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Program 16. SMART CITY FORUM

DAY I, 31st May 2023

9:00-9:30 Registration

9:30-9:40 The Ceremonial inauguration

9:40 – 10:40 CITY MAYORS’ SUMMIT

Inauguration debate:

  • The economic condition from the local governments’ perspective
  • Challenges before the Smart City concept – a multidimensional approach to a city
  • Sharing economy – the important voice of local governments at times of crisis and new economic models
  • Debt and regional inequality – financial strategies and efficient implementation of projects and tasks
    • the future of regional policy in Poland – the perspective till 2030
  • Education, inspiration, and upbringing of future generations in the spirit of innovation

10:40 – 11:30 SMART CITY – COOPERATION

Debate:

  • Models of cooperation with business used in smart cities 
  • Smart City strategy building  
    • structures and organizational solutions in a local government 
  • Local government start-ups – exchange of experience 
  • Collaboration between local governments and non-government organizations in terms of the creation of public policies regarding smart cities – innovation-oriented
  • Non-prescriptive acquisition of funds from local governments
  • E-government as a way to meet financial, environmental, and service challenges
    • creating available services and administration openness
  • Automation and solution development – where are we heading?

11:30-12:00 Break

12:00 – 13:30 OPEN DATA – DEVELOPMENT FUEL OF MODERN CITIES

Debate:

  • City data analysis – development planning and maximization of information value
    • data analytics and video analytics – coordination of early response
  • Creation of new services and applications on the bases of data 
  • The use of AI in a city
  • Monitoring and video analytics – as a source of information on what is happening in the city
  • Education concerning threats and self-awareness of local governments 
    • how to prevent data leakages and data loss 
    • means of data protection and backup
  • Citizen’s perspective – data use ethics and GDPR

13:30 – 15:00 ECO CITY AND SMART ENVIRONMENT

Debate:

  • Sustainable city of today and future generations
    • technological trends for green cities –  inspiring and innovative solutions
  • The open data potential – the use of open data in eco-cities
  • Green transformation funding
  • Smart building –  re-urbanization, architecture, and thermo-modernization
    • smart planning  – do smart cities require tearing down and rebuilding the existing infrastructure?
  • The significance of green areas in city centers
    • the education of future generations 
  • Closed Circuit Economy and the advantages of transformation – where are we?

15:00 Lunch

DAY II, 1st June 2023

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:10 Opening of Day 2

9:10 – 10:20 ENERGY TRANSFORMATION OF A SMART CITY

Debate:

  • The energy crisis of 2022/2023 – the effects on the economy and power engineering
    • group purchases of energy 
    • advisory services regarding optimization of power energy use parameters 
  • Optimization of measuring systems –
  • Carbon neutrality of cities till 2050 – European Green Deal 
  • Saving strategy for the future  – how to speed up the construction of renewable energy sources
    • community power engineering
    • an efficient approach to carbon footprint
  • Energy storage and energy banks – infrastructure and technological solutions
    • renewable energy sources in a city – functionality increase of photovoltaic installation with the use of electric cars
  • Smart-lighting in infrastructure management 

10:20 – 11:20 WATER IN THE CITY

Debate:

  • Smart metering and remote monitoring of the work of district heating networks and water and sewer systems
    • remote reading – the way from utility companies to the building manager 
    • availability of dedicated solutions in a city 
  • Water purity analysis and monitoring
  • Water management 
  • Water treatment technology – the quality of water in Polish cities

11:20-11:50 Break

11:50 – 12:40 SMALL CITIES AND COMMUNES – THE STRATEGY OF BEING SMART

Debate:

  • Smart City 4.0 – how to use the community, involvement, and the voice of inhabitants
  • Adoption of smart solutions and generation of savings in smaller communes – barriers, and solutions
    • a search of unobvious income sources 
  • Model of open innovations – funding and acquisition of funds
  • Investments in IT infrastructure development
  • Suburbia – what strategy for the suburbs and who is going to benefit 
    • cooperation of suburban communes with metropolitan areas
  • Smart farming – development concepts (Smart Rural)

12:40 – 13:40 TRANSPORT TO THE FUTURE

Debate:

  • Ecological forms of transport – key aspects
    • traffic flow and comfort of movement
    • operation and maintenance of transport systems
    • micro-mobility as the integration of transport networks 
  • How to efficiently manage public transport and traffic in large urban areas – best practices
  • Digital twin and IoT in transport
  • Challenges connected with investments into charging infrastructure for electric cars and buses
  • Hydrogen – the fuel of the future for Polish cities
  • Transport, smart parking, and mobile payments
    • unification and payment standardization 
    • E-control – regulation of paid parking zones
    • attractive tourism – amenities for tourists visiting Polish cities
  • Vehicle maintenance and safety – control over non-standard behaviors of drivers

13:40 – 14:30 DIGITAL CITIZEN – A MAN IN THE CITY

Debate:

  • Payment Security for seniors and children – education
  • Review of participatory budgets – inspirations and the most exciting ideas of inhabitants
  • The role of Urban-labs and urban business incubators
  • Health care and senior care – the role of local governments in providing access to telemedicine and telecare

14:40 Lunch

Update 26.02.2023

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