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Executive head of the Operations Center gives presentation on the first day of Rio Innovation Week
Published on 14/01/2022 - 11:09 | Updated
COR's chief executive, Alexandre Cardeman, gave a presentation at Rio Innovation Week - Press Release The first day of Rio Innovation Week, the most comprehensive innovation and technology event in Latin America, featured a presentation by the CEO of the Rio Operations Center (COR), Alexandre Cardeman, on the panel “Cities of Tomorrow – Solutions for a Smart City”. At the event that began on Thursday (13/1) and runs until Sunday (16/1) at the Jockey Club Brasileiro, Cardeman highlighted COR’s leading role in the area and spoke about the importance of using technology to optimize processes and bring improvements to Rio residents.
– A smart city is one that provides citizens with information so they can make the best decisions. Communication with the population is essential in this process and is done in real time through social media and the COR.Rio app – he said.
According to the COR's chief executive, the City Hall currently has an innovation ecosystem of which COR is a part, and which seeks to elevate the city in the national Smart City ranking, from seventh to first place.
– Our goal is to make Rio the smartest city in the country. And to achieve this, the city must have smart public management, with efficient administration of resources, real-time feedback, demands met on time, monitoring of resource use and reduced costs – he pointed out.
Stand with unique 360º tour experience and mini Control Room
In partnership with the Rio de Janeiro Smart City Technical Coordination and the Smart Luz concessionaire, COR's stand at the event is inspired by the famous Control Room, with monitors that will display real-time camera images. Another attraction is an unprecedented virtual experience: the first 360° tour of the agency, which can be visited using VR glasses.
The RIW agenda has confirmed 1.000 startups, 190 exhibitors and more than 500 speakers from public and private institutions, including from other countries. The lecture schedule is divided into 15 stages segmented by market segment. COR is one of the highlights of the Society 5.0 space, about the importance of innovations in the population's quality of life.
