PROGRAMME DAY 1 | September 20^th

08:30h

Registration

09:30h

Welcome by organisers & conference opening

Miguel Á. García-Fuentes \| BY&FORCITIZENS Conference Programme Director. CARTIF Technology Centre
José R. Perán \| Director. CARTIF Technology Centre
Oscar Puente \| Mayor. Municipality of Valladolid
Georg Houben \| Policy Officer. Directorate General for Energy. European Commission
Teresa Ribera \| Minister for Ecology Transition. Spanish Government

10:15h

Keynote speaker: human-centric city transformation Creating smart and inclusive cities and societiesSpanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

| Futurist Copenhagen Ambassador. Kjaer Global

11:00h

Coffee break

11:30h

Panel 1: Circular economy to transform city ecosystemsCities are ecosystems that consume resources to produce services for the citizens and also wastes. These ecosystems need to be optimised in order to maintain the value of products, materials and resources for as long as possible, while minimising the generation of waste. The panel will discuss about how cities are introducing the circular economy.Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

Moderated by:

Stefan Junestrand | General Director.
TECMARED

Speakers:

Miguel Ruiz-Galvez | Responsible for Biomass. VEOLIA
Oriana Romano | Cities and Circular Economy Programme Coordinator. Organisation for Cooperation and Economic Development (OCDE)
Rosa Huertas | Area Director for Finance. Municipality of Valladolid
Baha Kuban | Senior Consultant Demir Energy

EEN
BROKERAGE

12:30h

Panel 2: Citizen Centric models to transform urban areas

Citizens should be at the core of the city transformation,
since cities are made by and for them. Often citizens are only informed or
consulted without a real engagement strategy resulting into cities less
liveable and far from their real needs. The panel will discuss on how citizens
can be positioned and engaged as the centre of the urban transformation.

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

Moderated by:

Jürgen Schultz Senior Researcher. Social Research Centre. Technical University of Dortmund

Speakers:

Agustín Argelich | Spanish delegate. Think Tank Intelligent Community Forum
Elisabeth Schmid | iCube Programme Director, Fondazione iCons
Maite Ferrando | Managing Director. KVELOCE

13:30h

Lunch break

15:00h

Panel 3: Innovation ecosystems for Smart and Sustainable cities

Cities can only be successfully transformed if the appropriate ecosystem of actors is created for this aim. The local government, city businesses, citizens, and other agents need to create a strong network to define and implement the city strategy. The panel will show successful examples of innovation ecosystems to transform cities.

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

Moderated by:

Gregorio Muñoz | Deputy Commissioner for Science and Technology. Junta de Castilla y León

Speakers:

Luis Frauca | Director for Cities and Innovation. EPTISA
Andy Deacon | Director at Future Climate and Sustainable Energy Investment Forum coordinator. CLIMATE
ALLIANCE
Sergio Serna | Responsible Technical Secretariat. INNPULSO Network
Nora Mendoza | Smart Strategy and Sector Specialisation. Fomento de San Sebastián

16:00h

Keynote speaker: the facilitator

Creating the ecosystem to transform EU cities

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

Head of R&D Programmes. CARTIF Technology Centre

16:30h

Technical field visits

TV1: Sustainable mobility actions in the city for citizens, services and logistics (organised by the Municipality of Valladolid)
TV2: Achieving low-carbon residential districts in the city areas of Cuatro de Marzo and FASA-Delicias (organised by CARTIF)
TV3: District retrofitting within the metropolitan area to achieve an efficient neighbourhood in Torrelago o (organised by CARTIF and sponsored by the Municipality of Laguna de Duero)
TV4: Zero energy buildings and heating networks in the University of Valladolid (organised by the University of Valladolid)

18:30h

End of first day conference programme

20:00h

Networking cocktail | Reception and cocktail at the Modern Art Museum Patio Herreriano

PROGRAMME DAY 2 | September 21^st

08h00

Second day opens

08h45

Keynote speaker: renaturing cities

City renaturing: integrating nature to create new city ecosystems

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

| Director. Mersey Forest

09h30

Smart session 1 | Sustainable and connected mobility

Presentation of best practices of sustainable urban mobility actions as electric public transport, charging infrastructures, or mobility planning

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

Moderated by:

Cecilia Medina | R&D and Training Manager. Spanish Automotive and Mobility Technology Platform
Speakers:

Carlos Bergera | Head of International Affairs in Smart Mobility. Iberdrola
Enrique Morgades | Head of Market Development.CIRCE
Gabriel Rubí | Head of Environment Service. Municipality of Palencia
Chris Beattie | Director. WEGO
Pablo Rivas | Project Manager. GMV

EEN BROKERAGE

Smart session 2 | Renaturing cities: creating new city ecosystems

Presentation of best practices and projects of integrating nature-based solutions in cities

Moderated by:

Ramón López Pérez | Head of Service. Spanish Office for Climate Change
Speakers:

