ABOUT
Smart City Casablanca Symposium is a unifying, participatory and collaborative project inspired by the Casablanca Smart City congress and which aims to continue to offer the Casablanca and Moroccan smart city ecosystem an active platform for sharing of ideas, experience, knowledge and best practices. The event aims also to bring concrete solutions to the challenges cities are facing nowadays.
Smart City Casablanca Symposium, which is an integral part of the Wecasablanca attractiveness strategy, will be held over 2 days, in a hybrid format via a virtual broadcasting platform.
COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE
AND LOW TECH INNOVATION
The 2022 edition of the “Smart City Casablanca Symposium” will be organized under the claim “Community Intelligence and Low-tech Innovation“. A strategic theme in relevance with the experiences of low-tech resilience generated by the citizens during the COVID-19 crisis from one hand, and given the importance of community intelligence in transitioning to a Smart City on the other hand.
This new edition of Smart City Casablanca Symposium aims to explore relationship between citizens and low-tech technology to solve the major urban development and metropolization challenges. This year’s theme will be addressed under a three-pronged approach: urban, economic and ecological. The convergence of human and low-tech technology suggests the potential of collective intelligence in co-designing and co-constructing the smart city while mobilizing the appropriate tools, resources, goods and services.
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Therefore, to meet current and future challenges, cities must rely on community intelligence, including cooperation between public and private players. The issue is none other than identifying the city’s support for a low-tech approach which can lead to the transition towards greater sustainability and resilience. Thus, ensuring cities where citizens are players, designers and catalysts of integrated territorial synergies.
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TOPICS
BOTTOM-UP GOVERNANCE
- Smart planning
- Integrated governance
- Participatory Public-Private Partnerships (4Ps)
- Collective Intelligence
- Steering of urban actions
COMMUNITY INNOVATION
- Open innovation
- Crowd-sourcing
- Frugal innovation
- Sharing economy
- Pooling of services
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Social and Solidarity Economy
- Social enterprise
- Micro-enterprise
- Informal sector
- Cooperatives
- Tech startups
- City as a Startup
LOW-TECH TECHNOLOGY
- Open-source software
- Open-source hardware
- Recycling and upcycling
- Permaculture
- Soft mobility
- User-friendly technologies
- DIY
ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION OF CITIES AND TERRITORIES
- Environmental resilience
- Afforestation and creation of green spaces
- Inclusive and secure neighborhoods
- Green public transportation
- Optimization of resources (water, energy
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
President of scientific committee
Director of the School of Architecture, Planning and Design
of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
President of scientific committee
International expert in Smart Cities
University Hassan II of Casablanca
PROGRAM
10:00
11:00
Official opening ceremony
Master of ceremonies
Speakers
11:00
12:30
PLENARY 1
COMMUNITY INNOVATION AND LOW-TECH IN THE CITY’S MAKING
Brief
Community innovation is based on the use and sharing low-tech tools, know-how and local resources. This approach based on community resilience as a response to daily urban challenges. By using low-tech, community members ensure the accessibility and exchange of technical and digital solutions everywhere and for everyone. Hence, this allows for city-making through the engagement of citizens to make their cities more accessible and livable.
This session therefore aims to explore the low-tech smart solutions used by citizens in their daily transformation of the city.
Speakers
Moderator
14:00
15:30
Workshop 1
Community Innovation for Bottom-up Governance
Brief
Community innovation brings together all citizens' contributions and thus allows for innovative, shared and sustainable urban and social solutions. In order to ensure this exchange and co-construction, it is necessary to promote new governance models where each citizen has voice and right to participate, while benefiting from the collective intelligence of his/her community.
In this sense, this workshop explores new approaches to community innovation to foster citizen participation through design-thinking and othe innovative approaches to co-constructing inclusive cities.
Speakers
Moderator
16:00
17:30
Workshop 2
Low-tech for social equity and inclusive sustainable development
Brief
Social equity allows citizens to fully benefit from their city by sharing common goods, services and resources in order to ensure equitable community development. Thus, low-tech serves in strengthening this exchange of know-how, resources, and therefore, guarantee social equity and the well-being of the community and the city.
