Reaching Smart Cities through Partnerships
Events - Research
New York, NY
Reaching Smart Cities through Partnerships
Events - Research
New York, NY
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PPP for CitiesSpecialist Centre on PPPs in Smart and Sustainable Cities IESE Business School.

One of the elements that define the 21st century is the increasing level of urban populations in countries all over the world. Cities offer big opportunities such as highly qualified jobs, good salaries, healthcare facilities, educational centers, and a wide variety of leisure activities. However, cities face important challenges resulting mainly from people agglomeration: accommodation availability, traffic congestion, pollution, or high-energy consumption.


It is the policy makers’ task to find solutions to tackle all these problems derived from cities’ success. Using private sector technology and innovation capacity through Public - Private Partnerships can provide the public sector with the necessary tools to achieve solutions to the mentioned problems.


The Conference “Reaching Smart Cities through Partnerships” will present some good practices and examples of smart solutions in the areas of transport and energy supply, aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG)


The conference is organized by IESE Business School research center on PPP’s with the support of Catalonia Trade & Investment, the Agency for Competitiveness of the Government of Catalonia.
FECHA Y HORA
Viernes, 18 de Octubre, 2019
8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
LUGAR
New York Campus 165 W. 57th Street, NY 10019-2201, New York, NY, US
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SCHEDULE

8.00       8.15       Reception of the participants

8.15       8.30       Welcome & Opening Words: How we adapt PPPs to Smart Cities?

                             Prof. Joan Enric Ricart,  Chairman of the Strategic Management Department at the IESE Business School, University of Navarra

8.30       9.00      Is it possible to start a tramway system in a city without recent tramway operational experience?

        Presentation of Barcelona's Tramway system experience: mobility challenges and its integration into an existing public transport network

                             Mr. Lluís Alegre. Technical Director at Barcelona Regional Transport Authority (ATM)

9.00       9.30     Challenges of managing and operating tramways in Barcelona Presentation of the Barcelona’s Tramway operation

                            Presentation of the Barcelona’s Tramway operation.

                            Mr. Humberto López-Vilalta. General Manager. TRAM, SA. (Barcelona tramway managing company)

9.30     10.00   Q & A with Mr. Pere Torres, CEO of Barcelona Regional Transport Authority (ATM)

10.00   10.30    Coffee break

10.30     11.15    Improving energy efficiency through Smart Grids

                           Presentation of NY State Smart Grid

                           Mr. Sean Sullivan, Program Director, Smart Grid Innovation responsible for Energy Smart Community at AVANGRID

11.15     12.00     Mobility Simulation for Cities & Autonomous Vehicles

                          Mr. Alex Gerodimos, Chief Operating Officer at Aimsun

12.00     13.00  Round table: How to reach People First PPPs?, Smart solutions as tools to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

                         NY Local Authority representative, TBC 

    Mr. Xavier Vilalta, Smart Strategy at Catalonia Trade & Investment

    Mr. Lou Celi, Chief Executive and Founder, ESI ThoughtLab

    Moderator: Prof. Joan Enric Ricart, Academic Director at PPP for Cities

13.00     14.30  Networking Lunch.

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