SmartBlueCity 1st Euro-Mediterranean Conference & Exhibition 2016

smart blue city Smart urban development and blue growth opportunities for cities, communities and islands in in the the Mediterranean Mediterranean basin. basin

1st Euro-Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition - 2016 April 14-16, 2016 Limassol, Cyprus

Under the auspices of Mr. Andreas Christou, The Mayor of Limassol

Organizers - Local Support

Conference Co-organizers University of Cyprus – KIOS Research Center for Intelligent Systems and Networks

CNE Business Development Ltd National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) School of Rural and Surveying Engineering Dept. of Geography and Regional Planning Smart Cities Mediterranean Cluster (SMART-MED) a CNE Initiative

Papadopoulos & Schinis Productions Ltd

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About the Conference The 1st Euro-Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition, dealing with “Smart Urban Development and Blue Growth opportunities for cities, communities and islands in the Mediterranean basin”, aims to establish bridges among a variety of actors originating from cities and communities, industry and academia; and act as a platform for face-to-face interaction and networking in support of cities’ efforts to cope with common challenges and opportunities as Mediterranean constellations in the information era.

The focus of the Conference is primarily on coastal small and medium-sized cities and communities in the Mediterranean. These are considered as of crucial importance for a number of reasons, with the most important being: The large number of such small and medium-sized cities spread across the Mediterranean coast.

The commonalities of the general features of such cities and communities, particularly their human scale, livability and social cohesion, conviviality of their neighborhoods, and their geographical cohesion and historical character, factors that constitute an ideal of sustainable urbanism in many ways. Ÿ Their role as natural but also cultural heritage poles, developed by close interaction and historical bonds shared by the Mediterranean coastal cities through centuries, rendering them, among others, attractive tourist destinations at a global scale. Ÿ Their role as nodes of interaction in the context of sea routes -ports- crossing the Mediterranean sea, rendering them commercial nodes too, while placing also additional problems and challenges that such a role implies. Ÿ Their common destiny in respect of a number of challenges related to climate change, migration, deterioration of sea environment, austerity, water scarcity etc., which underlines the necessity of implementing smart solutions towards a more sustainable and smart profile of resource management. Ÿ Ÿ

Based on the multiple nature of the above presented challenges, the Conference is expected to host a variety of participants from the academia, SMEs, industry and professionals as well as decision makers, regional authorities and city representatives in order that, a fruitful dialogue among these groups to be developed and new ideas and technologies, capable of coping with key challenges, to be put at the service of urban settlements in the Mediterranean.

SMART-MED Cluster 1st Euro-Mediterranean Conference/Exhibition

Cities & Communities Islands

Communication – Knowledge - Exchange PLATFORM

SMART-MED Academia Bring together city and regional authorities with industry, SME’s, academics and professionals to present information and ideas for smartness and growth ...

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Structure of the Conference

The Conference consists of two interrelated parts, namely: the “Scientific” part, in which recent developments and supportive technologies relevant to challenges faced by small and medium-sized Mediterranean cities and communities will be presented; and Ÿ the “Exhibition” part, aiming at giving the opportunity to industry and SMEs to present products that can solve current and forthcoming problems of these communities. Ÿ

The above distinction reflects an effort to bring together scientific knowledge and industry developments for increasing knowledge stock on potential policy perspectives and providing options on technological products and solutions that can increase capacity of cities and communities in the Mediterranean to cope with current challenges and needs.

Share ideas and smart city opportunities and options Scientific Part - Conference Themes Taking into consideration the peculiarities of the Mediterranean coastal cities and communities, such as vulnerability to climate change impacts, economic recession, high valued tourist destinations at a global scale, severe migration trends, city ports opportunities and threats, potential for renewable energy production, water shortage etc., a number of topics would be of interest as themes of the Conference, with a specific focus on smart solutions to deal with these topics. As such can be indicatively considered the following: • Renewable Energy – Smart Energy Management • Smart Buildings • Smart Urban Transport • Smart Port Management • Smart Water Resource Management • Smart Waste Management • Smart Infrastructure • Smart Tourist Destinations - Tourism Management – Responsible Tourism • Smart Culture • Smart City Marketing & City Branding • Smart Applications for Natural Risk Management and Resilience in the Mediterranean (floods, earthquakes, drought etc.)

• Participation – Smart People – Citizens’ Empowerment • Quality of Life • Smart government - New Governance Models • New Business Models for Smart Urban Development • Integrated Planning – Spatial Planning – Marine and Urban Planning • Blue Growth Opportunities – Potential Developments in Coastal Mediterranean Small and Medium-sized Cities and Communities/ Island regions • Smart Islands • Open Data • Large Data Management Challenges in the Urban Context

Exhibition Part - Industry / Stakeholders A variety of ICT-enabled products and solutions will be presented in the Conference, bringing at the disposal of cities and communities potential options and solutions for coping with existing and predicted challenges. Industrial partners and stakeholders can find the SmartBlueCity Conference as an excellent opportunity to: present/exhibit smart products and services; establish contacts with the academic community as well as city and island communities; identify new market opportunities through the SMART-MED cluster initiatives.

Important dates Abstract submission (300 words): 20th December 2015 Acceptance notification: 15th January 2016 Registration and payment: 30th January 2016 Full paper submission: 25th March 2016 Papers will undergo a peer review process in order to be considered for publication in a book as well as a journal.

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Who can participate The conference aims to create a platform for interaction and knowledge exchange among the key actors involved in urban development issues, namely: (a) citizens and policy makers; (b) scientific community; and (c) industry and local stakeholders. This interaction will support the building of bonds of both horizontal nature (within each one of the above groups, e.g. cities, industry, academia) and vertical nature (among cities, academia and industry), opening up a range of new opportunities and challenges for future cooperation.

Along these lines participants are expected from: Cities and their surroundings, Island communities: City Councils, Governmental Departments, Regional Authorities, Champers and Associations, other Local Decision-making Bodies, NGOs etc.

Academia: a wide variety of scientific disciplines, reflecting the complexity of urban systems and the challenges faced by them, in an effort to support inter-discipline communication and remove sectoral silos barriers.

Industry / Service providers / SME's, Startups / Professionals / Experts: a wide variety of stakeholders and providers of services and products that can be of interest for cities willing to jump into smart solutions for coping with urban problems.

Smart Cities Mediterranean Cluster The “Smart Cities Mediterranean Cluster” aims to create a Strategic Partnership among a wide range of partners (cities and communities, academia, industry and stakeholders) who, by sharing visions, resources, knowhow and experiences, will join efforts to support cities and communities in the Mediterranean region to grasp the benefits of smart communities and pave a more smart way for coping with the contemporary challenges they face.

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