Accordingly, this workshop aims to explore the potential of low-tech as a vector of social equity and inclusive development greared towards promoting the emergence of territories through an equitable distribution of resources.
Speakers
Moderator
10:00
11:00
PLENARY 2
THE NEW BUSINESS MODELS OF A LOW-TECH CITY
Brief
The paradigm shift into the human-centered smart city is based on new business models generated by low-tech. In fact, the low-tech is more intrinsic than high-tech as it encompasses more lifestyles, practices and services, it therefore generates more resilient urban communities. A new business model will need to encompass the optimized use of resources, the creation of social and cultural value, and the protection of the environment and heritage. <,br /> Thus, this session aims to challenge the conventional economic model in order to explore new business models based on community values and principles driven by low-tech for the benefit of the city.
Speakers
Moderator
11:00
12:30
Workshop 3
Low-tech startups and social enterprises
Brief
The low-tech concept is emerging as a promising opportunity to develop a more socially and environmentally responsible business model. Considering the current challenges of climate change and the challenges related to current business models, low-tech startups will serve as platforms to explore new solutions, transform entrepreneurship and put community needs at the heart of sustainable development.
Thus, this workshop will provide a platform for exchange around concrete projects led by young startups or entrepreneurs innovating in the low-tech domain.
Speakers
Moderator
14:00
15:30
PLENARY 3
LOW-TECH FOR SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT CITIES
Brief
Planning for sustainable and resilient cities goes beyond traditional urban planning and management tools. Without effective citizen participation, resilience and sustainability cannot be anchored as an urban and territorial phenomenon. Therefore, low-tech can play a crucial role in exploring community needs in the city through social media, social-data, spatial-tracking, satellite-imaging, city-games, sharing software, etc.
This session is an opportunity to explore the integration of low-tech into the solutions making processes and into innovative approaches of urban and territorial planning.
Speakers
Moderator
16:00
17:30
Workshop 4
Smart technologies and digital sobriety
Brief
The rapid advancement of technology and its integration into all aspects of daily life has led to a significant digital dependency, with heavy negative impacts on health and the environment.
To counter this issue, reduce the extent of these impacts and enhance human control over digital tools, digital sobriety has been proposed as a minimalist approach that respects the environment and the health of users.
Thus, this workshop aims to explore smart technologies focused on digital sobriety for community well-being and environmental sustainability.
Speakers
Moderator
17:30
18:00
Closing ceremony
- DAY 1 – 25 May 2022
-
10:00
11:00Official opening ceremony
Master of ceremonies
Speakers
11:00
12:30PLENARY 1
COMMUNITY INNOVATION AND LOW-TECH IN THE CITY’S MAKING
Brief
Community innovation is based on the use and sharing low-tech tools, know-how and local resources. This approach based on community resilience as a response to daily urban challenges. By using low-tech, community members ensure the accessibility and exchange of technical and digital solutions everywhere and for everyone. Hence, this allows for city-making through the engagement of citizens to make their cities more accessible and livable.
This session therefore aims to explore the low-tech smart solutions used by citizens in their daily transformation of the city.Speakers
Moderator
14:00
15:30Workshop 1
Community Innovation for Bottom-up Governance
Brief
Community innovation brings together all citizens' contributions and thus allows for innovative, shared and sustainable urban and social solutions. In order to ensure this exchange and co-construction, it is necessary to promote new governance models where each citizen has voice and right to participate, while benefiting from the collective intelligence of his/her community.
In this sense, this workshop explores new approaches to community innovation to foster citizen participation through design-thinking and othe innovative approaches to co-constructing inclusive cities.Speakers
Moderator
16:00
17:30Workshop 2
Low-tech for social equity and inclusive sustainable development
Brief
Social equity allows citizens to fully benefit from their city by sharing common goods, services and resources in order to ensure equitable community development. Thus, low-tech serves in strengthening this exchange of know-how, resources, and therefore, guarantee social equity and the well-being of the community and the city.
