Networking Session on Women in International ICT Research_Smart Cities, Gender and Inclusion, organized by ECWT @ICT2013EU. Maria Sangiuliano presents the ECWT Research Agenda on Smart Cities Gender and Inclusion

1. Vilnius, ICT2013 Conference, 6° November 2013
Maria Sangiuliano
ECWT Italy/Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

2. From e-Skills Italy 2012 and 2 events in the national
Smart City Exhibition in Bologna 2012-2013 with italian
members and partners
Networking with major EU Stakeholders and submitted
projects within FP7th
Pilot case studies in 2 Italian middle sized cities
Collaboration with WIRES Summit + COST Gender STE

3. SEiSMiC Project, Societal Engagement in
Science, Mutual learning in Cities, FP7th
2013-2016: ECWT as a partner in charge of
gender mainstreaming actions.
Towards new project applications in the
framework of Horizon 2020 (Societal
Challenges, ICT, Transport, Energy)

4. Wired and high tech cities & citizens using ICT for
environmental and social sustainability .
Inclusive Smart Cities and the enabling –empowering
potentials of ICT (Paskaleva, 2010; Antiroikko, 2012; JPI
Urban Europe; RRI from FP7th to Horizon 2020)
50% +population (women) underrepresented both in
local governments , innovation networks and in ICT
R&D.

5. The neutral/gender
blind Smart City
Gender Sensitive
Inclusive Smart City
Research Contents
•Disembodied citizens as •Gender as a variable in
ICT users
ICT, sociological– urban
planning, behavioural
research.
•User centred design
and/or codesign
Implementation
Processes
•Top down governance
models (industry or
government led) and
PPP
•Participatory
Governance
•User centred design
Codesign & co-creation

6. Need for a gender
analysis of all 31
factors and 74
indicators of the EU
Smart Cities Ranking
Source: www.smart-cities.eu

7. Gender
Inclusion
Sustainable
innovation

8. Women’s shorter itineraries-or ‘the
mobility of care’ (Sanchez de Madariaga,
2013)
Wider use of public transports and
alternatives to cars
Accessibility and safety issues

9. THANK YOU!
www.womenandtechnology.eu
Contacts:
Eva.fabry@womenandtechnology.eu
Maria.sangiuliano@womenandtechnology.eu