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FUTURE CITIES November 7Th 2013 | 12:00–17:00 | Christiansborg | Copenhagen FUTURE CITIES November 7th 2013 | 12:00–17:00 | Christiansborg | Copenhagen ”The most effective definition of a smart city is a community that is efficient, liveable and sustainable – and these three elements go hand-in-hand.” Charbel Aorun, Senior Vice President, Schneider Electric By the year 2050 approximately 75% of the world’s population will reside in megacities and with an estimated increase of the global population to 9 billion, the future cities of the world will face great challenges. The International Committee of Radikale Venstre wants to focus on the megacities of the future and would like to invite you to the Future Cities conference. The aim of the conference is to examine how these cities can be developed in the future. We will among other things cover the demographics of megacities, the buildings, the green cities of Europe, the intelligent energy-grid and megacities as smart cities: the use of big data. For registration: www.FutureCities2013.dk FUTURE CITIES | Sponsored by The Fund of Hermod Lannung Hermod Lannung (1895–1996) was a Danish he was part of the party’s executive committee lawyer and politician from Radikale Venstre (The for 40 years and a member of the Danish par- Danish Social Liberal Party). His primary occupa- liament 1939–1947 and 1957–1960. In 1947 he tion was with international cooperation, having was a founding member of Liberal International. served as a diplomat in Russia 1917–1919, and The Hermod Lannung Foundation, supporting UN Johan Biilmann served as a Danish UN delegate on several occa- work and international understanding, was foun- Foto: sions. As an active member of Radikale Venstre ded on his personal means. FUTURE CITIES | Our expert speakers MARGRETHE VESTAGER Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior, and political leader of the Social Liberal Party since October 2011. MARTIN KRUSE | COPENHAGEN INSTITUTE FOR FUTURES STUDIES Martin is a foresight analyst experienced in advising top management in various industries on issues of strategic concern. He is the main author of a number of reports from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, in which he looks at various developments, such as demographics, that determine the society of the future. MICHAEL STEVS | SIEMENS Michael is Partnership Manager within Siemens Global Cities Centre of Competence. Michael was previously Senior Advisor at the International Rail Union (UIC) in Paris where he was responsible for the development of pan-European Passenger Information and Distribution Systems. He specializes in how new technology can improve accessibility and improve the urban environment as a whole. CLAUS BJØRN BILLEHØJ | CITY OF COPENHAGEN Claus has extensive experience in promoting collaboration between the City of Copenhagen and private actors and knowledge partners. His focus of work is, through strategic partnerships, to insure sustainable, green growth and realise Copenhagen’s ambition of becoming the world’s first carbon neutral capital by 2025. NILLE JUUL-SØRENSEN | DANISH DESIGN CENTRE Nille is CEO of the Danish Design Centre. Before that he was Associate Director at Arup in London and partner in the largest Scandinavian architectural office, KHR Architects. He has been awarded the Eckersberg Medal 2003 by the Royal Academy of Fine Art, which is the highest distinctions given to architects and artists (equals RIBA GOLD Medal). He is also a Board Member of Index: Design to Improve life, Aarhus Achitectual School and SHL Architects. FUTURE CITIES | Presented Institutes FUTURE CITIES | Our expert speakers TRYGVE SKJØTSKIFT | ACCENTURE Trygve is Senior Manager and leader of Accenture’s Smart Grid and Smart City Services in the North. He has more than 11 years of experience in strategy consulting and innovation of smart energy solutions for cities and utilities. During his career he has initiated and led a number of innovative smart grid and smart city projects. Trygve is a graduate engineer and has an MBA in Strategy. TRINE PLAMBECH | ALEXANDRA INSTITUTE Trine holds a MSc in Landscape Architecture and a MSc in Interaction Design. She has a special focus on energy and sustainability and is involved in smart city projects where data of the city is used to generate knowledge and new solutions for the urban environmental challenges. Trine is a member of the Smart City Network initiated by the Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs. JOHANNE MOSE ENTWISTLE | ALEXANDRA INSTITUTE Johanne is a trained anthropologist and specializes in energy, technology and human behavior. She has been working on several energy and smart grid related projects with both national and international partners and businesses. In 2012 she was part of the network who provided the Minister of Climate, Energy and Buildings with recommendations and a roadmap for research, development and demonstration in relation to the roll out of Smart Grid in Denmark. KIM ESCERICH | IBM Kim is Executive Innovation Architect in IBM and is member of the Pan-European Chief Technology Officer-team. The CTO team works on creating innovative solutions for public sector clients throughout Europe and works in between research & development, software, strategy and innovation consulting. Focus areas are smarter cities, healthcare, traffic and other areas relevant for public sector. LONE LOKLINDT Member of the Danish Parliament for the Social Liberal Party in Copenhagen, and member of the Urban and Environmental Affairs Committee. Chairwoman of the Cultural Affairs and Leisure Committee and of the Youth and Adult Education Committee. FUTURE CITIES | Presented Institutes FUTURE CITIES | Programme 12.00–12.30 REGISTRATION AND SANDWICH 12.30–12.40 WELCOME Margrethe Vestager (RV) | Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior 12.40–13.00 FUTURE DEMOGRAPHICS OF COPENHAGEN Martin Kruse | Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies What will the future demography look like? How much urbanization will we see? How will Copenhagen look like in 2050? 13.00–13.25 EUROPE’S GREEN CITIES – SIEMENS GREEN CITY INDEX Michael Stevns | Siemens Siemens has analyzed Europe’s cities and rated them on CO2 emissions, energy use and air pollution. 13.25–13.45 CASE: COPENHAGEN Claus Bjørn Billehøj | Centre for Urban Development, City of Copenhagen Siemens European Green City Index named Copenhagen as Europe’s greenest city. What initiativs has Copenhagen initiateted to ensure Copenhagen as green city? 13.45–14.05 COFFEE THREE LEVELS OF THE FUTURE CITIES 14.05–14.30 LEVEL 1: FUTURE URBAN LIVING Nille Juul-Sørensen | Danish Design Centre Urban Equipment, future buildings and livestyle need to meet our demands on both design and function. But the planet has a limit, and that must be taking into account. 14.30–14.55 LEVEL 2: ENERGY – SMART GRID Trygve Skjøtskift | Accenture Technological and intelligent solutions: are they part of the answer for how we will use our energy resources optimally in the future? 14.55–15.15 CASE: URB–GRADE Trine Plambech & Johanne Mose Entwistle | Alexandra Institute Knowledge about people and their behavior towards energy, combined with data, can be used to provide an overview on how best to exploit and save energy. 15.15–15.35 COFFEE 15.35–16.00 LEVEL 3: SMART CITIES – UPGRADING RIO TO SMART CITIES Kim Escerich | IBM Rio de Janeiro is being upgraded to Smart City for the Olympics in 2016, and IBM has been in charge of the technical aspects in udgrading the city to Smart City. 16.05–16.50 PANEL DISCUSSION Keynotespeakers and Member of the Danish Parliament Lone Loklindt (RV) How can the experience of Rio de Janeiro used to make Copenhagen a city of tomorrow? 16.50–17.00 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING SUMMARY 17.00 –17.30 RECEPTION.
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