In our last article, we compiled seven tips and tricks to give online presentations. Currently, the Smart City Innovation Lab is in the process of organising the GRONEN conference, which will be fully virtual. What started as a pilot project – virtual conferencing to decrease environmental impacts and foster inclusiveness – became now the format of the whole event. There are
In the light of COVID-19, companies and academic institutions face the challenge of keeping daily business, teaching and research events going. We at the Smart City Innovation Lab believe, the conversation must go on! Thanks to the world of the Internet, it is possible to connect people from everywhere in the world. While work places
Last week, Dr. René Bohnsack was invited to talk about new business models in smart cities at the yearly CBRE Portugal Outlook event. He presented the research of the Smart City Innovation Lab, including the first AI-powered business model analysis concept. This imitation learning algorithm that is able to recognize a business model from
The Smart City Innovation Lab is delighted to host the GRONEN Research Conference 2020, which will carry the theme “All systems go!? Sustainability in the Digital Age”. Program highlights include, among others, an interactive panel debate on the perils and pitfalls of digitalization for sustainable development and a virtual conferencing pilot. GRONEN 2020 will also
“A city’s environment is shaped not only by people who have an important influence but by everyone who lives or works there” - Robert Cowan Last week, the Smart City Innovation Lab facilitated an exciting Smart City workshop for members of the South Korean Standards Association. The objective of this session was to provide
In less than 250 days, SCIL will have the pleasure of hosting the GRONEN Research Conference. GRONEN is one of the leading networks for scholarly exchange on research on organizations and the natural environment. In 2020, the conference theme will be "Sustainability in the Digital Age". We can't wait for exciting submissions, thought-provoking panel discussions,
A conference with the hot topic “Smart Cities – Opportunities and Challenges” was taking place as part of the initiative Knowledge@CatólicaLisbon on the 26th of September at Católica. The Smart City Innovation Lab organised the mini conference, which was moderated by its founder, René Bohnsack. The program started with a welcome note by the Dean
On 15th March 2017, SCIL presented at Green Business Week. Green Business week is one of the largest knowledge transfer events in Portugal related to environmentally friendly practices. The event is organized by the AIP Foundation and took place at the Lisbon Congress Center from 15 to 17 March. The SCIL presented in the Knowledge
On 2nd March 2017, the first edition of the Smart City Innovation Awards were held. This took place in the Ernst and Young room at Catolica Business School. Participants were all members of the Innovation Management Course in Catolica. The Jury, which comprised of the Vice President of Brisa Autoestradas de Portugal, Pedro Rocha e
The European project InteGRIDy (Integrated Smart GRID Cross-Functional Solutions for Optimized Synergetic Energy Distribution, Utilization & Storage Technologies) kicked off in Barcelona from the 11th to the 12th of January 2017. The inteGRIDy project seeks to connect innovative services, technologies and emerging mechanisms of intelligent electric networks through the deployment of a scalable and replicable
