Agenda of the 13th edition Smart City Forum
Day I – 13 October 2021
9:00-9:10 Ceremonial Opening of the Forum
9:10-11:40 City Leaders Summit
9:15-9:45 Inaugural speeches:
- Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy
9:45-10:45 City Leaders Summit. Inaugural debate
- Cities in 1.5 years into pandemic: returning to the new reality – what has changed? The role of local governments in meeting the challenges of modern technological, social and economic transformation
- The Cohesion Fund and the New Deal – new ideas, new local government, new city
- Health-City for the disabled and seniors
- Healthcare and telemedicine as well as tools supporting seniors in the city
- How to implement smart city solutions? Which one to choose? What works? Business and financial aspects
Invited panellists:
- Piotr Grzybowski, Deputy Mayor of the City of Częstochowa
- Konrad Fijołek, Mayor of the City of Rzeszów
- Piotr Kuczera, Mayor of the City of Rybnik
- Jakub Mazur, Vice-president of the City of Wrocławia
- Roman Szełemej, Mayor of the City of Wałbrzycha
10:45-11:40 Human Smart City
- Our people, our communities
- Pedestrian-friendly cities – adaptation of infrastructure; sidewalks, traffic lights, crosswalks, new technologies, pedestrian safety on the roads
- Local community in the process of participatory activities
- Mobile applications for residents: preparation of applications by the city for its residents
- Public space and modern urban planning – importance for the development of a contemporary city
- applications that integrate city services
- applications integrating residents with tourists (temporary residents)
- examples of implementations
- Public space and modern urban planning – importance for the development of a contemporary city
Invited panellists:
- Wojciech Bakun, Mayor of the City of Przemyśl
- Adam Lewandowski, Mayor of Śrem, City Hall of Śrem
- Artur Szymczyk, Deputy Mayor of the City of Lublin
11:40-11:50 Case1: The program “Rescue without Barriers” – social application of combining the functionality of Blockchain technology with IoT for emergency services in Polish local governments.
- Representative of the Ferguson*
11:50-12:00 Case2: Virtual Clerk
- Wojciech Łaptaś, Deputy Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department, City Hall of Krakow
12:00-12:40 Let’s network – hybrid formula of a coffee break and networking
12:40-13:40 Future of payments – cities perspective
Case 1: Introductory presentation
- Representative of First Data
Case 2: technology provider / city and technology:…
Digital payments can play an important role in improving the payment ecosystem in various areas of functioning of citizens in the city: C2G (Citizen to Government) payments such as electricity, heat energy, road tolls and transit, taxis, parking lots, water, education, tourism, social services, healthcare, penalties and parking tickets. The lack of a unified vision makes efforts to digitize payments in the city less effective.
- How to facilitate the implementation of comprehensive digital payments in cities? Conclusions after the most effective implementations – examples
- New forms of ZTM (Public Transport Authority) payment: Open payment system in city transport
- Mobile payments and security
- Campaigns promoting digital payments
- Urban e-wallet
Invited panelists:
(composition pending)
13:40-14:35 Smart City Platforms and tools supporting the development of cities – Smart City 4.0
13:40-13:50 Case: Title TBD
- Dariusz Jańczuk, Principal Business Solutions Manager, SAS
13:50-14:20 Debate: Smart City Platforms and Tools for Cities – Smart City 4.0
- Digital tools, platforms and Smart City solutions – role in modern management and maintenance of the city and infrastructure.
- What the new business models look like and what conditions should be set for the successful implementation of services
- sharing good practices – what is being commercialized?
- which models work best in Polish conditions?
- technologies for co-management
- Transformation through IoT and cloud
- AI-powered cities – ways of applying artificial intelligence in modern cities
- Digital twins as a simulation of the future infrastructure of cities
- E-office
Invited panelists:
- Michał Olszewski, Deputy Mayor of the City of Warszawy
- Jerzy Muzyk, Vice Mayor of the City of Krakow for Sustainable Development
Moderator:
- Szymon Ciupa, Editor, Smartcity-expert.eu
14:20-14:35 Case 1: GAIA X – European cloud for cities
- Representative of Atos*
14:35-14:45 Case 2: TBC title
- System EG representative
14:45-15:25 Data Analytics: More Data, More Risk
Best practices – sesja casów o danych
Case 1: Challenges of city data integration – how to combine it all?
