Agenda

Morning

08:45 – 09:15

Registration

09:15 – 09:20

Welcome

Moderator: Paul Adamson, Chairman, Forum Europe

Irena Bednarich, Director Corporate Affairs, Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

09:20 – 10:00

Keynote Session: Visions of Future Cities

Moderator: Paul Adamson, Chairman, Forum Europe

Laurent Hublet, Member of Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Belgian Federal Government
Pierre Mirlesse, Vice President, Health & Public Sector, Global Industries EMEA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

10:00 – 11:15

Future Transport: Driving efficiency through digitisation

The transport sector is one of the key verticals in the smart cities domain. It is hoped that digitalisation projects in the sector will drive efficiencies, reduce congestion and pollution, and contribute to climate and energy objectives. This first panel will zoom in on the concrete deliverables of transport digitalisation initiatives in cities around Europe. Details of the aims, outcomes and challenges of these projects will be presented in order to help stimulate thinking on how similar initiatives might be applied in other regions.

10:00 – 10:15

Keynote Speech

Henriette van Eijl, Innovation and Research, DG MOVE, European Commission

10:15 – 11:15

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Wim Heuninck, Smart Cities Energy Expert

Henriette van Eijl, Innovation and Research, DG MOVE, European Commission
Charlene Rohr, Senior Research Leader, RAND Europe
Väino Olev, Director of Information Technology, City of Tallinn
Francesc Tarongí, Cofounder & CEO, Enertika
Munir Ismet, Global Head Digital Government, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

11:15 – 11:45

Networking Break

11:45 – 13:00

Powering Connected Citizens: A digital foundation

Secure, reliable communications networks, and powerful compute functionalities provide the foundation for cities’ efforts to provide new digital experiences and services for their citizens, facilitating their everyday lives with modern applications and efficiencies. The panel will examine how technological advances, from mobile networking to edge computing, are enabling the large-scale digitisation of public services. Bearing in mind the need for investments in new infrastructures to be focussed on use cases and citizen needs, the panel will address the new possibilities created by these technologies.

11:45 – 12:00

Best Practice Spotlight

Dirk van Brederode, Programme Manager, Realising Smart Cities, Municipality of the Hague

12:00 – 13:00

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Brian Maguire, Journalist / Producer, EBX MEDiA

Peter Stuckmann, Head of Unit Future Connectivity Systems, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Carlos Zorrinho, MEP, European Parliament
Dirk van Brederode, Programme Manager, Realising Smart Cities, Municipality of the Hague
Lars Kølendorf, Director, Vertical Solutions, HPE Aruba EMEA
Eric Gourrier, Digital Solutions Strategist, VMware

Afternoon

13:00 – 14:00

Networking Lunch

14:00 – 15:15

Open Ecosystems and Data Governance: Conditions for smart applications

While digital infrastructure is an essential component of delivering smart and sought-after applications for citizens, it is not on its own sufficient. The panel will address the crucial aspect of how cities can create and cater to the demand for transformed public services. Speakers will address how cities can be responsive to citizen’s actual requirements so that services can be targeted at them. With these requirements in mind, they will look at the ecosystem of organisations that should be formed in order to provide the desired applications – entailing also the provision of the necessary data in an interoperable and accessible manner. Finally, the issue of citizen access to these applications through an easily navigable interface will be addressed.

14:00 – 14:15

Best Practice Spotlight

Tamas Erkelens, Programme Manager Data Innovation, City of Amsterdam

14:15 – 15:15

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Alea Fairchild, Research Fellow, The Constantia Institute

Andrea Servida, Head of Unit "eGovernment and Trust", DG CONNECT, European Commission
Tamas Erkelens, Programme Manager Data Innovation, City of Amsterdam
Marc-Elian Bégin, CEO, Co-founder, SixSq

15:15 – 15:45

Networking Break

15:45 – 16:45

Building Future Cities: Modernising ageing infrastructures and developing intelligent procurement practices

The business model for a smart city may often not follow the traditional path due to challenges including a slow (long-term) return to investment and the difficulty of quantifying the (often social) benefits of the investment. The panel will look at the various possible funding and business models for smart cities, including public-private partnerships, collaborations with universities and options such as pre-commercial procurement. It will take an open look at the partnerships that city administrations need to cultivate and the investment decisions they need to take in order to build sustainable smart cities.

15:45 – 16:45

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Paul Adamson, Chairman, Forum Europe

Nikita Stampa, Head of Unit “Innovative and e-procurement”, DG GROW, European Commission
Marie Ranty, Policy Advisor - Public Services & Public Procurement, Eurocities
Rui Manuel Gaspar, Chief Technology Officer, Cloud28+

16:45 – 17:15

Closing Keynote Speech

Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, European Commission

17:15 – 17:30

Keynote Q&A

Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, European Commission
Irena Bednarich, Director Corporate Affairs, Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa, Hewlett Packard Enterprise