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The UMU researcher Antonio F.
Skarmeta emphasizes that "the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and 5G will allow a leap in management", as well as cities "more efficient and resilient, but also more friendly and with better quality of life " The project ODSesiones of the University of Murcia (UMU), framed in the project to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (ODS), organizes from November 4 to 29, 2020 about 40 activities around ODS 11 'Cities and communities sustainable 'in two faculties: Informatics and Tourism and International Relations. In this way, ODSesiones continues with its programming, where all sessions can be followed electronically through its website.
After the inauguration of ODS 11, held in the renovated Faculty of Tourism and International Relations of Murcia, the first activity of ODS 11 was held by the professor of the Department of Information and Communications Engineering of the UMU, Antonio F.
Skarmeta , principal investigator of the group 'Intelligent Systems and Telematics'. His talk, entitled 'Sustainable Smart Cities, or how new technologies can make cities friendlier', analyzed the key role of new technologies to contribute to sustainability in the medium and long term.
"The Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and 5G are going to allow a leap in the management of cities in the 21st century," he said. In his opinion, "ICTs are enabling technologies to press the state of cities and make the management and planning of their services more efficient, thanks to the integration of information and generation of new knowledge through data analysis, which will result in in better, more efficient and sustainable services ". MurCIENCIA After Skarmeta, the scientific communicator David J.
Meseguer participated, who presented the project 'MurCIENCIA', created by the Unit for Scientific Culture and Innovation of the UMU with the collaboration of the Murcia City Council and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Science.
Technology.
This initiative exploits cultural emotion, tourism resources and the most cutting-edge forms of gamification. The UMU rector, José Luján; the councilor for Urban Agenda and Open Government of the Murcia City Council, Mercedes Bernabé; the vice-rector for Social Responsibility and Transparency of the UMU, Longinos Marín; the Secretary General of the Federation of Municipalities of the Region of Murcia, Manuel Pato; the dean of the UMU Faculty of Tourism, Mª Isabel Sánchez-Mora; the general secretary of the Faculty of Informatics, Mercedes Valdés; and the vice dean of the Academic Organization of the UMU Tourism Faculty, Pilar López. UN-Habitat participates in Spain After carrying out thematic activities on a total of ten SDGs -from SDG 1 to SDG 10-, this November, SDG Sessions focuses on SDG 11: 'Sustainable cities and communities'. This afternoon from 6 to 7 p.m.
ODSesiones continues its activities with the conference "Cities facing the challenge of sustainability: the New Urban Agenda as an instrument to achieve the SDGs", in which Gonzalo Lacurcia, member of the UN-Habitat Office, participates in Spain, presented by the dean of the Official College of Architects of the Region of Murcia, María José Peñalver. Towards true sustainability While tomorrow, Thursday, November 5, from 5:00 p.m.
to 6:00 p.m., the session 'Dignified Habitat, case studies in Spain and Guatemala' will be held electronically by Arquitectura Sin Fronteras. Among the programming, it is worth highlighting, within the cycle 'Periurban Nature', the visit that the students of the Degree in Tourism will make from 9.30 to 11.30 on November 12 to the Visitor Center and the Path of La Contraparada.
This activity is coordinated by the professor of the Faculty of Tourism Herminio Picazo. Professor Picazo will also coordinate on November 25 from 6 to 7 p.m.
the talk 'Urban sustainability from the perspective of the new generations: towards authentic urban sustainability', where Domingo Jiménez, former director of the European Environment Agency, will participate as a speaker . Intelligent Systems For its part, the Faculty of Informatics organizes more than a dozen activities, where it is worth mentioning the session on November 24, starting at 1:20 pm, entitled 'Small gestures, big consequences'.
In it, the researcher of the Department of Information and Communications Engineering UMU, Valentina Tomat, will analyze how smart systems in particular and technology in general can improve the sustainability of cities. ODSesiones, which will end in November 2021, is a project that has the support of the regional government, Aguas de Murcia, Bankia and the Cajamurcia Foundation, and whose conferences can be followed through the link www.odsesionesendirecto.um.es.
All the information on the project at www.odsesiones.um.es.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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