Smart Villages Conference 2019

June 24 - 26, 2019, The Fields Institute

Location: Fields Institute, Room 230

Description

The word 'smart' usually refers to infrastructure that is networked and communicates efficiently and effectively with other components to bring together an integrated view. Various academics are investigating the concept of 'smart cities', but in many parts of the world, including Canada and the US, there are communities that are outside of urban areas. These 'villages' are home to a significant percentage of the world's population. This naturally leads us to ask whether there is a concept of a 'smart village'. As rural environments have their own challenges and opportunities, this is not just a question of scale, but a rethinking of the basic approach.

The conference will be a highly interdisciplinary event, bringing together academic researchers from the mathematical and physical sciences, the social sciences and engineering, as well as from industry.

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Registration Instruction:

ALL conference participants (including speakers and organizers) must register in advance with the link provided in the right hand column.

Speakers and invited guests who choose to attend the banquet will get a 100% discount!

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Speakers - please submit bio, talk title / abstract here.

Schedule

Monday, June 24th, 2019
09:00 to 09:20	Opening Remarks Nyameko Goso, South African Consulate, Christopher Yip, University of Toronto
09:25 to 09:45	Innovation, Inequality and Smart Villages Kumar Murty, University of Toronto
09:50 to 10:10	Back to the Future: Cities and Nonfinancial Risk Lois Morrison-Tullo, Global Risk Institute
10:10 to 10:40	Coffee break
10:40 to 11:00	IC-IMPACTS : Building Smart and Sustainable Communities in Canada and India Nemy Banthia, IC-IMPACTS
11:05 to 11:25	Socially Responsible Innovation: Leveraging Ride-hailing’s Potential in the Context of Smart Cities and Smart Villages Shauna Brail, University of Toronto
11:30 to 11:50	Indigenous Perspectives of Village Life K. J. McCusker, MixBlood Inc.
11:50 to 14:00	Lunch
14:00 to 14:20	Potential of a Billion Youth Meena Singh, The Learn and Uplift Foundation
14:25 to 14:45	Cross-cultural Conversation as a New Way of Learning Anindita Balslev, Cross-Cultural Conversation (CCC)
14:50 to 15:10	Making Rural Farmers Smart Trilochan Sastry, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
15:10 to 15:40	Coffee break
15:40 to 16:00	Villages: Smart Technology versus Functional Institutions Mariana Prado, University of Toronto
16:05 to 16:25	Science Meets Local Needs Devaraj P, IIT ROPAR
16:30 to 16:50	Delivering Services to Rural Areas: Lessons from India’s PURA Project Hartlee Zucker, University of Toronto

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
09:30 to 09:50	The Global Sanitation Challenge and Re-Inventing the Toilet Yu-Ling Cheng, University of Toronto
09:55 to 10:15	Revolutionizing Rural Health in a Tribal Village – “Research With the People”: Gadchiroli Experience Arun Chockalingam, University of Toronto
10:20 to 10:40	Indigenous Identity and Urban Space Suzanne Stewart, University of Toronto
10:40 to 11:10	Coffee break
11:10 to 12:20	Technology and Industry Panel (Moderated by Usha Srinivasan) Usha Srinivasan, Elevate Tech Festival, Jacques NdoutouMvé, Canada-Africa Chamber of Business, K. J. McCusker, MixBlood Inc., Luis Seco, Sigma Analysis & Management
12:20 to 14:00	Lunch
14:00 to 14:20	Graph Theory and Networks of Smart Villages Ram Murty, Queen's University
14:25 to 14:45	Digital Management and Technology Innovation in the Smart Village Luis Seco, Sigma Analysis & Management
14:50 to 15:10	Security and Privacy in a Distributed E-health Architecture Samprit Ghosh, University of Toronto
15:10 to 15:15	Group Photo
15:15 to 15:40	Coffee break
15:40 to 16:55	Panel on Africa (Moderated by Jacques NdoutouMvé) Jacques NdoutouMvé, Canada-Africa Chamber of Business, Nyameko Goso, South African Consulate, Valérie Assélé, Embassy of Gabon, Adolphine Mukamanzi, Conseil Scolaire Mon Avenir, Reywen Bigirimane, DRA Americas
18:00 to 20:00	Banquet (Ticket Required)

Wednesday, June 26th, 2019
09:30 to 09:50	The Challenge of Lighting: Bringing Technology to Solve Problems in the Global South Cynthia Goh, University of Toronto
09:55 to 10:15	Joint Deployment of Electric Energy and Telecommunications Infrastructure for the Development of Smart Small Rural Communities Jorge Mex Perera, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
10:20 to 10:40	Challenges and Opportunities for Remote Northern Communities Paul Burke, Fort Severn First Nation
10:40 to 11:10	Coffee break
11:10 to 12:20	Sarpanch Panel (Moderated by Trilochan Sastry) Shanmugam Rangasamy, Sarpanch (Tamil Nadu) - Odanthurai Village, Rupabhai Rabari, Varsamedi Gram Panchayat, Trilochan Sastry, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Devaraj P, IIT ROPAR
12:20 to 14:00	Lunch
14:00 to 14:20	Breathe in the Air: Reflections on Smart Villages Greg Evans, University of Toronto
14:25 to 14:45	The Political Economy of Reaching the Hard to Reach Joseph Wong, University of Toronto
14:50 to 15:10	Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Cities and Villages Mark Fox, University of Toronto
15:10 to 15:40	Coffee break
15:40 to 16:00	7 Smart Proven Smart Village Solutions - From Rural Areas of Tamilnadu India Chocko Valliappa, Sona College of Technology and Sona Yukti Foundation
16:05 to 16:25	Smart Villages – Thoughts on Vision to Reality V I Lakshmanan, Canada India Foundation and Process Research ORTECH Inc.
16:50 to 17:10	Closing Remarks V I Lakshmanan, Canada India Foundation and Process Research ORTECH Inc., Kumar Murty, University of Toronto

