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Artificial Intelligence – From Science Fiction to Reality: Strategies, Challenges & Best-Practices for Cities

Philipp Riegebauer, Gretel Schaj, Michael Donaldson , Imre-Gustav Vellamaa, Johannes Cruz

2021 English Equality & Equity Public Infrastructures & Space Technology & Data

AI, Machine Learning, Neural Networks… These concepts sound like they are just out of the lab. However, several governments are using these data-driven systems to operate infrastructure, inform or take decisions. By analysing a number of real-world AI applications in cities (directly with those using them) as well as the policy frameworks cities are putting in place to guarantee an ethical use, participants will gain insight to evaluate not just the benefits, but also the risks and ways to address them in advance.

This session will discuss with practitioners from leading cities how AI systems are currently used in urban contexts, and how they are tackling the challenges and risks associated to their use.

Philipp Riegebauer

Manger Smart City, Lead D-A-CH region / BABLE GmbH

As a consultant at BABLE GmbH, I work with national and international companies, ministries, public authorities as well as cities and municipalities to support them in overcoming strategic challenges in the rapidly changing energy sector and in digitalisation processes. In my more than 10 years at the Center for Innovative Energy Systems (ZIES), I have been working on solutions to transformation processes caused by flexibilization of the energy sector, digitalization and urban solutions, among others. At the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, I teach courses on sustainable energy management and economics and lead Erasmus+ program activities.

Gretel Schaj

Consultant (Data & Governance Specialist)/ BABLE GmbH

Gretel Schaj is a Smart Cities Consultant at BABLE, a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart (Germany) working towards driving the change to create better and more liveable cities. She specialises in organisational and governance aspects of digital transformations and the data economy in cities. Gretel has experience working with government, non-profit, and private organisations, especially at the local level. She has also worked as a local manager of a Political Ecology Forum in Argentina, as well as a researcher in energy and municipal policies. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Governance, and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations.

Michael Donaldson

Commissioner for Digital Innovation, e-Government and Good Governance/ Barcelona City Council

Michael Donaldson is the Commissioner for Technological Innovation, e-Government and Good Governance of the Barcelona City Council.
He has a law degree and a master’s degree in public management. He has worked as director of strategic planning and central services in the municipalities of Rubí and Gavà. He is a trainer in open government and transparency issues and has published several articles and chapters of public management.

Imre-Gustav Vellamaa

Board Member/ R8tech

Since 2017 I am fully dedicated to develop a proptech company R8 Technologies (R8tech) in my business life. 2020 has been my return to stages, speaking at different (virtual) conferences and webinars like RE Futureproof streamed from Amsterdam, WDBE (Helsinki), DMREx (Berlin), Infoshare (Gdansk), New Energy Challengers (Vilnius), “5 start-ups to boost your retail building” (Tallinn), Davos Energy Week (Davos, in 2021) etc.
Business life till 2017 include over 20 years of professional management experience in various roles linked to energy sector, project management and international SME commerce and trade. Author of a book about export strategies and series of articles, given lectures in co-operation with the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Previously founded a bathroom equipment wholesale company (LaSpa), which had exit to a Chinese holding company.

Johannes Cruz

Data Scientist and AI lead / City of Helsingborg

Johannes Cruz works as a data scientist and AI lead at the city of Helsingborg. He is on a mission to generate smart data-driven solutions for the good of the people of Helsingborg.

Artificial Intelligence – From Science Fiction to Reality: Strategies, Challenges & Best-Practices for Cities
Philipp Riegebauer, Gretel Schaj, Michael Donaldson , Imre-Gustav Vellamaa, Johannes Cruz

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