Mr. Hsin-Ke Lu

Taipei City Government
Commissioner Of Department of Information Technology

Mr. Stephen Hilton

Invest Bristol and Bath, UK
Smart City Specialist

Stephen Hilton is a company Founder and Director and University Fellow whose specialism is Smart and Sustainable Futures. Stephen advises Invest Bristol+Bath and the West of England Combined Authority on the Smart Region and related investment and business opportunities.

Mr. Bartosz Bartoszewicz

Gdynia, Poland
Deputy Mayor

Bartosz Bartoszewicz, Deputy Mayor of Gdynia, responsible for life quality. Former Councillor of the City of Gdynia, acted also as the Mayor’s representative for NGOs. Gained his professional experience through implementation of international new technology projects.
Since 2014 he has been responsible e.g. for Gdynia’s education system widely regarded as one of the best in Poland. The above is reflected in students’ achievements, including external exam pass rate.
His responsibilities also include supervision and coordination of activities involving the so-called smart city solutions. Today, Gdynia is an extremely rapidly developing city, perceived as the leader setting standards for the smartest cities in Poland and worldwide.

Mr. Huseyin BAYRAKTAR

Ministry of Environment Urbanization and Climate Change, Republic of Türkiye
Deputy Director General, Directorate General of Geographical Information Systems

Dr. Bayraktar graduated from TED Kayseri College and gained his Bachelor’s Degree in Geodesy and Photogrammetry Engineering from Yildiz Technical University in 1999 and Master's Degree in Remote Sensing and GIS from Yildiz Technical University in 2002. In 2009 he completed his Ph.D. study in Remote Sensing and GIS at the same university. Between 2010 and 2011, he worked at the University of Houston U.S.A and completed his post-doctoral studies at the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. From 2000 to 2009, he worked as Research Associate at Yildiz Technical University and as Assistant Prof Dr. Vice Head of the Geomatic Engineering Department of Erciyes University between 2009 and 2012. Between 2014-2018 he lectured at Anadolu University as Assistant Professor. He has assigned as a Member of Board in the Public Administration Institute for Turkey & Middle East between 2014 and 2018. Since 2018, he has been lecturing at the Eskişehir Technical University. Dr. Huseyin Bayraktar has been working as the Deputy Director General Directorate General of Geographical Information Systems at the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization since 2013.

Mr. Shuo-Yan Chou

Center for Internet of Things Innovation, NTUST
Distinguished Professor & Director

1987-92 Ph.D. in Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1985-87 M.S. in Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1979-83 B.B.A. in Industrial Management, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan