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/ ABOUT
The SMACCs Summer School on Smart Cities and Communities is organized within the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master on Smart Cities and Communities (www.smaccs.eu). This is a face-to-face event, organized at the University of Mons by the SMACCs consortium (University of Mons - Belgium, International Hellenic University - Greece, Universidad del Pais Vasco - Spain, Vaasan Yliopisto - Finland).
The Summer School features 2 technical visits (organized by our partners RESOLIA and IDEA), 1 keynote, a joint academic event with the ALEXANDER (Accelerating Low voltagE fleXibility pArticipation iN a griD safE manner) research project funded by SPF Economie and involving UMONS, 4 seminars given by SMACCs teachers/researchers, a Climate Fresk, a Poster Session (Master Theses projects of SMACCs students) and social events.
Registration is mandatory (see here). Deadline for registration is the 20th of June 2025.
Participation to all the activities of the Summer School is free of charge for SMACCs students, SMACCs academic staff and speakers. Other participants may attend freely the seminars of the 3rd and 4th July, the ALEXANDER Academic Event and the Climate Fresk (priority will be given to SMACCs students in case of overcapacity for the latter), but a fee will be asked for participating to lunches, gala dinner, technical visits and social events. Interested people shall contact smaccs@umons.ac.be to receive information on the fees and on the payment procedure.
All participants (SMACCs students/staff, speakers, and non-SMACCs participants) shall register online to encode their preferences !
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TECHNICAL VISITS
5
SEMINARS
5th Generation District Heating Network, city of Jodoigne (organized by RESOLIA)
KEYNOTE: Dr Eduardo BLANCO (Energy Cities)
Geothermal Power Plant of the city of Saint-Ghislain (organized by IDEA)
Prof Stavros G STAVRINIDES (International Hellenic University, School of Science and Technology)
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JOINT EVENT WITH THE ALEXANDER RESEARCH PROJECT
Agenda of the ALEXANDER Academic Event on the ALEXANDER website.
ALEXANDER is a research project funded by SPF ECONOMIE under the ENERGY TRANSITION FUND (Belgian Government)
Prof Mustafa ALRAYAH HASSAN, (University of Vaasa, School of Technology and Innovations, Electrical Engineering)
Prof Luis DEL PORTILLO (University of the Basque Country, Department of Energy Engineering. Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao)
Prof Nicolas DUPONT (University of Mons, Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Geology and Applied Geology)
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CLIMATE FRESK
1
POSTER SESSION
Animated by Prof Frédéric JOHN (UMONS, D-CARBONIZE)
During which SMACCs students will present their first Master Thesis directions
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SOCIAL EVENTS
GUIDED TOUR OF THE CITY OF MONS, VISIT OF THE MUNDANDEUM
MORE INFORMATION IN THE DETAILED PROGRAMME BELOW
/ Programme
Agenda ALEXANDER Academic Event
10-12h:
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“ALEXANDER – Accelerating Flexibility from the Low Voltage Grid: From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs” – Helena Gerard (VITO/EnergyVille)
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“The effectiveness of future financial benefits on PV adoption—Evidence from Belgium” - Justus Böning (KU Leuven/EnergyVille)
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“System-wide benefits of temporal alignment of wholesale–retail electricity prices” – Yucun Lu (KU Leuven/EnergyVille)
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“Driver Preferences for Investment in Flexible Electric Vehicle Charging” - Brian Fowler (UA/Uhasselt)
13-14.30h:
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“Operating envelopes for the grid-constrained use of distributed flexibility in balancing markets” – Wicak Ananduta (VITO/EnergyVille)
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“Consumer preference for low voltage flexibility in adequacy modelling” – Tars Verschelde (KU Leuven/EnergyVille)
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Presentation to be defined
14.45h-16.00h
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“An Innovative Framework for Heterogeneous Energy Communities Providing Baseline Flexibility Services in Distribution Networks” - Jamal Faraji (Umons)
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“Price-Based Demand Response Participation in Implicit Balancing Services: A Value-Oriented Inverse Optimization Framework” – Behzad Vatandoust (Umons)
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Closing remarks
Seminars 3rd July 2025:
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09h30-10h15: Dr Nicolas DUPONT (University of Mons), Title to be confirmed (topic: Geothermia)
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10h15-11h: Dr Eduardo BLANCO (Energy Cities), 'Title to be confirmed' (topic: Regenerative Cities)
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11h30-12h15: Prof Stavros G STAVRINIDES (International Hellenic University), 'Unconventional Lightweight Cryptography for the IoT Ecosystem related to Smart Cities'
Seminars 4th July 2025:
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09h30-10h15: Prof Mustapha ALRAYAH HASSAN (University of Vaasa): 'Forecasting Electric Vehicle Loads in Smart Grids'
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10h15-11h: Prof Luis DEL PORTILLO (University of the Basque Country): 'Improving Energy Efficiency in Tropical Regions'
(Provisional agenda)
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The Summer School will be held at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Mons, rue de Houdain 9, B-7000 Mons, Belgium (Auditorium 12, first floor).
The building is at a 15min walk from the Mons train station. Free parking (without reservation) is possible at rue de l'Epargne 53 (15min walk). The closest paying parking is located at rue de la Halle, 5 (Parking de la Halle), 100m from the venue building.
Information on accommodation can be found here.
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FULL ADDRESS
CONTACT PERSON
Université de Mons, Faculté Polytechnique
Rue de Houdain 9
7000 Mons (Belgium)
SMACCs Coordination Office