Presentations and Session overviews
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13:
DIGEST OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSFORMATION
Overview of the session by the Session Chair Paolo Boscolo
Digital transformation in Greece(*)
Prof. Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos – General Secretary of Information Systems for Public Administration / Ministry of Digital Governance
New horizons in collaborative city leadership
Robin Hambleton – Emeritus Professor of City Leadership, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Where should I go from here? (Alice) _ Interesting question. (Siri)
Isabella Mader – CEO Excellence Research – Vienna
Milan Digital Ecosystem, developing City APIs / Working together, improving outcomes
Agnese Bianchi – Head of the Smart City Unit of the Municipality of Milano
Which open innovation to build new digital services for citizens ?
Gwennaëlle Costa-Le-Vaillant – Director Data, Digitalisation and Smart Region – Région Ile de France
Lessons learned from the digitalization journey of the Luxembourg municipalities: the role of cross-municipal collaboration and open digital government platform to accelerate transformation
Carlo Gambucci – General Manager SIGI – Luxembourg
Digital Transition in Tuscany Region: strategy and roadmap
Gianluca Vannuccini – Chief Information Officer and Director of IT Department – Region Tuscany
Urban policy making in Sofia, through analysis of crowdsourced data
Ana D. Georgieva – Senior Expert, Digitalisation Innovation and Investments, Innovative Sofia, Sofia Municipality
Skills for local government: one eye on the present, one eye on the future
Robin Heilig – City of Vienna, Digitization Public Administration, CIO Office of the City of Vienna
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14:
DIGEST OF GREEN TRANSFORMATION AND LIVEABLE CITIES
Overview of the session by the Session Chair Martin Ferguson
The European Green Deal – linking the green and digital transition
Joachim D’Eugenio – Senior Expert on Zero Pollution in DG Environment of the European Commission
Achieve A Water Sensitive City Using Natural Based (Profitable!) Solutions – a City Case Study
Mor Harir – Head of Innovation and Sustainability at Ramat Gan Municipality – Israel
SmartBus: A Holistic Platform for Efficient Public Transportation in Smart Cities
Thanasis Korakis – Professor, University of Thessaly – Greece
Case study of Energy Atlas Project
Dubravka Mendeš Poljak – Head of the Digital Strategy Department within the ICT Sector, at the Municipality of Zagreb
Smart Issy: from digital transition to climate transition
Eric Legale – Managing Director of Issy Media – France
HARMONY EU project; : Spatial and transport planning tools for a new mobility era
Elena Patatouka – Urban geographer, Architect – Urbanist – Senior Project Manager at e-trikala – Greece
Prato Urban Jungle
Valerio Barberis – City Board Member responsible for Urbanism and Environment in Prato – Italy
From Smart Cities to Responsive Cities: How digital twins are shaping the future of Government
Lieven Raes – Advisor Digital Flanders
Green Skills Revolution: preparing for sustainable growth
Alessandra de Seneen – Secretary General at INSOR and Partner BAICR cultura della Relazione – Italy
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15:
Digital skills and competences for smart cities staff: Smart Cities Body of Knowledge
Prof. Panos Fitsilis – Univ. of Thessaly, Coordinator and Lecturer – School of Science & Technology, Hellenic Open University, Project coordinator of “DevOps competences for Smart Cities”
Reimagining work
Nadira Hussain – Director of leadership development and research at Socitm – UK
Digital Ethics
Christopher Frauenberger – Professor for HCI – Center for Human – Computer Interaction – Paris Lodron University of Salzburg – Austria
DATA VAULTS – EU Project : DataVault Project: Empowering individuals to choose how and with whom share their personal data and get
rewarded for it
Paolo Boscolo – CIO of the City of Prato – Italy
DAVID VS. GOLIATH – MANAGING CYBERSECURITY THREATS & RESILIENCE
Overview of the session by the Session Chair Oliver Schwabe
Cyber Security – Lessons from COVID
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Posch – CIO, Federal Government Austria
Bridge to the 2022 Conference in Larissa and conclusions
Giorgio Prister – President of Major Cities of Europe
George Soultis – Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Larissa
(*) Speech without presentation or missing