Track: Living & Inclusion

Enjoy 3 days of a Relax Space at Provincia de Santiago del Estero booth directly from Termas de Río Hondo, a tourist town along the Dulce River, in northern Argentina. It is famous for its hot springs, popular because of its therapeutic properties. Near the Río Hondo reservoir, the city has its race circuit and hosts international motorsport events and an Automobile Museum exhibits vintage racing cars and motorcycles.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/relax-space-rio-hondo-thermal-springs-d45/

During the last years, cities have seen rapid shifts to virtual and remote work, new partnerships across ecosystems, and unprecedented levels of adaptability. Now, as organizations and governments rethink what social inclusion means for cities, ensuring affordable lives, breaking the digital gap and “breaking” systemic inequalities are no longer optional. What do cities need to do to reinforce their commitment not to leave anybody behind? What are the best policy approaches to open up the city to all? How can cities meet the needs of displaced populations?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/cities-made-for-citizens-needs/

Mobility in cities is changing at an all-time record pace. However, real and timely change in urban mobility will not happen if we fail to equip the workforce with the skills and knowledge to implement these changes in real life. This session will explore how urban mobility is being disrupted through skills and knowledge acquisition in Europe, notably through investment from EIT Urban Mobility.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/skills-for-city-changers/

Europe is facing an unprecedented energy crisis that requires an emergency response to protect households from energy poverty and save small businesses from closing. Apart from saving energy at home, more measures are needed at a local and national level to survive this winter and speed up the process into a sustainable and secured energy system. Which actions can be done to mitigate energy poverty and accelerate the energy transition?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/mitigating-energy-poverty-through-affordable-cities/

This MoU provides a framework of cooperation within which the UN-Habitat and Madinah Region Development Authority will mutually collaborate in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

The collaboration between the parties will cover the following topics:

1) The Global Urban Monitoring Framework.

2) SDG Cities Flagship Program.

3) People Centered Smart Cities Flagship Program

4) And Advocacy and partnership towards the Smart Madinah Forum (SMF2023) that will be conducted in Madinah in 2023, and the World Urban Forum (WUF) that will be conducted in Cairo, 2024.

Based on this MoU, the UN-Habitat shall explore ways to support Madinah reaching its commitment towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/madinah-city-and-un-habitat-sign-an-mou-stand-f41/

Cities are dealing with the challenge of ensuring affordable housing for every citizen. The pandemic has emphasized the relevance of having a quality home, and more than ever, the link between accommodation, safety, and health is becoming crucial. But innovative housing models in terms of sustainability and shared areas are not always accessible, accentuating inequality among the citizens. How could cities work on having no citizens without an affordable home?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/no-citizens-without-an-affordable-home/

The main results of a study carried out among the municipal workforce will be presented to detect the gender digital gaps around access, the frequency of use and the types of ICTs. The study also delves into the own categorization of the ICT work groups and the gender biases that are happening.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/the-gender-digital-gap-at-the-barcelona-city-council-stand-f151/

Join this creative workshop led by experts from the Global Proximities Observatory to understand how you can benefit from proximities centric urban models as embodied in the 15MN city concept. The Global Proximities Observatory was co-created by ETI Chair (IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School), UN-Habitat, UCLG, C40 cities, Obel Award & SCEWC to encourage practices sharing and learning between cities and stakeholders to drive positive impact.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/unleashing-the-power-of-urban-proximities-acting-together-for-our-cities/

Innovating for a better life in cities: For the development of sufficient, resilient, inclusive and creative territories on a global scale.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/innovating-for-a-better-life-in-cities/

Innovation in Barcelona is the way to collectively address the complex challenges of the city and its metropolitan environment. This innovation must be responsible and have a transformative will, guiding it towards the generation of real, tangible and lasting impacts in the long term while becoming a driving force of transformation and acceleration for the improvement of people’s quality of life.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/presentation-of-the-innovation-strategy-stand-f151/

Female in Tech Ecosystems and Future Challenges for Diversity Inclusion in Digital Societies

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/female-in-tech-ecosystems-and-future-challenges-for-diversity-inclusion-in-digital-societies/

What are the SDGs? Why are they important for the future of cities worldwide? Based on the comparable and validated data in Madinah’s sustainability indicators, how does the city perform in relation to SDGs? What sustainability factors does Madinah perform well? What sustainability factors does Madinah need to improve at? How does Madinah perform as a Smart City? How is Madinah transforming into a smart city?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/madinah-a-perspective-from-sustainability-indicators-session-stand-f41/

According to the World Health Organization, it is expected that, by 2050, people in the world over 60 years will represent 22% of the global population. Costa Rica is aging faster, and they have created an Age-Friendly Cities network to become more inclusive and friendly cities for the elderly. As cities see how their community is increasingly living longer, how can they work to ensure the quality of life for the young and senior population?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/lessons-from-costa-ricas-age-friendly-cities/

In a constantly changing world, new values, new needs, new identities, and new trends arise. For many years, humans had to work and fight to achieve rights and opportunities to build a better future, but there is still a long way ahead to guarantee cities made for all. How are governments planning to make equal and accessible cities for their citizens?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/tearing-down-the-barriers-to-equality/

Join the German delegation for traditional German refreshments!

