This year's EIP-SCC General Assembly (2/3 September 2020) featured high level speakers putting a spotlight on the challenges and opportunities cities face following the COVID-19 experience, discussing European efforts to deliver a sustainable urban transition and continuing a dialogue on the upscaling and replication of Smart City solutions. Part of the General Assembly were unique and interactive sessions to support cities and projects working to boost their Smart City implementation, focusing on issues such as citizen engagement, business models, financing, the role of smart energy systems and more. The EIP-SCC General Assembly in a nutshell : • More than 300 participants joined online • 100 one-on-one networking meetings • 20 sessions ranging from interviews to 3.5 hours workshops covering everything from data platforms to business models – with a total number of 70 speakers • The Smart City Matchmakers received Smart City proposals at a total value of EUR 121 million • Nice to know or fun fact: Overall time people engaged in one-to-one meetings during the event: 1 day, 1 hour, 44 minutes & 37 seconds mySMARTLife joined the EIP-SCC General Assembly along with other SCC1 projects in an online Explore Zone which showcased mySMARTLife publications, a staffed chat room and a link to the mySMARTLife website
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731297.
