Presentations
Monday:
SESSION 1 – ZAGREB WELCOME AND KEY NOTE SPEECHES
Welcome by the City of Zagreb and Major Cities of Europe
Milan Bandić, The Mayor of the City of Zagreb
Giorgio Prister, President – Major Cities of Europe
Smart City Achievements and Challenges – The City of Zagreb experience
Mirka Jozić, Head of office City Office for Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship – City of Zagreb
Digital transformation in government and the public sector in the Republic of Croatia
Bernard Gršić, State Secretary – Central State Office for the Development of the Digital Society – Ministry of Public Administration
Digital future – smart cities and regions
Mirjana Zubak, Assistant Head of the Mayor’s Office – City of Zagreb
Mirka Jozić, Head of office City Office for Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship – City of Zagreb
Bernard Gršić, State Secretary – Central State Office for the Development of the Digital Society – Ministry of Public Administration
Željko Jurić, Head of Department – Information Technology Department – City of Rijeka
Igor Andrović, County Prefect – Virovitičko-Podravska County
Jasna Golubić, Head of the Administrative Department of Construction and Physical Planning – City of Koprivnica
The European capital of Innovation
Giuseppe Ruotolo, European Commission – DG Research & Innovation
SPONSOR’S SEMINARS
Seminar by Vipnet:
5 Vipnet principles to Digital City approach
Seminar by Proaxis-Storm:
TDM digital signage developed for Sony
SESSION 2 – LOCAL DEMOCRACY IN A SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD
Youth at work: enhanced democracy in progress
Anja Wyden Guelpa, State Chancellor – Canton of Geneva
Local democracy – US perspective
Alan Shark, CEO – US Public Technology Institute
The Open Budget project of the Association of Croatian Counties
Goran Pauk, President – Croatian Association of Counties
Youngster’s education in managing threats: post truth, cyberbullying, social exclusion
Maria Ranieri, Associate Professor – University of Florence
Tuesday:
SESSION 3 – EGOVERNMENT – PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG?
Non Stop Innovation at Smart Tel Aviv
Liora Shechter, CIO – City of Tel Aviv
The challenges of Digital Transformation in Local Governments
Manel Sanromà, CEO – AOC – Open Administration Consortium of Catalunya
Digital transformation in Hamburg
Joern Riedel, CIO City State of Hamburg
The Failure of e-Government, and what to do about It
Vishanth Weerakkody – Bradford University
Paul Waller – Brunel University
SESSION 4 – THE GREAT VANISHING ACT – PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THE IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
Blockchain technology in public administration
Dieter Rehfeld, CEO – Regio IT – Aachen
Archi-Tech: a glimpse into the technological future of cities
Helen Wexler, Director – Jnext – Jerusalem Development Authority
The impact of machine learning on the public sector
Eleonora Harwich, Researcher – REFORM – UK
PARALLEL SPONSOR’S SEMINARS
Seminar by the EU Project Route-to-PA:
ICT tools for Open Data based discussions and improvement of citinzens’ co-operation with the PA: the Route-to-PA project
Donato Pirozzi – University of Salerno
Elena Palmisano – City of Prato
Lukasz Porwol – NUI Galway
Paolo Boscolo – Coordinator – ICT service – City of Prato
Seminar by the University of Florence:
Knowledge Based Smart City Solution Providing Service APIs
Emanuele Bellini – University of Florence
Nicola Mitolo – University of Florence
Paolo Nesi – University of Florence
Michela Paolucci – University of Florence
SPONSOR’S SEMINAR
Seminar by Infodom:
Vision of the World Development and Digital Transformation of Cities: Ecosystems and Interoperability
Anita Lovrić – InfoDom
Hrvoje Sagrak – InfoDom
Slavko Vidović – InfoDom
PARALLEL SESSION 5 – RESILIENCE OF CITIES
Florence, smart and resilience city: from planning to action
Alessandra Barbieri, Manager – EU Project Office and of the Smart city plan – Municipality of Florence
City.Risks Project – Increasing the perception of security of citizens in cities and reducing the fear of crime
Socrates Costicoglou, EU project coordinator
Communications in a crisis
Norbert Weidinger, Deputy CIO – City of Vienna
How to better prevent and report burglary?
Christian Siri, Project manager – Zurich City Police
PARALLEL SESSION 6 – EMBEDDING AND FACILITATING INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SECTOR
Networked Government and Embedded Innovation
Isabella Mader, CEO & CIO – Excellence Institute – Austria
Going Places – innovation in UK local public services
Martin Ferguson, Director – Policy & Research – Socitm – UK
SmartCityPlatform as a tool for innovation of public/city service
Blaž Golob, CEO – SmartIScity Ltd – Slovenia
PARALLEL SESSION 7 – URBAN INNOVATION AND DIGITALISATION IN PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICES FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Welcome and introduction
Andrea Sbandati, Director – Conservizi Toscana
Giorgio Prister, President – Major Cities of Europe
The Florence experience of “smart city and utilities”
Gianluca Vannuccini, Director – ICT department – City of Florence
Sara Naldoni, Project leader – SCU Florence
Design Thinking and User Experience for a Living, Safer and Smarter City
Luca Battistella, Deputy Councillor for Innovation and Smart City – City of Venice
Alessandra Poggiani, CEO – VENIS – City of Venice
Zagreb City Holding towards Smart city Strategy
Mirela Bartolec Barbir, Head of Department for Corporate developement – Headquarters of Zagreb Holding Ltd.
The role of public services’ providers in sustainable cities
Klaus Nutzenberger, Vice chairman – Sustainability board of CEEP
Wednsesday:
SESSION 8 – WORLD CAFÉ – FIRST ROUND
SESSION 8 – WORLD CAFÉ – SECOND ROUND
Citizens participation
Norbert Weidinger, Deputy CIO – City of Vienna
Gender equality: The declining numbers of women in hi-tech
Edna Pasher, European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT)
Project failure – a new solution?
Vishanth Weerakkody, Bradford Univ.
Paul Waller, Brunel Univ.
Harnessing Location intelligence
Martin Ferguson, Director – Policy & Research, Socitm, UK
Structure of ICT departments in a digital age
Glyn Evans, VP – Major Cities of Europe
Artificial Intelligence in Public Sector
Eleonora Harwich, Researcher – REFORM – UK
Open data and Big Data
Paolo Boscolo, Coordinator – ICT service – City of Prato
What city problems are we solving with IoT?
Luka Sučić, IoT Expert
SESSION 9 – BOOSTING THE DIGITAL ECONOMY – THE ROLE OF LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES
How to create economic value with the digital ecosystem: the case of Lyon Metropolis
Hervé Groléas, CIO – Lyon Metropolis
Economic Development initiatives in Zagreb
Frane Šesnić, CEO – Development agency Zagreb – TPZ Ltd.
Talent Garden – a platform for innovation and digital entrepreneurship in the city – Case stories from Vienna and Milan
Rasa Strumskyte, CMO – Talent Garden
How Angers innovation rely on local economy and contribute to the City’s attractiveneness
Arnaud ASCENSI, Director – Innovation and Digital Territory – Angers Loire development agency
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