• 10:30 - 11:00

WUF 11 – opportunities and challenges

Region transformation. World Urban Forum - goals, challenges and action plan. Opportunities in the development of cities and regions in the perspective of organizing a world-class event. 

Panelists: Grzegorz Puda – State Secretary, Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and Marcin Krupa – Mayor City of Katowice.

• 15:00 - 15:30

Smart city works the best with smart users. How to make the best out of future tech

Contemporary smart cities not only shape our present but – more importantly – the future. A well-educated and informed user will know how to use them wisely. Therefore, education should not only be associated with the education system. It is also an osmotic process in which the impact of society and the environment in which we live is equally important.Technology is a double-edged sword, the only question is, do we know how to use it responsibly?

Panelists: Jakub Kozik - Co-founder of Musicon and Sławomir Huczała - Prezes Spartaqs; Wobit.

• 16:00 - 16:30

Polish best practices in sustainable urban mobility – Is it all about infrastructure?

Over the last two decades Polish transport policies evolved from necessary upgrades of infrastructure into providing mobility and decreasing impact of transport systems to the environment – including human. The presentation contains description of best practices in promoting sustainable urban mobility, such as construction of a new urban railway line in Gdańsk, woonerfs (high quality public space roads) in Łódź, electromobility in Jaworzno or Poland-wide cycling promotion campaign. We’ll concentrate not only on big infrastructure, but also on changing users’ habits and getting social acceptance for non-motorized transport’s priority.

Panelist: Michał Wolański, Ph.D. SGH Warsaw School of Economics