In this Information Session, will be presented some facts on the benefits of the smart city paradigms on the citizens and economy. They are going to be displayed developments of the SmartSantander project along with the involvement of the Cantabria Government and Municipality of Santander in supporting the project. Furthermore, some details on the services already deployed will be presented together with developments on other sites (Belgrade, Lubeck, Surrey, Aarhus) activeted in the SmartSantander project.

Tentative Program

17:30-17:40: Investing on IoT Technologies and SmartCities Services - Opportunities for Western Greece.

Prof. Paul Spirakis. President of Computer Technology Institute & Press 'Diophantus', Greece.

17:40-18:10: SmartSantander - Building the City of the Future: Technology, Services, Public Private Partnerships and Entrepreneurship

Jose Manuel Hernandez Munoz (Project Coordinator). Telefonica, Spain

Prof. Luis Munoz (Technical Coordinator). University of Cantabria, Spain.

18:10-18:15: Internet of Things Europe - The movie: Imagine everything was linked... by Digital Agenda for Europe

18:15-18:30: Federated SmartCities: Belgrade, Lubeck, Aarhus. Services and SocioEconomical Impact

Srdjan Krco (PhD). Ericsson , Serbia.

Dennis Pfisterer (Assoc. Prof.) . University of Lubeck, Germany.

Joao Fernandes. Alexandra Institute, Denmark.

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