Conference "Smart Citizens for Smart Cities"

On Friday, 8 July 2022, we participated in the conference Smart Citizens for Smart Cities in the organization Smart RI, and as part of the project CEKOM – Smart Cities Competence Centre.

The conference was preceded by the opening of the exhibition at the posts on the Rijeka Korzo dedicated to this project.

At the opening of the exhibition, they spoke. Nenad Antolović, Director of Smart RI, Marko Filipović, Mayor of the City of Rijeka and Damir Medved, technical coordinator of CEKOM. The objectives and segments of the project were presented on the posts.

The conference was held at the Ri Hub and introductory words were given by Nenad Antolović, Director of Smart RI and Marko Filipović, Mayor of the City of Rijeka.

After the introductory words, it was introductory lecture of the conference which he held Damir Medved stressing that we are at the heart of an energy storm that we will have to adapt to, and that this storm highlights the inequality of people and that this project is a way to address this inequality.

Then it is, Saša Vojnović (Ericsson Nikola Tesla) held a lecture Urban and rural mobility highlighting the problem of transport and finding solutions in an intelligent transport system.

Lecture Electromobility in the Smart City System held Vedran Kotarski from Croatian Telecom. In his lecture, he pointed out that many large companies are turning to electric vehicles in both the auto industry and the oil industry, so Shell, who has the largest pump network, plans to introduce electric vehicle charging stations.

There was a lecture Sharing economy in transport which he held Marko Škrobo from Apsolon, which encouraged a debate about citizens' willingness to share means of transport.

A panel discussion was then held on The future of public transport in urban and rural areas moderated by Damir Medved, and panelists were Saša Vojnović, Vedran Kotarski and Marko Škrobo. The discussion highlighted the problems of parking in the city center, the small rate of introduction of electromobility in Croatia, the habit of sharing the means of transport of Croatian citizens. The solutions to these problems are also highlighted, and what are the motives for solving these problems.

This panel discussion completed a block of lectures at the conference, followed by a presentation CEKOM application for citizens. Dorjan Cindrić (Exevio) presented the applications RiLive, Roads i eTendering from the Modesty project, Davor Pasarić (Creative department) presented the application etinerary and Dražen Keresteny (Alarm Automatika) introduced the application Safety Barometer.

This was followed by a presentation of the platforms related to energy efficiency and the environment, which are being developed as part of the CEKOM project. An introduction to the platform presentation was given by Maja Božičević Vrhovčak from the Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar. Then it's Blaž Peternel (SmartIS) presented a platform for decision-making on reducing the carbon footprint in a smart city and Tomislav Sladonja (Hrvatski Telekom) presented SmartWaste waste management system.

Then they are presented Testimonies of the most digitally-ready city – the City of Rijeka through the presentation of the online services of the City that he presented Aleksandar Tomulić, Lea Stoiljković Medved presented the efforts of the City of Rijeka in terms of participatory decision-making and similar initiatives, and in the end Tamara Grubiša presented the Incubator for Creative Technologies and IT Industry - Energana.

To the end it is Prof. dr. sc. the Golden Car, Head of the Department of Automation and Electronics at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka presented the Erasmus+ WICT project ‘Introduction of joint short-cycle ICT courses for better employability of students and graduates’ and, in addition, presented their contribution to the CEKOM project.

All presentations can be found at link.