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🌐 How can open-source principles and open-data resources accelerate regional impact on transitions in mobility, energy & food? That is the topic of this week's Inspiration Studios in Berlin! The Inner Development Goals Community Hub - Bonn & Cologne are excited to share our participation at the X-Creation for Sustainability Inspiration Studios powered by T-Systems International this week in Berlin. ✨ The four challenges of this Studio are: 📡 Using the Copernicus Data Space for Regional Mitigation and Adaptation Scenarios: Led by T-Systems International 🧰 Developing a Digital Toolbox for Urban Transitions Planning and Mobility: Led by Urban Transitions Mission and the UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub ⚡ Accelerating Green Energy Infrastructure Deployment: Led by ubitricity 🥕 Revolutionizing Regional Agriculture: Led by BayWa AG 🎤 Reception Talks: Join us today, March 11th for fantastic inspirational talks by Stephan de Haas, Kay Ruge and Massamba Thioye 🔍 Open Studio Day on March 12th: Here you can attend round tables, explore the challenges, schedule a private meeting or just come connect with us. 🎥Media Hour Deep Dive: Featuring additional participants including Matthias Bönsel, Jurry de la Mar, Giorgia Rambelli, Paul Liebrecht and Tobias Fausch offering deeper insights into the sustainability challenges. The Inner Development Goals Hub will feature engaging activities and experiences throughout the Open Studio Day, emphasizing the journey of inner development for outer transformation. If you want to learn more about inner development for outer transformation, this is your chance! 📍Venue: Lovers and Leaders in Berlin ⌛Schedule: Welcome Reception at 17:30 on March 11th. On March 12th activities start from 10:00 AM. 👀Want to learn more? Comment "Interested" in the comments or send me a direct message. T-System's goal is to create a space to fast track co-creation, implementation and scalable sustainable innovations. It would be great to see you on this journey! Big shout out to Timo Sackmann, Steven Ney, Till Grusche and Viola Ketelsen for all the support. Hub Team making this possible: Katharina Buchgeister, Klaus Mertens, Jannik Kaiser and Kamil Barbarski - So great to see how far we've come and what's coming up next, obrigada ♡ #sustainability #sustainableinnovations #innovation #circulareconomy #opensource #mobility #transport #energy #food #fashion #cloud #building #UN #UnitedNations

🎙This week on GoodGeist: Join us and Alexander Deliyannis, a DNS Network partner from Sympraxis Team 🌍 We delve into the realms of sustainability, communications, and European institutions, exploring the fascinating landscape of energy transitions and energy-sensitive neighbourhoods spanning Belgium, Estonia, and Spain. It's not just about technological advancements; it's a social revolution driven by community engagement. Discover how these neighbourhoods are not only producing surplus energy but also nurturing a sense of community that could reshape urban living as we know it. Through our conversation, we uncover the role of communication in translating vision into reality. Plus, we ponder the concept of the New European Bauhaus and contemplate the harmony between innovation and our societal and individual needs. You can listen to the episode here: https://lnkd.in/ecKDTjKv Don't miss out! Follow GoodGeist for more thought-provoking episodes on sustainability, communications, and the transformative power of creativity. 🎙️🌱 #DNS #GoodGeist #Sustainability #Communications #EuropeanInstitutions #CommunityEngagement #UrbanLiving #Innovation

💡 Did you know that according to estimates, every 5th person cannot find a suitable footpath with conventional digital maps? ⚡️ With the demographic development in Switzerland, this will massively worsen in the coming years. #smartcities #futurecities #inclusivecities 💪 The two projects supported by Innosuisse Innovation Booster Swiss Smart Cities, #Bootis by Association Slowlution and #ZüriAct by the Universität Zürich and the Stadt Zürich, supported by Intersections, aim to change that. They have tackled the issue of barrier-free sidewalks with different approaches. The pilot projects with Coach Amir Sahi (thank you 🙏) are completed, but the open collaboration has only just begun. 👩🍳👨🍳👩🍳 Many cooks spoil the broth? Not at all! In three steps, we will together create a socially relevant dish! 🍅🥒🥔 Step 1: Gather different ingredients. Those affected, associations, universities, authorities, businesses, and solution providers understand the problem from different perspectives. 🥘 Step 2: Mix and taste the ingredients together. Last week, we all met for a #Roundtable to share our visions, approaches, and challenges. We also identified who else should join the table. 🍜 Step 3: Let simmer and serve. The meeting marks the start of actively promoting an inclusive ecosystem. Together, we want to advance our ambition of an inclusive barrier-free map. 🚀 Many thanks to the participants for sharing and your commitment to this relevant issue! Hoda Bakhshi Evelyne Zürcher Angela van Rooden Imane Eltelt Elodie Auer Nikki Böhler Julian Heeb Robin Schmid Roger Fischer Marc Butticaz François Ruettimann Robert Weibel Jan Luca Guldimann Hannes Heller

