Organised in Brussels on January 21nd, 2016, the 3rd edition of the Connected Smart Cities Conference is developed to support the Open & Agile Smart Cities initiative (OASC) and to stimulate debate and share perspectives on smart city needs, with a focus on economic, social and technical development.

Linked to the results of the previous edition (January 2015, Brussels) the theme of this year is “Empowering the change makers in cities”. 

Who should join this event?

1. OASC city representatives and partners.
2. City networks representatives.
3. City representatives, researchers, NGOs and companies, interested in avoiding vendor lock-in, fostering open data and services, and promoting interoperability, portability and city collaboration.
4. Smart city project representatives of pursuing synergies with other European and global initiatives.
5. Policy and project officers from the European Commission, cities, regions and National Governments contributing to the City Innovation Chapter.
6. SMEs, companies and digital entrepreneurs working in urban innovation.
7. Change makers in cities.

PROGRAMME

Preliminary agenda

• 9:00 Welcome from the Chair, Dr. Martin Brynskov
• 9:15 – 10:00 High-level keynotes
• 10:00 – 11:00 Plenary panel 1: Policy & Business: "Survival strategies in the digital urban transition"
• 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
• 11:30 – 12:30 Plenary panel 2: Data & Services: “Collaborating, competing, connecting”
• 12:30 – 13:30 Networking Lunch
• 13:30 – 16:00 Parallel sessions (with coffee break):
• Session 1: OASC 101 – getting hands-on with API, data models and platforms [TECH].
• Session 2: Build our city – with us [BIZ/POL]
• Session 3: Living Labs and open innovation [INNO]
• Session 4: Common ground [STANDARDS]
• 16:00 – 16:30 Plenary: Results from the parallel sessions and
• 16:30 – 17:00 Final keynote speeches and close of the conference
• 17:00 Networking

REGISTRATION

The conference is free of charge, includes lunch, coffee and networking, but registration is compulsory and space is limited. You can register here:http://bit.ly/1OWeagl