From 14th to 16th of September, egovlab of Stockholm University has organized and hosted the 1st thematic conference within the framework of CISMOB project.
The event started with the 2nd steering group meeting; followed by the 1st working group meeting on 14th of September, opened by the scientific coordinator of the project Dr. Jorge Bandeira with a main purpose to introduce the project communication issues and financial issues to the partners.
On the 15th of September, egovlab organized the 1st Main exchange of Experience event where a 20-member EU consortium with stakeholders from Portugal, Spain, Romania and Sweden, made site visits to leading companies in the field of smart cities and sustainable urban transport namely: - Ericsson, Trafiklab and Sweco. This was to showcase the shining lights of what Sweden has to offer within the context of Smart Cities and ITS. The aim was to explore and share conceptual knowledge, learn best practices of sustainable management of urban transport based on ICT, as well as forge collaborative links between partners and stakeholders.
A day later the CISMOB conference on Intelligent Transport Systems and Smart Mobility was held. With over 150 participants, and 18 speakers representing different countries and institutions, the conference started by opening remarks from Vasilis Koulolias, the director of eGovlab, followed by a series of presentations showing cases of international and local perspectives on Intelligent Transport Systems, from Sweden to Singapore.
In the second part of the conference, the focus was narrowed down to Stockholm. The City of Stockholm and ITS Sweden, gave an overview of their future smart city initiatives and plans on mobility, highlighting the need for collaboration, citizen engagement and co-creation in the implementation of ICT integration into regional or municipal programs.
