European Big Data Value Forum Agenda by Whova

Andrew Collier

Suez - Water Europe

Andrew is the Digital Water Vision Leadership Team (VLT) leader for Water Europe and the Digital Acceleration Leader at SUEZ. He leads the SUEZ Digital HUB, an acceleration program within SUEZ which delivers 10-15 digital projects every six months an agile approach. Prior to SUEZ, Andrew led various digital and marketing roles for GE Water. He is from Philadelphia in the United States, but resides in Paris, France with his family.

Andrew is speaking at

Parallel session on AI and Big Data for a Circular Economy

Application Track 5 - Smart society

November 3, 2020

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Speakers

Alicia Orós Francia (Speaker) Project coordinator, Pensumo
Dina Padalkina (Speaker) Founder, Circular Berlin
Seiler, Charlotte (Parallel session chair) AI Innovation Manager, Berlin Partner
Roberto Di Bernardo (Parallel session chair) Head of Open Government group (R&D Laboratory), Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA / BDVA
Charlotte Ducuing (Speaker) PhD fellow, KU Leuven Centre for IT and IP law
Andrew Collier (Speaker) Suez - Water Europe
Vega Rodrigálvarez (Parallel session chair) Project Manager, ITAINNOVA / Big Data Value Association

Description

The session showcases examples of Circular Economy initiatives across Europe that integrate AI and Big Data solutions. The examples are drawn both from an urban and rural context.

Objectives:

Give examples on how a correct information flow is an enabler for circular economies
Create awareness on business models that can enable data-driven circularity

Further description:

The term " Smart Society " encompasses several areas, including the smart city, smart government, smart mobility and the Circular Economy. All these perspectives are fundamental to the development of societies that are sustainable and intelligently connected. The circular economy is a pillar of this " Smart Society ", an economic concept whose objective is that the value of products, materials and resources (e.g. water, energy) is maintained in the economy as long as possible, optimizing the use of them in an intelligent way. It also aims to minimize waste production and works towards implementing a new -non-linear- economy based on the principle of "closing the life cycle" of goods, services, waste, materials, water and energy. As in any process, artificial intelligence (AI) can play an important role in enabling this systemic change. During the event, expert speakers from different backgrounds will present examples and discuss aspects of the Circular Economy.

Documents

Introduction Circular economy for cities Pensumo project Datafication of the Circular Economy (KUL) Water Europe