Abstract:

In this seminar, an introduction to the Swiss Smart City Guide is provided containing three main phases in the transformation process. The concept of Smart City is perceived as expansion of system transformation. It shows how a Smart Sustainable City can be initiated and promoted with pilot projects, how a holistic strategy can be developed and how it can be established in the city on a long-term basis. Each phase is underpinned with interesting use cases, best practices and supporting approaches from Switzerland, collected through the Swiss Smart City Survey and in particular from Smart City Winterthur.

About the Speaker:

Prof. Vicente Carabias is a Professor at the School of Engineering, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland. As the Deputy Head of the ZHAW Institute of Sustainable Development, he coordinates the Sustainable Energy Systems and Smart Cities research group. Prof. Carabias is currently serving as one of the Smart City Responsibles for the City of Winterthur, one of the first Swiss cities to adopt a Smart City strategy in 2018 and to found the Smart City Hub Switzerland. He manages the Living Lab of the City of Winterthur (WinLab) that offers the systematic testing of social and technological innovations in public-private-people partnerships  

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Date and Time:

12:00 pm - 1 pm PDT

5 April 2024

Location:

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