Workshop
Porto Smartcity Workshop:
Outlook, Experiences and Opportunities
in conjunction with EWSN 2015
Feb 9th, 9 am - 12.30 pm
Smart cities initiatives have taken root across the world with a vision of sustainable and efficient development of urban areas. This has caused tremendous interest among governmental organisations, companies and academia. This workshop will bring together speakers who work in allied areas and will provide a discussion into the various issues. The workshop will include talks on smart city issues including energy, transport, health and the various initiatives by government, companies and research organisations towards it.
Program Overview
9:00
Opening address
Raghuraman Rangarajan, CISTER/INESC TEC
Paulo Calçada, City of Porto (Innovation Council)
9:00-10:00
Outlook - smartcity initiatives
Santiago Cáceres, ETRA I+D, Spain
Gerd Ascheid, ICE-gateway, Germany
10:00 - 11:45 (with 15-minute coffee break)
Experiences
Smart Infrastructure - Porto Digital, Alexandre Sousa, General Director
Smart Mobility - University of Aveiro/Instituto de Telecomunicações, Susana Sargento, Associate Professor
Smart Society - Government Services, Inova+, Gil Goncalves, Chief Scientific Officer
Smart Health - AAL, Fraunhofer Portugal, Filipe Sousa, Researcher
Smart Waste Collection - Soma, Fernando Oliveira, Manager
11:45 - 12:30
Opportunities
Porto Initiatives, City of Porto, Filipe Araújo, City Councillor for Innovation and Environment
Registration
On-line Registration is available here.
Workshop co-chairs
Raghuraman Rangarajan
Paulo CalçadaContacts
Raghuraman Rangarajan - raghu at isep.ipp.pt
Sponsors
