Changes in the rules of financing local governments
- How does a smart city work in times of crisis? How to save and not lose competitiveness?
Speakers
- Roman Ciepiela, Mayor of the City of Tarnów
- Piotr Grzymowicz, Mayor of the City of Olsztyn
- Beata Klimek, Mayor of the City of Ostrów Wielkopolski
- Tadeusz Krzakowski, Mayor of the City of Ostrów Legnica
Speakers
- Maciej Bluj, Chairman of the Smart City Forum Program Council
10:20-11:05 Smart – management
The debate of the experts, businesses, and local governments
- Looking for savings, but where?
- New funding sources of investments and income
- Cooperation under the public-private partnership
- National Recovery Plan for local governments
- Group buying – new models of cooperation of local government units
- Obtaining funding sources in the EU vs. national funding
- The role of province marshal’s offices and province governor’s offices in funding investment in communes and municipalities
- Protection of public investments concerning smart cities in terms of coherent multi-annual plans
- Energy efficiency. How to finance thermal modernization?
- What to invest in, where to look for optimization, what to save on, and what not?
Speakers
- Tadeusz Krzakowski, Mayor of the City of Legnica
- Maciej Kluczko, Investment Manager, PFR
- Marek Szczepański, Director of the Department of Public Programs and EU Projects and Director of Cooperation with Local Government Units, Bank Ochrony Środowiska
- Jarosław Flakowski, Director of the Development and Innovation Department, Lubuskie Marshal’s Office
- Małgorzata Ciechomska, Marketing & Sales Director of IoT and Smart Cities, Orange
Speakers
- Emilia Derewienko, Senior Editor, 300GOSPODARKA
11:05-11:45 Break
FUNCTIONING OF LOCAL GOVERMENTS AND POWER INDUSTRY
11:45-11:55 Introduction to the panel
Speaker:
- Maciej Jeziorski, CEE Public Sector Director, Signify Poland
11:55-12:55 Transformation of the energy sector from the perspective of a local government unit
Debate
- Energy crisis and heating season of 2022/2023 – what can a local government do?
- Modernization of internal and external lighting as an answer to the rise of electric energy prices. Smart-lighting
- Cost-free, flexible possibility to adjust night profiles to the needs and financing possibilities of communes and cities.
- Potential of generating savings in internal and external lighting of local governments
- Steering and management of lighting infrastructure as a necessary element in the fight against the energy crisis
- Reduction of energy consumption in local governments does not have to result in a worsening of inhabitants’ safety and comfort
Speakers
- Wiesław Berski, Head of the commune, Kobyla Góra
- Maciej Jeziorski, CEE Public Sector Director, Signify Poland
- Krystian Kinastowski, Mayor of Kalisz
- Marek Łucyk, Deputy Mayor of Gdynia for Development, Gdynia City Hall
- Maciej Witczak, President of the Board, Oświetlenie Uliczne i Drogowe
- dr Krzysztof Witkowski, Mayor of the City of Koło
- Piotr Krzysztof Głowski, Mayor of the City of Piła
Moderator:
- Dominik Brodacki, Energy Analyst, Polityka Insight
12:55-14:05 Eco-city/eco-commune in the direction of the realization of the Green Cities idea
Debate and presentation of the best solutions
- Investments in renewable energy sources. Transfer from coal to renewable energy sources in municipal electrical power and heating plants.
- The role of municipal companies in creating the development power of the cities.
- Investments in municipal establishments (water and sewage, garbage, electric power, heating plants, sewage plants)
- Modern municipal services management in a local government – best practices
- Geothermal waste processing
- Smart City solutions support rational management and use of water resources
- City cleaning technologies.
- Closed Circuit Economy 2022 and 2040
- Counteracting energy poverty
- Smog – the specter of our cities
- How to prepare for a blackout?
- Good practices of green transformation
Speakers
- Sebastian Anioł, Vice-President of the Management Board, InPost
- Piotr Grzymowicz, Mayor of the City of Olsztyn
- Marcin Dmowski, Deputy Mayor of Świdnik, City Hall in Świdnik
- Piotr Kuczera, Mayor of the City of Rybnik
- Marek Materek, Mayor of the City of Starachowice
- Maria Wasiak, Deputy Mayor, City Hall of Bydgoszcz
- Renata Tomusiak, President of the Management Board, MPWiK
- Maciej Staszak, Vice President of the Management Board, Emitel
Moderator:
- Krzysztof Kieszkowski, President of the Management Board, Fundacja Odzyskaj Środowisko
SAVINGS THANKS TO TECHNOLOGIES
14:05-15:00
Best practice sharing. Presentation of solutions. The thematic scope of the presentations.
