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Mathias Steck
EVP, Smart Cities, DNV GL
In the presentation I will elaborate about key pillars of a smart city:
- Connectivity = IoT, connected data, data sharing.
- Intelligence = insight through AI and ML and analytics, ontologies.
- Security = risk + cyber safety / security.
A Smart City can be characterized as the integration of technologies empowering citizens and players to interact in a more convenient, efficient and sustainable way, with the overall objective to enhance citizen wellbeing and economic competitiveness.
This presentation will focus on the stepping stones to get these building blocks together – elaborating on connectivity, intelligence and cyber security.

Mathias Steck
EVP, Smart Cities
DNV GL
Mathias (老马) is Executive Vice President and Regional Manager - Digital Consulting and Smart Cities, Asia at DNV GL - Digital Solutions. He and his team are driving DNV GL's services towards Cyber Security, Smart Cities & Ports, Digital Development and DNV GL's Digital Platform Business Veracity in Asia - from DNV GL's Digital Hub in Singapore. Before Mathias assumed this role he was the Executive Vice President and Regional Manager Asia Pacific, Energy & Renewables Advisory, at DNV GL Energy, delivering advisory services to the energy value chain including renewables and energy efficiency. Mathias special interest is the impact of digitalization on cities and the energy ecosystem - as well as cybersecurity. He has taken courses at Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, HarvardX and MIT Sloan and attended Leadership Programs at Ashridge Business School and INSEAD. Mathias works for DNV GL since 2003 and holds a German Diploma (equivalent to Masters Degree) in 'Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology' (2001) from the ‘Technical University Hamburg-Harburg’. Whilst studying, Mathias earned the ‘Vordiplom prize of Hamburg Construction’ for the top five intermediate diplomas and a stipendiary from ‘Konrad Adenauer Foundation Germany’. Over the course of his diploma, Mathias also took the opportunity to study at the ‘University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology’ specialising in concrete and steel structures as well as an additional Degree in Geotechnics.