The final Interreg CE conference of the project URBAN INNO - Utilizing Innovation Potential of Urban Ecosystems will be held from 23 to 24 May within the 42nd International ICT Convention MIPRO 2019.

The first day of the conference, on Thursday, 23 May, will be open for all visitors who will also be able to participate in thematic lectures and presentations of the project results. The conference program will begin with Ante Lučić's lecture entitled ''Human Capital, Work and Educational Perspectives on SmartCity Initiatives'', and continue with the presentation ''Involving Users into Urban Innovation: Tools for Facilitating the Process'', in which one of the most important project results will be presented. Matjaž Gerl, the representative of the Slovenian E-institute and project partner will hold the presentation.

The central part of the program is the presentation of all nine pilot projects (Pilot Pitches Run), developed in different regions of Central Europe within URBAN INNO, which will be presented by project partners in 15-minute time slots. Topic of the program are the results which are developed by participation of end-users, in the fields of mobility, energy, innovative government, agriculture, smart city & smart users, SME's economic growth and integrated public infrastructure. The Pilot Pitches Run session will be preceded by the lecture ''An introduction to design sprint innovation challenges'' of another expert guest, Nicola Doppio.

More information about the project at: www.interreg-central.eu/urban-inno.