Invited Speakers

Name	Affiliation
Valérie Assélé	Embassy of Gabon
V.B. Athreya	Bharathidasan University
Anindita Balslev	Cross-Cultural Conversation (CCC)
Nemy Banthia	IC-IMPACTS
Reywen Bigirimane	DRA Americas
Shauna Brail	University of Toronto
Paul Burke	Fort Severn First Nation
Yu-Ling Cheng	University of Toronto
Arun Chockalingam	University of Toronto
Greg Evans	University of Toronto
Mark Fox	University of Toronto
Samprit Ghosh	University of Toronto
Cynthia Goh	University of Toronto
Nyameko Goso	South African Consulate
Arvind Gupta	The Fields Institute and University of Toronto
Ian Hambleton	The Fields Institute
George Hudak	University of Minnesota - Duluth
K. J. McCusker	MixBlood Inc.
Jorge Mex Perera	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Lois Morrison-Tullo	Global Risk Institute
Adolphine Mukamanzi	Conseil Scolaire Mon Avenir
Ram Murty	Queen's University
Jacques NdoutouMvé	Canada-Africa Chamber of Business
Oatlhokwa Nkomazana	University of Botswana
Devaraj P	IIT ROPAR
Rupabhai Rabari	Varsamedi Gram Panchayat
Shanmugam Rangasamy	Sarpanch (Tamil Nadu) - Odanthurai Village
Trilochan Sastry	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Anand Jerard Sebastine	Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology
Luis Seco	Sigma Analysis & Management
Kumaran Shanmugam	Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology
Meena Singh	The Learn and Uplift Foundation
Usha Srinivasan	Elevate Tech Festival
Suzanne Stewart	University of Toronto
Chocko Valliappa	Sona College of Technology and Sona Yukti Foundation
Christopher Yip	University of Toronto
Hartlee Zucker	University of Toronto

