Today marks the last day of
our second intensive week for the Smart CityZens project. Swiss and russian
students met virtually to finalize their work and present it to experts on
Thursday (09.07). Their projects include : smart stations for public
transportation (bus, tramways, etc.), an app (Cleverly) fostering the reduction
of energy consumption, a business model to take advantage of the blockchain
technology in the energy sector, and finally, an app which calculates the most
efficient energy mix when planning the development of city areas or real estate
projects.
We would like to thank the
experts from Swiss Federal Railways SBB, the Cities of Basel, Neuchâtel and
Samara, for their support, as well as their interesting comments and feedback.
We sincerely hope that the student projects will find their way into the cities
of tomorrow! Many thanks also to our sponsor Movetia, the Swiss agency for
exchange and mobility.
Despite its main part being
achieved, the project will continue to live on, as well as this blog.
Publications and other articles are still coming up! Moreover, students and
professors will have the chance to finally meet in Russia for a study trip in
2021, if the Covid-19 situation allows it. We are looking forward to meeting
with our Russian partners and discovering the city of Samara!
See you next summer!
vendredi 28 Fév 2020
On the last day of the intensive week, teams had the chance to finally present their project to a commitee of experts on site and via video conference.
Team members could share their project with experts and get some crucial feedback regarding feasable and pratical solutions.
The end of the day, which also marked the end of the intensive week, was celebrated with a light cocktail dinner.
We hope to see you all again in Russia this summer!
Until then, good luck with your projects.
Back to school
vendredi 28 Fév 2020
Back at the HEG Arc Neuchâtel, teams had to make some last adjustments before their presentation.
All teams worked hard to seduce experts with their sustainable solutions.
In the meantime, some members had to prepare for their press meeting.
Ligerz
vendredi 28 Fév 2020
Projects were worked on in a little town called Ligerz, where the team had the chance to stay at the Aarbergerhus.
Teams split into groups of 4. They prepared for the presentation on the final day of the intensive week.
Regretfully, access to the internet was slow and complicated.
We needed
to find a solution ASAP!
In the end, we had no other solution than to head to the HEG Arc Neuchâtel.
Thankfully, the HEG team was flexible enough to allocate rooms and organize access to the internet for Russian team members. Others simply gained access through their eduroam login.
At the center of it all
vendredi 28 Fév 2020
After our great start in the Hyve coworking space in Basel, we were brought to the Wolf Areal, host of the Smart City Lab Basel.
We could
all leave our luggage at the entrance of the main coworking space, before being
greeted by a swiss federal railway (SBB CFF FFS) employee.
After a
quick presentation of the federal railway’s project to transform the Wolf Areal
in one of Switzerland’s most advanced Smart
Cities, we were invited to visit the area.
Our team then had the chance to meet experts and visit the coworking and event spaces of Basel’s future Smart City.
The more adventurous members could even try out electric scooters.
We all had
a lot of fun! Groups also had the chance to get some ideas from the experts or
even the different information panels that could be found in the area.
At the end of the day, after having gathered a plethora of ideas, students could once again work on their projects before returning to Ligerz.
Welcome to the future!
mardi 11 Fév 2020
Our project Smart CityZens started officially this week with the arrival of students from Russia and Switzerland in Basel. The student groups have already started addressing the challenges faced by partner cities and companies. Lots of ideas emerged on the first day and translated into numerous coloured post-its!