Transnational event on smart cities and professions
Cluster Sofia Knowledge City is manager of the international project "Smart skills for smarter cities" under the Erasmus + Program. In this regard, on April 28 from 14.00 - 17.30 in the Launchee Center (TZUM) will be held a transnational event on "The project for a smart city - a building block for digital transformation." The event is supported by Innovative Sofia. Registration is free but mandatory and with a limited number of participants. Save your seat HERE. Note: Please complete this SURVEY before registering. The results will be presented at the event. Thanks in advance.
The main goal of the event is to draw the attention of the main stakeholders in the smart city to the role and challenges in developing, managing and implementing smart city projects and the need for professional knowledge and skills to improve the effectiveness of digital urban transformation. The message of the event is that digital transformation in cities is not just a technology, it is a way of thinking and a holistic approach to design, manage and implement projects for smart cities of different scale and nature within the urban strategy.
Invited to participate are technology and solution providers, municipal officials, training and professional organizations, ICT clusters, institutional and private investors in urban development projects, professionals who develop, manage, advise and facilitate projects for smart cities and more. Guests are invited from Romania, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Ireland, Slovenia, Portugal and others.
AGENDA
14.00 - Opening
14.10 - 15.30
Panel 1. Cases of projects for smart city. Discussion of what, why and how smart cities succeed or fail?
Moderator: Christian Filipov - Business Development Adviser at Sofia City of Knowledge Cluster
- Gencho Kerezov - Deputy Mayor for digitalization of Sofia, Bulgaria
- Kaloyan Karamitov, Head of City Living Lab, GATE Institute, Bulgaria
- Desislava Dimitrova - Key Account Manager, DAVID Holding, Bulgaria
- Alexsandru Roha, Head of innovation, ARIES Transilvania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Georgi Kissjov, CEO, RISK Electronics, Bulgaria
15.30- 16.00 - Coffee break
16.00 - 17.30
Panel 2. What knowledge and new skills are needed for smart city projects and how to validate them?
Moderator: Milena Koleva - Member of the Supervisory Board, Cluster Sofia Knowledge City
- Michael Rainer - Managing Director, ECQA, Austria
- Eugenia Kovacheva - Research Policy Director, University of Library Science and IT, Bulgaria
- Antonio Gennarelli - Project Manager, IDEC, Greece
- Christina Murillo - Cluster Services Director, GAIA, Spain
17.30 Networking on glass of wine
Attention: The event will also present the results of an international study on the challenges associated with smart city projects and the need for professional knowledge and skills for their successful implementation. For this purpose we will be grateful if you take 5-6 minutes to answer the SURVEY.
