URBAN OCTOBER 2022 at GIZ:

Event Programme

Please note that the event will be translated to Spanish, Portuguese and German!

THU 13.10.2022 / 02:00-04:00 PM (CEST)

SMART CITIES FOR A GREEN AND RESILIENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT

ISCN ONLINE SYMPOSIUM

How are cities leveraging data and digital tools to become greener and more resilient? The High-Level Online Symposium will take the pulse of the international discussion on Smart Cities. The Partner Ministries and Cities of the International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) from India, Peru, Brazil and Germany as well as other High-Level speakers will showcase and discuss on data approaches, digital twins and the importance of replicating and scaling digital solutions to reach internationally defined climate goals. Join in and learn about national and local approaches towards smarter, greener and more resilient cities.

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)
INVOLVED: Dr. Rolf Bösinger (State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building, Germany), Kunal Kumar (Smart City Mission Director & Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), India), Renate Mitterhuber (Head of Division Smart Cities, Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB), Germany), Rahul Kapoor (Director Smart Cities, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), India), Sandra Maria Santos Holanda (National Secretary for Mobility and Regional and Urban Development, Ministry of Regional Development (MDR), Brazil (tbc.)), Marushka Chocobar (Secretary of Government and Digital Transformation, Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru (tbc.)) José Élcio Batista (Vice-Mayor, City of Fortaleza, Brasil), Patrick Anthony (Child Deputy Director-General, European Commission), Takehiko Nagumo (Executive Managing Director, Smart City Institute Japan), Martha Gutierrez (Director of Division Global Policy, Governance and Cities, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany)

CONTACT: julia.brennauer@giz.de; sebastian.fritz@giz.de