Measuring Progress Achieving Smarter Cities
 


Tuesday-Wednesday, 26-27 May 2015, 0900-1030 hrs, 1500-1730 hrs

Highlights

  • Assess progress of Smart Cities specially in transition countries using geospatial technologies
  • Role of good land administration practices as foundation
  • Dialogue between private industry, multilaterals and NGOs, government representatives on creating inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities
  • Bring out tools for measuring and key indicators of measuring success as a Smart City and the road ahead
  • Present best practices for Smart Cities

Strategic Partner Co-Organiser
26 May 0900 - 1030 hrs

Moderator
Moderator &
Lead Speaker
Elena Szolgayová
Director General Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of Slovakia, & Chair of the Committee on Housing and Land Management UN Economic Commission of Europe, Switzerland

  Speakers
Prof. Miguel de Castro
Neto
Secretary
of State for Spatial Planning and Nature Conservation
Portugal
Prof. Cristina Cavaco Deputy General
DG Territorio
Portugal
26 May 1500 - 1730 hrs

  Moderator
Moderator &
Lead Speaker
Nigel Edmead
Director of Training
Thomson Reuters
UK
A New Return on Investment Methodology: A Case Study from the City of Cape Town Valuation Office

Speakers
Rumyana Tonchovska Senior Land Administration and IT Officer
Climate, Energy and Tenure Division (NRC)
FAO
Voluntary Guidelines of Responsible Governance of Tenure for Smart Cities

Claudio Mingrino Executive Director EMEA
Hexagon Geospatial
Italy
Sensing Change in the Smart City

Brent A. Jones Global Manager - Cadastre/Land Records
Esri
USA
Smart Spatial Technology for Sustainable Cadastral Systems

Arnulf Christl Director
Metaspatial
Germany
Standard Open Source Software for the Social Tenure Domain Model Tool

Amie Figueiredo Economic Affairs Officer UNECE, Switzerland
Iain Langlands GIS Manager
Glasgow City Council
United Kingdom
Location: More Than A Place in Space

Krista Kampus Head of the Baltic 21 Unit
The Council of the Baltic Sea States
Sweden
Baltic Sea Region Urban Forum for Smart Cities - a market place for smart solutions

Andres Jaadla CECODHAS Housing Europe Board Member and Chairman of the
Estonian Housing Association
Estonia
Green and Smart Growth City of Rakvere

Ron Bisio General Manager - Geospatial
Trimble
USA
27 May, 0900 - 1030 hrs

Moderator
Moderator
Kari Aina Eik
Secretary General
Organization for International Economic Cooperation
Austria
Speakers
Domenica Carriero United Smart Cities Project Coordinator
UNECE
Switzerland
United Smart Cities: Towards UNECE Approved Smart Cities Indicators

Andreas Littkopf Director International Affairs
Environment Agency Austria (EAA)
Austria
Austrian smart cities indicator set

Tony Mulhall Associate Director
RICS
United Kingdom
Smart Cities/Smart Buildings – A Tale of Two Scales!

Catriona Manville Senior Analyst
RAND Europe, U.K.
Components of 'Successful' Smart City

Dr. Jens Bartholmes Policy Officer, New energy technologies, innovation and clean coal
Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
Belgium
Smart Cities and Communities

Jorge Máximo City Councillor
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
Portugal


27 May, 1500 - 1730

Moderator
Moderator
Elshad Khanalibayli
Chair of UNECE Working Party on Land Administration; and Head of Investment and Cooperation Department
State Committee on Property Issues
Azerbaijan


Speakers
Marcelle Hattingh Director: Corporate Geo-Informatics
City of Johannesburg
South Africa
Spatial Information Management in the City of Johannesburg: Fact or Fiction?

Dr. Hartmut
Rosengarten
Director Airborne Sensors EMEA, Z/I Imaging GmbH
Germany
Hexagon Airborne & Mobile Mapping Workflows supporting Smart Cities

Lynne Nicholson Head of Data Products and Services
HM Land Registry
United Kingdom
Land Registry England and Wales – turning data into smart information

Carsten Roensdorf Practice Lead Future Cities
standards and 3D
Ordnance Survey International
UK
Future Cities need Location Data

Dr. Bahaaeddin
Alhaddad
Business developer
Starlab Limited
UK
Space Applications in Support of Future urban development in Armenia

Artem Sedov Head of the Laboratory of Intelligent System Automation
Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
Russian Federation
Smart City Laboratory

Nune Harutyunyan Director
Regional Environmental Center for Caucasus (RECC)
Armenia
Perspectives of Smart City Development in Armenia: Smart City of Goris