MAJOR CITIES OF EUROPE CONFERENCE 2017
The 2017 annual conference was held in the Croatian capital Zagreb, on June 12th - 14th 2017 and welcomed distinguished speakers from European cities alongside worldwide experts from ICT providers and academia. This year`s conference title was ‘The Digital Future – Cities Facing the Reality‘ with the focus on: eGovernment initiatives, impact of emerging technologies on public administration, role of local public services on boosting digital economy, local democracy in social media, city resilience, and innovation in public services. Emphasis was also given to high interest solutions from Start-ups, SMEs and EU projects. All delegates had the opportunity to participate in informal discussions and share ideas, initiatives and experience. The program included topics of interest for CIOs, Policy Makers and City Managers leading innovation in their cities.This annual event welcomed distinguished speakers from European cities alongside worldwide experts from ICT providers and academia. The emphasis was on high interest solutions from Start-ups, SMEs and EU projects.
The program included topics of interest for CIOs, Policy Makers and City Managers leading innovation in their cities such as: eGovernment, impact of emerging technology on public administration, role of local public services in digital economy boosting, local democracy in a social media world, innovation in public services, local providers in urban innovation and digitalisation of public sector services for sustainable cities etc.
In this framework was presented also the SULPiTER project on behalf of the project partner - City of Rijeka. In addition, the conference venue had an exhibition area, where the City of Rijeka was settled with an interactive desk, promoting ongoing EU projects, among which SULPiTER.
