Smart Cities in Smart Regions 2018 - Programme

****Tuesday Sept 25, 2018	Pre-Conference Day	Location
	Pre-Conference Dinner, additional cost

Wednesday Sept 26, 2018	First Conference Day	Sibelius Hall, Ankkurikatu 7, Lahti
8.30 - 9.15	Registration and coffee	Forest Hall
9.15 - 9.25	Opening words President of Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Turo Kilpeläinen	Carpenter's Hall, 2.nd floor
9.25 - 9.45	Progress report of Circular Economy Statement Environmental director City of Lahti, Saara Vauramo	Carpenter's Hall, 2.nd floor
9.45 - 10.30	Combining big data, climate change and urban heat island phenomenon to develop smart city planning Professor of Glasgow Caledonian University, Rohinton Emmanuel	Carpenter's Hall, 2.nd floor
10.30 - 11.15	Leuven MindGate: A triple Helix Approach to Become a Thriving Smart Health City Director of Leuven MindGate, Johan Merlevede	Carpenter's Hall, 2.nd floor
11.15 - 11.45	Poster session	Carpenter's Hall, 2nd floor
11.45 - 12.45	Lunch	Forest Hall
12.45 - 14.45	Parallel sessions	different locations at Sibelius Hall
14.45 - 15.15	Coffee break	Forest Hall
15.15 - 16.15	Parallel sessions	different locations at Sibelius Hall
16.15 - 17.00	Circular economy as key driver for cities and regions Project Director of Sitra, Kari Herlevi	Carpenter's Hall, 2.nd floor
19.00 - 23.30	Conference Dinner	Forest Hall

Thursday Sept 27, 2018	Second Conference Day	Sibelius Hall, Ankkurikatu 7, Lahti
8.00- 8.30	Coffee	Forest Hall
8.30 - 9.15	Designing for Urban Sustainability Transitions Assistant Professor of Aalto University, İdil Gaziulusoy	Carpenter's Hall, 2nd floor
9.15- 9.45	Student-business-collaboration in green venturing, the Fujifilm Future Challenge case Professor of Avans University of Applied Sciences , Frans Stel	Carpenter's Hall, 2nd floor
9.45 - 10.15	Poster session	Carpenter's Hall, 2nd floor
10.15 - 12.15	Parallel sessions	differnt locations at Sibelius Hall
12.15 - 13.15	Lunch	Forest Hall
13.15 - 14.00	Research on how Applied Ecotoxicology can support smart city planning Professor of University of Helsinki, Stephan Pflugmacher Lima	Carpenter's Hall, 2nd floor
14.00 - 14.30	Closing words	Carpenter's Hall, 2nd floor
14.30 - 15.00	Coffee to go	Forest Hall