The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), together with the Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br) of the Brazilian Network Information Centre (NIC.br), organized a
webinar on “Smart sustainable cities and frontier technologies in Latin America" which took place on 8 December 2020 from
15h00 to 17h00 CET.
Frontier technologies have enabled cities to reimagine the way they manage urban complexities and infrastructure, from enhancing cities’ responsiveness, optimizing energy efficiency to improving access to public services. With proper guidance, frontier technologies can make cities smarter and more sustainable, and provide the opportunity for leapfrogging, accelerating the global progress towards the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The webinar explored the best practices of smart sustainable city in implementing frontier technologies in Latin America. Close attention was paid to the importance of measurement for policymaking and the role of international standards in measuring and facilitating smart sustainable cities. Finally, the webinar launched the NIC.br Sectoral Studies Publication on the theme of Smart Cities.
The event was held in English with simultaneuos interpretation in Spanish and Portuguese on Zoom.
Programme
15:00 – 15:10
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Opening Remarks
Master of Ceremony:
Tatiana Jereissati, Coordinator, Sectoral Studies and Qualitative Methods, NIC.br
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Demi Getschko, Director, Brazilian Network Information Center, NIC.br [Biography]
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Chaesub Lee, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU [Biography]
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15:10 – 16:55
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Session 1:
ICT for Sustainable Development: Perspectives on Smart Cities in Latin America
Moderator:
Cristina Bueti, Counsellor, ITU [Biography I Presentation]
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Martín Olmos, Undersecretary of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Argentina [
Biography ]
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H.E. Ms Katrina Naut, Ambassador, Dominican Republic [Biography I
Presentation ]
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Ana Maria Meiners,
Mayor
of Esperanza, Argentina [Biography I
Presentation ]
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Javier Torner Ruiz de Temino, Coordinator of the Urban Lab, UN-Habitat, Mexico [Biography I
Presentation ]
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Alexandre Barbosa,
Head of the Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br), Brazil [Biography I
Presentation ]
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Tania Marcos, Head of Smart Sustainable Cities, Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) and Vice-chairman of U4SSC [
Biography I
Presentation ]
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Daniela Naufel Schettino, General Coordinator of Telecommunications Infrastructure Projects of the Ministry of Communications (MCOM), Brazil [Biography I
Presentation ]
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Pere Fuset, Counsellor for Digital Agenda and Electronic Administration, València [Biography I
Presentation ]
Questions & Answers |
