This international Conference offers an excellent meeting, networking and discussion forum and brings together thinkers, planners, practitioners, academics and experts from businesses, private and public sector government to share latest ideas, discuss products, processes and to debate issues and challenges around themes relating to the creation of more 'Smart Cities in Smart Regions'.

Esteemed keynote speakers will give deep insight and latest knowledge during the conference. The Conference is organized by the Lahti University of Applied Sciences in co-operation with number of international, national and regional partners and operators.

Conference Themes

A. Future Development of Regions

A.1: The Role and Impact of HEIs in Regional Development
A.2: Entrepreneurial Universities
A.3: Cities and Regions in Value Creation
A.4: Smart Specialisation
A.5: Changing Working Life

B. Citizens and Urban Sustainability

B.1: Sustainable and Innovative Urban Planning
B.2: Clean Technologies and Transfer Processes
B.3: Digital Living
B.4: Wellbeing and Social Cohesion
B.5: Living Lab Activities

C. Smart Industry and Innovation

C.1: Promotion of Entrepreneurship
C.2: Digital Business Opportunities
C.3: Clean and User-driven Design
C.4: Commercialising Innovations
C.5: Alternative Financing

Highlights

The conference programme will consist of a mix of high profile keynote presentations, themed sessions, site visits and panel discussion. Highlights of the programme include:

• The opening keynote will be given by Mr. Markku Markkula, President of the European Union Committee of the Regions.
• Keynote by Prof. Douglas Crawford-Brown, Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research. Topic: Enabling sustainable consumer use of city services through advanced ICT

• Signing of the Circular Economy Statement of Lahti
• Closing panel of internationally renowned scholars and leaders of smart industry
• Guided site visits to reference environments and companies in the fields of
• Circular economy
• Wellbeing
• Design

Updates on the programme and registration information is updated on the Conference website:

Smart Cities in Smart Regions 2016

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