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DISCUSSED “SMART CITY GOVERNANCE and INCLUSION" SESSION in TURKEY SMART CITY CONGRESS and EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY TURKISH UNION of MUNICIPALITIES on 15-16 JANUARY 2020 in ANKARA!

“Smart Cities and Municipalities Congress and Exhibition” was held on 15-16 January 2020 in ATO Congressium by Union of Municipalities of Turkey under the auspices of the Presidency with the cooperation of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and the Ministry of Industry and Technology. 3 Sessions, 12 Panels and 6 seminars were organized with the participation of muniipalities, public and private organizations, NGOs, universities, SMEs and entrepreneurs. Three main session organized with the titles of “Fundamental Policies for Smart Cities”, “Our Transforming Cities through Innovative Local Policies” and “Smart Cities and International Cooperation”. The second day of the Congress began with the panel titled “ Smart City Technologies”. In the panel where the technological developments in our country and the world were addressed in the presence of high level representatives from important technology institutions.

The ‘Governance and Inclusion in Smart Cities’ session was moderated by Novusens with the participation of panelists from Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Head of Smart Cities and Geographic Technologies, Dursun Yıldırım Bayar, Çanakkale Mayor Ülgür Gökhan, Deputy Mayor of Bağcılar Mehmet Akif Görentaş, General Secretary of the Forum of Asian Mayors, Mozaffari Goshtasb and Osman Hacıbektaşoğlu, Head of IT Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs.

The smart cities event welcomed 15 thousand visitors according to TBB Secretary General Mr.Ekici, who also noted that the event was an important step in Turkey’s smart city journey.