Patrick Melia | Smart City Expo World Congress 2022

Patrick Melia Chief Executive Sunderland City Council Sunderland , United Kingdom

Biography

Driven by a collective desire to underpin Sunderland’s digital progression with innovative change, Sunderland City Council’s Chief Executive Patrick Melia & BAI Communications’ CTO Brendan O’Reilly, continue to lead city-wide digital transformation with a unique public-private sector partnership.

Sessions

SCEWC CONGRESS | In Focus Session

Save to calendar 16-11-2022 14:30 16-11-2022 15:15 Europe/Madrid The Transformative Power Of 5G and Connectivity

As cities envision an accelerated connectivity and new models of organization, such as autonomous logistics and machines, real-time data analytics, robots and assisted work, among others, 5G implementation stands as an essential tool to make these projections a reality. It has the power of enabling the next era of smart cities, but where do cities stand with 5G? How many have successfully implemented it and what are the scenarios of using 5G in smart cities? What drawbacks can 5G bring and how can it improve citizens’ lives?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/the-transformative-power-of-5g-and-connectivity/

Blue Room

The Transformative Power Of 5G and Connectivity

Enabling Technologies #5G, #Connectivity, #IoT, #Latency, #WiFi 6

Wednesday, November 16 - 14:30h - 15:15h (GMT+)

Chair

Nicol Turner Lee Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and Director at the Center for Technology Innovation The Brookings Institution Washington, DC, United States of America

Speaker

Eduard Martín CIO & Intelligent Connectivity Director Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Spain

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Patrick Melia Chief Executive Sunderland City Council Sunderland , United Kingdom

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Callan Carpenter Vice President of Digital Twin Solutions Unity Technologies Austin, United States of America

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Maria Galindo Board Member European Commission Mission on Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Barcelona, Spain