Open & Agile Smart Cities & Communities

StandICT.eu2023: Future Standardisation Education
2023-01-18 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | online
Firstly, we, as StandICT.eu2023, would like to invite you to join us in an online workshop, “Future Standardisation Education”, taking place on the 18th of January, 2023 – from 14:00 – 17:00 CET.
In light of the published Standardisation Strategy of February 2022 and the establishment of the Standardisation High-Level Forum, we are organising a workshop that covers the significant results of our programme (covering the impact of the fellows who have received funding, the work from the technical working groups and the EUOS academy and engaging dialogue on Future Standardisation Education in the wake of a series of calls that are linked to standards & education).
Since you have been invested in StandICT.eu2023, we would be happy to have your members join this event to share insights and learn about related standardisation initiatives and opportunities.
Agenda & registrations: www.standict.eu/events/future-standardisation-education-workshop

Connected Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities Conference 2023
2023-01-17 - 2023-01-18 | The EGG, Rue Bara 175, Brussels, 1070, Belgium
CONNECTED SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE 2023
The digital transformation and innovation in Cities, businesses and industry has been profoundly reconfiguring the ways in which services are provided and knowledge and value are generated. The requirements of the public sector, which must address the growing complexity of challenges and the increasing demands of citizens, are ever more important to ensure an alignment of digital solutions and services for cities and communities. This annual event of the Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) network, brings the community of members and partners together.
Join us at the CONNECTED SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE 2023 in Brussels, for two days of engaging workshops and sessions on concrete solutions, tools, approaches and strategies that cities and communities have implemented or used during their digital transformation journey.
Day 1: January 17
During this community day, organised for OASC members and partners, we provide insights to cities and communities globally on the path towards sharing and re-using of digital, data-driven solutions, and gather requirements and needs from its members via discussion sessions and working groups.
OASC will start the day by contextualizing digital transformation and innovation in cities, to be followed by a session about OASC´s role in supporting public authorities in this transformation and setting up a vision for the future. The last session will be dedicated to Minimum Interoperability Mechanisms (MIMs) and the way they can contribute to the practical implementation of interoperability and collaboration between cities and communities.
This day will be closed with an informal stakeholders dinner.
Day 1 Agenda
Day 2: January 18
A whole day full of roundtables, workshops and sessions on the hottest topics of the moment for cities, communities and other stakeholders in digital transformation, like data spaces, local digital twins, sustainability, security, trust, funding opportunities, standards and, of course: MIMs – Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms. With plenty of time to exchange and mingle with peers, continue conversations started during the sessions and learn from each other. All sessions are open for everyone.
As a part of the Conference we are organizing a matchmaking session where you can pitch your ideas or listen to others, or just do some casual networking in the peer-learning room!
You can register for the matchmaking session here: CSSCC Matchmaking
Day 2 Agenda
Register here: OASC Connected Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities Conference Tickets, Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 8:30 AM | Eventbrite

DSSC Insights Series - Data Spaces Support Centre: Discover how to bring data spaces to life
2022-12-01 04:00 - 17:30
Funded by the European Commission as part of the Digital Europe Program, the Data Spaces Support Centre is aimed at initiatives and companies that want to create sovereign data spaces. It will explore their needs, define common requirements and establish best practices to accelerate the formation of data spaces – key elements of digital transformation – at all levels.
With the DSSC Insights Series, you will have the opportunity to experience the activities and scope of the Data Space Support Centre. In our monthly webinars, you will meet the DSSC stakeholders and actively follow the development of the Data Space Blueprint.
Do not miss out our first appointment on the 1st of December. We are ready to make your data space happen!
Agenda:

DSSC: why, what, when, who, how (Boris Otto)
Presentation of 100-day plan (Boris Otto)
DSSC support levels and Data Space experts (Christoph Mertens)
Starter Kit (Tuomo Tuikka)
Overview of next events
Q&A

Register here

Learning Circle on MIM4 Standard
2022-10-04 13:00 - 16:00 | online
Welcome to the online Learning Circle on the Minimal Interoperability Standard 4 (MIM-4): Towards Interoperable Personal Data Management within Smart Cities
4 October – 22 November 2022, online, free
Provided by Vastuu Group & H3C project
The learning circle is part of the H3C: Human-centric companies and cities project, co-funded by the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council from the sum allocated for the purpose of buttressing sustainable growth and vitality in the regions.
What is it all about
This learning circle consists of four workshops held biweekly (homework realisation could be given three weeks to conclude) from 4 October to 22 November. It’s all online and with free participation.
Each consecutive workshop drills deeper on implementing human-centric personal data use cases hands-on. The actual hands-on phase and team homework require the attendees to form teams of 3 to 4 persons, ultimately such teams should come from the same organisation and represent its core stakeholders what comes to realising new personal data-driven services. By the end of the circle the participants undergo a process of defining and implementing a working prototype of their own MyData service.
The provided sandbox based on our MyDataShare operator platform contains tools, simulated data sources and active credentials for the teams to configure their use cases within the MyData operator. Homework may include the team’s own software development around a rough MyData service prototype.
If some learning circle participants are either using a different MyData Operator already in their services, or represent another operator, the team homework can also be arranged around multi-operator interoperability. This would focus on data source interoperability across operators, and an approach is sought by using a suggested MIM4 Connector element. Access to the Connector source code and documentation is provided for the teams, and the simulated data sources for the generic MyData use cases can be used also in this cross-operator interoperability homework track.

