Future Internet for New Century Cities. Open place-making: A New Paradigm for Citizen Enablement. Conference. Workshop.

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1 CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ON GLOBAL EXPERIENCE AND THE FUTURE INTERNET NEW CENTURY CITIES ZARAGOZA 2012_ Conference Future Internet for New Century Cities November 8 Workshop Open place-making: A New Paradigm for Citizen Enablement November 9-10 Organized by Zaragoza, Spain November 8-10, 2012 Sponsored by With the support of Scheduled within the OPEN DAYS 2012 initiative, a three-day conference and workshop will be convened in November 2012 in Zaragoza, Spain. This will be hosted by The Fundación Zaragoza Ciudad del Conocimiento (Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology s Center for Advanced Urbanism, in cooperation with the City of Zaragoza, Red Aragón 7PM, the Government of Aragon, European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN),the Committee of the Regions (EU) and European Commission. This event will include a conference devoted to examine the Future Internet Public- Private Partnership Programme launched by the European Commission and their potential to reinforce the process towards smarter cities in an European context. High level EU officials and representatives from different outstanding projects and best practices will participate in this conference. A walkshop to meet some of the key people of the Zaragoza innovation ecosystem and the new facilities designed to accelerate the transition towards a true knowledge economy will complete this Future Internet PPP event. After this conference, a highly specialized workshop (only by invitation) will focus on the issue of Open place-making: A new paradigm for citizen enablement : How citizens do, and could use open source and open innovation strategies, social media, real-time data streams, and digital technology to make and use the physical and virtual public environments in their city, their neighbourhoods and their personal space. The NCC 2012 workshop is the fourth in a series that engages a network of leaders of New Century City development projects in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. These projects promote advanced industry clusters, fostering new forms of 21 st century work and life. They use planning processes and organizational alliances

2 designed for the transformative and unpredictable times that have marked the first decades of the century. Contact José-Carlos Arnal (Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation) Michael L. Joroff (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) The conference and workshop will be part of the launch program for the Etopia Center for Art and Technology. This center is the flagship institution of Zaragoza s Milla Digital (Digital Mile) a new urban district for creativity and innovation in one of Europe s oldest and most dynamic cities. Located in magnificent new facilities at the gateway to the city, Etopia is a catalyst and accelerator for open innovation ecosystems, gathering citizens, entrepreneurs, students, artists, businesses and social innovators into a global center for digital place-making and entrepreneurship. Participants in the conference and /or the workshop will have the opportunity to visit Milla Digital facilities and discuss about the impact of this kind of infrastructures in promoting open innovation and solutions for smarter cities.

3 Conference Future Internet for New Century Cities Thursday, November 8 th Venue Museo Pablo Gargallo Plaza de San Felipe, 3 Language Spanish / English (translation service will be provided) Free access registration at Welcome Fernando Gimeno (Deputy Mayor of Zaragoza) Miguel Angel García Muro (Director of Research & Innovation at Gobierno de Aragón) Introduction and overview Michael Joroff (MIT) José Carlos Arnal (City of Knowledge Foundation) The Future Internet PPP Programme (Phase 3 call) María Concepción Antón García, European Commission, DG CONNECT The CONCORD project Richard Tuffs, director of the European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN) Making real the Future Internet José Jiménez Delgado, Director International Programmes, Telefónica I+D: The FI-WARE Project. Luis Muñoz, Universidad de Cantabria. Technical director of Smart Santander: The OUTSMART / SMART SANTANDER Project. Cristina Peña Alcega. Telefónica I+D, Parque Tecnológico Walqa. The INSTANT MOBILITY Project. Representative of the FINSENY Project. Panel moderator: Ana Alonso (Red Aragón 7PM)

4 Conference Future Internet for New Century Cities Thursday, November 8 th Conclusions by Olivier Brunet, European Commission Official, Gobierno de Aragón Networking cocktail Target audience: City officers and technical staff, urban development researchers, smart cities initiatives stakeholders, ICT companies, EU officers, key agents of the regional R & D system, members of the NCC network.

5 Walkshop Zaragoza Innovation Ecosystem: Milla Digital, Etopia Friday, November 9 th A walking tour to some of the Milla Digital facilities and an lively discussion with key people of the local innovation ecosystem. 1/ Etopia Center for Art and Technology - Smart city projects in Zaragoza - New facilities for the Knowledge Economy - Sustainable mobility - Valdespartera Ecocity - Living Labs - Citizen engagement 2/ CIEM (Startup incubator) - Green building, sustainability - Business creation 3/ Digital Water Pavilion: - New digital public space - Open innovation Each topic will be presented in a brief speech by people involved in different projects Opportunities for future collaboration Ana García (European Network of Living Labs) TBC Networking lunch and close of the Future Internet PPP event.

6 Workshop Open place-making: A new paradigm for citizen enablement November 9 th - 10 th An open and highly interactive discussion conducted by MIT s lecturer Michael Joroff among an outstanding group of experts, researchers and urban managers involved in some of the most innovative urban projects in cities from all over the world like Helsinki, Seoul, Singapore, Manchester, Medellín, Estambul, Linz o Zaragoza and institutions like MIT, Senseable Cities Lab, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Ruta N, BBC, Ars Electronica or Digital Media City.! Venue CIEM (Centro de Incubación Empresarial Milla Digital. Av. de la Autonomía, 7) Language The workshop will focus on the concept of the Open Place-Making, that describes a new framework and process of citizen-driven configuration of urban spaces. By combining open source software, open APIs, open data, and open innovation processes, open place-making approaches allow citizens to influence or even create public realms that express their interests, inform them and respond to them. Participants will discuss about these new challenges for the cities of the new century on the basis of real experiences and cases. English Access By invitation only Friday, November 9 th h. Saturday, November 10 th h.