On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, the Mobility & Logistics Cluster, together with the Upper Palatinate Digital Startup Initiative (DGO) and TechBase, hosted the 11th Bavarian Innovation Congress, focusing on the theme “Smart City.”
To advance the Smart City concept, there must be close coordination and project-based collaboration among urban and regional development experts, economic development agencies, local and regional stakeholders in the business community, and policymakers. For this reason, four expert forums held as part of the congress explored not only how the “Smart City” concept can be advanced through technological innovations but also what strategic objectives are needed in the areas of mobility and logistics, the startup scene, the municipal sector, and at the Bavarian level.
A brief welcome address by Cluster Manager Uwe Pfeil was followed by an engaging panel discussion moderated by Alexander Rupprecht, Managing Director of R-Tech GmbH. Participants in the discussion included Prof. Dr. Georg Stephan Barfuß, Advisor for Economy, Science, and Finance and Full-Time City Council Member for the City of Regensburg; Georg Kern, Managing Director of PB Consult GmbH; and Dr. Susan Lindner, Head of Digitalization at Bayern Innovativ.
The lunch break provided an opportunity to network in a relaxed atmosphere, while the concurrent trade exhibition offered insights into the diverse implementation possibilities of the Smart City concept. All exhibitors are listed below.
In four specialized forums, participants were able to gain in-depth insights into a wide variety of topics related to smart cities. You can find a list of all forums and speakers here:
Forum: Urban Mobility & Logistics
- City Logistics Concepts – Underground or Above Ground? A Tour of Various City Logistics Concepts
Dr. Harald Hempel, Leiter Innovation & Forschung, DAKO GmbH - International Cooperation in the Mobility Sector: The REMOBILISE and RECIPROCITY Projects
Anne Häner, Project Manager, Cluster Mobility & Logistics
Forum: Momentum for the Smart City - REGENSBURG_NEXT
- Presentation of the REGENSBURG_NEXT Project
Franziska Meier, Project Manager for REGENSBURG_NEXT, City of Regensburg - Digital Twins for Municipalities – Research and Practice
Mandana Moshrefzadeh, City of Munich, Municipal Affairs Department, GeodatenService München
Forum: Bavarian Smart City Vision
- Smart Cities and Smart Regions—Strategies and Approaches in Bavaria
Claudia Keller, Bayern Innovativ - Digital Bavarian Main-Danube—A Strategic Smart Regions Network
Gerhard Meindl, Network Coordinator, Es-geht! GmbH
Forum: Building a Smart City
- Designing Accessible Smart Cities with SIGNOVATIVE
Jonas Fuchs, Severin Juraszek, Marija Popovic, SIGNOVATIVE - Smart City Charging - Sustainable Technological Advancements in Charging Infrastructure
Stephan Röß, Founder and CEO, AI-Charge Technologies GmbH
A big thank you goes out to our supporters, collaboration partners, and media partners:
The conference was supported by Bayern Innovativ GmbH, ZD.B | Zentrum Digitalisierung.Bayern, and media partners Logistik Heute and LOGISTRA.
Kooperationspartner:
ARBERLAND REGio GmbH – Technologieregion ARBERLAND
Bayerische Forschungsallianz (BayFOR) GmbH
Bayern Kapital GmbH
BayStartUp GmbH
IHK Regensburg für Oberpfalz / Kelheim
INDIGO Netzwerk
Oberpfalz Marketing e.V.
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg
Stadt Regensburg
Stadtmarketing Regensburg GmbH
Strategische Partnerschaft Sensorik e.V.
Fachaussteller
4smartlogistics GmbH
AI-Charge Technologies GmbH
AIR - Artificial Intelligence Regensburg
DAKO GmbH
H.G.L.® GmbH
Interreg Danube Transnational Programme
JALUD Embedded s.r.o.
Mobilitätsprojekt RECIPROCITY
PB Consult GmbH
REGENSBURG_NEXT
transform.r
urban analytica
Urban Mobility Innovations