AIOTI Signature Event 2022
2022-09-27 09:00 - 17:00 | Brussels, Belgium
AIOTI invites you to its signature event IoT and Edge computing: Societal Impact and Opportunities for the Green Digital Twin Transition

About this event

The Green Deal wants to decouple economic growth from resource use by 2050, and transform ‘linear’ take-make-discard industrial value chains into virtuous models that design waste and pollution out of the process, keeping products and materials in use for longer and helping to regenerate ecosystems.
At this event, we will explore how, exactly, are digital solutions enabling sustainability gains? Are they contributing to the EU’s green growth now? And what more can be done to stimulate green growth through digitisation? How can IoT and Edge computing contribute achieving to Green Deal and digital twin transition objectives.
For more details, please visit event webpage: https://aioti.eu/aioti-signature-event-2022/
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What can Member States expect from their cybersecurity communities?
2022-09-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU rue Montoyer 21, Brussels B-1000
With the setting up of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) in Bucharest well under way, the other important dimension in the emerging European cybersecurity landscape are the National Coordination Centres (NCCs). Mirroring the initiatives and policies of the ECCC in the Member States, a key role for each NCC is to build strong relationships with the existing and emerging stakeholder communities, the experts and researchers in industry, SMEs and knowledge institutes that are driving the work of securing European society’s institutions, infrastructure and digital economy.
Understanding the needs of local communities is a paramount task for the NCCs.
Participating in this evening’s panel are leading representatives from several NCCs as well as a representative from the ECCC who will together explore the perspectives of the NCCs and their expectations and plans with regards to collaborating with their respective stakeholder cybersecurity communities.
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Agenda
18.30 Arrival of guests and welcome drinks
19.00 Welcome:

Martin Friedrich Reinhardt, Head of Unit, Affairs of the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and for Sports, Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU
Kai Rannenberg, Goethe University Frankfurt, CyberSec4Europe Co-ordinator

19.10 Panel Discussion: What can Member States expect from their cybersecurity communities?
Panellists:

Katarzyna Prusak-Górniak Vice Chair, Governing Board ECCC
Christian Hartlage Advisor, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) GERMANY
Bertrand Lethoud Head of the Cybersecurity Competence Center (C3), SECURITYMADEIN.LU LUXEMBOURG
Allard Kernkamp NCC-NL, Netherlands Enterprise Agency NETHERLANDS
Katarzyna Nowak NCC-PL, Head of Unit, Chancellery of the Prime Minister POLAND

Moderator: Kai Rannenberg Goethe University Frankfurt, CyberSec4Europe Co-ordinator
20.30 Reception
RSVP by 15 September 2022 to CyberSec4Europe Evening Event

Online Services: Improving usability and trust
2022-09-14 14:00 - 16:00 | The Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU rue Montoyer 21, 1000 Brussels
The growth of online services over the last 15-20 years has been, to say the least, dramatic at every socio-economic level conceivable. Digital technology is changing people’s lives and the EU’s digital strategy aims to make this transformation work for people and businesses. A Europe fit for the digital age is one of the Commission’s six political priorities, aiming to empower people with a new generation of technologies.
However, the widespread everyday dependency on the digital market has had some negative consequences. The usability and trustworthiness of online services and the Internet itself has been undermined by highly visible accounts of cyber-attacks and contraventions of individuals’ data protection and privacy rights.
At one extreme, the constant intrusion of cookie and tracking requests heightens the sense of a surveillance society and, at another, popular myths and speculation surrounding the implications of the use AI are often seen as threatening.
The afternoon’s roundtable will start to address this broad range of topics that are relevant to both technical and non-technical audiences with a view to starting a conversation.
Register for free here!

