When: 24 - 26 October 2018 Where:Rinascimenti Sociali | Social Accelerator, Turin, Italy What: The role of cities has become increasingly significant in recent decades. The majority of the worldâs population lives in those urban areas where most of the wealth is produced, energy and information are consumed and waste and pollution are generated. These urban agglomerations are witnessing major technological and social transformations, resulting in new lifestyles and inequalities at the same time.
Smart cities are currently considered one of the most powerful tools to be used to deal with contemporary challenges at local level, such as pollution, energy efficiency, transportation, social inclusion and welfare, and to attract investments. In this framework, cities become potential platforms where major building blocks such as infrastructure, urban planning, rules enforcement and active citizenship might be glued together into a system that is able to respond dynamically to a new set of citizensâ needs.
Overall, the main goal is to offer better services and to increase quality of life while guaranteeing infrastructure security and personal safety of citizens-consumers. Furthermore, dealing with the multiple challenges associated with the realization of smart city projects requires a holistic consideration of different policy areas (ICT, transport, energy and water) with the inclusion of all stakeholders, such as governmental and non-governmental actors, private sector players and citizens. Who: The course is mainly addressed to policy makers, regulators, city planners, utility network specialists, industry experts, software architects, startuppers, researchers, local decision makers and community managers. Programme:
WEDNESDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2018 | GOVERNING SMART CITIES An overview of the concept of smart city, on the different experiments carried out in Europe and on the challenges for the regulation of the urban services.
- State-of-the-art in current smart city projects
- Regulatory challenges
- Data-driven cities: governance and management
- Smart cities and network industries
THURSDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2018 | MOBILITY From on-demand services to driving autonomous vehicles, âsmart mobilityâ represents a radical shift of paradigm for local mobility and transport sector in general, hence opening up technological, economic and political challenges.
- Policy initiatives for smart mobility
- Business models and trends
- Multilevel governance and regulation
- Case studies
FRIDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2018 | DATA-DRIVEN CITIES AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Big data and technology are transforming the cities all around the world: rethinking the traditional urban model is not just a technological and economic challenge, but a political one as well.
- Big Data
- Blockchain Technology
- Sharing Platforms
- Digital Social Innovation
- Digital rights
Have a look to the detailed programme & Download the brochure Deadline: applications are open until September 14th 2018
Further info and applications at www.turinschool.eu/eep/SC2018
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