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- HUMANIZING DATA DAY: 4 JUNE
- TOP7 INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES DAY: 5 JUNE
- INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR DAY: 6 JUNE
Featured Speakers
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Margot James MP |
Theo Blackwell |
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Dana Tobak | Julie Alexander |
4 June: Humanizing Data Day
The Summit's first day introduces our theme of "Humanizing Data" and explores topical issues of local sovereignty and the impact of the data revolution on employment and the economy. Throughout the day, attendees hear from the leaders of the 2018 Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year. The day closes with roundtables of municipal leaders and a reception honouring the achievements of the Top7 Intelligent Communities. The Crystal, 1 Siemens Brothers Way, London E16 1GB Find on Google Map
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08:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 |
Welcome to the SummitICF co-founders, ICF Institutes, ICF Nations and partner representatives Speakers Include:
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09:30 |
Humanizing DataA panel of government, university and technology experts debate the impact, potential and perils of Big Data and Open Data to introduce the theme of the Summit. Speakers Include:
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10:15 |
Refreshment Break |
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10:45 |
Top7 Conversation #1Interview with leaders of Chiayi City, Taiwan on challenges, opportunities and successful strategies.
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11:15 |
Opportunity and Employment in a Big Data WorldA panel discussion explores how the "datafication" of business and institutions is creating wholesale change in business economics, practices and employment, and how communities should prepare to respond. Speakers Include:
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12:00 |
The Triple Helix in Binh Duong Smart Region, VietnamNew smart city projects have been launched throughout developing and newly industrialising nations around the world. They typically set out to create a completely new city with heavy investment in technology to create a new approach to urban living. After considering smart city models from around the world, however, the Binh Duong Region outside Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam partnered with Eindhoven, ICF’s 2011 Intelligent Community of the Year, to work toward sustainable socio-economic development based on the Triple Helix model of collaboration among research institutions, businesses and government, with human needs at the centre. This presentation provides an update on development and insights into an emerging Intelligent Community in southeast Asia. Speakers Include:
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12:30 |
Lunch Break |
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13:30 |
Mayors and the Quiet RevolutionMayors of the UK's cities and metropolitan areas debate the opportunities, obstacles and processes of rising local sovereignty in the industrialized world's most centralized economy. Speakers Include:
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14:30 |
Top7 Conversation #2Interview with leaders of Espoo, Finland on challenges, opportunities and successful strategies. Speakers Include:
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15:00 |
Refreshment Break |
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15:30 |
KEYNOTE - Open Data meets Artificial Intelligence: a new kind of city infrastructureProfessor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FRS FREng, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, Professor of Computer Science, Oxford University and Visiting Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Southampton University, Chairman and Co-founder of the Open Data Institute
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KEYNOTE - The Next Generation of the Smart CityThe smart cities industry will be worth more than US$400 billion globally by 2020. The next generation of smart city development will combine engineering, urban design, technology, economics and people to deliver significant value and the ability to continually adapt to changing needs. Volker Buscher, Director, Global Head, Digital Products, Arup
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16:30 – 17:45 |
Leaders RoundtableMayors, members of Council and administrative officers conduct an open-ended discussion for the audience on the challenges of running a municipality or county in our hyper-connected age, where data is both a valuable tool and a disruptive force that affect policy, politics, economics and culture. Speakers Include:
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CIO RoundtableCan CIO's humanize data? This session will reveal how each community CIO has embraced concepts of Data Governance that help constituents through optimal, exacting and pointed service delivery. From the basic tenants of good data quality, deterministic data lineage, and single source of truth, communities are now able to reach the right constituent with the right service at the right time – while maintaining proper balance between data security and transparency. Speakers Include:
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Economic Developers RoundtableEconomic developers from municipalities and counties discuss the changing nature of investment attraction, business stimulation and support, and the collaboration with other agencies and sectors needed to develop the economy of an Intelligent Community in a world being restructured by digital technologies. Speakers Include:
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19:00 |
Top7 Intelligent Communities ReceptionArup - 8-13 Fitzroy St, Bloomsbury, London W1T 4BQ Find on Google Map Attendees enjoy an ice-breaker reception that welcomes the Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year to the annual Summit.