Registered Participants

Name	Affiliation
Sa'ad Ahmed	Tiny Toronto
Vijay Aivalli	IIT Alumni Canada
Alok Alamban	GOAL ORIENTED ACTION TEAM
Ashraf Ali	AFDtek Solutions
Rayen Alseekh	Lassonde school of engineering
Rob Andrews	University of Toronto
Sadat Anwar	University of Toronto
Damodar Arapakota	Nuvis Technologies Inc
Valérie Assélé	Embassy of Gabon
Mukul Asthana	Globalkal Ltd
Ali Babaeain	E PLUS SMART
Anindita Balslev	Cross-Cultural Conversation (CCC)
Nemy Banthia	IC-IMPACTS
Bhavishya Barbhaya	University of Toronto
Abhishek Bartaria	IIMB
Hasan Bayanouni	University of Toronto
Jules Bedeau	Renewed Computer Technology
Hernan Benguria	University of Toronto
Gregoire Benzakin	University of Toronto
Aparna Bharadwaj	University of Toronto
Mayank Bhatt	Canada India Foundation
Shauna Brail	University of Toronto
Andre C	Cp
Raju Chander	Ontario Power Generation
Vijay Chandrashekhar	The Learn and Uplift Foundation
Yu-Ling Cheng	University of Toronto
Arun Chockalingam	University of Toronto
Arun Chopra	Bizquad Technologies
Rachelle Choueiri	University of Waterloo
Paul C
Mayurkumar Dave	C Shantilal Advisory Group Inc.
Marie De Luca	Renewed Computer Technology
Anup Dixit	Queen's University
Mitchell Doorey	Renewed Computer Technology
Ian Duncan	Renewed Computer Technology
Shermineh Esmati	Cyrus BC Inc.
Greg Evans	University of Toronto
Mark Fox	University of Toronto
Conway Fraser	Fraser Torosay Inc.
David Fu	ICUBE
Samprit Ghosh	University of Toronto
Cynthia Goh	University of Toronto
Erlinda Goh	Palawan Polytechnic College
Nyameko Goso	South African Consulate
Becky Gross
Michael Gundy	Gundy Inc.
Itamar Halevy
Ian Hambleton	The Fields Institute
Todd Harris	Green Energy Ontario
Mohsen Hashemi	University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Meredith Holland	Acadia University
Nazanin Homayounfar	Institute Without Boundaries
Jakson Inwentash	ThreeD Capital
Sheldon Inwentash	ThreeD Capital
Faisal Kabir	York University
Adoitya Kaila	EY
Hyonwoo Kee	York University
Girish Kekre	Ni-Met Metals Inc.
Vyjayanthi Keshavamurthy	Rogers Communications
Karthik K	Vandigi Marketing
Surya Vijay Kotamarti	The Kotamarti Group
Venkatraman Krishnan	Retired/Emeritus
Ashish Kumar	York University
Vandana Kumar	Govt of India
Debanjana Kundu	University of Toronto
Nick Ladani	DNL Core Design
V I Lakshmanan	Canada India Foundation and Process Research ORTECH Inc.
John Lewis	IGC
Ainnat Lifshitz	Star consulting group
Shalev Lifshitz	SickKids Hospital
Tom Lifshitz	Star consulting group
Ai Lim	MedMom
Kevin Lin	Lyndex Tech
Shen (Lamson) Lin	University of Toronto
Ming Liu	University of Toronto
Shenhui Liu	University of Toronto
Che Lorde	York University
Manuel Lozada	University
Chibulu Luo	University of Toronto
Lewis Luo	ANI Networking
Dakshay Maheshbhai Patel	BHAYLI GRAM PANCHAYAT
Ahmed Mahmoud	Centre for Global Development
Bhavya Malik	TFS Holdings Ltd.
Ritesh Malik	TFS Holdings Ltd.
Victoria Marashi	E PLUS SMART
K. J. McCusker	MixBlood Inc.
Zhen Mei	Manifold Data Mining Inc.
Murray Metcalfe	University of Toronto
Jorge Mex Perera	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Akshay Mohan	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Momodu	University of Toronto
Lois Morrison-Tullo	Global Risk Institute
Jonathan Mostovoy	University of Toronto
Adolphine Mukamanzi	Conseil Scolaire Mon Avenir
Swarajya Mula	University of Toronto
Vinod Munshi	CITAC INC. Mahindra
Kumar Murty	University of Toronto
Ram Murty	Queen's University
Jordan Nakib-Arbaji	York University
Devika Narayani Prakash	Institute Without Boundaries
Sai Narayan	Johnny oak
Amanda Nasturzio	Institute Without Boundaries
Jacques NdoutouMvé	Canada-Africa Chamber of Business
Oatlhokwa Nkomazana	University of Botswana
Cindi Aulia Novita	INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI NASIONAL MALANG
Junghoon Oh	IBI Group
Mariam Olafuyi	University of Toronto
Sandra O'Malley	Vee Technologies
Abhishek Pandey	York University
Nagasarath Pandurangi	Seneca College
Devaraj P	IIT ROPAR
Pat Persaud	University of Toronto
Robin Potts	Evergreen
Nani Pradeepan	New Dawn Energy Solutions
Mariana Prado	University of Toronto
Maria Quintanilla	University of Toronto
Rupabhai Rabari	Varsamedi Gram Panchayat
Neha Raj	IIMB
Farid Bima Ramadhan	INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI NASIONAL MALANG
Ashok Ranade	IIBS College
Mojtaba Rasuli	URS-MEGATECH JV Construction Company
Mandeep Rayat	University of Toronto
Jagadish Saha	AJ2M Solutions Inc
Joudy Sarraj	Grand Challenges Canada
Trilochan Sastry	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Shiva Saxena	University of Toronto
Anand Jerard Sebastine	Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology
Luis Seco	Sigma Analysis & Management
Lorraine Sequeira	Process Research ORTECH Inc.
Anil Shah	Ni-Met Metals Inc.
Raihan Shaikh	Lassonde school of engineering
Sukarmina Singh Shankar	The Learn and Uplift Foundation (LAUF)
Kumaran Shanmugam	Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology
Sugeevan Shanmuganathan	The Dunya Project
Sumi Shan	The Dunya Project
Shuyang Shen	University of Toronto
Meena Singh	The Learn and Uplift Foundation
Shivajan Sivapalan	The Dunya Project
Krista Slade	University of Toronto
Usha Srinivasan	Elevate Tech Festival
Suzanne Stewart	University of Toronto
Samir Studa	York University
Kalyan Sundaram	Unaffiliated
Paul Sun	University of Toronto
Solomon Mekonnen Tekle	Addis Ababa University
Ambrish Thakkar	Thakkar Group
Ramachander Thallada	Tata
Erick Tidiane	Subsaharan Africa Healthcare Initiative
Niladri Ukil	Infosys Ltd
Chocko Valliappa	Sona College of Technology and Sona Yukti Foundation
Monique Vanloo-Mve	SSAHI
Venkat Venkataramanan	University of Toronto
Karthik Venkataraman	University of Toronto
Raji Venkataraman	VST
Alfredo Villafranca	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Sunita Vyas	Academy of Learning College (AOL)
Vinod Vyas	PARTHO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Gordon Waddell	University of Nicosia
Johnathan Wang	Homelife Landmark
Joseph Wong	University of Toronto
Anjali Yadav	Deloitte
Neeraj Yadav	PhonePe
Lily Zhang	Lyndex Tech
Yong Zhu	HV Energy
Hartlee Zucker	University of Toronto