The Universitat de Tardor of L’Eliana discuss about “Smart cities: tecnología y ciudadanía” (Smart cities: technology and citizenship) in its 2nd edition

The Mayor of L’Eliana, Salvador Torrent, the Valencian Deputy for Education and Social inclusion, Empar Folgado, the Vice-principal of the Office for Territorial Projection and Participation, Jorge Hermosilla, and the coordinator of Universitat de Tardor of L’Eliana, Vicente Cerverón, will open on Monday October 28^th, at 5:30 p.m., the second edition of this seasonal university, which will take place on afternoons from Monday to Wednesday at Centro Sociocultural of L’Eliana.

The aim of this edition is to get deep into the role of the smart cities in the improvement of living and sustainable development quality of the territory. Field experts, professors and projects responsibles that include the new technologies to make more effective the cities’ functioning will give several debates open to the general public during these two days.

On Monday, after the open act, different aspects, which are the basis of the smart cities, will be discussed. The Professors of the Computer Science Department of UV, Carmen Botella Mascarell and Sergio Casas Yrurzum, will give two lectures under the title of “5G, tecnología y servicios de la ciudadanía” (5G, technology and citizenship’s services) and “Realidad virtual y realidad aumentada: retos y oportunidades” (Virtual reality and augmented reality: challenges and oportunities), respectively.

Then, Ricard Martínez Martínez, Professor of the Department of Constitutional Law of UV, will talk about “Privacidad y protección de datos personales en las ciudades inteligentes” (Privacity and personal data protection in the smart cities). After this speech, a debate to the general public will be opened, moderated by Vicente Cerverón, Professor of Computer Science Department of UV and coordinator of Universitat de Tardor of L’Eliana.

On Wednesday, the topic will be the explanation of smart city projects developed in L’Eliana. At 5:30 p.m. some examples will be discussed: “Experiencias de tecnología al servicio de las personas” (Technology experiences at the service of people)“Ecobarrios: el barrio de La Pinada” (Eco-neighborhood: La Pinada), with Ignacio García Faubel, Director of Innovation; and “Visualfy: tecnologías de ayuda en edificios públicos” (Visualfy: technology of help for public buildings) by Manel Alcaide Dias, CEO.

Then, Jorge Pérez Comeche, City Councillor of L’Eliana, will talk about the developed experiences, newness and projects of L’Eliana as smart city. In that line, projects responsibles will show their initiatives as entrepreneur companies near to L’Eliana; and Teresa Bonet Segura, from Torrent City Council, and Antonio García Celda, from IRTIC-UV (University Research Institute on Robotics and Information and Communications Technologies), will talk about the project of safe school routes.

Before that, there will be a round table about “Desarrollos de ciudades inteligentes en la Comunitat Valenciana” (Smart Cities development in the Valencian Community), with the participation of Mentxu Pastor, Delegate Deputy of Computer Science and Technology, of the Valencian Provincial Government; Josep Maria Gil Alcamí, Delegate City Councillor of Sagunto of Finance, New Technologies, Maintenance and Water Department; Juan Lucas Jodar Martínez, City Councillor of Smart City and Citizen Service of Paterna City Council; and Andrés Campos Casado, Delegate Deputy of Youth and Sports and Delegate City Councillor of Strategy, Innovation and Economy Department of Torrent City Council.

A public debate, with the participation of the attendees and moderated by Manuel Herrero Más, Chief of Technology Modernization and Computer Science Service of the Torren City Council and adjunct lecturer of the Computer Science Department of UV, will close the edition of Universitat de Tardor of L’Eliana.

About Seasonal Universities

The Universitat de València, through the Office of the Vice-Principal for Territorial Projection and Participation, has, over the last few years, set up a network of seasonal universities a name derived from the fact that they focus their activities on the same season of the year — which offer an interesting programme of free days, aimed at citizens of all ages.

Nowadays, the network is made up of 12 universities, located in as many municipalities and distributed throughout the different regions of the province, both inland and along the coast. Each one of them develops its programmes around a monographic theme linked to its particular idiosyncrasy, history and culture, under the coordination of a specialist in the subject.

The network consists of Alzira (Environment); Xàtiva (Cultural, oenological and natural tourism); Ademuz (Landscapes of opportunity); Aras de los Olmos (New technologies, Astronomy and Development); Gandia (Laws of the World); Sagunt (Heritage of Humanity); Bunyol (Musical Heritage); Alaquàs (Analysis of the Castell-Palau d’Alaquàs); Llíria (Music, society and territory); Enguera (Rural development and new technologies); Ontinyent (Talent, opportunities and development); and L'Eliana (Smart city). Thanks to the collaboration of the Valencian Provincial Council, the network will be made up of 20 sites in 2020.