Smart City Challenge 2024 aims to solve complex urban challenges and create new smart city solutions
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Workshop: Exploring Urban Challenges

Kuupäev: 29.05.2024

Toimumiskoht: Hybrid: Tallinn University of Technology (Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn, room SOC-309) & Online

Join us for this hybrid workshop of the 4th round of the Smart City Challenge! 

25 cities/counties/campuses from 15 different countries have submitted 35 urban challenges and during the session, they will introduce them in more detail. 

Researchers, developers and companies with interest to propose solution ideas are invited to dig deeper into these challenges, ask questions, and connect with relevant cities to create proposals together.

WHEN?

May 29, 2024, at 10.45 – 16.00 (Tallinn time).

WHERE?

Tallinn University of Technology (Akadeemia tee 3, Tallinn, room SOC-309) & Online.

We will send a Zoom link to people who have registered a few days before the event.

Please register by May 24.

We’re expecting initial solution ideas from researchers, developers and companies by September 16. Ideas should be sent to smartcity@taltech.ee on the “Proposing city challenge” template.

Ajakava

10.45 - 11.00

Coffee and registration

11.00 - 11.30

Introduction to the workshop and reminder of the Smart City Challenge process.

Külle Tärnov, Head of Innovation, FinEst Centre for Smart Cities

11.30 - 12.30

Session I: Introducing City Challenges – moderated by Einari Kisel

Energy:

  • ✦ Efficient street lightning – Tallinn, Estonia
  • ✦ Democratizing access to solar energy – Eilat, Israel
  • ✦ Sustainable Energy Communities – Alba Iulia, Romania
  • ✦ Efficient street lightning – Maribor, Slovenia
  • ✦ Energy dependence of critical infrastructure objects – Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine
  • ✦ Energy – Chernivtsi, Ukraine
  • ✦ Battery swapping for municipal buses – Jablonec, Czech Republic
  • ✦ Efficient street lightning – Saaremaa, Estonia

Circular economy:

  • ✦ Food Waste Reusage – Saaremaa, Estonia
  • ✦ Green space maintenance in challenging areas – Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
  • ✦ Reusing old buildings – Hundipea, Estonia
    • 12.30 - 13.15

    Lunch and networking

    13.15 - 13.45

    Innovative collaborations accelerate Malmö’s journey to climate neutrality

    Jonas Kamleh, Senior strategist at the department for Environmental Strategy and
    process leader for climate transition process, City of Malmö

    13.45 - 14.45

    Session II: Introducing City Challenges – moderated by Külle Tärnov

    Circular economy:

  • ✦ Volunteering rewarded with local currency – Etterbeek, Belgium

    City maintenance:

  • ✦ Smart communities’ toolkit for enhanced flood resilience – Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • ✦ Smart solutions for river shore – Pärnu, Estonia
  • ✦ AI for detecting street markings – Tartu, Estonia
  • ✦ City temperature monitoring – Maribor, Slovenia

    People centred city:

  • ✦ Communicating to all citizens – Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • ✦ Informing citizens despite disinformation – Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Mobility:

  • ✦ Hearing impaired in public transport – Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • ✦ Water traffic on the river – Pärnu, Estonia
  • ✦ Unsafe sidewalks – Tel Aviv, Israel
  • ✦ Efficient passenger counting in public buses – Jurmala, Latvia
  • ✦ City parking management – Maribor, Slovenia
    • 14.45 - 15.00

    Snacks and networking

    15.00 - 16.00

    Session III: Introducing City Challenges – moderated by Lita Akmentina

    People centred city:

    • ✦ People centred city – Pula, Croatia
    • ✦ Healthy City: Urban environment design and social interventions with community engagement – Ülemiste City, Estonia
    • ✦ HelpBox – Gdynia, Poland

    City planning:

  • ✦ Tree roots urban digital twin – Brussels, Belgium
  • ✦ Database of urban data – Pärnu, Estonia
  • ✦ Urban underground infrastructure – Tallinn, Estonia
  • ✦ Crisis of Empty Commercial Real Estate – Finest Bay Area, Finland
  • ✦ Affordable housing – Thessaloniki, Greece
  • ✦ City under construction – Tel Aviv, Israel
  • ✦ Urban underground infrastructure – Riga, Latvia
  • ✦ 3D models in city planning – Gdynia, Poland
    • 16.00

    End of the day

    Speakers and moderators

    Külle Tärnov, MBA

    Head of Innovation, Estonia
    FinEst Centre for Smart Cities

    Tallinn University of Technology

    Jonas Kamleh

    Senior strategist at the department for Environmental Strategy
    Process leader for climate transition process
    City of Malmö

    Einari Kisel
    Prof. Einari Kisel

    Professor of Practice, Energy Policies
    FinEst Centre for Smart Cities

    Tallinn University of Technology

    Dr. Lita Akmentina

    Cities Expert, Research Fellow
    FinEst Centre for Smart Cities

    Tallinn University of Technology

    Salvestused