Raúl Sánchez | Head of Natural Resources Area. CARTIF Technology Centre
Amy Oen | Senior Researcher. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Marcus Collier | Assistant Professor. Trinity College Dublin
Gonçalo Canto and Beatriz Caitana Silva | | Researchers. University of Coimbra
Laura Wendling | Senior Scientist. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Smart session 3 | Enhanced regional competitiveness in Cities

From the city to the region: working towards smart, efficient and sustainable regions in Europe

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

Moderated by:

Sointu Räisänen Senior Advisor. East & North Finland EU Office
Speakers:

José Francisco de Diego | Territorial Direction. ICE- Castilla y León Government
Mikko Juuti | Project Manager. City of Kuopio
Marcos Nogueira | Managing Partner. IrRADIARE
Verónica Ramírez del Valle | RTD Director. SmartCityAndalucía
Sami Ruotsalainen | Development Manager. City of Joensuu.

11h00

Coffee break

11h30

Smart session 4 | Connected, digital and cyber-secure cities

Presentation of best practices in digital transformation and data exploitation for improved services in cities

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

Moderated by:

Roberto Vidal Board of Directors. European Cyber-Security Organisation
Speakers:

Ramón Ferri | Head of Smart City Office. Municipality of Valencia
Enrique Diaz-Plaza | Head of Development and Smart Cities. IBM Spain
Félix Larrinaga | Professor. MONDRAGON University.
Natalie Samovich | Head of Research and Innovation. ENERCOUTIM
Antonio Ferreras | Head of R&D Centres in Valladolid, Huesca and Granada. TELEFÓNICA

EEN BROKERAGE

Smart session 5 | Zero energy buildings for zero energy cities

Presentation of cases of very low or positive energy urban areas and urban heating/cooling networks

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

Moderated by:

Emilio Miguel Mitre International Affairs Director. GBC España
Speakers:

Markus Paulsson | Energy Strategist and Project Manager. Lunds Kommun
Silvia Sanjoaquín | Innovation. Naturgy
Miguel Á. García-Fuentes | Head of Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Industry. CARTIF Technology Centre
Emily Braham | Head of Sustainable Energy. Nottingham City Homes
Geert Kamminga | Policy Advisor Sustainable & Smart Energy. Municipality of Groningen

Smart session 6 | Financing cities’ transformation

Programmes in support to the transformation of cities into smarter and more sustainable environments

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

Moderated by:

Mª Eugenia Martínez Advisor for General Sub-direction of Urban Development. DG Community Funds. Ministry of Finance and Civil Service
Speakers:

Francesc Pardo | Senior Researcher. ESADE Business and Law School
Angelo Giordano | Senior Financial Adviser. Officinae Verdi
Lydia González | ES Delegate Societal Challenge 5 – H2020. CDTI
Rubén García | Head of Smart City Area. CARTIF Technology Centre
Juan Guijarro | Member of Technical Team. EnergÉtica Coop

13h00

Keynote speaker: cities towards the climate transition

Driving the energy and environment transition

Spanish-English and English-Spanish translation available

| Deputy Director Urban Resilience Program. VEOLIA

13h45

Announcement of photo contest winner

Representative from the Municipality of Valladolid

13h50

Conclusion and thank you from organisers

|Strategic Innovation Manager. CARTIF Technology Centre

| Vice Councillor of Economy. Castilla y León Government

14h00

End of conference programme

PROGRAMME OF TECHNICAL VISITS (SEPTEMBER 20th)

TV1	Sustainable mobility actions in the city for citizens, services and logistics	Amongst the most remarkable mobility interventions from REMOURBAN project we can find CENTROLID fast charging station and the two pantographs that provide charging power to the electric buses that circulate along line 7, which are located at the first and last stops of the line. It will be possible to get first hand insight on these interventions during the visit.
TV2	Achieving low-carbon residential districts in the city areas of Cuatro de Marzo and FASA-Delicias	The districts “Cuatro de Marzo” and “Fasa”, demonstrators of R2Cities and REMOURBAN projects will be visited. In these districts, different actions have been implemented aimed at reducing the consumption of thermal and electrical energy, retrofitting the envelope of buildings and integrating renewable energy sources and monitoring actions.
TV3	District retrofitting within the metropolitan area to achieve an efficient neighbourhood in Torrelago	Torrelago district is one of the three demonstration cases of the FP7 European Project, CITyFiED. During the visit, you will have the opportunity to know the executed works in order to reduce the energy demand through the envelope’s renovation of the 31 blocks (140.000 sq.) which make up of Torrelago district, the new district heating network and the monitoring activities.
TV4	Zero energy buildings and heating networks in the University of Valladolid	The University of Valladolid has been implementing during the latest years a strong policy to reduce the consumption and emissions of its buildings and infrastructures. This visit will allow visitors knowing some of these actions, as the LUCIA building (certified LEED PLATINUM, being awarded as the most sustainable building in Europe in 2015) or the district heating network that feeds several buildings of the University.