Accordingly, this workshop aims to explore the potential of low-tech as a vector of social equity and inclusive development greared towards promoting the emergence of territories through an equitable distribution of resources.Speakers
Moderator
- DAY 2 - 26 May 2022
-
10:00
11:00PLENARY 2
THE NEW BUSINESS MODELS OF A LOW-TECH CITY
Brief
The paradigm shift into the human-centered smart city is based on new business models generated by low-tech. In fact, the low-tech is more intrinsic than high-tech as it encompasses more lifestyles, practices and services, it therefore generates more resilient urban communities. A new business model will need to encompass the optimized use of resources, the creation of social and cultural value, and the protection of the environment and heritage. <,br /> Thus, this session aims to challenge the conventional economic model in order to explore new business models based on community values and principles driven by low-tech for the benefit of the city.
Speakers
Moderator
11:00
12:30Workshop 3
Low-tech startups and social enterprises
Brief
The low-tech concept is emerging as a promising opportunity to develop a more socially and environmentally responsible business model. Considering the current challenges of climate change and the challenges related to current business models, low-tech startups will serve as platforms to explore new solutions, transform entrepreneurship and put community needs at the heart of sustainable development.
Thus, this workshop will provide a platform for exchange around concrete projects led by young startups or entrepreneurs innovating in the low-tech domain.Speakers
Moderator
14:00
15:30PLENARY 3
LOW-TECH FOR SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT CITIES
Brief
Planning for sustainable and resilient cities goes beyond traditional urban planning and management tools. Without effective citizen participation, resilience and sustainability cannot be anchored as an urban and territorial phenomenon. Therefore, low-tech can play a crucial role in exploring community needs in the city through social media, social-data, spatial-tracking, satellite-imaging, city-games, sharing software, etc.
This session is an opportunity to explore the integration of low-tech into the solutions making processes and into innovative approaches of urban and territorial planning.Speakers
Moderator
16:00
17:30Workshop 4
Smart technologies and digital sobriety
Brief
The rapid advancement of technology and its integration into all aspects of daily life has led to a significant digital dependency, with heavy negative impacts on health and the environment.
To counter this issue, reduce the extent of these impacts and enhance human control over digital tools, digital sobriety has been proposed as a minimalist approach that respects the environment and the health of users.
Thus, this workshop aims to explore smart technologies focused on digital sobriety for community well-being and environmental sustainability.Speakers
Moderator
17:30
18:00Closing ceremony
SPEAKERS
Wali of the Casablanca-Settat Region
Said AHMIDOUCH
Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family
Aawatif HAYAR
Director of Territorial Planning, Ministry of National Territorial Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy
Latifa NEHNAHI
President of the Council of the City of Casablanca
Nabila RMILI
President of the Council of the Region of Casablanca-Settat
Abdellatif MAAZOUZ
Wali, Director General of Territorial Collectivities
Khalid SAFIR
Director of the School of Architecture, Planning and Design of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Hassan RADOINE
General Manager of Casablanca Event and Animation.
