The Internet of Things (IoT) ​is creating real-time data streams, which are increasingly becoming integral in the fabric of modern cities. Such urban environments are where the complexities of technology, business and society meet in their most condensed and voluminous forms, shaping also the rest of society. The Connected Smart Cities Conference is a unique global venue for cities, policy makers and businesses to connect to the forefront of human-centric societal development shaped by real-time connected technologies, markets and polity in the 21st century.

The CSC Conference 2017 is organised by the Open & Agile Smart Cities initiative (OASC) with the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). OASC is a focused effort – driven by cities, backed by industry – to establish a global smart city market based on simple standard mechanisms for interoperability and exchange of data, especially real-time data from connected devices, since this is where the main challenges are. It is therefore timely to take this opportunity to focus on IoT for cities and citizens. ENoLL is a platform for best practice exchange, learning and support, and Living Lab international project development.

Agenda

8:30–9:00 Registration and morning coffee

9:00–9:15 Plenary: Welcome from the Chair, Dr. Martin Brynskov, Open & Agile Smart Cities

• Moderator for the day: Jarmo Eskelinen, Future Cities Catapult

9:15–10:00 Plenary: High-level keynotes

• Markku Markkula, President of the European Committee of the Regions

• Günther H. Oettinger, Member of the European Commission (video address)

• Mary-Ann Schreurs, Vice-Mayor of innovation, culture, design and sustainability for the City of Eindhoven, and Chair of EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum

• Anna-Kaisa Ikonen, Mayor of Tampere, Finland

• Kees van der Klauw, Chair of the Alliance for IoT Innovation, Philips Lighting

10:00–10:15 Coffee break

10:15–12:15 Parallel sessions 1 (4 sessions)

• Innovation ecosystems (JDE52) – Chairs: Gohar Sargsyan, OISPG, CGI & Zsuzsanna Bodi, ENoLL

• Market creation and & policy issues (JDE70, 7th floor) – Chair: Hugo Goncalves, Forum Virium Helsinki

• Mobility (JDE53) – Chair: Seppo Haataja, City of Tampere/OASC

• Platforms & data models (JDE51) – Chair: Jarmo Eskelinen, Future Cities Catapult

12:30–13:30 Networking Lunch

13:30–15:30 Parallel sessions 2 (4 sessions)

• Cities by and for people (JDE52) – Chair: Marita Holst, Lulea Technical University

• Assisted living & aging (JDE70, 7th floor) – Chairs: Sergio Guillen & Giureppe Fico, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

• Digital Water (JDE53) – Chairs: Durk Krol & Andrea Rubini, WSSTP

• Standards for real-time urban services (JDE51) – Chair: Catherine Mulligan, Imperial College London/OASC

15:30–16:00 Coffee break

16:00–16:30 Plenary: Results from the parallel sessions

16:30–17:00 Plenary: Final keynote speeches and closing of the conference

• Ben Levine, Executive Director of MetroLab Network, USA

• Chi-Hyung Lee, President, Seoul Digital Foundation, Republic of Korea

• Alberto Martin Torras, Smart City Expo

• Mechthild Rohen, Head of Unit, Internet of Things, European Commission, DG CONNECT

17:00 Networking Reception

18:30 End

Details on the parallel sessions (4 morning + 4 afternoon)

3 cross-cutting themes, 3 domain-specific sessions, 2 technical sessions.

Cross-cutting themes:

• Innovation Ecosystems: Open innovation between small and large, public and private (morning)

• Market Creation & Policy Issues: On market creation (morning)

• Cities for and by People: Co-creation, ethics & privacy (afternoon)

Domain-specific:

• Mobility: As the recent OASC survey shows, mobility is a dominant aspect in any major smart city strategy (morning)

• Digital Water: Water management is one of the biggest existing deployments of sensors in urban areas (afternoon)

• Assisted Living & Aging: Focus on living environments for elderly and disabled citizens (afternoon)

Technical track:

• Platforms & Data Models: Emerging mechanisms for interoperability (morning)

• Standardisation: Connecting cities to ongoing initiatives (afternoon)

The Connected Smart Cities Conference is organised by Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC), produced by OASC and the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), kindly hosted by the European Committee of the Regions, with contributions from the following organisations and related projects (alphabetically): Alliance for IoT Innovation (AIOTI), Big Data Value Association (BDVA), Creative Ring, EUROCITIES, European Commission, European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC), European Platforms Initiative on IoT (IoT-EPI), Future Cities Catapult, MetroLab Network, Open Innovation Strategy & Policy Group (OISPG), OrganiCity, SELECT for Cities, Seoul Digital Foundation, Smart City Expo and SynchroniCity.