Strategic networking is the event’s objective. Cities, science, strategy, future and excellence. This event is a call for long term partnering for H2020’s Smart Cities projects and Horizon Europe’s “Cities for Excellence” related missions.
By email to Kamila Olchowicz || kamila.olchowicz@irradiare.com
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13:30 Welcome coffee
14:00 Opening address, Dr. Brigita Serafinavičiūtė, Head of LINO - Lithuanian RDI Liaison Office in Brussels
14:05 Key-note address, Prof. Ricardo Machado, Vice-Rector and Professor at the Department of Information Systems, University of Minho
14:15 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University R&D activities and initiatives for smart cities, Prof. Antanas Čenys, Vice-rector for Research and Innovation, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
14:25 Science and Innovation Excellence in Slovenia, Maja Ferlinc, Senior Economic Advisor, SBRA- Slovenian Business & Research Association
14:35 Smart co-development innovation strategies, Paula Peiró, Project developer, IrRADIARE, Science for Evolution
14:45 FP7 and H2020 Smart City projects, 6 years of experiences in urban transformation, Sergio Sanz, Researcher, CARTIF Technology Centre
14:55 University of research excellence-making a real difference to real lives, Janette Gilder, Director of the Project Support Office of the University of Wolverhampton, City of Wolverhampton, Midlands Engine
15:05 The cluster as a transforming agent of cities to promote opportunities and generate wealth, Cristina Murillo, Cluster Services Manager, GAIA Cluster
15:15 Sustainable Energy Innovation and Cooperation in Lithuania, Rolandas Urbonas, Deputy Director, LEI- Lithuanian Energy Institute
15:25 SINFONIA and Stardust Smart Cities Endevours, Farah Fahim, Research Development Office, EURAC Research
15:35 EU Smart Cities Information System - Making cities more liveable and sustainable, Tatiana Pasquel Garcia, Business Developer, Smart Energy and Built Environment, VITO
15:45 Innovation-chain clustering – thematic tables
16:25 Summary presentations of thematic table conclusions
16:50 Concluding remarks and next steps - Brigita Serafinaviciute, Head of LINO - Lithuanian RDI Liaison Office in Brussels
17:00 Closure and networking tea
09:00 Registration, networking coffee
09:30 Welcome address – HE Ambassador Pedro Lourtie, Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union
09:40 Opening address - Jens Bartholmes, Policy Officer, DG Energy, European Commission
10:10 Climate, energy and transport cluster in Horizon Europe – perspectives for smart cities – Pirita Lindholm, Director, ERRIN- European Regions Research and Innovation Network
10:20 Cities for Excellence, Marcos António Nogueira, Managing partner, IrRADIARE, Science for Evolution
10:30 City of Guimarães, European Innovation Capital for 2020, Ricardo Costa, Councillor, City of Guimarães
10:40 Vilnius Smart City, first to innovate, Mindaugas Pakalnis, Chief Architect of Vilnius City
10:50 Coffee break
11:10 Zorrotzaurre, an open gateway to the future of cities, Gotzone Sagardui Goikoetxea, Deputy-Mayor, City of Bilbao
11:20 Boosting innovation, Krista Taipale, Head of International Affairs at the Uusimaa Regional Council
11:30 Smarter Together - Smart and Inclusive Solutions for a Better Life in Urban Districts, Waltraud Schmid, Head of Energy Center at Urban Innovation Vienna
11:40 Sonderborg – Getting to zero by 2029 the smart way, Iben Nelsen, Senior Project Manager, City of Sønderborg
11:50 #brno2050 as a Smart City Brno Strategy and Framework towards the next generation of Innovation Cities, Jiří Marek, Manager of Events and Projects of Smart City, City of Brno
12:00 Sharing Cities, European Leadership in Smart Cities, Bernadett Köteles-Degrendele, Smart cities project coordinator, EUROCITIES
12:10 Keynote address. Scientific Evidence-Based Policy-Making for Cities, Maria da Graça Carvalho, member of European Commission's Scientific Advice Unit
12:30 Debate
13:00 Closure
Maria da Graça Carvalho
Jens Bartholmes
Antanas Čenys
Bernadett Degrendele
Brigita Serafinaviciute
Cristina Murillo Gomez
Gotzone Sagardui Goikoetxea
Iben Nielsen
Janette Gilder
Krista Taipale
Marcos António Nogueira
Jiři Marek
Paula Peiró
Pirita Lindholm
Mindaugas Pakalnis
Ricardo Costa
Ricardo J. Machado
Rolandas Urbonas
Sergio Sanz
Tatiana Pasquel Garcia
Waltraud Schmid
Farah Fahim
Pieter Faber
Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union
41-43 Rue Belliard || 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union
12 Avenue de Cortenbergh || 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Guimarães is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga.
