Obsolete, polluted, and isolated former port areas close to European urban centres have the potential to become smart city neighbourhoods into which cities could expand and port businesses could develop new activities as a result of the digitalization of the maritime sector. Mercè studied the cities of Antwerp, Bilbao, Copenhagen and Rotterdam unveiling the physical consequences of smart city technology implementations, changing how we live.
Speaker
Dr.ir. Mercè de Miguel Capdevila
PhD and leader complex physical transformations
Throughout her career, Mercè builds bridges between academic and practice environments. She previously headed Urban design and development departments in several European cities. Until 2012, holding this position from the municipality of Rotterdam, she was also responsible for several projects between universities (TU Delft, ETSAB- Barcelona or TU Eindhoven) and strategical city developments. In 2014 she was appointed director of the ambitious Dutch Smarter Cities program, where solutions to city challenges were found through innovative collaborations between public-private-and academic partners. Graduated in Architecture and Urban design at the University of Barcelona ETSAB, she began her career in 1989 reshaping the city of Barcelona for the Olympic games 92’ as a civil servant at the municipality. She has recently successfully completed her doctorate research, “Linking smart & physical port cities. Port city interface areas: from obsolete/isolated to smart environments.” She implements the results of her research in the public assignments she is currently leading.
Moderator
Robert Laubscher
IPMA SIG Smarter Cities managing team member
Organizer: Smarter Cities
Date and time: January 11, 2024, 2pm CET
Format: webinar
Duration: 1h
Number of CPDs: 1.5
Mode of delivery: online
Ticket price: Free