Agenda
13.30 Arrival and coffee
14.00 Welcome:

Martin Friedrich Reinhardt, Head of Unit, Affairs of the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and for Sports, Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU
Amardeo Sarma, General Manager, NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

14.10 Roundtable discussion: Online services: Improving usability and trust
Opening speakers:

Finn Myrstad, Director of Digital Policy, Norwegian Consumer Council
Sebastian Pape, Security and Privacy Manager, Continental AG
David Goodman, Senior Consultant, Trust in Digital Life and Principal Consulting Analyst, TechVision Research

Moderator: Amardeo Sarma, General Manager, NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH
16.00 Coffee
RSVP by 14 September 2022 to TDL Roundtable Discussion

Living-in.EU Fair AI Workshop: Aligning European efforts for legal and ethical adoption of AI by public entities
2022-09-08 14:00 - 16:00 | online
AI technologies offer significant potential to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public administrations and are key to achieving our Digital Decade ambitions. Ranging from chatbots to AI-powered local digital twins offering complex modelling capabilities for city planners, AI and its potential uses are developing all the time.
Data governance, access to high volumes of quality data, and technical interoperability between platforms and systems are key areas of importance being addressed through Living-in.EU and other smart communities’ initiatives. However legal, procurement and transparency tools are equally important as ways to foster update of AI by public authorities in a way that ensures a high degree of trust among citizens. Cities and communities in the EU are leading the way and offer use cases that can be scaled up through cooperation.
This workshop will outline three strands of work (see below) that are getting underway through Living-in.EU and its partner organisations Eurocities and OASC, as well as broader developments supported by the European Commission in the context of public sector AI, including new projects funded through the DIGITAL Programme. This workshop aims to presenting these with a view to making sure they are well aligned and complementary. It is also an open call to interested regions, cities and communities to contribute to this work. Please join to share your experiences and ideas for collaboration! To attend, please register here.
Programme
14.00 Welcome by moderator, Martin Brynskov, OASC (Open and Agile Smart Cities)
14.05 EU Policy Context including the AI Act and the Coordinated Plan on AI, NN (tbc), DG CONNECT UNIT A2, Artificial Intelligence
14.20 Initiatives Carousel – series of short presentations on initiatives underway
-Contract clauses for public procurement of AI, NN (tbc), City of Amsterdam
-Algorithm registries for transparent AI, Lodewijk Noordzij, Eurocities, Living-in.EU Legal & Ethics Subgroup
-MIM5 for Fair AI, Michael Mulquin, OASC, Living.in.EU Tech Subgroup
-AI Testing and Experimentation Facility for smart cities and communities, NN, DG CONNECT, European Commission
-Public Sector Open Data for AI, Martino Maggio, Engineering (tbc)
-CommuniCity – AI responding to the needs of Cities and Communities, NN, University of Amsterdam
15.05 Discussion, including interdependencies between work, Open floor format, led by moderator
15.50 Conclusions and next steps
Further information
1. Model Contractual Clauses for the Procurement of AI
Amsterdam developed a set of contractual clauses for the procurement of Artificial Intelligence, to create a framework for the information that suppliers need to provide on algorithms used. The clauses build on the Ethics Guidelines developed by the European Commission’s (EC) High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the city’s own strong digital ethics policy and work though the Cities Digital Rights Coalition. The contractual clauses are now being adapted as a template for other public administrations to reuse. DG GROW has held two webinars to date on the clauses. The first (June 2021) showcased Amsterdam’s approach to AI procurement and the second (May 2022) presented the adapted clauses, partially aligned with the AI Act currently under negotiation. The draft clauses are now available on Living-in.EU for feedback. See here for more information.
From early 2023, DG GROW’s Digital Public Buyers Initiative and Living-in.EU will work with stakeholders to trial the adapted Amsterdam procurement clauses and to develop guidance material. When finalised, these clauses will be a useful tool for public procurers at local, regional and national level to procure ethical, human-centric AI, to boost uptake of AI and to increase citizen trust in its use.
2. AI Algorithm Registries
An AI Algorithm Registry is an online tool or website that provides citizens with information on artificial intelligence systems used by public administrations in reaching decisions affecting them in a transparent and understandable manner. The Cities of Amsterdam and Helsinki are examples of existing Algorithm Registries.
Eurocities’ Digital Forum Lab is working with a group of cities to develop and pilot a common data schema for cities that wish to create their own interoperable local AI Registries, drawing on the Amsterdam model contractual clauses, the Dutch data model for algorithm registries, the UK Algorithmic Transparency Standard and others. The data schema will not only serve cities that would use an external supplier to develop a solution for them, but could also help those that would want to do it in-house or through open-source software. See here for more information.
3. Fair AI Minimum Interoperability Mechanism (MIM 5)
OASC, which leads the Living-in.EU Technical Sub-group, is beginning to work with cities to develop a Fair AI MIM, also known as MIM 5 (Minimal Interoperability Mechanism), part of the MIMs Plus set of technical specifications. This technical tool will assist cities to automatically (i) check that AI service providers have supplied the appropriate information and safeguards in line with the transparency
requirements, such as those set out in the standard contractual clauses, and (ii) link this data to an AI registry on how AI was used in decisions affecting citizens.