Its historic town center is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Guimarães is regarded as the birth place of Portugal and this extensive history is reflected in the variety of national monuments and historic buildings found within the city.
The city still has a harmonious, well-preserved heritage that is evident in the graceful iron verandas, granite balconies and porticos, mansions, arches connecting the narrow streets, paving slabs smoothed by time, towers and cloisters.
Vilnius is located in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second largest city in the Baltic states. Vilnius is also known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
Vilnius is the major economic center of Lithuania and one of the largest financial centers of the Baltic states. There are growing local advanced solar and laser technologies manufacturers centers, such as photovoltaic elements and renewable energy producers, high performance lasers manufacturers, biotechnological manufacturers which successfully supply their products into global markets.
Helsinki, the capital of Finland, has a population of over 626,300 inhabitants and greater Helsinki does even count up to 1.4 million.
Helsinki is Finland´s major political, educational, financial, cultural and research centre as well as one of northern Europe´s major cities. Helsinki is continuously at the top of comparisons and evaluations of the European and global smart cities.
The smart city development is determined by the strong role of the city where the staff actively works directly with the citizens and other stakeholders. In areas where the city owns the land this offers a good opportunity to directly influence the integration of smart home solutions in new buildings.
Secondly, the city owns a utility company which is in charge of the electricity as well as district heating and cooling grids and is also main provider of electricity for these grids. These facts allow the city council to make independent decisions on the energy development of the city.
Finally, as a complement to this, the city has strongly invested in open, digital technologies for smart city developments.
Brno, with 378,000 inhabitants, is the second largest city in the Czech Republic and is situated at the centre of the South Moravian Region. It has a strategic geographic position within Central Europe with excellent transport accessibility. Brno is a modern, dynamic and fast-growing centre of industry, research and innovation. In addition to being a city of universities, Brno also claims a high quality of life as a cultural, sporting and historical centre, complimented by a beautiful natural environment.
The Smart City Brno Concept was approved by Brno City Council in October 2015. The motto is that Brno is “a city which cleverly, sensibly and effectively uses modern technology and approaches, leading to an improvement in quality of life, supporting effective governance, preserving natural resources, and enhancing energy sustainability.
Vienna, Austria’s capital, lies in the country’s east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud. The city is also known for its Imperial palaces, including Schönbrunn, the Habsburgs’ summer residence.
Vienna has a well-established Smart City Framework Strategy putting an emphasis on citizen’s participation and life quality in addition to more “traditional” technology driven approaches. Vienna has a strong governance tradition with well-established structured dialogue with citizens, including a series of institutions dealing with the dialogue. This participation dialogue (beyond democratic elections etc.) goes from simple information up to co-creation processes.
The 76,000 citizens of the little-known Danish municipality Sonderborg act, while politicians talk and climate change is accelerating. The city shares the vision of Project Zero and have committed themselves to take Sonderborg zero carbon by 2029.
Sonderborg is a picturesque municipality close to the water and the German border, and it wants to prove that climate neutrality is achievable when cities take decisive action and ensure citizens and companies participate in finding new solutions and retrofitting society’s energy consumption and generation.
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain with a population of 345,141. The Bilbao metropolitan area has roughly 1 million inhabitants making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in northern Spain.
It is a city that is an example of urban transformation at a global level and has maintained a number of hallmarks that make it singular and unique.
