OPEN DAYS 2010 Final Programme - European Commission - Europa

Making Europe easy for citizens and businesses practical tools for local
and regional authorities
This workshop presents a series of web based services designed to help local
and regional authorities to increase their efficiency in relation to the treatment
of demands with a cross-border dimension. The services presented, the Internal
Market Information (IMI) system and the Your Europe portal, respectively enable
local and regional authorities to cooperate with their counterparts in other
countries and offer a trusted source of practical information on how citizens can
exercise their single market rights in other EU countries.
Smart+Connected Communities for Sustainable Growth:
The European Experience
Creating a competitive, connected and greener economy is at the heart of EUs
new growth strategy Europe 2020. Equally, the current economic challenges
have highlighted the importance of social inclusive societies and empowerment
of people as part of Europes growth and jobs agenda. This workshop will
address opportunities and challenges concerning the implementation and
impact of national and European sustainable growth strategies at local level.
Network infrastructure and ICTs will continue to be central in building new
urban centres, managing existing communities, and delivering services to
citizens. Today, smart+connected communities unite information-sharing and
collaboration tools, creating an urban services platform to address challenges in
various areas including learning, health care, energy efficiency and public safety.
Furthermore, well-functioning infrastructure and services increase citizen welfare
during challenging times and help attract investors. This workshop will provide
examples on how long-term strategies, political commitment and holistic
thinking can be put into action in order to make cities and regions better places
to live, work and invest. All the solutions presented will be backed up by real life
examples. The overall objective of this workshop is to bring together companies
and cities/ regions to discuss innovative examples of how cities and regions can
use connectivity to converge the goals around economic growth, social inclusion
and environmental impact.
Workshops
Wednesday 6 October 2010
06B29
11:15 - 13:00
Venue: Centre Borschette, room 1D
Organiser: European Commission, DG Internal
Market and Services
Speakers: Paola Baravalle, Project manager,
Conservatoria delle Cucine Mediterranee, Torino,
Italy; Ieva Briede, Kurzeme Planning Region
Administration, Riga, Latvia; François Cabel, Director,
Pays de Haute Provence, région Provence-Alpes-
Côtes d'Azur, France; Cristina Gimenez Estol, DG
Internal Market and Services, European Commission,
Belgium; Marian Grubben, DG Internal Market and
Services, European Commission, Belgium; Vladislava
Iordanova, SPF Affaires Etrangères, Commerce
Extérieur et Coopération au développement,
Belgium; Adam Tornay, Conseil National de l'Ordre
des Médecins, Paris, France; Matthias Wevelsiep,
University of Helsinki, Palmenia Centre for
Continuing Education, Helsinki, Finland; Wiebke
Pankauke, DG Internal Market and Services,
European Commission, Brussel
06B30
11:15 - 13:00
Venue: Committee of the Regions, JDE 52
Organiser: CISCO
Speakers: Angela Spizig, Mayor, City of
Cologne, Germany; Jean-Christophe Lagarde,
City of Drancy, France; Nicola Villa, Global
Director, Connected Urban Development
Cisco, Cisco Systems; Stefano Venturi,
Vice President of European Public Sector,
Cisco Systems; Wojciech Kozak,Region of
Malopolska, Poland
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