AGENDA
18th Smart City Forum
Day I, 28th May 2024.
9:00 – 9:30 AM Registration of Guests
9:30 – 9:40 AM Speech by the Honorary Chairman of the Programme Council
- Jacek Sutryk, Honorary Chairman of the Program Council, Mayor of the City of Wrocław
9:40 – 9:50 AM Speech by the Chairman of the Programme Council
- Maciej Bluj, Chairman of the Program Council Smart City Forum, Expert of the Smart City solutions field, Deputy Mayor of the City of Wrocław in the years of 2007-2018
INAUGURAL BLOCK A COMPASS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS – HOW TO PLAN THE FUTURE OF A CITY
9:50 – 10:50 AM A compass for local governments – how to plan the future of a city
Inaugural debate
- Upcoming digital challenges for local governments – an outlook to 2030
- Smart young generation – building communication with Generation Z
- inclusive and collaborative tools
- participatory platforms – involvement in urban decision-making processes
- harnessing the potential of youth to integrate the digitally excluded
- Education and competence building – how the city can effectively support students in modern forms of education
- New technologies, platforms and urban infrastructure for education
- A better start – housing policy for the young
Speakers:
- Jacek Sutryk, Honorary Chairman of the Program Council, Mayor of the City of Wrocław
- Agata Wojda, Mayor of the City of Kielce
- Maciej Kupaj, Mayor of the City of Legnica*
- Konrad Pokora, Mayor of the City of Zduńska Wola
- Jerzy Łużniak, Mayor of the City of Jelenia Góra
Moderator:
- Rafał Kerger, Economic and Local Government Journalist
BLOCK ZERO-EMISSION URBAN MOBILITY STRATEGY
10:50 – 11:05 AM ITS implementation in Chorzów and the benefits gained
Case study
- Mariusz Kołkowski, ITS Business Development Director, Sprint S.A.
- Błażej Buja, Municipal Roads and Bridges Management, Chorzów City Hall
11:05 – 12:05 AM Zero-emission urban mobility strategy
Debate
- Targets and priorities in electromobility by 2030
- public transport, public infrastructure, urban fleet and cooperation with operators
- Building a Low Emission Zone
- communication and dialogue with the community
- Multimodality in urban transport with the inclusion of aspects of individual transport
- creation of an ecosystem
- Polish cycling strategy – how to support alternative forms of transport
- Traffic control systems, traffic lights and priorities for public transport
- Sensors, cameras, algorithms – that is, AI systems for traffic monitoring and management
- Parking policy in cities – intelligent traffic and parking management systems
- Cashless mobility and urban services
- integration of mobile apps, smart ticketing and route-planning platforms
- electronic vehicle tags
- Traffic data – optimization of transport infrastructure and services
Speakers:
- Maciej Glamowski, Mayor of the City of Grudziądza*
- Jakub Mazur, Deputy Mayor of the City of Wrocławia
- Przemysław Kamiński, Mayor of the City of Bielska-Białej*
- Kazimierz Karolczak, President, Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia
- Waldemar Matukiewicz, Vice-President of the Management Board, Sprint S.A.
- Dariusz Obcowski, President of the Management Board, Yunex Traffic
- Mirosława Kaźmierowska, Director of Sustainability, Stadtraum Group, Projekt Parking
- Paweł Seluk, Head of Mobility & Rail Solutions, Hitachi Europe
Moderator:
- Agata Wiśniewska-Mazur, Associate Director of Organization Development, Polskie Stowarzyszenie Paliw Alternatywnych
12:05 – 12:15 PM AI in public transport
Case study
- Agnes Loder, Director of International Business Development, HaydenAI
12:15 – 12:25 PM Infrastructure for the Roads of the Future
Case study
- Łukasz Borowski, Head of Engineering and Service, Yunex Traffic
12:25 – 12:35 PM Efficient use of urban space with GRAND VERTICAL PARKING – automatic vertical parking
Case study
- Marcin Karkut, Product Manager, Grupa GRANDTraffic
12:35 – 1:20 PM NETWORKING BREAK
BLOCK CLEAN CITY FOR RESIDENTS
1:20 – 2:10 PM Clean City for Residents
Debate
- ESG in cities – driving action toward green transformation.
