Successful European Smart City projects present their approach and tell you about the most successful profit-making models!

The Smart City Event 2012 is the largest conference within Europe where all the parties convene for 2 days to learn from the most progressive projects. The focus is on sharing knowledge to realise climate ambitions and energy transition!

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Unique keynote speech:

Jeremy Rifkin Author of The New York Times bestselling book The Third Industrial Revolution and 18 other books. He is a consultant to the European Union and heads of state around the world. He is the president of The Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, D.C. More information about Jeremy Rifkin

Day’s chairman:

Jacqueline Cramer, Professor of Sustainable Innovation, Utrecht University, former Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

	Wubbo Ockels. Dutch Physicist, astronaut, pilot and professor
	Marie Donnelly, Director for Sustainable Energy, Research, Innovation & Energy Efficiency, DG Energy, European Commission
	Abha Joshi-Ghani, Sector Manager Urban Development, Finance, Economics & Urban Development Department, Wereldbank, USA
	Paul Tilsley, Alderman for Birmingham
	Carolien Gehrels, Alderman for Amsterdam Municipality

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On June 28, you have the opportunity to visit the first intelligent electricity grid in the Netherlands.

This project by Alliander in Amsterdam shows how a district of ca. 10,000 households is fed by the new intelligent net. The households have a smart meter and solar panels on the roof.
Bert Heerbaart, Strategic Program Manager, holds a lecture on this first intelligent energy grid, the importance for customers and the environment and on the 1st lessons learned.
Exclusive: Alliander gladly takes you on a tour on the 28 June after the event, to visit the smart grid.
Interested? You can indicate this on the registrationform.

This year you can expect:

• European Commission and the World Bank about the investment opportunities
• European Aldermen about the successful Green Stories in cities such as Amsterdam, Birmingham, Barcelona, Vienna, Bristol, Antwerp, Baerum
• Parallel sessions about Smart Grids, Electric Transportation, Open Data and Sustainable Building
• Successful partnership models and smart profit-making models that have been realised
• National and European authorities about the opportunities within current and future policy
• Lots of room for discussion, exchanging experiences and networking

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In short: You will hear what the most successful formula is for your government agency or company to set up a Smart Project!

Programme Day 1

09.00 - 09.30 uur

Reception and registration

09.30 - 09.45 uur

Opening by the day ’s chairman Jacqueline Cramer, Former Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Professor of Sustainable Innovation, Utrecht University

09.45 - 10.45 uur

OPENING SPEECH

Keynote speech by Jeremy Rifkin, Author of The New York Times bestselling book The Third Industrial Revolution as well as 18 other books. He is an advisor to the European Union and to heads of state around the world. And the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, D.C.

10.45 - 11.10 uur

KEYNOTE SPEECH

The European Energy Policy for Smart Cities

• Cities at the heart of the energy challenge
• Integration potential between energy, transport and ICT
• How can EU Smart Cities projects supports European cities?

Marie Donnelly, Director for Sustainable Energy, Research, Innovation & Energy Efficiency, DG Energy,
European Commission

11.10 - 11.40 uur

Coffee & tea break

THE POLICY FOR A SMART AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

11.40 - 12.25 uur

International developments and examples of Best Global Practices

Bruno Berthon, Global Managing Director of Sustainability Services, Accenture

12.05 - 12.25 uur

Energizing your city

• From the perspective of the Ministry of the Interior

Bert van Delden, Deputy Director-General for Living, Building and Integration, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Netherlands

12.25 - 12.45 uur

Policy in the Netherlands; Towards a low carbon Economy in 2050

• How an energetic society can make the difference!

Mariette van Empel, Director, Climate Department, Air and Noise, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands

12.45 - 14.00 uur

Lunch break with Knowledge Market

14.00 - 15.10 uur

ROUND TABLE

Differences in National policy and the challenges for Energy Efficient Cities

• Concrete actions, results and outcomes in EU Member States
• Effect on economic and social situation in the cities

Directors of various ministries within Europe discuss the specification of the national policy for Energy Efficient Cities

SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MODELS FOR SMART PROJECTS

14.45 - 15.10 uur

Amsterdam Smart City: A Smart City in Practice

Ger Baron, Project Manager, Amsterdam Innovation Motor

15.10 - 15.35 uur

Smart Grids for Amsterdam

• Alliander’s Smart Grid agenda
• Lessons learned, method for rolling out smart grids in districts with more than 8,000 households

