Virtual Conference on Smart Governance Practices and Research 

1. Introduction by Albert Meijer, on Smart Governance

Discussing the major findings of the literature review

Open the slides here : Introducing Smart Cities for Sustainable Cities

2. Presentations by/about the three cities along major themes

What has happened up till now and what is going on in the three cities, regarding ‘smart governance, sustainable development and the use of ICT for advancing societal engagement and sustainability? What are the vision, strategies and work methods? What are the best and worst practices?  And most importantly: how can we learn from each other, pracitioners and researchers, from the different cities?

3. City of Utrecht

Brigitte Hulscher, Introduction to smart city Utrecht

Loog Landaal, Smart technologies in citizens initiatives

Daniëlle Fiolet, Is there a digital divide in Utrecht? 

Muriël Pels, Utrecht’s expectations of the research 

4. City of Curitiba           

Smart governance in Curitiba

Sergio Povoa Pires – Chief Executive of the Instutute for Research and Urban Planning of Curitiba

Paulo Roberto Miranda – Secretary of Information and Technology

Renato Eufenio Lima – Secretary of the Environment

5. City of Glasgow

Prof dr. William Webster: Smart governance in Glasgow

Prof dr. Douglas Robertson, Charles Leleux - University of Stirling

Lucille Brown, Scotland Smart Cities Alliance

Here you can download a summary of the minutes of the conference.

Further information about the SmartGov project can be found here: http://smartgov-project.com