CITY FOR THE FUTURE

ABOUT THE EVENT

The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Budapest, CzechTrade office in Budapest, Brno Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Hungarian National Association of Local Authorities (TÖOSZ) and the Óbuda University will joint forces to organize the City for the Future Budapest 2023 agian - Smart City Expo & B2B Business Forum for Sustainable and Smart Urban Development.

New technologies have been and will be a key for the development of modern cities. Having this in mind, we have brought together leading Czech and Hungarian companies supplying municipalities of all sizes to present their most promising innovations and solutions that could help to achieve our ultimate goal: to turn urban areas into places where people thrive, feel at home and desire to spend their lives.

This year we put a special focus on energy efficiency and best practices of settlement how to combat the surge of energy prices.

During the City For The Future Budapest 2023 - CEE Expo & B2B Forum for Sustainable and Smart Urban Development participants will learn more about the current technology trends in the field of energy efficiency and energy savings, sustainable urban management and -development projects and meet with innovative Czech, Hungarian and other regional smart city providers.

Why participate at events City For The Future?
• As a company - find qualified Czech, Hungarian suppliers and business partners during effective one-to one meetings, meet an outstanding number of mayors and municipality representatives at one place
• As a representative of a municipality – learn about how other municipalities cut back on energy costs, what are the innovations in the field of smart city solutions and sustainability, what are the low-hanging fruits of sustainable urban planning
• As and R&D representative – learn about new technology trends, meet university and innovation hub specialists, connect wtih mayors and policy makers

Are you interested to participate as exhibitor?
Please send us a short email to budapest@czechtrade.cz. Applications shall be sent by 5th May, 2023.
All international exhibitors will have their profile, product offer and meeting calendar to schedule one-to-one meetings with visitors on our B2Match site: https://cee-expo-b2b-forum.b2match.io/

Would you like to come as visitor?
Participation is free of charge, but subject to registration on the following platform: https://cee-expo-b2b-forum.b2match.io/

For more inspiration, have a look at our highlight video from last year.

CEE Expo & B2B Forum for Sustainable and Smart Urban Development

One of the main features of the event will be an expo presenting Czech, Hungarian and regional solutions. The aim is to introduce these technologies to the participants in practice and to simulate a functioning smart city that no longer represents the distant future at all. In Hall C of HUNGEXPO we are expecting more than 20 exhibitors to present themselves, including selected integrated solutions focused precisely on issues that are the daily work topic of mayors and municipal services.

Our exhibitors:
- A-EN Batteries s.r.o. (SK)
- AG Data s.r.o. (CZ)
- Agrolánc Kft. (HU)
- ASION NEW s.r.o. / ASIO Hungária Kft. (CZ)
- Bravogroup Rendszerház Kft. (HU)
- Brno / South Moravian Innovation Centre - JIC (CZ)
- Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HU)
- ČEZ / ETS Kft.
- CleverFarm s.r.o. (CZ)
- CzechMath s.r.o. (CZ)
- Cassovia New Industry Cluster (SK)
- Cyklohub s.r.o. (CZ)
- Czech Elements for Smart City Export Alliance (CZ)
- Data From Sky s.r.o. (CZ)
- Delta Group Zrt. (HU)
- Elektro-Kamleithner (HU)
- En.Go CZ s.r.o. (CZ)
- EV Expert s.r.o. (CZ)
- LEDEOS s.r.o. (CZ)
- Kuube Hungary Kft. (HU)
- MAKE - Hungarian Association of Public Service Providers (HU)
- Mikroelektronika s.r.o. (CZ)
- MORAM CZ s.r.o. (CZ)
- mmcité a.s (CZ)
- Munipolis s.r.o. (CZ)
- M-U-T Hungária Kft. (HU)
- NRG Car Kft. (HU)
- Óbuda University (HU)
- Orbitrex-SDM Kft. (HU)
- Iterait s.r.o. (CZ)
- Pearl Energies kft. / Okoszebra
- Porsche Hungária (HU)
- RCD Radiokomunikace s.r.o. (CZ)
- RSE s.r.o. (CZ)
- Seres Gépipari és Kereskedelmi Kft. (HU)
- Solar Eco Systems S.R.L. (RO)
- Thermowatt Kft.
- Urban Institute Kft. (HU)
- Vision Craft s.r.o. (CZ)

Main sponsor of the event: MVM

Take a virtual look around how it looked like in 2022 thanks to our 3D scan!

