Smart Cities Summit
Turning the City Hall into a center of ongoing excellence & innovation.
The Smart Cities Summit gathers mayors and municipality administrations from around Europe and aims to address all of the crucial factors that are facing urban administrators in today's digital world.
Chaired by the Mayor of Sofia
Invitation Only Event
About the Summit
From promoting technological and commercial innovation in the private sector, to turning City Hall itself into a center of ongoing excellence, the Smart Cities Summit aims to address all of the crucial factors that are facing urban administrators in today's complex Digital world.
With the hopes of contributing to the city and optimizing its potential to the fullest extent, WEBIT.FESTIVAL and Sofia Municipality invites entrepreneurs, politicians, city counselors, and other senior urban administrators to join forces and come together for an opportunity to share their experiences on how to promote innovation in their cities, while engaging a broader audience in both the public and private sectors.
AUDIENCE
-
35%
Municipality
Administrators; -
30%
Policy
makers -
15%
Enterprise /
tech providers - 02% Retailers
-
03%
Tech Solution
Providers
- 45% Central & Eastern Europe
- 45% Rest of Europe
- 06% USA
- 02% Asia
- 02% Rest of the World
Speakers
Paul Copping
Smart City Advisor, Digital Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Malcolm Johnson
Deputy Secretary General, ITU
Alexander Renz
Managing Partner, New Mobility Consulting
Ljubo Bešlić
Mayor, Mostar
Krasimira Raycheva
Country Lead Bulgaria, Visa
Marcelo Garcia
Founder of BroadLights.org
Luisella Giani
EMEA Business Innovation Director, Oracle
Hermano Sanches Ruivo
Councilor and Member of the Paris Agency for Development
Amr Salem
Global Managing Director for Smart Cities, Internet of Everything, Cisco Systems
Artur Turemka
General Manager for the Balkans, Mastercard
Julie Alexander
Director, Urban Development, Siemens
Doncho Barbalov
Deputy Mayor on Finance, Sofia
Mike Pitts
Interim Head of Urban Living & Built Environment, Innovate UK
Sridhar Iyengar
CEO, Elemental Machines
Prof. Flavia Marzano
City Councillor for Roma Semplice, Rome
Maroš Šefčovič
Vice President, Energy Union, European Commission
Ivan Portnih
Mayor of Varna Municipality
Hristo Chernev
Founder & CEO, TaxiMe
Tanya Hristova
Gabrovo Municipality / Mayor
Arch. Zdravko Zdravkov
Chief Architect of Sofia
Kornelia Marinova
Mayor of Lovech Municipality
Dr. Plamen Russev
Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation / Serial entrepreneur | Futurist | Philanthropist | Investor with over 30 years experience in tech and investments (direct and as LP)
Dimitar Nikolov
Mayor of Burgas Municipality
Dominik Schiener
Blockchain expert and co-founder of IOTA
Mark Turrell
Orcasci / Founder
Rumyana Trencheva
Head of Global Partner Organization at SAP for Central and Eastern Europe
Janko Milunovic
COO at Startupbootcamp
Attending Companies Include
Agenda
Day 1: 25 April / Policy Stage
Smart Cities Host
Marcelo Garcia, Advisor - Telecom. & Smart City sectors, Geneva;
UN Smart Cities PPP Expert
Cities Digital Transformation
11:00 - 11:10 Opening Keynote
Dr. Plamen Russev Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation / Serial entrepreneur | Futurist | Philanthropist | Investor with over 30 years experience in tech and investments (direct and as LP)
Marcelo Garcia Founder of BroadLights.org
11:10 - 11:20 Opening address
Yordanka Fandakova Mayor of Sofia
11:20 - 11:35 Smart solutions for Smart cities
Artur Turemka General Manager for the Balkans, Mastercard
11:35 - 11:50 Smart Cities are technology-enabled cities
Rumyana Trencheva Head of Global Partner Organization at SAP for Central and Eastern Europe
11:40 - 11:55 The sustainable smart cities
Malcolm Johnson Deputy Secretary General, ITU
12:05 - 12:15 Visa & TaxiMe collaborate for modern Sofia Smart City
Krasimira Raycheva Country Lead Bulgaria, Visa
Hristo Chernev Founder & CEO, TaxiMe
12:15 - 13:10 Smart Cities: Smart Administration - Bulgarian Mayors' panel
Dr. Plamen Russev Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation / Serial entrepreneur | Futurist | Philanthropist | Investor with over 30 years experience in tech and investments (direct and as LP)
Doncho Barbalov Deputy Mayor on Finance, Sofia
Dimitar Nikolov Mayor of Burgas Municipality
Kornelia Marinova Mayor of Lovech Municipality
Tanya Hristova Gabrovo Municipality / Mayor
Arch. Zdravko Zdravkov Chief Architect of Sofia
Ivan Totev Mayor of Plovdiv Municipality
Ivan Portnih Mayor of Varna Municipality
13:10 - 13:55 Smart Cities: Smart Administration panel
Doncho Barbalov Deputy Mayor on Finance, Sofia
Ljubo Bešlić Mayor, Mostar
Prof. Flavia Marzano City Councillor for Roma Semplice, Rome
Hermano Sanches Ruivo Councilor and Member of the Paris Agency for Development
13:55 - 14:10 Cities Digital Transformation
Amr Salem Global Managing Director for Smart Cities, Internet of Everything, Cisco Systems
15:10 - 15:25 Integrating Systems in Future Cities
Mike Pitts Interim Head of Urban Living & Built Environment, Innovate UK
15:25 - 15:45 Fireside chat
Raj Samani McAfee / Chief Scientist
Sridhar Iyengar CEO, Elemental Machines
Smart Energy
15:45 - 16:00 Solar Coalition
Manon Jutte Strategist Energy Transition, Alliander
Mobility Summit
16:00 - 16:25 Fireside Chat: New Mobility, New Paradigms
Alexander Renz Managing Partner, New Mobility Consulting
Dominik Schiener Blockchain expert and co-founder of IOTA
16:25 - 16:50 Fireside chat: Mobility For everyone
Luisella Giani EMEA Business Innovation Director, Oracle
Jens Wohltorf Co-founder & CEO, Blacklane
16:50 - 17:25 Discussion panel: New Mobility
Sohaila Ouffata Investment Principal BMW i Ventures
Julie Alexander Director, Urban Development, Siemens
Janko Milunovic COO at Startupbootcamp
Gold Partners
Smart Cities Summit
I think it is fantastic. You can get a sense of the enterprise and the entrepreneurialism at Webit which is fantastic.
Nikki Mendonca
President EMEA, OMD
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