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5 June: Top7 Intelligent Communities Day
The Summit's second day continues our "Humanizing Data" theme and Top7 Conversations. It offers excerpts from ICF's Master Class for urban and rural communities, and a discussion of community resilience in a world of threats. The Crystal, 1 Siemens Brothers Way, London E16 1GB Find on Google Map
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08:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 |
KEYNOTE - Britain’s Digital SocietyMargot James MP, Minister of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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9:15 |
London: A Smarter Place to Live, Work and VisitMembers of the Mayor of London’s 'Smart London Board' discuss how they are helping the Mayor shape his vision and strategy for London's smart city agenda, putting digital technology and data at the heart of making the capital an even better place to live, work and visit. The board is made up of leading figures from the tech sector, entrepreneurs and academics, chaired by Theo Blackwell, Chief Digital Officer, Greater London Authority. Panelists include Julie Alexander, Director, Urban Development, Siemens; Rikesh Shah, Head of Commercial Innovation, Transport for London; and Miranda Sharp, Director of Innovation Ordnance Survey.
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10:15 |
Refreshment Break |
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11:00 – 12:30: ICF Master Class: Putting Data to Work in the Place Called Home |
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ICF Urban Master Class
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ICF Rural Master Class
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Excerpts from the ICF Master Class focusing on urban development in the digital age. Speakers include:
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Excerpts from the ICF Master Class focusing on rural development in the digital age. Speakers include:
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12:30 |
Lunch Break |
ICF Institutes & Nations RoundtableSponsored by the ICF Global Institute of Dublin
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13:30 |
Top7 Conversation #3Interview with leaders of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on challenges, opportunities and successful strategies.
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14:00 |
Who Cares About Open Data?A panel discussion explores the uses, decision-taking process and potential of the Open Data movement, from who gets to decide what is open, to who profits from it and how local governments can create successful programs that achieve adoption and positive change. Speakers Include:
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15:00 |
Top7 Conversation #4Interview with leaders Ipswich, Queensland, Australia on challenges, opportunities and successful strategies.
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15:30 |
Refreshment Break |
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16:00 |
Top7 Conversation #5Interview with leaders of Tainan City, Taiwan on challenges, opportunities and successful strategies. Speakers include:
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16:30 |
Resilience in a World of ThreatsFor all its immense value, the digital revolution has also provided fuel for the forces tearing at the city and nation-state – from sectionalism to terrorism – while providing unprecedented power to understand the threats of a changing climate. This panel session explores how cities and regions bring digital technologies, effective planning and human ingenuity to increase their resilience at a time of rising threat. Speakers include:
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17:30 |
ReceptionSalute to Taiwan's smart city development, sponsored by ICF Taiwan and Far Eastone Telecommunications.
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6 June: Intelligent Community of the Year Day
On the final day of the Summit, we complete our intimate conversations with the Top7 Intelligent Communities and our exploration of the Humanizing Data theme. The day ends with economic development matchmaking and the Intelligent Community Awards Dinner, where we name the 2018 Intelligent Community of the Year. Digital Greenwich Innovation Centre, 6 Mitre Passage, London SE10 0ER Find on Google Map
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08:00 |
Registration |
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Bridging the Broadband Gap: Coverage, Cost, PerformanceBroadband is widely considered the new essential infrastructure, with immense economic and social benefit, just as previous generations considered the motorway and airport, the railroad and seaport. Yet in very few nations is broadband evenly and equitably available. Gaps in coverage and wide variation in pricing and performance disadvantage some regions, communities and neighbourhoods based on geographic, economic and social factors. In this panel, experts describe how communities and organizations are bridging broadband gaps with sustainable business models. Speakers Include:
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Top7 Conversation #6Interview with leaders of Taoyuan, Taiwan on challenges, opportunities and successful strategies. Moderated by Robert Bell.
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10:30 |
TechBrief: App Stores for Smart Cities
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10:45 |
Refreshment Break |
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11:15 |
Top7 Conversation #7Interview with leaders of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on challenges, opportunities and successful strategies. Speakers Include:
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11:45 |
What Does Humanizing Data Require of Us?A panel discussion debates the uses and abuses of data in the economy, governance and society, and engages with the audience what would be required to truly humanize data: ensuring that it contributes to greater peace, prosperity, and human development. Speakers Include:
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12:45 |
Closing |
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12:50 |
Lunch Break |
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13:45 - 16:15 |
Economic Development MatchmakingA speed-dating format offers local governments, companies and institutions the chance to explore strategic partnerships, business location and market entry opportunities, and trade and investment opportunities in a series of scheduled 20-minute meetings. Click here to read more about Economic Development Matchmaking and to see a list of table hosts. |
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Intelligent Communities Awards DinnerReception and dinner featuring selection of the Intelligent Community of the Year from among the Top7. America Square, 1 America Square, 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB Find on Google Map
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Intelligent Community Awards Dinner, 2016