PATRONS OF THE EVENT

Tibor Bial

Ambassador of Czechia to Hungary

Dear Readers,

it is my honor to welcome you at the City for the Future
Budapest 2023 - CEE Expo & B2B Forum for Smart and Sustainable Urban Development. I hope
that this unique event, which brings together municipalities,
companies, public institutions, and universities from
various countries in our region, will give us an excellent
opportunity to share our experience in the development
of the so-called “smart city” concept as well as to learn
interesting details about the latest technology developments
in this smart city field.

As a person, who always prefers cooperation to competition,
I am glad that we could organize this event jointly
with a big number of institutions from the Czech Republic,
Hungary.

I believe the 2023 conference will be as successful as the
previous ones. I wish you much success and, even more
importantly, good health.

Jenő Schmidt

President, Hungarian National Association of Local Authorities (TÖOSZ)

Dear Readers,

it is an honour for me that City For The Future Budapest 2023 is being co-organized with the Assembly of Delegates
of the Hungarian National Association of Local Authorities (TÖOSZ) in cooperation with the Embassy of the Czech Republic and CzechTrade.

I am convinced that this event offers exceptional opportunities for Czech and Hungarian entrepreneurs and Hungarian local governments to use solutions offered by smart city technologies to successfully operate settlements,
improve the quality of life of their residents and achieve sustainable economic development in as many
of them as possible.

I wish you a lot of success.

PROGRAM

HUNGEXPO C-Congress Center, Ground Floor, Exhibition Area

9:00 –9:30 Registration, expo visiting & networking coffee break

9:30 – 9:45 Official opening speeches
Jenő Schmidt, President, TÖOSZ
H.E. Tibor Bial, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Hungary

9:45 – 10:00 Cities as centres of new territorial development
Dr. Tibor Navracsics, Minister for Regional Development

10:00 – 10:15 Presentation of State Secretary Regő Lánszki
Regő Lánszki, State Secretary for Architecture, Ministry for Construmstion and Transport

10:15 – 10:30 Elements For Smart City Czech Export Alliance supported by CzechTrade, ARCHIMEDES
Radomil Doležal, General Manager, Czech Trade Promotion Agency
Antonín Koplík, President, Elements For Smart City Export Alliance

10:30 – 10:45 Leading Hungarian Urban Development Solutions for Export
Gábor Jenei, General Manager, Hungarian Export Promotion Agency

10:45 – 11:00 Networking coffee break

11:00 – 11:20 INTERREG: A tool for building Smart City innovation ecosystems & PilotInnCities project proposal
Miroslav Scheiner, Special Projects Manager, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic

11:20 – 11:30 Smart City activities of BKIK
Ákos Csókay, Secretary General, Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry

11:30 – 12:00 Sustainable city - sustainable business solutions - A discussion on some of the best practices of the Hungarian Business Leaders Business Community (MVÜK)
András Kárpáti, Founder at Park&Roll
Máté Gallai, Managing Director, Kuube
Tamás Ercsey, CEO, Head of Business development & Sales, energo hungary Kft., MERSZ
Moderator: Mandy Fertetics, MVÜK, Head of Sustainability

12:00 – 12:20 Óbuda University’s Concept Regarding Smart City Developments
Dr. Imre Felde, Vice-rector for Industrial Relations, Óbuda University

12:20 – 13:00 Discussion panel by the invited MPs
Zsófia Koncz, Member of Parliament
László Horváth, Member of Parliament
Attila Tilki, Member of Parliament
Moderator: Zoltán Somogyi

13:00 – 13:35 Discussion panel – Future of our cities
Mgr. Ing. Jaromír Beránek, Member of the Prague City Assembly, Chairman of the International Relations and EU Funds Committee
JUDr. PhDr. Martin Příborský, Member of Brno City Assembly for Strategic Development, Metropolitan Cooperation, and ITI
Mgr. Miroslav Žbánek, Mayor, Olomouc
László Papp, Mayor, Debrecen
Budapest - TBC
Moderators: Tibor Bial, Ambassador of the Czech Republic and Zoltán Somogyi

13:35 – 13:55 ORBITREX
Kristóf Győri, CEO, Orbitrex-SDM Kft.

