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CIFI 2022 – 3rd Czech-Israeli Forum on Innovation: Smart Cities
May 25, 2022 | 08:30 – 17:30 UTC+1
In cooperation with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of the State of Israel and Czech-Israeli Mutual Chamber of Commerce, RICAIP and CIIRC CTU are honoured to partnering the third edidtion of the Czech-Israeli Forum on Innovation – CIFI 2022 – this year on the up-to-date topics on Smart Cities.
Creating inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities is one of the key UN Sustainable Development Goals. Innovative technologies can enable an effective planning and governance of communities, a better functioning of transport systems, ameliorate access to healthcare and other basic services and protect the environment. Czechia and Israel are ready to join their RDI capacities and forge a long- term partnership.
Therefore, the Czech-Israeli Forum on Innovations 2022 – CIFI 2022 – will focus on “Smart Cities”.
The CIFI 2022 shall provide a platform to discuss key issues regarding development and implementation of smart technologies for urban planning and management and should boost Czech-Israeli collaboration.
Detailed Agenda
| 07:45 – 08:30 | Registration, arrival of the participants | |
| 8:30 – 9:15 | Welcome note | |
| ● H.E. Jan Lipavský, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (Host) ● H.E. Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Israeli Minister of Science and Technology (on-line) ● H.E. Ivan Bartoš, Deputy Prime Minister for Digitisation and Minister of Regional Development ● H.E. Helena Langšádlová, Czech Minister of Research, Development and Innovation ● Pavel Smutný, President of Czech-Israeli Mutual Chamber of Commerce | ||
| 09:15 – 10:15 | SESSION I: Key Notes | |
| ● Smart Cities 2030: Road Map Prof. Yaniv, Chair of Bar-Ilan Center for Smart Cities ● Industry 4.0 and smart cities technologies Prof. Vladimír Mařík, Scientific Director, CIIRC CTU ● Technology as a superorganism and what does it want from us Prof. David Passig, Bar-Ilan University, Head of graduate Program IN ICT ● Smart, sustainable and resilient cities, large and small Ing. Rút Bízková, Member of the RDI Council of the Czech Republic | ||
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | SESSION II: Smart Cities Solutions and Technologies | |
| ● Urban geography as a means to study urban structure and its development focusing on local variability within a general context Prof. Itamar Lensky, Bar-Ilan University, Head of Remote Sensing and GIS Lab ● City of the Future Ing. arch. Michal Postránecký, Head of Center of the City of the Future ● Tourists’ flow patterns identification and information provision for safe evacuation Dr. Yuval Hadas, Bar-Ilan University, Deputy Chair of the Management Department ● “Chytrá Evropská” – a testbed for modelling of smart solutions Prof. Miroslav Svítek, CIIRC CTU ● Urban walkability Prof. Tova Rozenbloom, Head of Research Institute of Human Factors of Road Safety | ||
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | SESSION III: Smart Solutions and Visions | |
| ● Agnostic remote bio-sensor for multi-parametric bio-sensing and authentication Prof. Zeev Zalevsky, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University ● Presentation of University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings CTU Michal Kuzmič, Co-ordinator for Smart Cities ● Employing smart, nature-based solution in the smart city: the case study of Tel-Aviv metropolitan Anat Tchetchik, Head of Environmental Management and Innovation Program, Bar-Ilan University | ||
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| ● Side Event: Presentation of activities of Czech-Israeli Innovation and Partnership Centre Tomáš Jelínek, Executive Board Member, Asst. Prof. Jaroslav Burian | ||
| 14:00 – 14:45 | SESSION IV: Programs to Support Bilateral RDI Co-operation | |
| ● Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Václav Velčovský, Deputy Minister ● Czech Academy of Sciences Prof. Eva Zažímalová, Chairperson ● TACR Prof. Petr Konvalinka, Chairman | ||
| 14:45 – 15:45 | SESSION V: Smart Solutions in Everyday Life I | |
| ● ČEZ ESCO – Smart solutions – a major operator perspective Vladimír Zadina ● Operator ICT – Smart Prague Vision 2030 Petr Suška, Member of Board and Director of Smart City, Innovations and Project Management Section ● VDT Technology – Erik Feldman, CEO ● TescoSW – Josef Tesařík ● Pocket Virtuality – Jan Hovora, CEO | ||
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | SESSION VI: Smart Solutions in Everyday Life II | |
| ● mPrest, Rami Koren, CEO ● A.D. Knight, Arie Abir, Co-Founder&Chairman ● CyWat Technologies, Thor Halperin, CEO ● MER Group, Shay Haas ● Mobi (Mobility Insight), Ori Harel ● ZenCity, Eyal Feder-Levy, CEO (on-line, TBD) | ||