| 09:30 - 10:00 | Opening remarks
- Chaesub Lee, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
- Welcome remarks: Paolo Gemma, Co-Chairman FG-AI4EE, I Senior Specialist, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Welcome remarks: Joel A. Mills, FG-AI4EE Working Group 1 Co-Chairman, I CEO, AugmentCity AS, Norway
- Kaj B Westre, Managing director, NMK, Norway [Presentation]
- Annik Magerholm Fet, Vice Rector, NTNU
- Greg Cannon, Standards Lead, Amazon Web Services
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break and Group Picture
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| 10:30 - 11:30 | Session 1: Sustainable solutions for environmental efficiency
The relationship between environmental efficiency and advances in fields such as artificial intelligence and blockchain.
Moderator: Paolo Gemma, Co-Chairman FG-AI4EE, I Senior Specialist, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Keynote: Greg Cannon, Standards Lead, Amazon Web Services [Presentation]- Leonidas Anthopoulos, Professor, University of Thessaly, Greece: "Energy Efficiency in Blockchain Systems, AI and big-data" [Presentation]
- Arvea Marieni, Partner & Board Member Brainscapital; Technical Director, Regenerative Society Foundation
- Stefano Nativi, National Research Council (CNR), Italy: "The Digital Transformation Process and the Energy Efficiency Factor"[Presentation]
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| 11:30 - 12:30 | Session 2: Environmental efficiency and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
How digital technologies can accelerate progress to our Global Goals and related questions relevant to policy and business.
Moderator: Céline Crévisier, COO, AugmentCity SA, Norway
Keynote: Marielle Furnes Mannseth, Group Brand & Sustainability Officer, Norwegian Hydrogen AS: "How hydrogen technology can help fulfill the SDGs" [Presentation]
- Hans Jakob Walnum, Senior Researcher and Group Leader, Western Norway Research Institute, Vestlandsforskning, Norway: "Understanding rebound effects associated with digital technologies" [Presentation]
- Jean-Manuel Canet, Vice Chairman ITU-T Study Group 5, Orange, France & Pernilla Bergmark, Co-rapporteur Q9/5 , ITU-T Study Group 5: "Using standards to understand the impact of Information and Communication Technologies in the Net Zero transition" [Presentation]
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| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Break
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| 13:30 - 14:45 | Session 3: Visualization and simulation tools for smart sustainable cities
Digital twin cities, best practices in building them, and their value to climate action.
Moderator: Joel A. Mills, FG-AI4EE Working Group 1 Co-Chairman I CEO, AugmentCity AS, Norway
Keynote 1: Tom Henriksen, Business Development Manager & Lead Partner Acceleration, Data Insight Division, Telia, Norway [Presentation]
- Børge Heggen Johansen, Senior Advisor, Subject Manager, Sustainability and Environment, Energiråd AS, NTNU & Ålesund Kommune
- Kristin Dversgdal Haugen, Senior Project Manager, AugmentCity: "Hovinbyen – Digital Twin in Urban Planning" [Presentation]
- Terje Devold, Project leader, Gondo project, Norway: "Sula Mountains – South of Ålesund" [Presentation]
- Tor Gausemel Kristensen, Project manager, Bodø Kommune: "Smart and circular Bodø" [Presentation]
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14:45- 15:15
| Coffee Break
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15:15- 16:30
| Session 4: Business models for green growth
Practical approaches to environmental governance and business models integrating environmental sustainability.
Moderator: Greg Cannon, Standards Lead, Amazon Web Services
Keynote 1: Odd Are Svensen, Research Director, Sintef Digital, Norway
Keynote 2: Gunnar Crawford, VP Digital Services, Innovation, Strategy , Partnerships, Desert Control, Norway: "From sand to hope - A mission to combat desertification, soil degradation, and water scarcity" [Presentation]
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| 16:30 - 16:45 | Workshop conclusions and closing
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| 16:45 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception & Visit of AugmentCity simulator
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