Smart City Technologies – trends in smart city
- City-as-a-service. New business models
- Municipal applications and tools for the management of local government units
- Fintech in smart city
- IT for the public sector
- Optimization thanks to the cloud
- IoT
14:05-14:25 Digital Capital City
Inspiring speech
- Joanna Baniak, Director of the IT Office of the City of Warsaw of Warsaw
- Tadeusz Osowski, IT Office of the Capital City of Warsaw of Warsaw
14:25-14:35 Data sharing in Smart City – does it have to be complicated?
Case study
- Ewelina Konarzewska, Business Development Manager; Ekspert ds. Smart City, Comtegra
14:35-14:45 How to reduce the amount of data in Smart City and save money
Case study
- Jakub Banaszkiewicz, Technical Presales Manager, Limitless Technologies
14:45-15:00 A city on the edge
Speech
- Today’s city as a very complex organism with a digital nervous system
- Strategies for digitalization of cities are moving from monolithic solutions (data centers) to edge solutions, which can particularly benefit cities as distributed organizations, where in order to make quick and accurate decisions (helping to significantly reduce costs!) it is necessary to collect, process and analyze data in place of their formation.
- Marcin Madey, President of the Management Board, SUSE Polska
15:05-15:50 Data Economy in a city
Debate
- Great treasure: data in the city
- Storage, integration, analytics
- How can a city use the potential of data analytics?
- AI and ML, possibilities of cloud technologies
- Open Data. Does a city make data available, or does it try to be the provider of every service based on data?
- Stimulation of city surroundings (business, startups) to create end solutions based on city open data
- How to create willingness and real possibilities for local governments to share IT solutions.
- Smart-city platforms
- How can AI support the current challenges the cities face, connected with the need to lower energy consumption without worsening the quality and safety of the inhabitants’ lives?
Speakers
- Jakub Mazur, Deputy Mayor of the City of Wrocław
- Paweł Schmidt, Director of the IT Service Center, City Hall of Krakow
- Marcin Adamski, Head of the Smart City Projects Department, City Hall of Warsaw
- Krzysztof Pękala, Director of the IT Office, City Hall in Gdańsk
- Wojciech Ciesielski, Deputy Director of the IT Department, City Hall of Łódź, Department of Health and Social Affairs
- Maciej Toroszewski, Country Cloud Services Manager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Moderator:
- Szymon Ciupa, Editor, SmartCity Expert
15:50 Lunch
23rd November 2022, Day 2
9:00-9:10 Opening of Day 2
9:10-9:25 “Transport in the Italian style” a smart mobility application based on Bluetooth technology and AI, connecting all means of transport in Genoa.
Inspiring speech
- Alessandro De Grazia, Managing director Hitachi Rail Germany, Hitachi Rail
OPTIMIZATION OF CITY MOBILITY – SAVINGS ON TRANSPORT
9:25-10:30 The holistic approach to transport
Debate
- How to combine drivers’ expectations with the challenges of public transport?
- How to develop electromobility?
- Hydrogen transport – it is not rocket-science any more!
- The future of public transport – what strategy to choose?
- EV charging infrastructure – how to efficiently design a system of chargers in the city?
- Road safety
- Alternative manners of commuting (scooters, bikes, on foot)
- Parking systems
Speakers:
- Michał Borek, General Manager Poland, Lime
- Janusz Koper, Deputy Mayor of the city of Rybnik
- Jos Muller, President of the Management Board, Rowerado
- Agata Lewandowska, Municipal Traffic Engineer, Municipal Office in Gdańsk
- Paweł Seluk, Business Development Manager CEE, Hitachi Europe
- Artur Zieliński, Deputy Mayor for Development and Investments, Płock City Hall
Moderator:
- Jakub Faryś, President, Polish Automotive Industry Association
10:30-10:40 Parking in the city – new solutions
Case study
- Jakub Smykowski, Founder & CEO, uPark
SAFETY 2.0
10:40-11:40 How to facilitate and protect the functioning of city systems?
