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enhancing places
through technology
COST Action TU1306 CyberParks
Fostering Knowledge about the
Relationship between Information and
Communication Technologies and
Public Spaces
Sponsors and partners
COST is supported by the
EU Framework Programme
Horizon 2020
www.cyberparks-project.eu
18 -19 April 2016
Aula Magna
University of Malta
Valletta Campus
Old University Building
VALLETTA, MALTA
monday 18 april 2016
tuesday 19 april 2016
8:30am - 9:00am
12:30pm - 1:30pm
9:00am - 10:00am
Registration
Lunch
9:15am - 12:30pm
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Parallel sessions organised around three parallel tracks
Session 2
Morning plenary session
Afternoon plenary session
9:15am · 9:45am Welcome speeches
1:30pm · 2:30pm Keynote lectures
Dr Antoine Zammit
Conference Chair
Professor John Cook, Centre for Moving Images
University of the West of England
Citizen interactions in Smart cities: The Zone of
Possibility
Dr Carlos Smaniotto Costa
Chair of COST Action TU1306
Professor Eva Malinverni, Dipartimento di Ingegneria
Civile, Università Politecnica delle Marche
CyberParks ICT-Tools: from large-scale geomatic
applications to single user benefits in a Smart City
Professor Janet Mifsud
Malta COST National Contact
Professor Alex Torpiano
Dean, Faculty for the Built Environment
University of Malta
Mr Dave Carter
Centre for Urban Policy Studies
University of Manchester
Developing Inclusive and Sustainable Smart Cities
with Smart Citizens
Professor Alexiei Dingli
Mayor, Valletta Local Council
9:45am · 10:30am Keynote presentations
Hon Dr Deborah Schembri, MP
Parliamentary secretary for Planning and
Simplification of Administrative Processes, Office
of the Prime Minister
Empowering local citizens through a new
planning App
Dr Odette Lewis and Perit Sarah Scheiber
Faculty for the Built Environment, University
of Malta, Transport modelling as a tool for
reclaiming public space
Mr. Neville Borg
Valletta 2018 Foundation
Technologically-driven community regeneration
within the European Capital of Culture
10:30am · 11:00am Coffee break
11:00am · 12:00pm Keynote lectures
Professor Matthew Carmona
Bartlett School of Planning,
University College London
Public Space: A new narrative and a new
normative
Professor Alessandro Aurigi, School of Architecture,
Design and Environment, Plymouth University
The challenges for urban design and placemaking in the information age
Professor Matthew Montebello
Faculty of ICT, University of Malta
Ambient Intelligent Environments –
accommodating the citizen
12:00pm · 12:20pm Questions from the floor/discussion
10:00am · 10:30am Coffee break
10:30am - 11:30am
Parallel sessions organised around three parallel tracks
Session 3
11:30am - 12:30pm
Closing discussion within each of the three parallel tracks
Final Session
12:30pm - 1:00pm
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Dr Konstantinos Ioannidis and Dr Hélène Veiga Gomes
Mediated Urban Landscapes: Reflective Digital
Commons in Action Learning Environments.
A presentation about the CyberParks TU1306 Training
School ‘Enhancements: Mediated Urban Landscapes’,
Aristotle University of Thessaloníki, School of Architecture,
Greece
Parallel sessions organised around three parallel tracks
Session 1
1:00pm - 2:15pm
2:30pm · 2:50pm Questions from the floor/discussion
3:00pm · 3:30pm Coffee break
Track 1
Digital methods and social practices in public space
Moderators/rapporteurs: Ognen Marina, Gabriela Maksymiuk
Lunch followed by coffee
Track 2
Ethnographic challenges and the creation of digitally
mediated urban places
Moderators/rapporteurs: Therese Kenna, Paschalis Arvanitidis
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Track 3
Reflecting on the relationships between people, spaces
and technology
Moderators/rapporteurs: Catarina Patricio, Catherine Woods
4:45pm - 6:15pm
Site visits
Old Civil Abattoir (Biccerija), Pjazza de Vallette (Gr 1)
Upper Barrakka Gardens, Argotti Gardens (Gr 2)
7:30pm
Transfer to Mdina by night for a walking tour
followed by a social dinner at Palazzo de Piro
Closing plenary session
Moderator: Martin Rieser
2:15pm · 3:00pm Presentation of the main outcomes discussed within
the 3 parallel sessions by session Track Rapporteurs
3:00pm · 3:45pm Panel discussion with invited speakers
3:45pm · 4:00pm Closing speeches
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Site visits
Old Civil Abattoir (Biccerija), Pjazza de Vallette (Gr 2)
Upper Barrakka Gardens, Argotti Gardens (Gr 1)