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Program

 

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

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