BEST: FuTurin!! How Smart can your City be?

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Place: Turin Italy Dates: 2 May 2013 to 14 May 2013 Season: spring13 Organised by: BEST Group Turin University: Polytechnic of Turin (See University profile in BEST university centre)	Type: BEST Course on Technology Fee: 0.0 euro. Convert to Depending on the country of your university, the amount of fee can be lower. [Read more] Application until: 2 Dec 2012 at 23:00 CET Application deadline has passed.
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Participation requirements: No prior knowledge required Academic complexity: Basic [Read more] Working time: 37 hours (estimated)

General description

The Mayan calendar is almost finished!!

We did a great job screwing up earth, for sure!!

But what if the world doesn?t end in 2012 !?!

We will be left up with all the destruction we made to earth!!

So.....who will fix that??

No signs of the Avengers so far!!

Wait a second!! Can you hear that??

BEST Turin is having a Spring course on Smart City!!

Are you eager to know what the future will unfold?

Are you unsatisfied of pure theory without application in real life?

Would like to know more about ?Smart City??

Are you ready to experience the crazy italian way of having fun?

Are you ready to taste the amazing italian foods and drinks?

Are you ready to feel the history and the passion coming through the streets of Turin?

Are you ready to meet two awesome main organisers and their crew?

Are you ready for two amazing WEEK-END-TRIPS ?

If you are.... Send your motivation letter now! (ok you can finish reading :D )

What are you waiting for???? (ok ok you?re still reading :D )

Hurry up and join us in this Awesome Spring Course with Best Turin.

Academic information

Fields of activity: Architectural Engineering , Architecture , Automotive Engineering , Computational Sciences , Computer Engineering , Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics , Control Engineering/Systems engineering , Economics/Business Administration/Marketing , Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering , Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering , Environmental Engineering , Geology , Industrial Engineering , Industrial Management , Machine & Instrument engineering/Design , Materials Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Mechatronics , Multimedia and Communication Design , Physics/Physics Engineering , Power Engineering , Production Engineering/Management , Rural and Surveying Engineering , Telecommunications/Electronics , Territory Engineering , Transport Engineering
Content and topics: we will be covering many aspect of the smart city, the prediction of the coming technologies on many different fields include sustainability, energy resources, mobility, Smart Communities, Green Economy.
Learning goals and objectives: The students should gain an understanding of the topics mentioned through theoretical lectures and practical tasks.
Examination type: Written report and Oral presentation.
Number of ECTS credits issued: Not known yet [Read more]

Information for applicants

Selection criteria for participants: Motivation letter, interest in the topic, required questions, cultural and gender diversity.

Practical arrangements

All of these are covered by the event fee.

Lodging during the event: Hostel
Food during the event: Three meals per day, at least one of them hot, all provided by the organizers at hostel, canteen, restaurant, etc.
Transportation during the event: Public transport

More information

For more information about this event, check out the following links (these links lead to outside this website - if they turn out to be unavailable, please try again later):

Event website: http://www.bestorino.com/SpC13/
Event schedule: http://www.bestorino.com/SpC13/Shedule/SpC13_Schedule.xls
Event survival guide: http://www.bestorino.com/SpC13/Survival/SpC13_survival_guide.pdf