Programme

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME, 2 November 2021

09:15 – 09:25
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09:25 – 09:30
Message from the organizer

Invited speaker:

  •  Stelian ARION, President Smart Cities of Romania CLUSTER

09:30 – 11:00
SUSTENABLE COMMUNITIES AND SMART CITIES. TECHNOLOGIES AND FINANCING SOLUTIONS. Funding Smart Cities developments from EU budget 2021-2027 and National Resilience Plan. Panel
  • National strategy for the sustainable development of cities in Romania
  • Financing technologies and solutions for smart city
  • Accelerated digitisation of the public system. Planning and financing

Moderator:
Stelian ARION - President, Smart Cities of Romania Cluster (SCoR Cluster)


Speakers:

  •  Ramona CHIRIAC, Head of the European Commission’s Representation in Bucharest (video message)
  •  Marin TOLE, State Secretary, Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration 
  •  Laszlo BORBELY, State Counselor, Coordinator of the Department for Sustainable Development
  •  Calin VILT, Scientific Counselor, The Romanian National Committee of The World Energy Council

11:00 – 11:15
Networking Break. ChaT.


11.15 – 12.45
SMART GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES. Thematic Presentations and Q&A
  • GIS in public administration
  • Using GIS techniques to optimize internal processes and make work more efficient in public administrations
  • GIS in urbanism - monitoring the development of urban communities through GIS
  • Smart Utilities. GIS solutions for network information management
  • AI - Modern geospatial data collection technologies about reality in the field

Moderator:
Niculae UNGAR - Vice-President, Romanian Association for Security Technique (ARTS)


Speakers:

  •  Cosmin ALBU, Business Development Director, Globema - „Smart cities need Smart Tools. How to digitize and manage geospatial assets in a smart way!” 
  •  Tiberiu LUKACS, Sales Director, INTEGRISOFT Solutions - "Urban databases and their use for public administrations"
  •  József KUSZÁLIK, Founder and CEO, MICRO MAPPER - „Open (up) GIS databases - RENNS - Romania 2022-: Green and Digital” 
  •  Marian FLOREA, President, Association of City Managers from Romania
  •  Gheorghe Daniel NICOLAS, Mayor of Odobesti, First Vice-President of Association of Romanian Cities

12:45 – 13:00
Networking Break. ChaT.


13.00 – 14.30
BUILDINGS AND TECHNOLOGIES WHICH SUPPORT TRANSITION TO HYBRID WORK AND REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. Thematic Presentations and Q&A
  • Digital transformation for buildings
  • The future of fire systems for smart buildings
  • Optimizing building performance, reducing carbon footprint, low energy costs
  • Building safety and security – how ready an office building is for reopening in the Covid-19 period
  • Efficient use of space, increased productivity and comfort, a better experience of building use

Moderator:
Stelian ARION - President, Smart Cities of Romania Cluster (SCoR Cluster)


Speakers:

  •  Honeywell - „Increasing the stability and sustainability of the operation of buildings in modern cities”
    • Catalin DRAGOI, Services and Digitalization Leader CEE, Honeywell Building Technologies
    • Aristotel AGAPIE, Sales Director, Automation for building efficiency (Romania, Bulgaria and Rep. Moldova), Honeywell Romania
  •  Andrei ANTIPA, Vice-President, Administration of the Environment Fund (AFM)
  •  Horia PETRAN, Projects Director, INCD URBAN-INCERC
  •  Cristian VASILIU, Director General, Romanian Association for Workplace and Facility Management (ROFMA)

14:30 – 14:45
Networking Break. ChaT.


14.45 – 15.45
OPEN PLATFORMS AND DATABASES TO ENSURE INTEROPERABILITY. Thematic Presentations and Q&A
  • Platforms for integrating IoT solutions and components from smart cities infrastructure
  • Big Data - the next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity. Transparency, self-decision-making algorithms
  • Integrated e-ticketing systems at local and regional level
  • Integrated planning and management of urban mobility
  • Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
  • "National Access Point for Multimodal Travel Information" as support for mobility services

Moderator:
Mihai NICULESCU - Vice-President Mobility & ITS, Smart Cities of Romania Cluster (SCoR Cluster)


Speakers:

  •  Octavian OPREA, President, Authority for the Digitisation of Romania (ADR)
  •  Dana VOICU, Personal adviser of State Secretary Ionel Scriosteanu, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
  •  Alina-Claudia CIOLAN, Project Manager, Inter-Community Development Association for Public Transport Bucharest – Ilfov (ADITPBI) 

15:45 – 16:00
Final conclusions.