Debate
- Threats resulting from the digital development of urban bodies
- Monitoring and video-analytics
- Urban monitoring network using the lighting infrastructure
- Products and services for development of safer public spaces and buildings
- Cybersecurity in local government
Speakers:
- Michał Łakomski, Director of the Office of Digitization and Cybersecurity, Poznań City Hall
- Tymoteusz Przybylski, Director of the IT Services Center in Wrocław, Wrocław City Hall
- Piotr Psikus, Mayor of the City and Commune of Kępno
- Artur Drobiecki, Head of Sales, Limitless Technologies
Moderator:
- Ewelina Kasprzyk, Program Director of the Kościuszko Institute, CYBERSEC
CLOSED ADDITIONAL SESSION
10:40-11:50 How does IT help find savings and cut costs?
Brainstorm
The subject of this session will be discussed in a group of the representatives of the biggest cities to work out and propose precise IT solutions, which could be implemented immediately to reduce city maintenance costs and services provided for the persons and entities offered by the cities.
The scope of the brainstorming session:
- Generating new savings thanks to analyzing the already available data currently stored in silos.
- We are raising the quality level of services provided for the inhabitants at the minimum cost thanks to the use of the already available data.
- Reduction of costs of the comprehensive IT service of a city through the use of a common platform managed via applications.
- Diluted data processing platform, or how to avoid extensive costs of the investment in the calculating device
- The concept of using open solutions – how to build an efficient digital platform for inhabitants when the budget costs are reduced
- Connection with state and regional IT projects as a part of SaaS services – a method for significant reduction of costs
Speakers:
- Krzysztof Chibowski, Advisory and Professional Services Sales, HPE Polska
- Artur Duszczyk, New Technology Business Development Director, SUSE Polska
11:40-12:30 Break
SMART SAVING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SMALLER CITY
12:30-12:45 Introductory presentation
Case study
- Maciej Witczak, President of the Management Board, Oświetlenie Uliczne i Drogowe
- Jolanta Sztrąpf, Energy Markets Specialist, Oświetlenie Uliczne i Drogowe
- Piotr Figiel, Energy Markets Specialist, Oświetlenie Uliczne i Drogowe
12:45-12:55 Current challenges related to the transformation of street lighting
Case study
- Dawid Woźniak, Project Manager, Schréder Polska
12:55-13:50 A small commune also wants to be smart
- Pressing issues of a small city
- Investments in small communes, suburbs, and villages
- Innovative source of income and methods for savings
- Development of economic zones
- Group buying of electric energy as a remedy for high receipts
- Smart-village technology
- Cooperation between small communes and provinces and the province marshal’s offices – good practices.
Speakers:
- Sabina Nowosielska, Mayor of the City of Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- Waldemar Paluch, Mayor of the City of Jarosław
- Artur Tusiński, Mayor of the City of Podkowa Leśna
- Krzysztof Durzyński, Global Director, Schréder Polska
- Maciej Witczak, President of the Management Board, Oświetlenie Uliczne i Drogowe
- Artur Miętkiewicz, Mayor of the Lądek Commune
- Cezary Krasowski, Mayor of the Brudzew Commune
- Mariusz Chojnacki, Mayor of the Ceków Kolonia Commune
Moderator:
- Sławomir Kalinowski, Professor of the Institute, Head of the Department, IRWIR PAN*
RESIDENT AS A CREATOR OF CHANGE
13:50-14:50 Human Smart City as a body
Debate
- What is an intelligent inclusive city
- Demographic trends (suburbs, immigrants)
- Urban Lab and business incubators. Social participation and grassroots initiatives
- Creating urban foundations to use the potential of local government units in a better way.
- Participatory Budget – does it need any changes?
- Technology serving the inhabitants
- Education
- Strategies in spatial development of cities of the future. Examples of friendly urban space – inspirations
- The need to make the cities greener
Speakers:
- Bartosz Bartoszewicz, Gdynia Deputy Mayor for Quality of Life
- Robert Bednarski, Deputy Director for Smart City, Wrocław City Hall
- Marcin Gołębiowski, Zastępcy Prezydenta ds. Społecznych, UM Starachowice
- prof. Piotr Lorens, City Architect, Gdańsk City Hall
- Ariel Wojciechowski, Expert in partnership relations and the InPost Green City program, InPost
Moderator:
- Katarzyna Łaziuk, Head of the Department of Promotion, Culture and Sport, City Hall of Mińsk Mazowiecki
14:50 Lunch
Update 22.11.2022
*) participation of people during confirmation
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