IEEE CN Smart Cities Barcelona Spain

Join us for a Smart Cities Session on Barcelona Spain. Why is this City Smart? The world rankings place Barcelona as one of the top Smart Cities in the World. Find out why today from speakers from this City. What are Smart Cities? Briefly said, a smart city is an urban region that tries to fully integrate information and communication technology as well as Internet of things to improve the management of resources & assets, to improve the efficiency of services. In general, a smart city is very advanced in terms of infrastructure (administration, education, healthcare, public safety, real estate, transportation, etc.) and involves many technologies such as data centres & sensors, being used to improve operations. Smart cities have infrastructures that enables us to collect, aggregate, and analyze data that will help us improve the lives of the citizens. If you think about it, you can incorporate almost anything that has to do with the management of a city, into the smart city concept. The idea is to provide an efficient solution to actual problems, by using technology. Going from the water management, to clean & renewable energies, to how much space there is to park a car, traffic control, waste management, wireless accessibility. And the list goes on. To improve the functioning of our cities, we’ve got different types of solutions and here are a few examples. What has improved around the city? – Around the city, we can find +650 wi-fi hotspots offering free access to everyone. – When it comes to waste management, the municipal bins monitor the waste levels and therefore help workers when it comes to optimizing their routes. – Regarding lighting in the street, the lampposts are all LED and can measure noise, traffic, pollution & crowds. By sensing when there is people walking around, it automatically adapts, turning on & off. – For public transportation, a part from the fact that electric cars and bike sharing are highly encouraged, more and more we find bus stops that are quite interactive. On the electric screen, you can see how much time is left before the bus arrives, charge your phone through the USB charging stations and even use the giant screen to locate yourself on the map and know more about the city. – When it comes to parking your car, you can use applications that will inform you about the parking availabilities in specific locations. – For the water management in public areas, we find irrigation systems in the parks that have a strong control on the consumption, enabling workers to know exactly how much water is needed. Other then taking all those amazing initiatives, we see more and more companies participating in the improvement of the city’s energy consumption while helping the civilians. Here are a few examples; Co-sponsored by: IEEE PES Power and Energy Society Speaker(s): Francisco Falcone, Agenda: 7:00 am PDT IEEE Announcements 7:02 am PDT Introduction of Speaker 7:04 am PDT Presentation 7:45 am Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324211