Council of Cities
The Council of Cities (CoC) represents the member cities. The CoC is coordinated by the Council Coordinator and supported by the OASC secretariat.
The Council of Cities consists of the Network Coordinators of each national and regional OASC network. The Network Coordinators are elected by the cities, coordinate local activities and serve as a first contact point.
In the following you can find the national network coordinators for each OASC member network. If your city is interested in joining OASC, you can contact the representative responsible for your region. If your region has not yet joined, contact us: info@oascities.org.
Council Coordinator
Bart Rosseau, OASC Belgium
Bart is Chief Data Officer at the Belgian City of Ghent and is also chairing the task force on Urban Digital Foresight of the EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum. With a background in political sciences, he has been working on data and smart city technology in the public administration for over 20 years.
1st Vice Council Coordinator
Ola-Eirik Klingen, OASC Norway
Ola-Eirik Klingen is portofolio manager and strategic IT adviser for the City of Trondheim. He also coordinates OASC Norway and is actively involved in the EU Lighthouse project +CityXchange.
2nd Vice Council Coordinator
Olaf-Gerd Gemein, OASC Germany
Olaf-Gerd is founder of Smart City Lab and member of the Board of Directors of the FIWARE foundation, where he also chairs the Smart Cities committee.
Network Coordinators
Argentina
Rodolfo Torrallardona, City of La Plata
Australia
Derek Meggitt, City of Brisbane
Austria
Brigitte Lutz, City of Vienna
Belgium
Bart Rosseau, City of Ghent
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Darko Knezovic, City of Mostar
Brazil
Cláudio Nascimento, Prefeitura Municipal de Olinda
Croatia
Stjepan Cavar, City of Dubrovnik Development Agency
Denmark
Bo Fristed, City of Aarhus
England
Adrian Slatcher, City of Manchester
Finland
Tarja Vuorinen, City of Turku
France
Vincent Demortier, Faubourg Numerique
Check also the website of OASC France for more information
Germany
Olaf-Gerd Gemein, Smart City Lab
Greece
Athena Vakali, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Leonidas Anthopoulos, TEI
Hungary
Samu Szemerey, Lechner Tudásközpont
Ireland
Martin Serrano, Insight Centre
Check also the website of OASC Ireland for more information
Italy
Chiara Bresciani, City of Milan
Mexico
Miguel Gonzales, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Netherlands
Frans Jorna, City of Almere
Norway
Ola Eirik Klingen, City of Trondheim
Poland
Marek Stawinksi, Ekinno Lab
Portugal
Vasco Lagarto, TICE
Romania
Mihai Chirica, City of Iasi
Scotland
Iain McCreaddie, Scottish Cities Alliance
Spain
Juan José Hierro, Fiware Foundation; Antonio Skarmeta, University of Murcia, and Luis Muñoz, Universidad of Cantabria
Slovenia
Sweden
Michael Carlberg Lax, Municipality of Skellefteå
Switzerland
Laurent Horvath, City of Carouge
