GlobalTech.City – Think Global, Act Local & Think Local, Act Global
…matching trending tech solutions with societal challenges around the world…
GlobalTech.City is founded in 2017 and is the global platform connecting AmsterdamTech.City and the other tech cities around the world. AmsterdamTech.City started in 2016 with successful monthly “Tech & The City” events in Amsterdam.
The vision of GlobalTech.City is to combine city events, tech topics, societal challenges, tech solutions, and speakers for the city, communities, and citizens around the world.
The mission of GlobalTech.City is to facilitate the city, communities, and citizens in the engagement and transformation. The target groups are public and private; governmental and non-governmental; educational institutions; corporates, scale ups and start ups; investors and programs, inventors and experts; visitors and citizens… The technology trends are Big Data, Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ambient Intelligence (AmI), Robotics, Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Realty…
Programme
15:00-15:30 drinks & networking
15:30-15:40 “GlobalTech.City Growing Healthy Exponentially” Nuray Gokalp | Founder @ GlobalTech.City
15:40-15:45 “Spaces Going Places” Kenzo van Maris | Community Manager @ Spaces The Hague
15:45-16:00 “TheHagueTechCity & the importance of Generic Digital Infrastructure (GDI)” Erik Jonker | Coordinating advisor @ Digital Commissioner Office (Digicommissaris Bas Eenhoorn)
16:00-16:15 “Smart Cities & Smart Communities” Chesley Rach | Program Director @ City of The Hague (Gemeente Den Haag)
16:15-16:45 break
16:45-17:00 “SIM-CI Virtual Reality (VR) Experience” Gijsbert Tijsseling | Technical Consultant @ SIM-CI
17:00-17:15 “Crowdsourced Internet of Things (IoT) in The City” Arn van der Pluijm | Ambassador @ TheThingsNetwork (TTN) The Hague
17:15-17:30 “The Rise of the Platform Economy” Jovana Karanovic | Researcher @ Amsterdam Business School
17:30-18:00 drinks & networking