Episode #7: Crowdsourced Systems: A people-led paradigm

This webinar was part of ITU’s webinar series on Digital transformation for cities and communities.

Crowdsourcing is increasingly becoming a popular method when it comes to digital innovation and transformation. Interested stakeholders participated and contributed to the urban planning process by providing input, data and devices​.

This webinar discussed the underlying principles of crowdsourcing, requirements for crowdsourced systems, as well as highly innovative applications in smart cities and communities. It brought together experts to discuss the role of crowdsourcing and crowdsourced systems in the verticals of Smart Manufacturing and Digital Health. The webinar also placed​ a unique emphasis on the role of ITU international standards in facilitating IoT-related based crowdsourced systems in smart cities.

Note: The views and opinions expressed by the presenters during this event are solely those of the individual speakers and do not necessarily represent, reflect, or constitute the official stance, policy, or position of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) or its secretariat.

Programme

12:00 – 12:05

Opening remarks

  • Chaesub Lee, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU

12:05 – 13:25

Session 1: Crowdsensing and Smart Cities applications

Moderator: Anna Brekine, Project Manager, Mandat International

  • Constantinos Marios Angelopoulos, Associate Professor, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom: “Crowdsourced Systems: A people-led paradigm” [Presentation]​
  • ​​Theofanis Ra​ptis​​, Research Scientist, National Research Council (CNR), Italy: “Resilience challenges in human-centric smart manufacturing​” [Presentation]
  • Pantelis Tzamalis​, Research and Development Engineer, University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute (CTI), Greece: “Exploiting the Power of the Crowd for the efficient monitoring of diseases exacerbation” [Presentation​]

Questions & Ans​wers​

13:25 – 13:30

Closing r​emarks

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