5G for Smart Communities Support Platform

9:00 – 10:00 Registration

Welcome coffee

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and introduction to the 5G for Smart Communities Support Platform Launch Event

Frederic Pujol, 5G for Smart Communities Support Platform (5GSC SP)

10:10 – 10:20 Europe's Digital Decade: digital targets for 2030

Kamila Kloc, Deputy Director-General in charge of Directorates Connectivity, DG CNECT, European Commission

10:20 – 10:40 Enabling Digital Decade: Policy objectives for 5g Smart Communities

Eric Gaudillat, Head of Sector, DG CNECT B.5, European Commission

10:40 – 11:00 5G for Smart Communities roundtable discussion with pan-European organisations representing the electronic communications industry

Moderator: Jan Droge, 5G for Smart Communities Support Platform (5GSC SP)

Speakers:

Lise Fuhr, Director General, European Telecommunications Network Operator’s Association (ETNO)

Laszlo Toth, Head of Public Policy, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) 

Benoit Gufflet, Innovation Project Manager, Bouygues Group, ECTA member

11:00 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Why should a 5G provider/operator and a public service provider/ public authority collaborate and get funded under CEF 5GSC?  

Moderator: Jan Droge, 5G for Smart Communities Support Platform (5GSC SP)

Speakers:

Maren Pöpsel, Head of Strategic Funding Management, Vodafone

Peter Veil, Vice President Strategic Finance, Deutsche Telekom 

Pierre Druart, Program Innovation Manager, Alsatis

Olivier Duroyon, Director, Government Segment & Public Sector, Nokia

Laurent Rochette, Director General, Seine-et-Yvelines Numérique

12:00 – 13:00  Networking Lunch

13:00 – 14:00 Breakout Sessions

Participants will have the possibility to attend “capacity building” workshops in which the EU-funded projects from call 1 will present more in detail the project and the application process. Each project workshop will have a representative of the funded project, a moderator from DG CNECT / HaDEA, and a Rapporteur.

Healthcare

• 5G4UH: 5G for University Hospital (Germany), Maren Pöpsel, Head of Strategic Funding Management, Vodafone

• Flanders Smart Fields: 5G rural coverage for innovative healthcare services (Belgium), Bert Vlaminck, Cluster Developer Machinebuilding & Mechatronics, POM West-Vlaanderen

Rapporteur: Gabriel Daia, Communications Manager, ETNO

Moderator: Chrysoula Lentzou, Project Adviser, HaDEA B.1

Education

• 5G4ASSAC: 5G for a Smart Sicilian Academic Campus (Italy), Cinzia Campanella, 5G & Verticals Responsible, Vodafone Business Italy, and Professor Salvatore Vitabile, University of Palermo

• 5GAGRIHUB: 5G Mobile Private Network innovation Hub for agriculture (Hungary), Vivien Bodnár, Senior Government Affairs Manager, Vodafone Hungary

Rapporteur: Petra Vandamme, Market Expert Education, Citymesh

Moderator: Eric Gaudillat, Head of Sector, DG CNECT B.5, European Commission 

Smart City Services

• Hi5: High Connectivity via 5G (France), Pierre Druart, Program Innovation Manager, Alsatis

• CONNECTOW: 5G Connectivity for Wavre (Belgium), Ivan Kusseneers, Business Development Manager, Citymesh, Jens Buysse, Research Manager, Citymesh and Stephane Huguier, Digital and Support Director, Ville de Wavre 

Rapporteur: Gabriela Ruseva, Project Coordinator, Eurocities

Moderator: Bernadett Köteles-Degrendele, Senior digital business analyst, DG CNECT B.5, European Commission 

Emergency / Disaster Relief

• PPDR 5G: Establishing 5G based Public Protection and Disaster Relief broadband (PPDR BB) services on the EU external Schengen border (Hungary), Miklós Takács, Expert, International relations & Project management, Pro-M Zrt.

Rapporteur: Giacomo Robustelli, Executive Board Member, ETNO 

Moderator: Stavros Kalapothas, Policy Officer, DG CNECT B.5, European Commission 

14:00 – 14:15 Coffee Break

14:15-15:15 Wrap-up Session

Rapporteurs will present their main take-away from each workshop session

Moderator: Gerasimos Sofianatos, Deputy Head of Unit, DG CNECT B.5, European Commission

Implementing the 5GSC actions

Speaker: Hervé Dupuy, Head of Unit, HaDEA.B1 

Concluding Remarks

Speaker: Franco Accordino, Head of Unit, DG CNECT B.5, European Commission