- Improving air quality and combating climate change in an urban context
- monitoring air quality and pollution
- Plans to accelerate the transition to a closed-loop built environment
- recycling in urban architecture
- the role of architecture as a tool for shaping the climate
- Landscape resolutions
- How to build an efficient communication and information pipeline – housing the devastation after the storms caused by climate change
- Blue economy – how can digitization, technology, innovation and data protect and regenerate coastal biodiversity and aquatic ecosystems in and around cities?
Speakers:
- Piotr Kuczera, Mayor of the City of Rybnika
- Artur Szymczyk, Deputy Mayor of the City of Lublin for Investment and Development
- Hana Kvartová, Regional Director, SAS Central Europe
- Małgorzata Rybak-Dowżyk, Head of Corporate Communication and ESG Department, T-Mobile Polska
- Ariel Wojciechowski, Partner relations and InPost Green City programme expert, InPost
Modarator:
- Maciej Bluj, Expert of the Smart City solutions field, Deputy Mayor of the City of Wrocław in the years of 2007-2018
2:10 – 2:20 PM How does technology support ESG in cities?
Case study
- Piotr Biały, Market Sales Director Smart City & IoT, T-Mobile Business Solutions
2:20 – 2:35 PM Green transformation – a common goal for Wrocław and InPost Green City
Case study
- Katarzyna Sokołowska, Department of Sustainable Development, Urząd Miejski Wrocławia
- Paula Rapiej-Kaczmarczyk, Senior Partner Relations and InPost Green City Programme Specialist, InPost
2:35 – 2:45 PM Landscape resolutions, impact on advertising revenues for cities and opportunities for integration with Smart City systems
Case study
- Paweł Orłowski, President of the Management Board, Synergic
BLOCK DATA FOR THE CITY – HYPER-PERSONALIZATION OF THE RESIDENT AND ADAPTATION OF CITY SERVICES
2:45 – 2:55 PM The strategic role of analytics platforms and AI in effective urban management through data
Case study
- Paweł Sokołowski, Senior Account Executive, SAS Institute
2:55 – 3:15 PM Opole+ City Mobile Platform
Case study
- Wojciech Dec, Business Solution Manager, COMARCH
- Michał Kramarz, Head of Investors Service Department, Urząd Miasta Opole
3:15 – 3:25 PM Data Driven Traffic Management
Case study
- Przemysław Staśkowiak, Solution Consultant EMENA, Kapsch TrafficCom AG
3:25 – 4:15 PM Data for the city – hyper-personalization of the resident and adaptation of city services
Debate
- Data-driven decisions – collecting, analyzing and using data
- the potential to predict behaviour and social needs based on data
- Benefits of open data and transparency of information – cooperation and awareness of residents
- Data in service – improving the quality of life for residents
- The potential and application of IoT for monitoring and managing urban infrastructure
- new technologies for mapping the city
- Personalized urban services – a study of the needs of the resident
- ML applications in smart city management
Speakers:
- Magdalena Cieślik, Deputy Mayor of the City of Sopotu
- Michał Łakomski, Mayor’s Plenipotentiary for Smart City, Urząd Miasta Poznań
- Anna Dwurnik, Chief Specialist, Office for Smart Management of Sustainable Development – Smart City, Urząd Miasta Kielce
- Paweł Witkowski, Director of CIUWO
- Monika Rutyna, Spatial Information System Manager, Urząd Miasta Bolesławiec
- Maciej Zezyk, Area Sales Manager Poland, Kapsch Telematic Services
Moderator:
- Szymon Ciupa, Smart City and GIS Expert
4:15 PM LUNCH
Day II, 29th May 2024.
9:00 – 9:30 AM Registration of Guests
9:30 – 9:50 AM Speech by the Minister of Digital Affairs
- Dr Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Affairs, Government Plenipotentiary for Cyber Security
BLOCK MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS
9:50 – 10:40 AM Municipal investments
Debate
- Investment, investment… – how cities can counter the economic crisis
- KPO and counteracting the economic downturn
- an action plan tailored to the specific needs of a city – how to make effective use of funding
- “We light up Poland”. – facts and conclusions on implementation
- Public-private partnerships to implement projects
- Investment potential and breakthrough technologies
Speakers:
- Jakub Mazur, Deputy Mayor of the City of Wrocławia
- Piotr Grzybowski, President of the Management Board, Regional Economic Fund S.A. in Częstochowa, Deputy Mayor of the City of Częstochowa in 2020-2024
- Maciej Jeziorski, Public Sector Director CEE, Signify Poland
- Maciej Witczak, President of the Management Board, Oświetlenie Uliczne i Drogowe
Moderator:
- Rafał Kerger, Economic and Local Government Journalist
10:40 – 10:55 AM Poland during and after the “Lighten up Poland” programme – modular flexibility in the product and project approach.
