This event is a co-located event of the World Cities Summit. You have to register on site. Level 1 between Hall B and C. The event takes place at LEVEL 5

Title : Cities programs evaluation, beyond marketing

8.30am - Welcome coffee

9.00-9.15am - Welcoming words
Louis Dreyfus, director of Le Monde
Marc Abensour, French Ambassador in Singapore
Prof Quah, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

9.15-9.30 - Singapore smart nation: what is at stake?

Janil Puthucheary, minister of communications and information

9.30-09.45am - The city we want and how to get it
Michel Lussault, director, Lyon Urban School

09.45-10.10am - Can assessment be neutral?

Slagin Parakatil, principal, Mercer.

Chloé Voisin, senior researcher at La Fabrique de la cité.

10.10-10.30am - Case studies - How big companies assess their smart cities initiatives?
Jean-Philippe Buisson, EDF
Rémi Feredj, La Poste

10.30 - 10.45am - Coffee break

10.45-11.30am - Award ceremony
Housing, Mobility, Civic Participation, Energy, Urban Innovation, Grand Prize.

Special Jury Award

11.30am-12.00pm - Geoffrey West former president and distinguished professor of Santa Fe Institute

12.00pm-12.30pm - Einstein and the smart city: "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."

Carlo Ratti-MIT-The SenseableCityLab

12.30-12.50pm - Resilient cities: goal change or mindset shift?
Michael Berkowitz, President, 100ResilientCIties

12:50pm - Lunch / Cocktail