The 3 Smart City Challenges pitch sessions
3 Challenges, 3 1h pitch sessions on site + 1h online
Cities' Challenges Pitch Session - 15th and 22nd November
Cities/regions exposing their upcoming procurement plans in the different Smart city areas. Organized by Peoject GOOSE www.projectgoose.eu , with ACCIÓ as team leader, partnering with FIT (Flanders), ECCI (Estonia) and CEA (Croatia)
- 15/Nov 12:30-13:30h (onsite)
Green Plaza. Hall 2. Fira Gran Via (see details below)
- 22/Nov 14:30-15:30 (online, via this same platform)
22/NOV THE 5 ON SITE PITCH PRESENTATIONS WENT SUCCESSFULLY!
22/Nov, 14:30h ONLINE PITCH SESSION
Hour 14:30h is CET TIME. Pitches to follow the order below, and to be of 6-8 mins + 2 of Q&A.
ONLINE Ch.1: CERN Green Village Initiative
Ms. Faezeh Abbasi, Senior Fellow @CERN
ONLINE Ch.2: Smart Solutions for the City of Torino: from Torino City Lab to CTE NEXT
Mr. Davide Miceli, Administrative Supervisor of Torino
ONLINE Ch.3: Graz, Linz and Vienna: Software Solution for CO2 reduction planning and visualization of climate protection scenarios
Mr. Manuel Schuler, Senior Project Manager at Competence Centre for Innovation Procurement
ONLINE Ch.4: Accra's City Resilience Framework (CRF)
Hon. Alfred Adjei, Presiding member at Accra Metropolitan assembly
Note: no PPT used
ONLINE Ch.5: Smart City Japan highlights and Main priorities
Mr. Tatsuya Kitamura, Executive Vice President & COO at Nikkei BP America, Executive Director of ISD (N/S America, Pacific, Africa),Nikkei BP
Note: no PPT used
12.30 - 12:35 | Opening of the Onsite Pitch session Cities' Challenges By Oriol Martinez Alòs-Moner, Senior consultant in International Public Procurement at Barcelona's HQs of Catalonia Trade & Investment |
12:35– 13:30Pitches of 5-7 mins max. | Ch. 1: Testing of Smart solutions in Tallinn to become a Green Capital-2023 Mr. Kalle Killar, Executive Vice President, Business Director at Tallinn City Strategic Management Office Ch.2: Malaysia’s Low Carbon City Initiative by Renewable Energy & Smart Grids Dr. Raslan Ahmad, Senior Vice President at Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) Ch.7: Integration and upgrade of Split’s Energy management (GIS PORTAL)
Mr. Santiago Garcés, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Boston Note: no PPT used |
Open Innovation Challenge Pitch Session - 16th November
Matchmaking between Demand and Supply, focusing on innovative solutions recquested from the public side (municipalities, regions, ministries) and corporations.
Where: Green Plaza. Hall 2. Fira Gran Via.
When: 12:30 - 13:30
Opportunities in Public Procurement of Innovation
Project 1: Innovation Challenges in Kyoto and Kansai
Stage: Early Demand
Buyers: ATR - Advance Telecommunications Research Institute International
Mr. Hiroyuki Suzuki, Executive Vice President, Representative Director at ATR - Advance Telecommunications Research Institute International, Japan
Project 2: Intelligent Management of the city of Logroño: Digital Twin + Public services + Citizens as data collectors
Stage: Open Tender
Buyers: Ayuntamiento de Logroño
Mr. Francisco Javier Ridruejo, General Coordinator at Ayuntamiento de Logroño, Spain
Project 3: Transforming sport pitches into the playground for transdisciplinary innovation
Stage: Open Tender
Buyers: City of Amsterdam
Mr. Yurhan Kwee, Project Lead Startup in Residence at City of Amsterdam - Urban Innovation, Netherlands
Project 4: Radar PPI, Rapid Detection and control system for Antimicrobial Resistance
Stage: Open Tender
Buyers: Resah (France), Salut/Institut Català d’Oncologia (Spain), Osakidetza (Spain), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II/Department of Public Health (Italy), AQUAS (Spain), Biodonostia (Spain), INSERM (France), INSME, JERA Consulting
Mr. Ion Arrizabalaga, Project Manager and Coordinator at Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS), Spain
Project 5: Welsh Government Hydrogen Business Research & Innovation for Decarbonisation (HyBRID)
Stage: Open Tender
Buyers: Welsh Government
Ms. Kate Williams, Challenge-Led Innovation Projects Manager, Welsh Government, United Kingdom
Project 6: Greater Paris Metropolis: Urban Innovation experimentation
Stage: Open Tender
Buyers: Metropole du Grand Paris
Mr. David Monteau, Economic Development Policy and Digital Affairs, Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France
Project 7: CivTech 8 - Open Challenges in Scotland
Stage: Open Tender
Buyers: CivTech
Ms. Barbara Mills, Deputy Programme Director, CIVTECH, Scotland, United Kingdo
Project 8: Cyber security Innovation Procurement
Stage: Open Tender
Buyers: INCIBE, Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute
Ms. Maria Elisa Vivancos, Cibersecurity for Enterprises Technician , INCIBE, Spain
Green Transition Pitch Session - 16th November
Attendees will gain insights on international innovative solutions that address the Challenges that cities face in the Green transition.
Where: Agora. Green Plaza. Hall 2. Fira Gran Via.
When: 16 November 15:00-16:00
15:00 Opening
Maite Ardèvol, Circular Economy & Sustainability Lead at ACCIÓ
15:05 Innovation road map for circular and climate neutral cities
Joshua Newton, Europe Cities Activation Manager at Ellen MacArthur Foundation
15:20 Innovative solutions for circular and climate neutral cities
•Bamboo Energy, Cristian López- Energy demand aggregation and flexibility software platform
•KBCols, Vaishali Kulkarni - Microbial colorants: an alternative to waste generating & water polluting synthetic colors
•Coding the Curbs, Iskandar Tange - Control of the digital public space
•Aigües de Barcelona, Mario Ruiz - NIMBUS: sustainable fuel for buses from wastewater treatment sludge
•OLIO, Linda Stefanutti - The world’s only community sharing app
•Fregata Space, Maria Fernanda González - Satellite pollution monitoring in water bodies, air and land
•MangoStone Technologies, Bas Hoogakker - Innovative hardware and software solutions to optimize waste collection and waste management
•ICN2, Cristina Saenz - LightNET: an artificial photosynthesis for urban surfaces that captures co2
•Futureproofed, Antonio Arce - Leading carbon management platform to help cities build, manage, and execute their climate plan
15:55 Closing
Maite Ardèvol, Circular Economy & Sustainability Lead at ACCIÓ
