UK-UAE British Council Workshop on Connected Communities

Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi Campus

May 16th-18th, 2016

 

Organizers:

  • Prof. Ernesto Damiani, EBTIC and Khalifa University, UAE
  • Prof. Gerard Parr, Ulster University, UK  

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Monday, May 16thTheme:

Resilient, secure and sustainable digital infrastructure for Smart Communities

Tuesday, May 17thTheme:

Data- and IoT-driven innovation in Smart Communities

Wednesday, May 18thTheme:

Prevention of isolation and marginalisation in Smart Communities

Location: F Building –  1st Floor Auditorium (F111)
8.30-9am Registration  9am-9.30 Review of the day’s goals – Workshop Organizers 9am-9.30 Review of the day’s goals – Workshop Organizers
9am-9.30 Welcome address (Representatives of Khalifa University and British Council) 
9.30-10am Review of the day’s goals – Workshop Organizers 9.30-11am Mentor Keynote 2 + Q&A sessionSpeaker: Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinbourne University, Australia

Title: Enabling Smart Infrastructure with Intelligent Agents for Connected Communities

 

9.30-11am Mentor Keynote 3 + Q&A sessionSpeaker: Stephen Hailes, UCL, UK

Title: Connected Communities in the Developing World

 

10am-11am Mentor Keynote 1 + Q&A sessionSpeaker: Pat Langdon – Bashar Ahmad, University of Cambridge

Title: How Design for Inclusion can Lead to Key Developments in HCI for Connected Communities

 

11am-11.30 Coffee break 
11.30 -12.30 Mentor-led working session toward a research agenda 11.30-12.30 Mentor-led working session toward a research agenda 11.30-12.30 30 Mentor-led working session toward a research agenda
12.30-1.30pm Lunch
Location: F Building – Nano Board Room (F307)
1.30pm-2.30pmBT invited talk (videconf)

Speaker : Paul Garner (BT Head of IoT Research)

Title : BT’s IoT/Smart City deployment and research challenges

1.30pm-3pmBT invited session (videoconf)

Speakers : John Davies, Mike Fisher, Mo Zoulfaghari (BT Chief/Senior IoT researchers)

Title :  BT- IoT projects and demos

 

 

1.30pm-2.30pm  Fabrice Saffre (BT and EBTIC)Title: The Internet of Selfish Things

 

2.30-3.30pm Afternoon talkSpeaker: Bryan Scotney (Ulster University)

Safe and Secure Communities- Video Analytics

 

3pm-4.30pmEBTIC Theme Leaders Session:

Speakers: Jason NG,  Fabrice Saffre, Mohammed Abu-Matar, Dymitr Ruta, Benjamin Hirsch

2.30-3.30pmAutonomous group work toward position paper on collaboration opportunities
3.30-4pm Coffee break(Tuesday: 4.30-5pm)
4pm-5.30Self-presentation of registered participants’ interests (5/10 min each)

 

5pm-5.30pmWrap-up session with workshop organizers and mentors. 4pm-5.30Autonomous group work toward position paper on collaboration opportunities
5.30-6pmWrap-up session with workshop organizers and mentors. 5.30-6pmWrap-up session with workshop organizers and mentors.