- technology provider / city and technology:…
Case 2: Open source, open data and data management
- technology provider / city and technology:…
Case 3: Cybersecurity and throughput of security devices
- technology provider / city and technology:…
Case 4: A city in a machine’s eye – a case study
- Marcin Słomiński, Business Development Manager, ADT Group
15:25 Lunch
Day II – 14 October 2021
9:00-9:10 Opening of the 2nd day
9:10-10:30 Smart Village in technological, investment, economic and social aspect
- How to implement technologies in small municipalities? Development of the Smart Village idea
- How to attract investors to a small municipality? Types of investments, scale, challenges.
- How to educate local communities (the problem of ICT infrastructure)?
- Digitization of rural communities – needs
- Effective fight against digital exclusion
- Problems of small towns – how to counteract migration to larger towns
- Smart suburbs and the Smart Mobility Suburbs concept. Transport exclusion in Poland
Invited panelists:
- Artur Tusiński, Mayor of the City of Podkowa Leśna
- Jerzy Bauer, Mayor of Ostrów Mazowiecki
- Paweł Biarda, COO, NEXERA
Case 1: Smart Rural – development of nonurban / rural areas. What should be done, how to prepare the area, what are the amenities?
- Representative of Nexera
Case 2: Improving the quality of using communication infrastructure services
- technology provider / city and technology:…
Case 3: The use and provision of ICT infrastructure. What are the benefits of providing a fiber-optic network? How to build and how to share the network? Social aspects of 5G technology and high-speed Internet.
10:30-11:30 Smart-Lighting
- The role of light in active urban space. Selective light
- ESG principles in urban lighting. Light pollution problem
- Eco-certification of products and impact on the carbon footprint
- PV and the use of solar lamps
Invited panelists:
- Jakub Banaszek, Mayor of the City of Chełm
- Bartosz Bartoszewicz, Vice-president of the city of Gdynia
- Rafał Bruski, Mayor of the City of Bydgoszczy
- Sabina Nowsielska, Mayor of the City of Kędzierzyna-Koźle
- Dariusz Matyśkiewicz, Vice-president of the city of Bełchatów
- Representatives of technology providers
Moderator:
- Michał Waloch, CEO, Pol-Lightning
Case: Title TBD
- technology provider / city and technology:…
11:30-12:10 Let’s network – hybrid formula of a coffee break and networking
12:10-13:20 Future of the city transport
- ESG principles in the development of infrastructure and municipal transport in Poland and in the world
- How does technology affect municipal transport? Examples
- Mobility-as-a-service
- What changes are we seeing in the management and functioning of Polish municipal transport?
- AI controlled traffic lights to improve the safety and efficiency of city traffic
- Analytics and interpretation of live video streaming in traffic management and transit systems
- Smart parking, electromobility and charging stations
- Challenges related to ensuring safety in public transport
Debate
Zaproszeni paneliści (TBC):
- Dariusz Polowy, Mayor of the City of Racibórz
- Paweł Silbert, Mayor of the City of Jaworzno
- Jarosław Bułka, Plenipotentiary of the Mayor of Kraków for Digital Transformation
- Daniel Wacinkiewicz, Deputy Mayor of the City of Szczecin
13:20-14:50 Ekocity
Case 1: How to effectively implement a circular economy? Eco-heating plant in Olsztyn. Investment process, procedural challenges, from idea to implementation.
- Piotr Grzymowicz, Mayor of the City of Olsztyn
Case 2: New policy in the courier consignment industry according to ESG principles
- technology provider / city and technology:…
Case 3: title TBD
- Representative of Xylem
Debate
- Towards zero-emissions. How to build a zero-emission city in Poland? Is it possible? Modern zero-emission cities and eco-cities in the world.
- Closed Circuit Economy – examples of effective functioning
- Waste management
- Garbage collection – competitiveness of municipal companies in a large city. Waste disposal
- Recycling – ways to enforce waste segregation among residents of cities and municipalities
- Wastewater treatment plants – infrastructural and technological problems; Water treatment;
- What is the Green Cities idea?
- What technical, legal and participatory solutions can contribute to achieving climate neutrality? ESG rules
- Smog and air quality. Formal and technological tools to control and improve air quality in cities
- Financing of projects from EU funds for local governments and municipal companies
Invited panelists:
- Piotr Grzymowicz, Mayor of the City of Olsztyn
- Beata Moskal-Słaniewska, Mayor of the City of Świdnica
14:50 Lunch
* The organizer reserves the right to change the agenda, date and place.
