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International SANTIAGO Conference on City Sciences CHILE ICCS 2016 16-17, JUNE 2016 LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABLE, INFRASTRUCTURE-BASED AND PARTICIPATIVE INNOVATION Historical: International Conference on City Sciences - ICCS 2015 NEW ARCHITECTURES, INFRASTRUCTURES AND SERVICES FOR FUTURE CITIES SHANGHAI, CHINA, 4 & 5, JUNE 2015 International Conference on City Sciences - ICCS 2016 LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABLE, INFRASTRUCTURE-BASED AND PARTICIPATIVE INNOVATION SANTIAGO DE CHILE, 16 & 17, JUNE 2016 01 International Conference on City Sciences - ICCS 2016 LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABLE, INFRASTRUCTURE-BASED AND PARTICIPATIVE INNOVATION SANTIAGO DE CHILE, 16 & 17, JUNE 2016 Urban agglomerations make sense from an economic perspective saving resources and allowing for economies of scale. They also make sense from a social perspective facilitating the sharing of these same tangible resources while helping to spread culture and ideas. But the increasing rate of urban scale and density, specialization and diversity, brings also cha- llenges previously unheard of. Precisely, city sciences provide a framework to understand the foundations of the functioning of a city, to drive the modernization of existing urban infrastructures, and to create and develop new urban services, always with a view on a rea- listic assessment on the benefits for the welfare of the citizen. Along these lines, the last two decades have seen numerous attempts to use new technologies to improve transportation, energy, safety, public administration, among many others, investing heavily but without a deep understanding of the overall effects in the life of citizens. In fact there is an increasing criticism of a purely technology-driven approach to city challenges. The traditional concept of smart cities is the paradigm of a mistaken aim: marketing and promotion of technolo- gy-based sales without a thorough research of real pressing problems for cities and citizens, and lacking evidence on which are the most effective solutions. In rather general terms it can be said that so far the results of many initiatives have not lived up to expectations, and particularly the transformation of the city life for the better is not being as rapid nor as radi- cal as anticipated. It is, thus, the right time to discuss among practitioners and academicians how to use new perspectives on infrastructure and technology within sustainable and par- ticipative innovations. Main themes will be: - Innovations for infrastructures and services of relevance in an urban context: broadband, wireless, sensors, data, energy, transport, housing, water, waste, and environment. - Urban landscape as a new infrastructure - Smart city developments and cases, in particular those people-centred - Social and economic innovations citizen-centric - Platforms for both top-down and bottom-up urban innovations - Collaborative innovations to address urban challenges 02 Universidad del Desarrollo Universidad del Desarrollo is known not only for its academic excellence, but also for its en- trepreneurial hallmark. This feature has earned it a place of privilege in higher education in Chile and Latin America a mere 20 years since it was founded. Entrepreneurship is a charac- teristic that distinguishes its students and professors. It creates aninteractive and dynamic environment on campus where innovationand new ideas are constant. Ethics and public responsibility, the hallmark values of UDD, are encouraged not only in the classroom, but are also put into practice in each of the activities conducted at UDD. Universidad del Desarrollo has defined internationalization not only as acompetitive advan- tage, but also as a distinctive seal of its students. It has therefore designed a project that will train global students on campuses where internationalization is an everyday experience, be it at UDD or abroad. With that in mind, UDD has created a variety of programs and choices that keep students aware of the actual order, where globalization is a reality and command of a second langua- ge is indispensable. On that basis, we have developed a powerful program, managed by the International Re- lations Department and the Schools. They have assured that internationalization is a factor in their curricula. Our objective is for students to be highly motivated and conscious of the process of internationalization. They must value it as an important part of their formation and participate actively in the different and innovative alternatives we offer, such as thematic short term programs which are developed all over the world and courses taught in English languagethat, in addition to “traditional” programs like Exchanges and Dual Degree Pro- grams, have been key to the success of this process. 