Bert Heerbaart, Strategic Program Manager, Alliander

15.35 - 16.05 uur

Coffee & tea break

16.05 - 16.30 uur

The New Economics of Cities

• Smart Cities and economic growth - not mutually exclusive
• Understanding Information Marketplaces in cities
• What cities need to do to capture extra value from smart city technologies

Catherine Mulligan, Transitional Research Fellow in Innovation Studies at Horizon Digital Economy Research, Nottingham University, United Kingdom

16.30 - 17.00 uur

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Smart City Governance models

• Investment opportunities for Smart Energy

Abha Joshi-Ghani, Sector Manager Urban Development, Finance, Economics & Urban Development Department, World Bank, USA

17.00 - 17.30 uur

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Wubbo presents his view on sustainable development of public transport, partly based on his experience as an astronaut, naturally paying attention to the Superbus and the Green Canals Project.
Wubbo Ockels, Astronaut and Professor Aerospace for Sustainable Engineering and Technology

17.30 uur

Networking drinks with Knowledge Market

• Agenda day 2
• Who will you meet

Speakers day 1

	Jacqueline Cramer, chairman Former Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Professor of Sustainable Innovation, Utrecht University
	Jeremy Rifkin, Keynote Author of The New York Times bestselling book The Third Industrial Revolution as well as 18 other books. He is an advisor to the European Union and to heads of state around the world. And the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, D.C.
	Marie Donnelly, Director for Sustainable Energy, Research, Innovation & Energy Efficiency, DG Energy, European Commission
	Bruno Berthon Global Managing Director of Sustainability Services, Accenture
	Bert van Delden, Deputy Director-General for Living, Building and Integration, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Netherlands
	Mariette van Empel, Director, Climate Department, Air and Noise, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands
	Ger Baron, Project Manager, Amsterdam Innovation Motor
	Catherine Mulligan, Transitional Research Fellow in Innovation Studies at Horizon Digital Economy Research, Nottingham University, Unite15d Kingdom
	Bert Heerbaart, Strategic Program Manager, Alliander
	Abha Joshi-Ghani, Sector Manager Urban Development, Finance, Economics & Urban Development Department, World Bank, USA
	Wubbo Ockels, Keynote Astronaut and Professor Aerospace for Sustainable Engineering and Technology

Speakers day 2

	Jacqueline Cramer, Chairman Former Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Professor of Sustainable Innovation, Utrecht University
	Jan Pronk, former Minister of Development Cooperation, Spatial Planning and the Environment, as well as a former UN Special Envoy to the World Summit on Environment & Development (Rio + 10, Johannesburg, 2002
	Robert Linnekamp, Chairman, Klimaatverbond, Alderman for Zaanstad, the Netherlands
	Ina Homeier-Mendes, Urban Planning & Development Vienna
	Paul Tilsley, Alderman for Birmingham
	Stephen Hilton, Director of Bristol Futures Group, Bristol City
	Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Andreas Schmidbaur, Head of the Department for Urban Planning and Mobility City of Salisbury
	Simon Willis, Vice President, World Wide Public Sector, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco
	Lisbeth Hammer Krog, Mayor of Baerum, Norway
	John Post, Chairman of Platform Open Data Nederland, Director of Consortium Green IT Amsterdam, ICT authority for Top Sector Energy, the Netherlands
	Iris Gommers, Program Manager of Sustainable City, Energy & Environment, Antwerp Municipality
	Lorraine Hudson, Smart City Coordinator, Bristol City Council
	Jan Schreuder, Project Manager of the e-harbours project, represents 6 North Sea Region harbours, including Amsterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp
	Heidy van Beurden Author of the book Smart City Dynamics, Team member ICT 4E2B Forum (EU research project for ICT at Energy Efficiency in Buildings)
	Luc Lebon Medeoprichter EVA-project, Partner & Manager eNovates, België
	Kris van Daele, Chairman, Smart Grids Flanders
	Carolien Gehrels, Alderman for Amsterdam Municipality
	Manel Sanromà, CIO Barcelona City Council
	Hakan Axelsson, Business Developer, Sustainable Cities Program at Vattenfall
	Peter Van Den Heede, General Manager Low Voltage Products Belux ABB LP division, Benelux

• Agenda day 1
• Agenda day 2