W-SMART Association W-SMART Association

Terrorism9/11/01

Natural DisasterTSUNAMI - 05

Environmental Sustainability

Water Security

1st W-SMART Workshop

Oct 02, 2001

Post TSUNAMI WorkshopW-SMART- IWA-AMWA-

UNICEF- Sept-2006

Water Sustainability & Climate ChangeMarch 2010

Smart City Workshop Sep. 29, 2011 Prof. Ilan Juran, Executive Director

W-SMART R&D Center University of Lille - KWR-

W-SMART 9/29/2011

GOAL: Turning the University City into a Real-Life Laboratory for:

Research, Development & Demonstration of innovative solutions for smart urban systems

Local Capacity Building for Upgrading Reliability, Efficiency & Resiliency of aging Urban Systems.

Educating metropolitan systems managers and engineers to meet environmental sustainability challenges

Smart City Demonstration Model «Site Pilote - Réseaux Urbains Intelligents»

University – Local Government–Industry Partnership for Urban Innovation

Facing Emerging Challenges of Eco-Sustainable Urban Development

Growing public demand for reliable, affordable, safe, and environmentally sustainable metropolitan systems

Rising concerns with regard to growing threats and uncertainties of climate change impacts

Infrastructure Challenges – life-cycle based assets management of aging infrastructure with increasing financial constraints in public investments and expanding urban society

Environmental sustainability policy for deployment of renewable energy and water resources raising new operational, security and safety challenges

Minimizing Uncertainties – through smart control systems for preemptive risk mgmt

Smart City Demonstration Model Ex. of Urban Development Challenges

Smart City Demonstration Model

SUNRISE Workshop Challenges & Perspectives Sustainable Urban Development Smart Energy Mgmt System Water & Sanitation Mgmt System

Objectives

Government –industry–University Partnership for creating the Pilot Site

Experts recommendations for target priorities and R&D needs

Work-plan for site development and selected pilot projects SUN Model City Conceptual Plan

Urban Innovation, Valorization & Integration for Deployment

Promoting Innovation, Professional Education & Public Awareness for Adaptation Strategies of Urban Infra-Systems Management towards the

“Smart-Cities” of the future