Registration is now open for Smart City for the Citizens 2018: Urban Mobility

We are glad to announce that the next smart city conference Smart City for the Citizens 2018: Urban Mobility will take place on May 31, 2018 in Estonian National Museum, Tartu.

This year’s program will mostly focus on urban mobility: how to use data for planning public transport in the cities, which are the best intelligent transport system practices in the world, how to engage citizens in urban planning and inform them about temporary changes etc.

Program and registration on web page: http://smartcitylab.eu/conference2018

AGENDA

9.30 REGISTRATION & COFFEE

10.00 OPENING WORDS

Urmas Klaas, Mayor of Tartu

10.15 FIRST SESSION

Mobilities of the Future – The Future of Mobility. What is the Role of Cities?

Frank Witlox, Senior Full Professor of Economic Geography in Ghent University

How SmartCATalonia Aims to Transform Catalonia into a Smart Region?

Jordi Puignero, Secretary of Telecommunications, Cybersecurity and Digital Society of the Government of Catalonia

Public Transportation Planning with Data Driven Approach

Erki Saluveer, CEO of Positium LBS

Mobileye Collision Avoidance System – Use Case from Tartu

Martin Nelis, Traffic Management Director of Tartu City Government

Lessons Learned from Hands-Free Public Transportation Ticketing Pilot in Tartu

Andres Osula, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Turnit

Moderated discussion with the speakers

11.45 COFFEE BREAK

12.15 SECOND SESSION

Disruptive Urban Mobility Scenarios: How Active Mobility Must Adapt to these (TBC)

Philippe Crist, Administrator at the International Transport Forum of OECD

E-Bike Sharing is Expected to Boost Biking in Tartu

Raimond Tamm, Deputy Mayor of Tartu City Government

Reinventing Parking around Mobility Disruptions

Üllar Jaaksoo, Chief Innovations Officer of OPnGO Group

Kratt-Law: The Robots are Coming. Policy Will Follow

Maarja Pild,  Associate at TRINITI Law Firm

How the Internet of Things is Changing the Usual Working Processes of the Companies

Meelis Anton, Division Director of Levira

Moderated discussion with the speakers

14.00 LUNCH

15.00 ON-SITE VISITS & WORKSHOPS

19.00 NETWORKING DINNER

See also Facebook event HERE