eighth version of Casablanca Sensible Metropolis, people on the middle of the debates

The eighth version of the Casablanca Sensible Metropolis occasion started on Wednesday on the Sacré Coeur Cathedral, offering a platform for rethinking good, sustainable and inclusive city improvement, consistent with the Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs).

Positioned beneath the Excessive Patronage of King Mohammed VI, this two-day occasion, on the theme “From the Sensible Citizen to the Sensible Metropolis”, is a part of a context of speedy metropolization and rising city challenges, requiring the event of city options. extra tailored and environment friendly, because of efficient technological approaches.

Through the opening of the occasion, the Minister of Solidarity, Social Inclusion and Household, Aawatif Hayar, harassed that new applied sciences, particularly synthetic intelligence (AI), enable cities to resolve many issues and challenges, reminiscent of bettering city mobility, optimizing power effectivity and bettering the standard of lifetime of residents of metropolises.

The minister additionally insisted on the significance of considering the social dimensions of the digital transition in favor of sustainable good cities. She famous that AI, with its means to course of giant quantities of knowledge, can play a key position in lowering inequalities by facilitating entry to info and decision-making.

Ms Hayar talked about different authorities initiatives, such because the GISR technique to help susceptible households, which have made new applied sciences a pillar of efficient implementation.

Mohamed Jouahri, Normal Director of Casablanca Occasions and Animation, organizer of the occasion, affirmed that this eighth version goals to rethink city improvement, by placing the well-being of the citizen and the preservation of the setting on the coronary heart of the priorities.

Mr. Jouahri added that the theme of this version permits us to grasp the present and future dynamics of our city society, whereas selling a citizen-centered transition.

He estimated that Casablanca, a dynamic African metropolis, is on the crossroads between modernity and custom by way of city improvement and digital transformation.

This yr, Casablanca Sensible Metropolis provides an exhibition area serving as a crossroads between the 4 continents, facilitating exchanges and partnerships between native and worldwide gamers. A village devoted to start-ups will spotlight the progressive tasks of younger entrepreneurs within the discipline of good cities.

The occasion brings collectively researchers, decision-makers, innovators and residents to share information and experiences, and co-create options tailored to the particular wants of the Moroccan and worldwide context.

This system contains a number of panels, notably on “E-Governance and Participatory Metropolitan Planning”, “Sensible Citizen Companies”, “City Knowledge and Sensible Monitoring of a Metropolis”, and “Sensible Applied sciences of the Sensible Metropolis”.

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