Mohamed JOUAHRI
Expert in systemic risks and transformation strategies
Arthur KELLER
Professor of higher education at the National Institute of Regional Planning and Urbanism
Abdelaziz ADIDI
Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, an affiliate Professor at the UM6P
Mark KLEIN
Urban planner, Innovation and Digital Urban Governance Officer at UN-HABITAT’s
Leandry JIEUTSA NKUIDJE
Full Professor - Director of Smart Cities Innovation Center CUCEA, Guadalajara University
Victor MANUEL LARIOS ROSILLO
Researcher Researcher National Center for Scientific Research - France
Josiane CARINE TANTCHOU
Head Developement SADV - OCP GROOUP
Mounia Diaa LAHLOU
Managing Director of Ribatis
Mohamed Fayçal BENACHOU
Founder and CEO of Ecodome Maroc
Youness OUAZRI
Co-founder Transilience Institute
Ahmed BENABADJJ
Dean of the faculty of legal, economic and social sciences -Hassan II university of Casablanca
Abdellatif KOMAT
President and CEO Global Observatory liking Research to Action (GORA) Corp, USA
Gora MBOUP
Adjunct Professor, School of Architecture, University of Southern California, USA
Vinayak BHARNE
CEO Welearn, CoFounder Bimob & WeCIM
Hassan JAI
Founder and President of the High Atlas Foundation
Yossef BEN-MEIR
Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Cities of the University of Westminster (UK)
Giulio VERDINI
Chief Executive Director of Novaccess
Hervé DEDIEU
Teacher researcher Hassania School of Public Works Expert in geospatial technology and BIM
Hassane JARAR
Scholar and consultant in organizational and territorial transformation
Amine BELEMLIH
Research Director at France's national scientific research center
Marc BAADEN
Expert in Smart Cities, CEO BET Innovatel Engineering
Lotfi BENNANI
Head of Representative Office United Nations Human Settlements Programme/UN-Habitat
Abdellatif BOUAZZA
Strategy and development director – SAEDM
Mouhcine BENJELLOUN
Head of Incubateur Bidaya
Thomas PERARD
Social Entrepreneur - Ashoka Fellow TIBU President
Mohamed Amine ZARIAT
Social Entrepreneur, Ashoka Fellow , President Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Adanane ADDIOUI
Director of the Integration & Entrepreneurship Pole and of the SALEEM Casablanca Pole Hassan II University of Casablanca
Anass KETTANI
Head of Monitoring and Strategic Planning Division at the Regional Investment Center of Casablalanca-Settat
Fatima Zahra MOKHTARI
Political journalist, columnist and talk show host on 2M
Abdellah TOURABI
Head of Experimentation at UNDP
Omar ADOGIM
Head of the entrepreneurship and innovation lab at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Adnane SOULIMANI
Founder and CEO of BIODOME
Fatima Zahra BERAICH
General Manager of Multimedia Content Network and Member of IGF-Internet Governance Forum Morocco & North Africa
Houssine SAF
Quality Advisor to the Minister for Solidarity, Social Integration and the Family
Abdelahad BENHALLAM
President, Tunisian Smart Cities Mediterranean Director Development Architec – Referent “Smart & Sustainable Cities” - Setec International
Borhene DHAOUADI
Head of Mission to the General Management
Brahim OUAMANE
President of Enactus Morocco President of Omega Holding Head of the « Social Innovation & Sustainability Institute »
Majid Kaissar EL GHAIB
Director of BU Casa Numeric, Casa Prestations
Anass BENOUHOUD
Expert researcher at the International Center for Development and Cooperation
Hassan CHARRAF
Managing Director P-Curiosity LAB & Entrepreneur Academy- UM6P
Lamia HOUSNI
Member of the Special Commission on the Development Model, Vice-President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) and President of the Human Capital Commission of the CGEM
Ghita LAHLOU
Governor of the Province of Berkane
Mohamed Ali HABOUHA
Professor and Researcher at Hassan II University of Casablanca
Mohammed KHALIL
Architect, Deputy Director at National School of Architecture of Rabat
Rachid ALILLOUCH
Head of the SRAT Project of the Casablanca-Settat Region, Project Manager of the PAC of the Municipality of Casablanca
Hassan BAHI
Head of Division of Studies and Assistance to Cooperatives Cooperation Development Office
Abdelouahed LAABID
Director of the Biotechnology Laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine, Member of the National Scientific and Technical Committee for Covid-19
Azeddine IBRAHIMI
Head of the Digital Transformation Division - Direction of Skills, Development and Digital Transformation - DGCT
Mohamed Amine SOUISSI
CEO of Dial Technologies
Zouheir LAKHDISSI
Professor of Higher Education – PES, at the Faculty of Economic and Social Legal Sciences Ain Chock-UH2C
Amina KCHIRID
Landscape Engineer Manager at Gulistan art, President Maroc Environment 2050
Salima BELMKADDEM
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