SMART TRANSFORMATION FORUM to take place on September 9 at Bucharest

Leveraging on best practices of the already completed projects and the success stories of several Romanian cities, The Diplomat – Bucharest organizes the sixth edition of SMART TRANSFORMATION FORUM to be held on 9^th of September 2021 at Hotel InterContinental Bucharest.

REGISTRATION AT THE EVENT: Smart Transformation Forum 2021 (thediplomat.ro)

Smart cities leverage the latest technology to address aspects such as city safety, economic development, waste disposal, utilities network efficiency, urban planning using green solutions, transportation concerns, and the like. The past few years have seen cities absorbing digital transformation trends to improve their citizens quality of life.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

EMIL BOC,  President of the Romanian Municipalities Association

CRISTIN POPA, Executive Director,  Monitoring and Control Executive Division, Ancom

OCTAVIAN OPREA, President of the Authority for the Digitalization of Romania (ADR)

CONSTANTIN TOMA, Mayor, Buzau Municipality

CHRISTIAN VON ALBRICHSFELD, Head of Country, Continental Romania

MIHAI BOLDIJAR, General Manager, ROBERT BOSCH Romania and Bulgaria

CATALIN STANCU, Associated Senior Expert, Horvath & Partners

CATALIN TANASESCU, VP Business Development, Archibus

STEFAN TUDOS, Vice-President, Genesis Property

ALEXANDRU NEN, SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT, SMART CITY & IOT SOLUTIONS, Telekom

The smart city-tag is a concept that has to be earned in Romanian cities, by pushing on the main aspects such as: safety and security, economic development, waste and utilities management, urban green planning, smart transportation & smart infrastructure and technology enablement.

Smart cities are referred to as wired cities, digital cities, intelligent cities, cyberville. In 2021, there are core technologies that will stay a part of the transformational journey of smart cities.