Smart Sustainable Cities - Cleanweb April Meetup

This month we have an amazing line up of speakers:

Agenda

6:45 Doors open

7.10 Welcome & Community announcements

7.20 Dr Susan Grant Muller

7.40 Prof Gerd Kortuem

7.55 Break for refreshments

8.15 Mark Harvey

8.40 Gaia Arzili

9.00 To the pub - The Fox 28 Paul Steet EC2A 4LB

Dr Susan Grant Muller

Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds

Acting as a co-investigator for the Centre for Integrated Energy Research (CIER) Dr Susan Grant Muller is a statistician with research niche in transport technologies and social informatics under the rubric of low carbon energy futures. Her research is focused on the smart (ICT enhanced) energy system, that influences the behaviours of energy consumers, and the potential for ICT to catalyse behaviour change and reduce energy demand; including approaches to designing complex socio-technical systems.

Prof Gerd Kortuem (http://www.kortuem.com/) @Kortuem (https://twitter.com/kortuem)

Professor of Computing at the Open University

MK:Smart is a £16 million smart city project to exploit big data as a catalyst for sustainable development and economic growth. As deputy director Gerd is responsible for Citizen innovation, intelligent energy, data skills and education. Gerd is working on a number of projects including:

• Smart Cities Milton Keynes

• Internet School of Things working with schools across the UK to define how the Internet of (School) Things can enhance learning in science and other subjects

• GAMBAS - EU research on developing an Internet-of-Things platform for smart city applications

Mark Harvey (http://www.resurgence.io/) @markharvey77 (https://twitter.com/markharvey77)

CEO and Founder of Resurgence

Resurgence uses the power of open data, media and risk communication to protect our cities from future stresses and shocks with emphasis on climate related impacts. Resurgence focus on:

• Urban Risk Management & Disaster Resilience

• Urban Ecology & Ecosystems Protection

• Smart Cities

• Technology for Resilience

Gaia Arzili @GaiaArzilli (https://twitter.com/GaiaArzilli) http://cognicity.london/

Communications and Engagement Lead at ENTIQ

Cognicity Initiative - 12 week accelerator programme based at L39 Canary Wharf with a £50,000 cash prize focused on smart city technologies under the following 6 streams:

• Sustainable Buildings

• Integrated Transportation

• Integrated Resource Management

• Automated Building Management

• Connected Home

• Virtual Design & Construction

Special thanks to the ODI (http://opendatainstitute.org/) for hosting our meetup, and for the ongoing support of the cleanweb movement.

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