Case study
- Michał Macewicz, Sales Director Street & Road Luminaires, Lena Lighting
- Maciej Lewandowski, Business Development Manager, Lena Lighting
BLOCK TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Discussion of specific examples of cities that have been successful in developing smart solutions – lessons learned from these projects
10:55 – 11:30 AM Technology for sustainable development
Debate 4+1
- Design and development of technological solutions in cities – best practices
- How to support entrepreneurship and regional innovation
- Dialogue and cooperation – identifying residents’ problems and needs
Speakers:
- Justyna Lichosik, Director, Kielecki Park Technologiczny
- Małgorzata Michalska, Director of Centre for Urban Innovation, UrbanLab Rzeszów
- Radosław Michalski, Director of City Promotion and Tourism Department, Urząd Miejski Wrocławia
- dr Bartosz Piziak, Head of the Urban Innovation Lab, Institute for Urban and Regional Development
Moderator:
- Olga Dzieciątkowska, Coordinator of Poznań City Lab
Best Practices
2 x case study
11:30 – 11:45 AM Improving urban life through IoT – efficient energy management
Case study
- Magdalena Raczko, Head of the M2M and IoT Services Team, Polkomtel
- Karol Szeszycki, Product Manager, Apator Rector
11:45 – 11:55 AM A city with its own 5G network: growth through digital transformation
Case study
- Paweł Niedzielski, Sales Director, Nokia Solutions and Networks
11:55 – 12:40 PM NETWORKING BREAK
BLOCK ENERGY AND SAVINGS
12:40 – 1:30 PM Energy and savings
Debate
- A strategy for the coming increase in energy costs
- Energy efficiency – smooth and efficient energy supply to cities
- urban energy transformation
- the potential of energy buying groups
- how to effectively eliminate your carbon footprint
- Modernization of district heating networks
- Energy and ecology – efficient energy management in cities
- emission fees and incentive schemes
- the future of green buildings
- Development of renewable energy sources in the city
Speakers:
- Artur Szymczyk, Deputy Mayor of the City of Lublin
- Tomasz Matuszewski, Mayor of the City of Sanok
- Krzysztof Szaliński, President of the Management Board, PEC-Gliwice Sp. z o.o.
- Michał Marona, Country Manager, SolarEdge Polska
- Sławomir Stępień, Expert – Biuro
Moderator:
- Anita Cieślicka, Cities Programme Director, Forum Energii
1:30 – 1:40 PM Monitoring and optimisation of resource consumption in a large city organism
Case study
- Krzysztof Waszkiewicz, Head of Digital Business Development, Hitachi Europe
1:40 – 1:50 PM Case study
Case study
BLOCK PLATFORMS AND MODERN SOLUTIONS FOR E-GOVERNMENT
1:50 – 2:40 PM Platforms and modern solutions for e-government
Debate
- The e-Government platform and remote services – how to integrate e-Government services and systems to simplify administrative processes
- how to automate processes with technology
- Blockchain’s potential to secure important transactions and processes
- Integrated payment systems – how to improve online payment services, tax payment, and utility payments
- How to effectively use city portals to communicate with residents
- access to services and information on mobile devices
- Electronic citizen cards as a unified medium – potential, best practices
- Cyber-secure office – how to take care of residents’ data and government systems
Speakers:
- Bartosz Dominiak, Director General, Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji
- Karolina Zdrodowska, Acting Director Coordinator for Entrepreneurship and Social Dialogue, Urząd M.St. Warszawy*
- Paweł Schmidt, Director of the IT Service Centre, Urząd Miasta Krakowa
- Zbigniew Wiśniewski, Vice President, Fundacja Polska Bezgotówkowa
- Cezary Kisiel, Director of JST Sector, Limitless Technologies
Moderator:
- dr Sebastian Grabowski, Smart City Expert of the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Host of the MiastoMiasto Channel
2:40 PM LUNCH
Update 26.04.2024