1) Beniamino Murgante presented at the "Limits of Formal Planning in Managing the Urban Development" conference in Lodz, Poland on April 10-12, 2014.
2) The presentation discussed the challenges of formal planning and the need for "smartness" in urban development given rapid urbanization and new technologies.
3) Murgante argued that smart cities require connections between sensors, open data, and governance to effectively manage and plan urban development.