🌿 GovTech Connect Assembly Theme Spotlight - Sustainability & Smart Cities 🌿 Cities are leading the charge in smart urban transformation, integrating advanced technologies to optimize resources, mobility, and citizen wellbeing. The evolution towards smarter cities involves not just technological advancement; by embracing a holistic approach, these innovative cities aim to build resilient urban ecosystems that enhance quality of life while preserving natural resources for future generations. The GovTech Connect Assembly will dive into this critical theme by sharing: 🏙️ Insights from smart city leaders on how GovTech solutions help achieve sustainability goals and overcome key European challenges. 🚀 Startup Pitches and networking opportunities showcasing cutting-edge technologies with the potential to revolutionise urban living. 🔧 Strategies and case studies on building resilient, inclusive, and environmentally-friendly smart city ecosystems. Join us on 18 October in Budapest to envision the future of cities and contribute to building smarter, more sustainable communities. Don't miss out - register below! https://lnkd.in/dmRxe2yD #GovTechConnect #Sustainability #SmartCities #UrbanTransformation #GreenTech #Innovation #GovTechConnect delivered by Intellera Consulting, PUBLIC, The Lisbon Council & Politecnico di Milano, with the support of the European Commission

🌍 How can cities harness technology to boost citizen participation and build a "participation culture"? #CivicTech encompasses new and emerging digital technologies, tools and processes that enable greater #CitizenParticipation in local and national decision-making. 🗣️   At the Living-in.EU Signatories' Event: Civic Tech Tools for Democratic Participation in Cities, we will explore #CivicTech with real examples advanced cities like #Barcelona, using #Decidim, and emerging leaders like #Hamburg, testing #DIPAS.   💡Decidim: An open-source platform empowering citizen participation, used by cities like Barcelona presented by Nil Homedes Busquets 💡DIPAS: A geospatial data-integrated tool, piloted in Hamburg, Leipzig, and Munich, that allows for location-based citizen input presented by Dr. Christoph Schubert from Stadt Leipzig   We will delve into the exciting opportunities and common challenges of this dynamic field. This event is organised in collaboration with Nets4Dem, a network advancing democratic innovation and civic participation, cities are learning from each other and co-creating strategies for a more engaged and democratic future.    🔗 Discover more! https://shorturl.at/ur1rf   #SmartCities #DigitalDemocracy #LivingInEU  #JoiBoostSustain

How do you turn a city’s ambitions into reality? Gemeente Breda is embracing the future with their data platform. Here are three key takeaways from our collaboration: Translate ambition to reachable steps: Big goals can seem overwhelming. By splitting them up into manageable quarterly results, you can offer a measurable value. 3P-solution: Don't just focus on IT-infrastructure (Platform), but also pay attention to the developments (Process) and make sure the employees (People) are prepared to work with data. Dare to innovate: Innovation is the key to improving the quality of life in cities. Don't be scared to embrace new technologies and thereby improve the city for everyone. Curious to learn more? Check out the full story in our case study below. #DataStrategy #DigitalTwin #SmartCities #Innovation #DataDriven

I am so very honored to be awarded the Hedy Lamarr Prize 2024 🎉 by the City of Vienna, DigitalCity.Wien and UIV Urban Innovation Vienna!  My deepest thanks to the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) for the nomination. I had a fantastic time at the award ceremony yesterday at the Technical Museum Vienna! A big thank you to DigitalCity.Wien for organizing such an amazing event as part of the #DiDays24. This award recognizes female scientists for their outstanding contributions to the field of information technology. While we've made progress in addressing diversity issues, there's still a long road ahead. We need to consider diversity not only in how we work and how we incentivize, but also in whom we include in our research, ensuring that technology benefits as many people as possible. My research focuses on the emerging field of Human Data Interaction. This means I explore how people interact with, experience, and understand data. Why data? Because data act as an interface, a window into how we perceive the world. In my work, I try to make the decisions that happen at every stage of working with data more transparent—from the questions we ask, to how we collect, document, and make data available, all the way to how we analyze, reuse, and communicate about data. My aim is to study how people make sense of data, find ways to explain data and models to diverse audiences and build tools that support these efforts. #womeninscience #hedilamarr

Science, technology, and innovation, and digital cooperation: the urban opportunity. In an age of rapid digital transformation, urbanization and cities are pivotal in shaping global outcomes on technology and data governance. As frontline implementers of digital solutions, local governments have a leading role to ensure that technology drives sustainable and inclusive development while narrowing the digital divide in urban settings. The development of the first international guidelines on people-centred smart cities by UN-Habitat will serve as a global benchmark to ensure that digital technology improves lives for over 4 billion people now living in cities. 🌆📲 #Tech4Good #2024UNCSC

📣 We are thrilled to announce the release of The Opportunity Project for Cities third annual cohort report. 🏙️ The 2023 program brought together four local governments — City of Akron, Ohio, City of Detroit, Macon-Bibb County Consolidated Government, and Miami-Dade County — for a 22-week design sprint alongside the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation and us at the Centre for Public Impact, aided by support from the Knight Foundation and Google.org. 📖 Our report shares key insights for local governments looking to address pressing challenges in partnership with their community through the power of digital innovation 💡 Check out the report below 👇 https://hubs.ly/Q02tkmgR0

📢 Heard the news? #URBREATH_eu will participate in the upcoming Open & Agile Smart Cities & Communities (OASC) Summit 2024 that will take place this June in Rotterdam! Stay tuned for more updates! 🌟 Why is URBREATH's presence at the OASC Summit 2024 crucial? As a Horizon Europe project, URBREATH is a leader in enhancing urban social interactions, inclusion, and sustainability. Our approach aligns perfectly with the Summit's theme of enhancing local digital ecosystems through interoperability. We bring innovative strategies like community participation, Nature-Based Solutions, and digital tools to tackle urban challenges effectively. At the Summit, we'll showcase how interoperability isn’t just technical but involves organisational cooperation and innovation, providing vital insights into advancing data and knowledge sharing for cities. #OASCSummit2024 #UrbanInnovation