SMART CITY Conference
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Holistic. Consistent. Rethought: Strategies for the City of Tomorrow.
Curated with the expertise of dfv media group and well-known smart city experts, the top-class agenda offers you a structured overview of the latest developments in the field of smart cities: current research results, strategies, projects and the experiences gained from them.
Top speakers from Germany, Europe and the US present current smart city projects and insights from them and are available for personal exchange with you. The focus is always on innovative and holistic solutions, the reference to practice and the practical feasibility for the participants.
The congress takes place over two days. A special highlight is the exclusive evening event on the first day of the event: end the day together with the speakers and participants of the Smart City Conference, accompanied by excellent cuisine and a spectacular view of the Frankfurt skyline at night.
The Smart City Conference 2023 will focus on the following topics:
• FUNDAMENTALS: Basics and discussion of current developments in the field of Smart City, the most important influencing factors and pitfalls in the implementation.
• BEST PRACTICE: Pioneering national and international smart city projects. New approaches and experiences in city districts and downtown locations.
• URBAN PLANNING: Innovative international solutions in architecture and urban planning.
• MOBILITY, TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS: Intelligent optimization of traffic flows as components on the way to the smart city. New supply concepts for urban areas. Who will make the race on the „last mile“?
• RETAIL IN THE CITY: Strategies for more attractive city centers and shopping streets. Concepts of traders and the performance of municipalities.
• CONSUMERS: Usage habits of consumers and their expectations of the city of tomorrow: What do municipalities, planners and companies have to adjust to?
The complete agenda of this year’s Smart City Conference will be published shortly.
Day 1
17th November 2022
| 15.00 | Registration & Networking | |
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| Moderation | Prof. Dr. Markus Mau, Director of the Instituts für Innovative Strategien, Smart City Concepts-Start Up Founder | |
| 16.00 | Opening & Welcome | Christian Kuhn, CEO, dfv Conference Group |
| Welcome | Christiane Lehmann, Senior Managerin, PwC | |
| FROM THE BASICS TO THE BIG PICTURE | ||
| 16.15 | Classification: Smart City -The Path from the Development of a Multidimensional Strategy to Concrete Projects
Classification of smart city dimensions, Interaction and pitfalls
| Prof. Dr. Markus Mau, Director of the Instituts für Innovative Strategien, Smart City Concepts-Start Up Founder |
| 16.45 | Keynote: Smart City out of the box – easy entry into a significant future topic | Christiane Lehmann, Senior Managerin, PwC Gernot Bahle, Senior Manager, PwC |
| 17.15 | Networking-Break | |
| SMART CITY – A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE | ||
| 18.00 | Keynote: International perspective (in english)
Taking up challenges, mastering growth and change, developing an intelligent eco-system in cities/urban areas | Prof. Dr. Nick Vyas, Executive Director, Global Supply Chain Management Institute University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
| 18.15 | Interactive discussion (panel): How to capture the inter-dimensional challenges to holistically achieve the goal of ‚Smart City‘ International Smart City Approaches: Learning about the premises of the actors | Susan Collins, Vorstand, Neighborhood Council Los Angeles Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wimmer, CEO, BVL e.V.: Urbane Logistik Prof. Dr. Nick Vyas, Executive Director, Global Supply Chain Management Institute University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
| 19.00 | Closing und Learning | Prof. Dr. Markus Mau, Director of the Instituts für Innovative Strategien, Smart City Concepts-Start Up Founder |
| 19.15 | Start culinary networking event
End the first day of the congress on the 48th floor with a view over Frankfurt. |
Day 2
18th November 2022
| 09.00 | Opening & Welcome Introduction Presentation and discussion of cornerstones as well as important basic decisions for a consistent smart city strategy. For this purpose, selected considerations for the development of Smart City components are presented, classified and evaluated. | Prof. Dr. Markus Mau, Director of the Institut für Innovative Strategien, Smart City Concepts-Start Up Founder |
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| SMART CITY AS A DEVELOPMENT BOOST – NEW CONSTRUCTION AND CHANGES TO EXISTING BUILDINGS | ||
| 09.15 | Impuls: Smartest Cities
Design with the future in mind | Clarissa Alfrink, Managing Director, UN Studio Frankfurt |
| 09.45 | Impulse: Attractive city centers: Shopping or showroom and living space city?
How do cities remain attractive? | Prof. Dr. Felix Osterheider, CEO, Aloys & Brigitte Coppenrath Stiftung |
| 10.15 | Smart Administration & Planning Digitisation offensive for administration and urban society | Michael Kimberger, Head of Innovation-Motor Smart City, Deutsche Telekom Business Solutions GmbH |
| 10.45 | Networking-Break | |
| THE CITY TO BE EXPERIENCED – ATTRACTIVE CITY CENTERS: SHOPPING, SHOWROOM AND MORE | ||
| 11.30 | Impulse: Meeting point city centre: Push the dialogue in a smarter city through communication and information
| Hermann Meyersick, CEO, Ströer Deutsche Städte Medien |
| 11.50 | Impulse: Local suppliers as urban developers: sustainable and flexible development of retail locations | Dirk Brunner, Leiter Immobilienregion Südwest, LIDL |
| IMPLEMENT SMART CITY PROJECTS FASTER | ||
| 12.10 | Impulse: City Apps in Germany – Hype or Future?
Insight into the City-App Germany Study | Achim Gebhardt, Partner CIMA Beratung + Management GmbH, Leiter cima.digital |
| 12.30 | Impulse: Funding opportunities for smart city projects
Potentials, challenges and success factors | Dr. Friedrich Kneuper, Manager, PwC |
| 13.00 | End of the Smart City Conference & Farewell Coffee |