13:55 – 14:15 Energy efficiency in public buildings, sustainable solutions
Zoltán Balogh, CEO, Elektro-Kamleithner Kft.

14:15 – 14:30 Global challenges – local responses: the role of municipalities in a climate crisis
Petra Csizmadia, Project Manager, Municipal Coordination Office of the Ministry of Interior

14:30 – 14:45 Visegrad Cities - International Visegrad Fund grant opportunities
Dániel Péter, Project Manager, International Visegrad Fund

14:45 – 15:00 Funding opportunities under Hungary-Slovakia Interreg Programme for 2021-2027
Silvester Holop, Deputy Head of Secretariat, Széchenyi Programoffice Nonprofit Ltd.

15:00 – 15:15 Solar Future in Hungary
Ernő Kiss, President, Hungarian Solar Association (MNNSZ)

15:15 – 15:30 Towards the green heating of cities - unlock the geothermal potentials
Annamária Nádor, Geoscience Expert, Supervisory Authority of Regulatory Affairs

15:30 – 15:45 Digitalisation and sustainability in the operation of Budapest Waterworks
Gábor Brandstätter, Director of Development, Sustainability and Innovation, Budapest Waterworks

15:45 – 16:00 Raffle

TÖOSZ – Assembly of Delegates
HUNGEXPO C-Congress Center, Ground Floor, Conference room F6
Executive Chairman: Jenő Schmidt President of TÖOSZ

11:00 - 11:15 Edenred the partner of the municipalities- Possible solutions for the challenges raised by the inflation
Eszter Ceglédi, Public Sector Group Leader, Edenred Magyarország Kft.

11:15 - 12:15 Report on the activities of TÖOSZ and its departments over the past year
TÖOSZ. closing of the annual accounting of 2022
TÖOSZ financial planning of 2023
Amendment of the articles of TÖOSZ
Amendment of the Rules on honour awarding of TÖOSZ
Toasting of Béla Pásztor
Expectations and initiatives of TÖOSZ
Other
Speakers: Jenő Schmidt, President and Dr. Ferenc Gyergyák, Secretary General

12:15 - 13:00 Lunch for the delegates of TÖOSZ and VIP guests

13:00 - 13:15 Greetings from the European Commission's Directorate-General for Reform to TÖOSZ (video)

13:15 - 13:35 Comparative analyses of good democratic governance for the municipalities
Alina Tatarenko, Head of the Good Governance, Expert Center of the European Council

13:35 - 13:55 Government view of the situation of local governments
Dr. Miklós Dukai, Local Government Secretary, Ministry of Interior

13:55 - 14:15 Financing of local municipality tasks in the draft of the 2024 central budget
Dr. Ábel Berczik, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Finance

14:15 - 14:45 Presentation of the main work branches of the TSI project:
1: Local government data platform (LGDP), reference values
Gábor Péteri, Leading Expert
2. Public law ethics and capacity building
Dr. Katalin Pallai, Leading Expert

14:45 - 15:00 Learning from each other: The present trends of the Slovak local governments focusing on finances and/ or datas
Daniel Klimovsky, Slovakia

15:00 - 15:15 Announcement of the European Good Governance Label (ELoGE) and Best Local Government Practices 2023 programs
Dr. Ferenc Gyergyák, Secretary General, TÖOSZ

15:15 - 15:30 Hungarian local government aspects and conclusion
Jenő Schmidt, President, TÖOSZ