03 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid As a guarantee of the training of future generations, the UPM combines the four main pillars of a modern higher education institution: teaching, knowledge generation, the transfer of this knowledge to the productive sectors and the dissemination of the scientific and techno- logical knowledge as an exponent of the global service that a higher education institution must be rendered to our society. Located in the Greater Madrid area (Comunidad de Madrid), this university offers its stu- dents an exceptional scientific and intellectual environment. The UPM was founded in 1971 by bringing together all the Superior Technical Schools (Es- cuelas Técnicas Superiores) which until then were part of the Superior Technical Institute (Instituto Politécnico Superior). The University Schools (Escuelas Universitarias) were inte- grated in 1972. However, the majority of the UPM Centers have existed for more than two centuries. For this reason it is no exaggeration to state that a large part of the history of Spanish technology for more than one and a half centuries has been written by the Schools of Architecture and Engineering of the UPM. The majority of the greatest figures in Spanish teaching and research have passed through its lecture halls as students or teachers. Nowadays, the UPM still continues to lead the way in standards of excellence in teaching, research and public service. 04 Calendar: FIRST PART : LEARN ABOUT CHILE Tuesday 14 : Trip to Valparaiso City Tour : Valparaíso Lunch Talk : Valparaíso Urban Challenges Visit : Ex-Carcel Cultural Center Trip to Santiago Wednesday 15 : Visit : Telefonica Chile City Tour : Santiago Part 1 Lunch City Tour : Santiago Part 2 Reception at Spanish Embassy 05 SECOND PART : SHARE KNOWLEDGE Thursday 16 : Registration and Welcome Keynote Speech : PLENARY 1 Coffee Break Keynote Speech : PLENARY 2 Break for lunch SESSION 1 - SMART CITIES : Pannel 1 - Environment Coffee Break Pannel 2 - Case Studies Friday 17 : Registration and Welcome SESSION 2 - INFRASTRUCTURE : Pannel 3 - ICT´S Coffee Break Pannel 4 - Shared economy Break for lunch SESSION 3 - CITYZENSHIP : Pannel 5 - New Architecture and Urban planning Coffee Break Pannel 6 - Case Studies 06 FIRST PART : LEARN ABOUT CHILE Tuesday 14 : Trip to Valparaiso 10:00 Departure 10:00 - 11:30 Trip to Valparaiso Valparaíso is a major city, seaport, and educational center in the county or commune of Valparaíso, Chile. Greater Valparaíso is the second largest metropolitan area in the country, one of the South Pacific’s most important seaports, capital of Chile’s third most populated administrative region and headquarter for the Chilean National Congress since 1990. Valparaíso played an important geopolitical role in the second half of the 19th century, when the city served as a major stopover for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by crossing the Straits of Magellan. Valparaíso mushroomed during its gol- den age, as a magnet for European immigrants, when the city was known by international sailors as “Little San Francisco” and “The Jewel of the Pacific”. In 2003, the historic quarter of Valparaíso was declared a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organiza- tion (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. The second half of the twentieth century was not kind to Valparaíso, as many wealthy fa- milies abandoned the city. The opening of the Panama Canal and reduction in ship traffic dealt a staggering blow to Valparaíso’s port-based economy. However, over the past 15 years, the city has staged an impressive renaissance, attracting many artists and cultural entrepreneurs who have set up shop in the city’s hillside historic districts. Today, many thousands of tourists visit Valparaíso from around the world to marvel at the city’s unique labyrinth of cobbled alleys and colorful buildings. The port of Valparaíso continues to be a major distribution center for container traffic, copper, and fruit exports. Valparaíso also receives growing attention from cruise ships that visit during the South American summer. Most significantly, Valparaíso has transformed itself into a major educational center with four large traditional universities and several large vocational colleges. The city exempli- fies Chilean culture, with festivals every year, and a number of street artists and musicians. 11:30 - 13:30 City Tour : Valparaíso 13:30 - 15:00 Lunch : Dinamarca 399 15:00 - 16:30 Talk : Valparaíso Urban Challenges 16:30 - 17:30 Visit : Ex-Carcel Cultural Center Parque Cultural de Valparaíso – PCdV, is an architectural complex with three buildings of 10.000 m2, built in a area of 2,5 hectares where the Public Prison of the city was formely situated. This Place is hurl from a harmonic joint to install cultural resources around a park open to