Webinar: Harnessing digital twins for smarter, safer, and more efficient cities

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Date: Wednesday 9 April 2025

 

Time: 09:00 (CDT), 10:00 (EDT), 15:00 (BST), 16:00 (CEST), 17:00 (EEST)

 

Length: 60 minutes + Q&A

 

As cities worldwide embrace digital transformation, digital twins are becoming a vital tool for improving urban operations, efficiency, and safety. By creating real-time, data-driven digital representations of physical infrastructure, cities can enhance decision-making, streamline resource management, and better respond to emergencies. However, successfully implementing digital twins requires more than just technology – it demands a strategic mindset, cross-sector collaboration, and a commitment to interoperability.

 

This webinar, hosted in partnership with Bentley Systems, will explore how the City of Dublin is leveraging digital twins to transform its approach to city management. Together, representatives from Dublin City Council and Bentley will explore how the city has been at the forefront of adopting digital twin technology to improve operational efficiency, integrate critical data sources, and enhance situational awareness.

 

Join our panel of experts as we discuss:

• The role of digital twins in smart cities – why cities are increasingly turning to digital twins to optimise infrastructure, improve services, and enhance resilience
• Dublin’s digital twin journey – how Dublin City Council, and other public sector organisations like Dublin Fire Brigade, are using digital twin technology
• Interoperability and data integration – the importance of open, flexible systems that allow different city departments to connect, share data, and scale solutions across multiple use cases
• Lessons for other cities – practical insights on developing an organisational mindset that embraces digital twins, overcoming implementation challenges, and fostering successful public-private partnerships
• Scaling success across the city – how digital twin pilots can serve as a model for broader city-wide transformation.

Attendees will gain first-hand insights into the challenges and opportunities of deploying digital twins in an urban environment, as well as actionable strategies for building an ecosystem that supports long-term innovation.

 

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Speakers

		Mani Dhingra Digital Twin Ecosystem Manager, Dublin City Council   Dr Mani Dhingra is the Digital Twin Ecosystem Manager at the smart city unit of Dublin City Council, as well as an SFI ADAPT senior postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology, Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute.   She is an urban researcher, sustainability advocate, and social scientist, dedicated to fostering an inclusive, sustainable, smart, and livable urban future. Her vision and passion lie in developing strategic policymaking mechanisms and decision support systems that bridge the gap between academia and industry through an applied, research-oriented approach.
		Dorothea Manou Industry Advisor, Cities, Bentley Systems   Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and a Master’s in Geomatics, GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques, Dorothea had been working as a GIS Engineer and Consultant before joining Bentley 5 years ago. As an Industry Advisor for Cities Digital Twin Solutions at Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering company, Dorothea works alongside Bentley users, partners and industry experts to help enable cities to adopt digital twin technologies to become more resilient and sustainable. With over 15 years’ experience in the software industry supporting infrastructure engineering, Dorothea’s current focus is interoperable digital twin solutions connecting geospatial, AI and information management to support collaborative planning and situational intelligence for better decision making for city infrastructure.
		Luke Antoniou Senior Editor, SmartCitiesWorld   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.

 

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