Presentations
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Wednesday, Oct 25:
About Major Cities of Europe & overview of the conference(*)
Giorgio Prister – President of Major Cities of Europe
Stefanie Dreyer – Conference Moderator
SESSION 1 – Managing climate change: citizens, technology, funding…what else?
Measuring impact of climate change mitigation to create new collective action
Alessandra de Seneen – BAICR and INSOR, Italy
Round Table: Net Zero Cities – Managing climate change(*)
Valerio Barberis – Councillor, City of Prato
Edoardo Zanchini – Director of Climate Office, City of Roma
Elena Grandi – Councillor, City of Milano
Chiara Foglietta – Councillor, City of Torino
Anna Lisa Boni – Councillor, City of Bologna
Andrea Giorgio – Councillor, City of Firenze
Chiara Gallani – Councillor, City of Padova
How Technology can Help Manage Climate Change
Alan Shark – Public Technology Institute, USA
Round Table: Cities facing climate change challenges(*)
Yogita Popat – Barnet Borough, UK
Salomé Zajbert – City of Eilat
Francesco Falcieri – CNR – National Research Council of Italy
Serena di Grazia – ECOSTEAM Project
Eco-sustainable optical fiber, Huawei’s proposal for Italy
Alexandre Grandeaux – Huawei Enterprise Italy
Maggioli Group, the present and future of Italian Smart Cities
Samuele Baroni – Maggioli Group
Interviews at the stands(*)
by Stefanie Dreyer and Glyn Evans
A Loom with a View
Isabella Mader – Excellence Research, Vienna
SESSION 2 – Digital Prato, Digital Tuscany Region, Digital Italy
Weaving the digital future in Prato
Paolo Boscolo – City of Prato
Digital Transition Strategy of Tuscany Region
Gianluca Vannuccini – Tuscany Region
PA-digitale2026: road to innovation
Chiara Daneo – Institutional Relations Office, Department of Digital Transformation – Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Session wrap up(*)
Benedetta Squittieri – Councillor for Innovation and Digital Agenda, City of Prato
SESSION 3 – The evolving role of Regions and Digital Regional Services
Skill development in Regions Flanders
Andreas Nikolakopoulos – V-ICT-OR, Flemish ICT Organisation
Lieven Raes – Digital Flanders
The evolving role of Regions and Digital Regional Services – Pooling of digital services and infrastructure, toward a territorial information system
Hervé Groléas – Lyon Metropole
Round Table(*)
Harri Kuusela – Regional Council of Paijat- Hameen, Finland
Andrea Sergiacomi – Marche Region
Martin Ferguson – Socitm
Kevin De Backer – V-ICT-OR, Flemish ICT Organisation
AI and Digital Twin of Cities: Do we need software innovation for urgent needs of cities?
Zeynep Sarılar – Chairwoman of ITEA – Eureka Cluster on Software Innovation
The CommEUnity: Postcard from the EU innovation
Mobility in Florence: manage the territory to improve flows UNCHAINing all potentials with our urban logistic services
Alessandra Barbieri – City of Firenze
Data-driven, evidence-informed decision-making with and by citizens – The EU COMPAIR project
Lieven Raes – Digital Flanders
Testimonial for Berenice International Group s.r.l.: City of Milan – A Digital Twin Smart City, leveraging Geospatial Intelligence
Bruno Monti – City of Milano
Thursday, Oct 26:
SESSION 4 – Digital transformations forced by scarce financial and human resources
Demographic change – crisis? What crisis?
Robin Heilig – City of Vienna
Change management at the strategic level: The case of Tallin
Raido Roop – City of Tallin
Round table(*)
Jacqueline Hunt – Cork County
Hervé Groléas – Lyon Metropole
Martin Ferguson – Socitm, UK
Isabella Mader – Excellence Research, Vienna
SESSION 5 – Digital skills, professional and management profiles
How to create resilient digital leaders
Nadira Hussain – Socitm, UK
The Syllabus Initiative
Maria Laura Comito – Department for Public Administration, Prime Minister’s Office, Italy
Round Table(*)
Flavia Marzano – Ampioraggio Foundation
Sara Naldoni – Confservizi Cispel Toscana
YoungSik Kim – UN University-EGOV
Maria Ranieri – University of Florence
SESSION 6 – The Tuscan Utilities system for Digital Services
Session introduction(*)
Sara Naldoni – Confservizi Cispel Toscana
Gianluca Vannuccini – Tuscany Region
Round Table – Smart Tuscany and Utilities, services to citizens and investments: are we ready for the digital revolution (*)?
Matteo Casanovi – President of Firenze Smart and Smart City Cispel Toscana Coordinator
Alessia Scappini – CEO of Revet
Marzia De Marzi – President of Edilizia Pubblica Pratese
Francesco Macrì – President of ESTRA SPA
Nicola Perini – President of Publiacqua and Confservizi Cispel Toscana
Giuseppe Meduri – Director of Communication, External Relations and Sustainability of Alia Servizi Ambientali
Filadelfo Spinella – President of Consiag Servizi Comuni
The CommEUnity: Postcard from the EU innovation
CLIMABOROUGH, innovative urban planning and procurement to trigger behavioral change for climate neutrality in cities
Matteo Satta – ANCI Toscana
EIT Urban Mobility: solving together the mobility challenges to facing our cities
Judith O’Meara – EIT Urban Mobility Director Innovation Hub Central, München
SESSION 7 – Parallel Workshops
CLIMABOROUGH, public procurement
Matteo Satta – ANCI Toscana
Francesco Molinari – ANCI Toscana
Costs and benefits of the urban mobility transition in European cities
Karma Islam – Special Interest Groups Officer, EIT Urban Mobility
Yoann Le Petit – Thought Leadership Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Round table
João Dinis – EMAC Cascais
Gabriella Esposito – University of Torino
Alessandra Barbieri – City of Firenze
Lieven Raes – Digital Flanders
Judith O’Meara – EIT Urban Mobility
SESSION 9 – Protection of citizens, infrastructures and public services
How data can save lives
Anatolii Vovniuk – Kyiv City Council
eID: from smartcard to Wallet
Stephan Klein – Governikus GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Round Table(*)
Flavia Marzano – Ampioraggio Foundation
Ruth Buckley – Cork City Council
The great bank robbery: cyber security table top exercise
Oliver Schwabe – ISAC for Cities
Alan Shark – Public Technology Institute, USA
Friday, Oct 27:
2023: Public Sector Digital Trends
Martin Ferguson – Socitm, UK
Postcard from the EU innovation
Snap4City: Smart Asset Management and Decision Support
Paolo Nesi – University of Florence
ACROSS – Citizens’ data sovereignty in delivering digital public services
Jasmin Jabbarpour – The Lisbon Council, Brussels
SESSION 10 – Governance of technologies and the IT department of the future
Mastering AI for government – In search of the governance “of, with and by AI”
Gianluca Misuraca – AI4GOV, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Politecnico di Milano
Digital Twins for the sustainability of cities: the “Urban Intelligence” strategic project
Roberto Malvezzi – CNR – National Research Council of Italy
Digital Twins: City of Florence’s Experience
Emanuele Geri – City of Firenze
Picking your brains: planning the future(*)
Ruth Buckley – Cork City Council
Nadira Hussain – Socitm, UK
Glyn Evans – Major Cities of Europe
Samantha Smith – Socitm Inspire, UK
SESSION 11 – Take aways and Closing Session
Take aways(*)
Ruth Buckley – Cork City Council
Nadira Hussain – Socitm, UK
Paolo Boscolo – City of Prato
Glyn Evans – Major Cities of Europe
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