OASC ASGA 2023

Morning

09:45 – 10:15 Opening and Introduction to the plenary session @ Auditorium
Karl-Filip Coenegrachts – OASC Chair of the Board of Directors
Martin Brynskov – OASC Founding Director & Tech Lead
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10:15 – 10:45 Keynote speeches
Keynote speech by Cristina Bueti, United Nations counsellor for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and counsellor for the United 4 Smart Sustainable Cities Initiative (U4SSC).
Keynote speech by Mattias Bergdahl, Deputy Head of Unit – Standards Policy at DG GROW, European Commission.
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10:45 – 11:15 Panel Debate – Moderator: Martin Brynskov
Panel debate with:
– Cristina Bueti, ITU
– Mattias Bergdahl, EC
– Claus Popp Larsen, RISE
– Cristina Martinez, EC
– Thimo Thoeye, OASC
– Kristina Khutsishvili, UVA
– Hans Teuben, Capgemini
– Martin Bauer, NEC
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Workshops

12:00 – 13:00 Workshops by OASC, FARI and Québec Government Office in Brussels 
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Workshop 1: MIMs for dummies @ Auditorium – Hosts: Martin Brynskov, Michael Mulquin, Sophie Meszaros
MIMs for dummies: what is a MIM, why is it useful, practical examples.
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Workshop 2: Deep dive into OASC @ Breakout room A – Host: Karl-Filip Coenegrachts
Deep dive into OASC
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Workshop 3: Local Artificial Intelligence for Communities and Public Administrations, where to start? @ Breakout room B – Hosts: FARI, AI for the common good Brussels Institute & Quebec Brussels Government Office.
Local Artificial Intelligence for Communities and Public Administrations, where to start?
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Afternoon

14:30 – 16:00 Interactive Workshops on Projects @ Breakout rooms
Two interactive workshops on digital projects and tools with OASC & URBANITE and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Participants attend their first workshop from 14.30h until 15.15h and a second workshop from 15.15h until 16.00h.
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14:30 – 16:00 Presentation on the MIMs version 6.0 @ Auditorium // Hybrid
Deep dive into the newest version of OASC MIMs, including validation per MIM, open to OASC members – OASC
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16:30 – 17:30 Speed networking sessions @ Breakout rooms
  1. “Cutting Edge AI – Needs & ideas for OASC-members” (Citcom.ai project), Joost Haugmark Jensen, Chief consultant – Confederation of Danish Industry.
  2. “Modelling Digital Twins using NGSI-LD”, Martin Bauer, Senior standardization engineer – NEC Laboratories Europe.
  3. “Experiment with data for free with the support of the European Union”, Maria Claudia Bodino, Data scientist, IT Strategy and Planning Officer, Big Data Test Infrastructure – DG DIGIT, European Commission.
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16:30 – 17:30 OASC General Assembly, open to all members @ Auditorium // Hybrid
  1. Validation of MIMs, Martin Brynskov, OASC Tech Lead and Michael Mulquin, OASC MIMs ambassador.
  2. Projects update, Margarida Campolargo, OASC Projects Director.
  3. Briefing on the past three years, Paulo Calçada, OASC Council of Cities Coordinator.
  4. Council of Cities elections, Karl-Filip Coenegrachts, OASC Chair of the Board of Directors.
  5. Short presentation by the new Council of Cities coordinator and deputy coordinators.
  6.  Strategy and future plans for OASC, Karl-Filip Coenegrachts, OASC Chair of the Board of Directors.
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17:30 –  Closure @ Auditorium
Karl-Filip Coenegrachts – OASC Chair
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