Previous Invited Speakers
The researchers below were distinguished invited speakers at previous SMARTGREENS conferences.
We are indebted to them for their contribution to heighten the conference level.
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012
2023
An Analysis of Power-to-x Technologies in Modern District Energy Networks 
Francesco Calise, Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy How Urban Heat Islands Do Compromise Our Resilience to Climate Change: A Human-centric Approach Towards Better Understanding and Mitigating the Energy-related Impacts in the Built Environment Anna Laura Pisello, University of Perugia, Italy Smart Shipping and Logistics: Perspectives & Challenges Rudy R. Negenborn, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2022
The Right to the Smart City Rob Kitchin, Maynooth University, Ireland Cities, Intelligent Energy Networks and the Decarbonisation of Built Environments: Do These Climate Change Adaptations Keep 1.5 Alive? Mark Deakin, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom Autonomous Vehicles: Wireless Networking for Cooperative Maneuvering Alexey Vinel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
2021
Nationwide Digital Twin: Innovation for Resilience and Sustainability Markus Eisenhauer, Luxemburg Institute for Science and Technology, Luxembourg Driving Automated Vehicles in Complex Conditions Bart van Arem, TU Delft, Netherlands Optimization, Modeling and Assessment of Smart City Transportation Systems Hesham Rakha, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, United States
2020
Energy Research for Cities of the FutureLukas Krammer, Siemens, Austria Last-Mile Logistics in Urban Areas Tolga Bektas, University of Liverpool Management School, United Kingdom
2019
Towards Sustainability: Self-Aware Cooperative Hybrid CitiesNorbert Streitz, Founder and Scientific Director, Smart Future Initiative, Germany Open Innovation in Smart City Energy Transition Rudolf Giffinger, FB Urban and Regional Studies, Institute of Spatial Planning, TU Wien, Austria Cooperative Automated Driving: From Platooning to Maneuvering Jeroen Ploeg, Lead Cooperative Driving, 2getthere, 2getthere B.V., Utrecht and Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
2018
Enhanced Protection of Vulnerable Road Users – A Combined Discriminative and Generative Approach for Accurate Detection and Prediction of Pedestrian Intentions Miguel A. Sotelo, Departamento de Electrónica, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain IoT Wayfaring through Urban Living Labs David Prendergast, Human in the Loop, Ireland Intelligent Transport Systems for Smart Cities - Improvement of Air Quality on Roads by Environmentally Oriented Urban Traffic ManagementUwe Plank-Wiedenbeck, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
2017
Towards 100% Renewable Energy Supply Gerard Smit, Electrical Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Twente, Netherlands Towards Future Mobility with Mesh Connected Vehicles João Barros, Independent Researcher, Portugal Managing the Tidal Wave of Data in the Genius (Internet) of Things Sandra Gannon, IBM Internet of Things, Ireland
2016
Energy Internet - The Challenge of Smart Micro-Grids Paolo Tenti, Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy Guidelines for Eco-friendly Data Centres - Lessons learnt in Three European Research Projects on Data Centres Energy Savings Giovanni Giuliani, HP Italy Innovation Centre, Italy Open Innovation Platforms for Automobiles and Mobility Solutions Venkatesh Prasad, Infotronics Research & Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company, United States
2015
Constructing Human Smart Cities Álvaro Oliveira, UFRN – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Change Alone is Unchanging - Continuous Context-aware Adaptation of Service-based Systems for Smart Cities and Communities Paolo Traverso, Center for Information Technology - IRST (FBK-ICT), Italy Smart City Concepts - Chances and Risks of Energy Efficient Urban Development Rudolf Giffinger, FB Urban and Regional Studies, Institute of Spatial Planning, TU Wien, Austria Smart Cities Concept and Challenges - Bases for the Assessment of Smart City Projects Andrés Monzón, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain Vision-based Perception for Intelligent Vehicles Alberto Broggi, VisLab - Universita' di Parma, Italy
2014
ICT Architecture as an Engine for the Electromobility of the Future Cornel Klein, CT RDA SSI, Siemens AG, Germany Making Smart Cities Smarter - Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Smarter Mobility Javier Vázquez-Salceda, Independent Researcher, Spain Open Protocols Are the Basis of the Most Cost Effective Charging Infrastructure Arjan Wargers, Independent Researcher, Netherlands
2013
Reducing Energy Consumption by using Clouds Ivona Brandić, TU Wien
Favoritenstr. 9-11, Vienna UT, Austria Hubject - Connecting Emobility Networks Andreas Pfeiffer, Am Backes 16, RWTH Aachen University, Germany ICT for Energy – a European Approach Bettina Schäfer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2012
INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES Nikos Hatziargyriou, Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University, Greece