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Barcelona Roundtable: Enhancing urban resilience in the face of climate change - 5 November 2024
Enhancing urban resilience in the face of climate change
Global cities are grappling every day with the growing challenges posed by climate change. Urban areas are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather events and natural disasters, with wildfires, heatwaves, air quality degradation, and flooding being just a few of the climate impacts that are placing unprecedented stress on critical urban infrastructure.
Essential services like electricity, water, and connectivity are at risk of significant disruption as these challenges mount and the climate continues to change, raising urgent concerns for city planners, infrastructure providers, and communities.
At this roundtable, hosted by SmartCitiesWorld in partnership with Itron during the 2024 Smart City Expo World Congress, join experts and peers from various fields within cities, including urban planning, sustainability, and infrastructure management, to discuss how cities can enhance their resilience against the multifaceted impacts of climate change.
The session aims to explore practical strategies, innovative technologies, and collaborative efforts that can help cities not only withstand but thrive amidst these challenges.
As a closed-room event, cities in attendance can feel free to be open and transparent about their challenges, what’s working for them, what’s not, and where they need further support. The roundtable will encourage sharing of best practice and will help cities toward finding solutions to their most pressing challenges.
The roundtable event is an invitation only event for delegates working for cities, local or regional authorities. All registrations are reviewed by our team to ensure relevance and we’ll advise if your seat at the event is approved or not.
Thank you to our sponsors, Itron, for supporting this event. Learn more at itron.com.
For attendees registered to attend this session please scroll to the end.
Discussion Theme - Urban climate change impacts:
The most significant climate change impacts currently threatening urban infrastructure in attendees’ cities, and how can responses to these threats can be more effectively.
Discussion Theme - Continuity of critical services:
How cities can ensure the continuity of critical services such as electricity, water, and connectivity during extreme weather events and natural disasters, understanding the key challenges and potential solutions.
Discussion Theme - Improving response to climate change:
How cities can leverage technology and data, in combination with innovative policymaking, to improve real-time responses to natural disasters, extreme weather and mitigate long-term risks.
Discussion Theme - Climate aware urban planning:
The role that climate-aware urban planning plays in enhancing city resilience to climate change, and how to break down siloes between city functions for more holistic urban climate action.
Discussion Theme - Collaborating for climate action:
Where cities can look to build stronger partnerships with the private sector – including technology firms – communities, and other stakeholders to enhance resilience and share the burden of preparing for and responding to climate impacts.
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Agenda: Tuesday 5 November 2024
12.00 – 12.30: Registration, drinks, buffet lunch and networking
12.30 – 12.40: Introductions and scene setter
12.40 – 13.25: General discussion
13.25 – 13.30: Summary and key takeaways
13.30 – 14.00: Drinks and networking
Venue: Hotel Porta Fira (opposite Smart City Expo World Congress), Plaza Europa, 45 – 08908 – Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona
Key lessons and reasons to attend
- Gain insights on cutting-edge resiliency strategies: attendees will have the opportunity to hearing from peers and experts about the latest strategies and technologies being used to enhance urban resilience. This includes a case study from a leading smart city, understanding how cities can use data and technology to better predict and respond to climate-related events.
- Learn practical solutions for infrastructure challenges: the roundtable will provide a platform for discussing practical solutions to the challenges faced by those responsible for critical infrastructure in the face of climate change. Attendees will learn about best practices for ensuring the continuity of essential services like electricity, water, and connectivity during extreme weather events, which can be directly applied in their own cities or organisations.
- Network and collaborate with key stakeholders and global peers: an excellent opportunity to connect with other city professionals, planners, policymakers, and urban technology leaders who are facing similar challenges. By participating, attendees could forge valuable partnerships, share knowledge, and collaborate on initiatives aimed at enhancing the resilience of urban environments against the impacts of climate change.
Scene Setter
Name: Raimundo Rodulfo Company: City of Coral Gables
Biography:
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Raimundo Rodulfo joined the City of Coral Gables in 2004 and currently serves as Director of Innovation and Technology and Chief Innovation Officer. He leads strategic planning, oversight and management of citywide IT operations, infrastructure and smart city initiatives. Under his leadership the city has received numerous awards and recognitions.
Prior to joining the city, he spent ten years in the private sector working for various Fortune 500 companies such as Bellsouth, Siemens, and NCR in varying capacities. During this time, he also assisted on engineering and technology projects for Motorola and Lucent in Chicago, and Agilent Technologies in Silicon Valley.
Speaker
Name: Carlos Lopez
Title: Senior Product Manager
Company: Itron
Biography: |
Carlos is a Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Itron, responsible for the Smart Cities’ Go-to-Market portfolio in the Americas, serving utilities and communities of all sizes. Before Itron, Carlos had global engineering, business development, and product and channel marketing roles at Fortune 500 and start-up companies across multiple industries.
His interests include carbon accounting, energy equality, and rapid urbanization in developing countries. Carlos has engineering and business degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University. He enjoys spending time with his family and traveling to interesting places.
Moderator
Name: Luke Antoniou Company: SmartCitiesWorld
Biography:
Luke has been reporting on the implementation of smart technologies that benefit citizens and the public sector since 2017.
He has a particularly keen interest in smart and sustainable mobility and its role in influencing the decisions of urban planners, citizens and governments alike.
As rapid urbanisation continues, he keeps his finger on the pulse of the myriad urban challenges facing local and central governments, making new connections in the public and private sectors and finding new angles from which to cover the latest smart city developments around the world. |
Registered attendees for the event
- Executive Director, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance (USA)
- Chief Economist, Thoughtlab (USA)
- Head of Dept. of the City Brand, Economic Cooperation and Tourism, Rzeszów City Hall (Poland)
- Smart & Sustainable Cities & Communities Advisor & EU Project Developer, Digital Vlaanderen (Belgium)
- City Initiatives Lead - Smart Christchurch, Christchurch City Council (New Zealand)
- Project Development Manager, Forum Virium Helsinki (Finland)
- Service Manager, Newcastle City Council (UK)
- Head of EU R&I Collaboration, Forum Virium Helsinki (Finland)
- Digital Twin Manager, Smart Cities, Dublin City Council (Ireland)
- Governance, Innovation and EU Policies Manager, Comune di Arezzo (Italy)
- Development Manager, Forum Virium Helsinki (Finland)
- Innovation Manager, OICT Prague (Czechia)
- Smart City Project Local Coordinator, Seme-Podji Town Hall (Bénin)
- Sustainability Advisor & Coordinator 100 Climate Neutral Cities, City of The Hague (Netherlands)
- Project Manager, Forum Virium Helsinki (Finland)
- Business Analyst and Project Manager, Dublin City Council (Ireland)
- Environmental Engineer, Yalova Municipality (Turkey)
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