It is with great pleasure that we inform you about the “Innovative Cities for the Next Generation Conference” which will be held in Barcelona the 26th of June 2008.
The aim of this conference is to give a general overview about The City of the Future and share the knowledge acquired by means of some relevant projects working on this topic.
At the same time the results of the ICING project will be presented. It is also remarkable to say that the event will include some prototype demonstrations of innovative services.
The ICING Project has been managed by three major European cities: Barcelona, Dublin and Helsinki. ICING has been deployed in actual city test beds to apply integrated mobile and web 2.0 technologies to the implementation of City strategies and the achievement of a range of existing city priorities - resulting in a flexible, innovative, and effective way of working.
The ICING platform demonstrates increased transparency and opportunities to influence the decision making process, and uses flexible structures and communication technologies to enhance a shared understanding of city issues and community building in cities. In this way, it contributes towards the engagement of citizens with their public representatives and moves towards a reduction in the democratic deficit.
If you have any comments or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Conference Outline
Date     26 June 2008
Venue  Barcelona Activa (Auditori)
              C/Llacuna 162-164
              08018, Barcelona
The event will start at 9 am and will finish at 17 pm with one hour for lunch. Lunching facilities and coffees will be provided by the organization of the Conference.

Program
9:00-9:30     Registration
9:30-10:00   Welcome and Opening session
                       Dr. John Donovan (Dublin Institute of Technology. ICING Coordinator)
                       José Bausa (T-Systems)
                       Pilar Conesa (CIOs of the Barcelona City Council)
10:00-10:30 The city of the future
                       Anabela Pedroso (Head of Portugal’s Agency for Public Services Reform)
10:30-11:00 U-city vision and projects in Korea
                       Ju Young Byun (Director of u-City Policy Division of IFEZ, Korea)
11:00-11:30 From sentient to responsive cities
                       Fabien Girardin (PhD candidate at UPF and Research Associate at the MITSENSEable City Lab)
11:30-11:50 Coffee break
11:50-12:50 ICING results: "How to build services for innovaties cities"
                       Dublin, Helsinki and Barcelona speakers
12:50-13:50 Lunch time and networking
13:50-15:00 Exploitation: “How to apply the ICING technology in other cities?” ICING Collaborators
15:00-15:20 Coffee break
15:20-16:20 Exploitation: “How to apply the ICING technology in other cities?” ICING Collaborators
16:20-16:50 How ICING fits with the European Network of Living Labs
                       Esteve Almirall (CatLab, i2Cat 'member of the European Network of Living Lab')
16:50-17:00 End of the conference

Registration is free but there are a limited number of seats that will be assigned in order
of registration request arrivals. For registration and further information, please visit the
official website of the Innovative Cities for Next Generation at:
www.epractice.eu/workshop/icing