Opening speeches by Secretary of State Dr. Patrick Rapp, Secretary of State Roland Weigert, Consul General Dr. Dirk Rotenberg, CEO of Germany Trade& Invest Dr. Robert Hermann.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/german-night-stand-c111/

Through the Global Smart City Partnership Program, the World Bank Group has worked closely with the Greater Amman Municipality from Jordan and Izmir Metropolitan Municipality from Türkiye for over a year to advance their smart city agenda. In this moderated discussion, the head of the delegation from two cities will present their smart city journey, discussing challenges and success factors, and highlighting their ambitions and ways to achieve them.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/amman-and-izmirs-plan-for-a-sustainable-smart-people-centered-future/

Presentation of the website that pretend to be the global reference in knowledge, good practices and Data around affordable housing. We will make a Demo of the first Dynamic Atlas structured with the taxonomy of barriers defined by an international committee , in wich an user can play, compare and access, in an unique space toi more than 4000 indicators from the principal data bases of the worls, and find, geo-referenced, best practices around the world. The platform has stablish global alliances with different international partners to build a new collaborative way to focus on this challenge.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/the-first-global-platform-to-improve-housing-affordability-and-interconnect-knowledge-and-data-under-shared-taxonomy-and-artificial-intelligence/

Within the framework of the drive for technological humanism, Barcelona leads various initiatives to apply and promote digital rights and the ethics of algorithms and artificial intelligence in a practical way. Barcelona has become the capital of technological humanism in its commitment to a fair and inclusive digital transition that continues to leverage opportunities and does not generate new inequalities.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/rights-and-digital-inclusion-in-barcelona-stand-f151/

The City Council of L'Hospitalet has developed a socio-educational project through a gamification with vocational training schools and more than 200 students from 9 different professional profiles. The young people, over 2 months and with the support of 20 mentor older adults, have generated technological projects to improve them the quality of life. How can a challenge unite different groups and generate new dynamics in the city?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/the-youth-devising-solutions-for-the-digital-gap-in-the-elderly/

How can we harvest collective urban intelligence? Are digital tools helping us to generate urban scenarios and to encourage the implementation potential of projects with the insight of local and international knowledge? By understanding the condition and history of a particular city through interactive components that include collaborative input allows anyone to participate in contributing to their knowledge of the city - which would ordinarily go without record. Therefore, are we able to respond to the critique that the smart city paradigm endangers privacy and excludes vulnerable groups? Can we claim that digital tools help us to create genuinely inclusive strategies for our habitats, where multi-disciplinary, inter-sectorial and divergent thinking combines both “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches.

Check the whole programme here

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/drees-sommer-inclusive-digital-habitats/

There has been a shift towards what cities consider fundamental in their development. More recently we have heard about more and more efforts to social inclusion and diversity. This is why this Solution Talk presents cases about accessibility, inclusivity from education, integration, and economic opportunities.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/urban-inclusivity-solutions-for-cities-far-and-wide/

The startup journey is filled with activities categorized as masculine. However, with a more diverse set of skills, companies are more adaptable and resilient, crucial for a successful startup. How do stereotypes influence the entrepreneurial ecosystem, how do they serve or hinder founders and what bring gender-balanced teams to ventures? Receive practical HR tips to attract the right team members to create both an inclusive and winning culture.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/better-together-why-start-ups-that-focus-on-equality-win/

Conflicts, political instability, persecutions, and natural disasters disrupt people’s lives, and sometimes displacements are the only way for individuals to search for a new beginning. Refugee crises are complicated situations that involve multiple stakeholders, and welcoming cities have a short time to be ready. How are city governments and citizens addressing welcoming refugees? Are cities made for all?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/urban-readiness-for-refugee-crises/

The event seeks to share the experience of implementing the Age Friendly Cities and Communities Initiative in Costa Rica.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/collaborative-creation-of-age-friendly-cities-and-communities-in-costa-rica/