3rd Intelligent Cities Challenge Lab Public Event

During the EU Green Week, the 3rd Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) City Lab will bring together global thinker urban development experts and city leaders across the globe to issues climate-neutral and socially responsible industrial future.

The event is open to the public and registration is possible via: https://www.intelligentcitieschallenge.eu/events/3rd-icc-city-lab

Program

11:30 – 13:00 Public session 1 – Zero pollution city: Leading the green transition of local businesses

Anna Athanasopoulou, Head of Unit Proximity, Social Economy and Creative Industries, DG GROW, European Commission
Tadashi Matsumoto, Head of the Sustainable Development & Global Relations Unit, OECD
Michael Koh, Executive Fellow, Centre for Liveable Cities - City of Singapore, clean and green environment
Victor Dimoulis, Scientific Advisor to the Mayor on Waste management and Circular Economy affairs - City of Corfu, industrial waste management
Geertje Pronk, Researcher and Programme manager at KWR Water Research Institute - City of Mechelen, water management
Rosa Väisänen, Specialist, City of Espoo, Sustainable Urban Development

ICC Cities’ experts to present initiatives on zero pollution:

Sharing reflections and work done to overcome pollution at city-level
Inspire others with ideas on how digital tools can be used to prevent intense pollution, monitor status, or warn citizens of high levels of pollution
Provide insights into key lessons learned

13:00 – 13:30 Break

13:30 – 15:00 Public session 2 – City of the future: New urban trends for a climate-neutral and socially responsible industrial future

Dana Eleftheriadou, Head of Cities and Proximity Team, DG GROW, European Commission
Valentina Superti, Director of Proximity and Tourism, DG GROW, European Commission
Jan Olbrycht, President of the URBAN Intergroup, European Parliament
Carlo Ratti, Director, MIT Senseable City Laboratory – ICC advisory board member
Gesa Ziemer, Head of CityScienceLab, UNITAC Innovation Technology Accelerator Centre, Hamburg – ICC mentor city
Michela Magas, Chair, Industry Commons Foundation
Nicolás Rivillas Hincapié, Deputy Manager of Design and Innovation, Urban Development Company (EDU) of Medellín - ICC mentor city
Daniel Gonzalez-Bootello, Director of Smart City Cluster - ICC advisory board member

Bringing together global thinkers, urban development experts, city leaders from across the globe to showcase how intelligent cities will lead the way to a sustainable, productive, zero-pollution future:

What will the urban future look like after the Covid-19? How can cities prepare?
How can cities reconcile population growth and local industrial production with the European Green Deal?
What can city leaders do to ensure a new City model that is sustainable, resilient, socially just and knowledge intensive?

https://www.intelligentcitieschallenge.eu/events/3rd-icc-city-lab

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