Episode #1: Digital twins in cities

Digital Twin is a powerful tool for supporting cities’ journey towards digitalization. Through data collection and simulation, digital twin can optimize energy consumption, enhance disaster preparation, improve mobility and transportation, visualize operation processes and outcomes and more.
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Digital Twin is not without its challenges. A vibrant, integrated, and interoperable IoT ecosystem is crucial for effective data compilation and contextualization, capturing physical properties accurately and maximizing the overall capability of digital twin.

This webinar was jointly organized by the ​International Telecommunicatio​n Union (ITU)​, the International Electr​​otechnical Commission (IEC) and the International Orga​nization for Standardization (ISO)​. It looked at the impacts of digital twin in cities and examined the enabling role that standards play in accelerating the deployment of digital twin. The webinar brought together panelists who shared their experience in using digital twin in cities and the latest standards in this emerging field.

​​​​Participation is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academic Institutions and to any individual from a country that is a member of ITU who wished to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations.​ Please note that registration to the event was mandatory. ​

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 – 12:10

Opening Rremarks

12:10 – 12:40

Keynote speeches

Moderator: Nasser Al Marzouqi, Co-Chairman of the IEC-ISO-ITU Joint Task Force on Smart Cities and Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 20

  • Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Fiware Foundation: “Open Source and Open Standards for Digital Twins in Smart Cities” [Presentation]
  • Sarah Hayes​, Climate Resilience Demonstrator Project Lead, National Digital Twin Programme, Centre for Digital Built Britain​: “Connected digital twins as an essential enabler of net zero in our cities” [Presentation​]

Questions & Ans​wers​

12:40 – 13:55

Session 1: Can digital twins change our cities?

Moderator: Barbara Kolm​, Director, Austrian Economics Center & Vice President, Austrian National Bank​

  • Michael Mulquin, Chair, Smart Cities Systems Committee, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC): “Digital Twins in Cities – How data can help us better understand the Places, Processes and People in the city“​ [Presentation]
  • Ramy Ahmed Fathy, Vice-chairman, ITU-T Study Group 20, ITU [Presentation]
  • Bernard Gindroz, Chair, ISO/TC 268: Sustainable cities and communities, International Organization for Standardization (ISO): “Can digital twins change our cities?” ​ ​ [Presentation​​]
  • Cristina Martinez​, Deputy Head for Smart technologies for communities, European Commission

Questions & Ans​wers​

13:55 – 14:00

Wrap-up and closing r​emarks

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