BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20221021T155212Z UID:A0E441C8-48C1-42F7-928C-FC4A7C61504E DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221021T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221021T080000 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Smart Cities Session on Barcelona Spain. Why is t his 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.\n\n What are Smart Cities?\n\nBriefly said\, a smart city is an urban region t hat tries to fully integrate information and communication technology as w ell as Internet of things to improve the management of resources & assets\ , to improve the efficiency of services.\n\nIn general\, a smart city is v ery advanced in terms of infrastructure (administration\, education\, heal thcare\, 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 c itizens.\n\nIf you think about it\, you can incorporate almost anything th at 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 energi es\, to how much space there is to park a car\, traffic control\, waste ma nagement\, wireless accessibility. And the list goes on. To improve the fu nctioning of our cities\, we’ve got different types of solutions and her e are a few examples.\n\nWhat has improved around the city?\n\n- Around th e city\, we can find +650 wi-fi hotspots offering free access to everyone. \n- When it comes to waste management\, the municipal bins monitor the was te levels and therefore help workers when it comes to optimizing their rou tes.\n- Regarding lighting in the street\, the lampposts are all LED and c an measure noise\, traffic\, pollution & crowds. By sensing when there is people walking around\, it automatically adapts\, turning on & off.\n- 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 q uite interactive. On the electric screen\, you can see how much time is le ft before the bus arrives\, charge your phone through the USB charging sta tions and even use the giant screen to locate yourself on the map and know more about the city.\n- When it comes to parking your car\, you can use a pplications that will inform you about the parking availabilities in speci fic locations.\n- For the water management in public areas\, we find irrig ation systems in the parks that have a strong control on the consumption\, enabling workers to know exactly how much water is needed.\n\nOther then taking all those amazing initiatives\, we see more and more companies part icipating in the improvement of the city’s energy consumption while help ing the civilians. Here are a few examples\;\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE PES Power and Energy Society\n\nSpeaker(s): Francisco Falcone\, \n\nAgenda: \n 7:00 am PDT IEEE Announcements\n7:02 am PDT Introduction of Speaker\n7:04 am PDT Presentation\n7:45 am Q&A\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.or g/m/324211 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324211 ORGANIZER:mike.brisbois@ieee.org SEQUENCE:8 SUMMARY:IEEE CN Smart Cities Pamplona Spain URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324211 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Join us for a Smart Cities Session on Barc elona 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 speaker s from this City. <br /><br />What are Smart Cities?</p>\n<p>Briefly said\ , a smart city is an urban region that tries to fully integrate informatio n and communication technology as well as Internet of things to improve th e management of resources &amp\; assets\, to improve the efficiency of ser vices.</p>\n<p>In general\, a smart city is very advanced in terms of infr astructure (administration\, education\, healthcare\, public safety\, real estate\, transportation\, etc.) and involves many technologies such as da ta centres &amp\; 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.</p>\n<p>If you think about it\, you can incorporate almost anything that has to do with t he management of a city\, into the smart city concept. The idea is to prov ide an efficient solution to actual problems\, by using technology. Going from the water management\, to clean &amp\; renewable energies\, to how mu ch space there is to park a car\, traffic control\, waste management\, wir eless accessibility. And the list goes on. To improve the functioning of o ur cities\, we&rsquo\;ve got different types of solutions and here are a f ew examples.</p>\n<p>What has improved around the city?</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aro und the city\, we can find +650 wi-fi hotspots offering free access to eve ryone.</li>\n<li>When it comes to waste management\, the municipal bins mo nitor the waste levels and therefore help workers when it comes to optimiz ing their routes.</li>\n<li>Regarding lighting in the street\, the lamppos ts are all LED and can measure noise\, traffic\, pollution &amp\; crowds. By sensing when there is people walking around\, it automatically adapts\, turning on &amp\; off.</li>\n<li>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 scr een\, you can see how much time is left before the bus arrives\, charge yo ur phone through the USB charging stations and even use the giant screen t o locate yourself on the map and know more about the city. &nbsp\;</li>\n< li>When it comes to parking your car\, you can use applications that will inform you about the parking availabilities in specific locations.</li>\n< li>For the water management in public areas\, we find irrigation systems i n the parks that have a strong control on the consumption\, enabling worke rs to know exactly how much water is needed.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Other then ta king all those amazing initiatives\, we see more and more companies partic ipating in the improvement of the city&rsquo\;s energy consumption while h elping the&nbsp\;civilians. Here are a few examples\;&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>7:00 am PDT IEEE Announcements<br />7:02 am PDT Introdu ction of Speaker<br />7:04 am PDT Presentation<br />7:45 am Q&amp\;A</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR