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
| 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
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9.30-11am Mentor Keynote 3 + Q&A sessionSpeaker: Stephen Hailes, UCL, UK
Title: Connected Communities in the Developing World
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| 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
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| 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
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1.30pm-2.30pm Fabrice Saffre (BT and EBTIC)Title: The Internet of Selfish Things
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| 2.30-3.30pm Afternoon talkSpeaker: Bryan Scotney (Ulster University)
Safe and Secure Communities- Video Analytics
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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)
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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. | |
