BCO-SF / CoR
The workshop will take place online, from 11:30 - 13:00 CET on 14 October. It is jointly organised by the European Network of Broadband Competence Offices and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.
Agenda
Welcome - Andreas Wolter, Mayor of the City of Cologne, Climate Alliance President
Introduction - Clara Aguilera, Member of the European Parliament, Co-Chair of the European Parliament Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas (RUMRA) and Smart Villages
Digitalisation - Eddy Hartog, Technologies for Smart Communities, Head of Unit, European Commission Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technologies (DG CNECT)
Healthcare - Simona Ferrante, Project ESSENCE (Empathic platform to personally monitor, stimulate, enrich, and assist elders and children in their environment), Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan
Education - Goran Škvarč, e-Schools (2020 REGIOSTARS competition awardee in the category ‘Skills and Education for a digital Europe’), Deputy Project Manager, National Research and Education Network of Croatia (CARNET)
Agriculture - George Beers, The Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020), Project Coordinator, Wageningen University and Research
Mobility - Carola Gunnarsson, Lord Mayor of Sala, Swedish Association of Local Authorities
Questions and Answers, Spokesperson for the Council of European Municipalities and Regions