Smart Regions Forum

July 16, 2018

Auditorium of the Scientific and Technological Park of Bizkaia

AGENDA

08:45 – 09:00 Reception and accreditations.

09:00 – 09:15 Wellcome

  • Juan José Baños, WB Taldea CEO.
  • Jesús González Mateos, Aquí Europa Editor.

09:15 – 09:30 Forum Opening

  • Arantxa Tapia, Economic Development and Infrastructure Councilor.
  • Daniel Calleja, Director General de Medio Ambiente de la Comisión Europea. (Videomensaje)

09:30 – 10:30 Panel: Smart Regions

Speakers:

  • Santiago Donat, Responsable del programa de crecimiento inteligente de la Dirección General de Política Regional de la Comisión Europea.
  • Damien Périssé, Director responsable de Asuntos Marítimos en la Conferencia de Regiones Periféricas y Marítimas (CRPM).
  • Aitor Urzelai, Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Information Society of the Basque Government.

10:30 – 11:15 Panel: Data and ICTs, platforms and connectivity. Electronic administration

Speakers:

  • Enrique Martínez Marín, Advisory member of the Secretary of State and Coordinator of the National Smart Cities Plan in Spain.
  • Taina Tukiainen, Asesora principal para el COR, Comité Europeo de las Regiones y Profesora de Emprendimiento Empresarial e Innovación en la Universidad Aalto y Witten-Herdecke.
  • Gonzalo Fernández, Sales Director of Smart Cities and Big Data for Public Administrations at Vodafone.

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:15 Panel: Circular Economy, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency

Speakers:

  • Isabel Elizalde Arretxea, Counselor of Rural Development, Environment and Local Administration.
  • Mª Antonia Valero Sin, Responsible for the environment. Quality and Environment Management of ACCIONA Construction.
  • María Rincón-Liévana, miembro de la unidad de Producción Sostenible, Productos y Consumo de la Dirección General de Medio Ambiente de la Comisión Europea. (Videoconferencia)

12:15 – 13:00 Panel: Mobility and Smart Transport

Speakers:

  • Roberto San Salvador del Valle, Deusto Cities Lab Katedra Director, University of Deusto.
  • Sara Lobão, Comissão Executiva Metropolitana do Porto, Partner of the SMART-MR Interreg Europe Project.
  • Hector Olabegogeaskoetxea, Irizar e-mobility Managing Director.

13:00 – 13:15 Presentation of conclusions, closing

Please confirm attendance by email comunicacion@aquieuropa.com or by phone 91 702 61 30