What makes a city great? And how can cities make changes at a policy and a practical level in order to achieve this vision? Joachim Bitterlich shares his perspective on how cities can transform themselves into cleaner, safer, more attractive places to live through the integration of new and intelligent technologies in energy, waste, water and mobility.

Urban regeneration specialist Joe Montgomery hosts a debate on how cities can best address the need for smarter buildings and homes, featuring the diverse perspectives of a policy-maker, utility, grid operator and technology provider.

International leaders in smart grid implementation share the lessons learned from current pilot projects, and discuss the implications for future smart grid strategy.

Renewable heating and cooling champion Gerhard Stryi-Hipp brings together a series of case studies to demonstrate the commercial and environmental arguments for clean energy and district heating as central elements of the intelligent city.

Waste-to-energy expert Ferdinand Kleppmann and panellists analyse why diverting waste from landfill and using it as a source of renewable energy is crucial to the long-term health of our cities.

Water scarcity is now widely recognised as the greatest resource risk of the 21st century. Per-Arne Malmqvist leads a discussion focused on new technologies in urban water management, and how cities can spearhead a culture change in the perception of the value of water.

Peter Fatelnig presents details of current EU initiatives in the field of intelligent cities, and shares his insight into how cities can create the right platforms to support smart, user-oriented services in the fields of energy and mobility.

Molly Webb will present the initial outcomes of The Climate Group’s Smart Cities 2020 project, and host a panel focused on the role of the city government in defining and leading the transformation to an intelligent city.

A roundtable of investors from institutional, banking and private equity perspectives share their insight into the appetite for energy and infrastructure finance in the current climate.

A series of case studies from intelligent city projects around the world compare the challenges in developing new intelligent cities with those of transforming mature cities into intelligent communities.  What lessons have been learned?

As cities move to an open data system, this panel will discuss how we can ensure that data is both readily accessible and secure.

Christian Schlosser shares his insight into the challenges that face today’s cities in terms of transportation, and the steps that are needed from a policy, financing and technology point of view in order to successfully address these challenges, using examples of sustainable urban transport initiatives from around the world.

Florian Lennert of the Intelligent City Forum asks how cities can successfully create an integrated transport strategy involving multiple transport authorities.

The intelligent multi-modality transport system of the future will link together a series of smart transport initiatives.  These case studies demonstrate the challenges in planning, structuring and delivering smart transport projects, and assess the outcomes achieved so far.

With technology moving so rapidly, how can cities ensure they are investing in electric mobility infrastructure that is truly sustainable?  Our panel analyse the business models currently in use around the world.