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This Professional Diploma has been created for innovative leaders to foster specialized skills in various areas of “Smart Cities” such as security and safety, transportation, communication, energy, water and environment, economic services, infrastructure, and urban planning. The “Smart City” diploma is based on three core ideas: communication, integration, and cooperation. In addition, it involves the communication between government institutions, residents, tourists and private institutions. This “Smart City” diploma is in line with the strategy that has recently been launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to transform Dubai into a 'Smarter City'. This professional diploma is split into seven workshops and one assessment workshop. After completing the “Smart City” professional diploma at RIT Dubai, each participant will: The program will be led by Dr. Philippe Bouvier, a key scholar in the field of “Smart City” concepts with the support of selected international industry experts and government officials. Understand the concept of "Smart Cities" Be able to support world class “Smart City” projects in all participating organizations Work in synergy with other Dubai city departments to develop coordination and cooperation on “Smart Initiatives” Evaluate proposals done by “smart” software or hardware vendors Be able to create and supervise innovative smart city projects for Dubai RIT Dubai, Dubai Silicon Oasis, P.O. Box 341055, Dubai, U.A.E. Telephone Fax Email Website : +971 4 371 2000 : +971 4 320 8819 : [email protected] : www.rit.edu/dubai fb.com/RITDubai twitter.com/RITDubai linkedin.com/company/rit-dubai Professional Diploma SMART CITY * A Leading American University "Our country is ushering in a new era for the improvement and development of quality of life through this gigantic project which got underway through an unprecedented public-private partnership to make a new reality for all and change the concept of city which the human being lives in." "We want to transform Dubai into the smartest city in the world over the course of the next three years. " This is a professional training program not an academic one. It is not accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) or by the Ministry of Higher Education. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai * H.H Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group Chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis
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This Professional Diploma has been created for innovative leaders to foster specialized skills in various areas of “Smart Cities” such as security and safety, transportation, communication, energy, water and environment, economic services, infrastructure, and urban planning. The “Smart City” diploma is based on three core ideas: communication, integration, and cooperation. In addition, it involves the communication between government institutions, residents, tourists and private institutions.
This “Smart City” diploma is in line with the strategy that has recently been launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to transform Dubai into a 'Smarter City'.
This professional diploma is split into seven workshops and one assessment workshop. After completing the “Smart City” professional diploma at RIT Dubai, each participant will:
The program will be led by Dr. Philippe Bouvier, a key scholar in the �eld of “Smart City” concepts with the support of selected international industry experts and government o�cials.
Understand the concept of "Smart Cities"
Be able to support world class “Smart City” projects in all participating organizations
Work in synergy with other Dubai city departments to develop coordination and cooperation on “Smart Initiatives”
Evaluate proposals done by “smart” software or hardware vendors
Be able to create and supervise innovative smart city projects for Dubai
RIT Dubai, Dubai Silicon Oasis, P.O. Box 341055, Dubai, U.A.E.
Telephone
Fax
Website
: +971 4 371 2000
: +971 4 320 8819
: www.rit.edu/dubai
fb.com/RITDubai
twitter.com/RITDubai
linkedin.com/company/rit-dubai
Professional Diploma
SMART CITY*
A L e a d i n g A m e r i c a n U n i v e r s i t y
"Our country is ushering in a new era for the improvement and development of quality of life through this gigantic project which got underway through an unprecedented public-private partnership to make a new reality for all and change the concept of city which the human being lives in."
"We want to transform Dubai into the smartest city in the world over the course of the next three years."
This is a professional training program not an academic one. It is not accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) or by the Ministry of Higher Education.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumUAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai
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H.H Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al MaktoumChairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group Chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis
The Professional Diploma consists of the following three day's workshops. The indicated schedule is tentative and will be adjusted to suit participants.
Workshop devoted to analyze the di�erent present views and de�nitions of a “Smart City” where the use of technologies plays a fundamental role in the Smartness concept.
WORKSHOP 1 Cities of the FutureOctober 2014
Workshop devoted to analyze how forthcoming City departments should be de�ned and deployed in order to interact in a connected way depending on the near, medium and long term City goals.
WORKSHOP 2Creating Smart City DepartmentsNovember 2014
Workshop devoted to understand how sharing information and collaborating between city departments can create value for Dubai.
WORKSHOP 3Communication, Integration,Cooperation December 2014
Workshop devoted to understanding the contributions that address city needs and challenges as a mean to develop urban environments that potentially o�er sustainable solutions and opportunities to ful�ll the needs of its citizens and the economic, environmental and social trends.
RIT Dubai is a not-for-pro�t global campus (sponsored by Dubai Silicon Oasis) of Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, one of the world’s leading technological institutions o�ering U.S. degrees that are also UAE accredited.
WORKSHOP 4
About RIT Dubai
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS
Urban Design & Planning January 2015
Workshop devoted to introduce the main environmental issues on an urban scale, serving as a starting point to debate strategic approaches to solve them, especially those threats to present or future human well-being and the global environment.
Workshop devoted to cover the analysis, organization, and development of public‐private cluster initiatives especiallyin 3 topics: city �nancials, regional/cluster economics and business practice.
WORKSHOP 7Economy & BusinessApril 2015
Workshop devoted to how cities can meet the challenges of a cohesive and supportive society with a clear identity adapted to technological innovations, sustainability, well-governed (with e�ciency and justice), and based on a participatory democracy.
WORKSHOP 6Society & Governance March 2015
FINAL ASSESMENT WORKSHOP - May 2015
This is the opportunity for the participants to work together on a smart project over the duration of the diploma. The objective is to propose “value creation projects” across city departments; i.e. integrating operations and information from multiple departments in order to create a Smart Integrated Project.
Smart project
Dr. Philippe Bouvier
Dr. Philippe Bouvier holds a PhD in urban studies i.e. city management in smart cities. The title of his thesis is “From segmented management in modern cities to systemic governance in sustainable cities”.
He is also the founder and Managing Partner of thecompany Urban Value Creation consulting, located in Dubai Silicon Oasis Free Zone. He has developed an innovative business model to support urban sustainability in a smart environment, with experience in Europe, Asia, Middle East, and the Americas.
Professor at the Telecommunication Engineering School of UPM (ETSIT) the Technical University of Madrid (UPM).
Prof. José M Páez
Tenured Professor in the Urbanism Department at the ETSAM‐UPM.
Prof. José M Ezquiaga
Executive Director of the Research Center of Green Building & New Energy at Tongji University in Shanghai (China).
Prof. Hongwei TAN
Senior Scientist at the Information Society Unit of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC‐IPTS).
Dr. Gianluca Misuraca
Professor and serves as Deputy Director of the Research Centre on Applied Information and Communication Technologies (CeDInt).
Prof. Claudio Feijóo
Smart City Professional Diploma
WORKSHOP 5Environment & SustainabilityFebruary 2015