IoT Week 2022 - Great news!
2022-06-20 00:00 - 2022-06-23 23:59 | Croke Park Meetings & Events, Dublin, Ireland
The IoT Week in Dublin, Ireland from the 20th of June to the 23rd of June 2022 is a one-of-a-kind 4-day conference where leaders from the worlds of business, tech and science shed light on the future of technology and its impact on business and life. Discover more about the conference on their website!
And they have great news! Book your flights today and register for the IoT Week to avail the lower rates. The IoT Week 2022 Organising Team have a promotional flight discount! Aer Lingus is the IoT Week preferred airline partner. Aer Lingus is delighted to offer the IoT Week participants promotional discounts for their flights to Dublin this June. Visit the IoT Week website to register and access the Aer Lingus special booking code. Limited discounts are available!
Also, the early bird got extended. The IoT Week 2022 Organising Team want to give you a chance to book your discounted flights to Ireland and are happy to announce that the Early Bird Registration Deadline has been extended until the 1st of March!
And that’s not all! Your day is only going to get better! Because the HQ hotel, the Croke Park Hotel, can also be booked together with your IoT Week registration. Special, discounted accommodation rates of €169 B&B single & €189 B&B double room are guaranteed only until the 1st of March! We are looking forward to seeing you in Dublin this June!

5th ICC City Lab
2022-06-14 - 2022-06-23 | online
The fifth ICC City Lab will return for the final time between 14 – 23 June 2022. This special edition will focus on Local Ecosystems mobilisation and Urban Innovation following feedback received from cities and experts on previous ICC City Labs.
The City Lab will be launched on June 14th with sessions open both to the ICC community and the public. Week 1 will be dedicated to mentor led Thematic Network sessions, where the ICC Mentor Cities will present successful solutions and good practices implemented in their cities. The core cities will also have time to get together in the Geographical Chapter Meetings to continue their discussions. During week 2, the Peer Reviews sessions and Transversal Network sessions on Open Data and Public Procurement will be in the limelight. The closing event is scheduled for June 23rd.
The event will take place in an online format and envisages the participation of over 400 participants covering ICC cities, lead experts, business representatives, knowledge community stakeholders, selected thematic experts, thematic network coordinators, EU and international mentors and speakers. Active participation and engagement of local stakeholders and actors is welcomed.
More information and registration

Tampere Smart City Week Expo & Conference
2022-06-14 - 2022-06-15 | Tampere/Online
Join the TSCW Conference and Expo on 14.–15.6.2022!

The culmination of the Tampere Smart City Week will be the smart city development Conference and Expo as a hybrid event. You can participate in the event either from your home sofa or on site, at the brand new Nokia Arena! The themes of the Conference and Expo are smart mobility, sustainable solutions, digital technologies, digital safety and security and smart data. Also the attractive and smart Tampere region will be introduced. The themes are introduced by the top speakers in their fields. Come along, see the program by clicking here. Read more about the event here.

SCORE (Smart Cities + Open Data Re-use) presents “SCORE: Open Source for Public Services”, in collaboration with Open and Agile Smart Cities (OASC) network
2022-06-08 | Amsterdam/Online, Amsterdam, Netherlands
About this event

Join us for a day of engaging workshops and sessions on solutions, outcomes, and visions that the partner cities and universities have come across during the SCORE project.
This conference aims to bring together the SCORE and OASC community, as well as any other interested parties, in a hybrid event format in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and online worldwide.
The SCORE partners are working together to improve efficiency and quality of public service delivery based on smart, open data driven solutions. Join us for an engaging day focusing on the latest findings within such services and topics – i.e. traffic flow, pollution, drainage, flooding through the use of digital twins, dashboards, registries and more – as we wrap up the SCORE project.
The programme
ABOUT SCORE
SCORE is a European Union funded project with nine cities and three universities participating: Amsterdam, Aarhus, Aberdeen, Bergen, Bradford, Dordrecht, Ghent/District09, Gothenburg, Hamburg, University of Amsterdam, Aarhus University and University of Bradford.
The partners develop innovative solutions based on open data and focus on sharing insights and methodologies for developing better public services. For instance, in the shape of better management of sustainable mobility, improving air quality, monitoring flooding and furthering crowd management.
Register here

Regional and local data-driven innovation through collective intelligence and sandboxing: Policy Lab
2022-05-20 10:00 - 12:00 | online
How can experimenting using a “sandboxing” approach contribute to the development of local data ecosystems, and address key urban challenges related to mobility, energy, and housing?
During this Policy Lab, we will present the key findings and recommendations from a large scale project focused on developing data ecosystems involving more than nine European cities and regions
Here, “sandboxing” refers to testing solutions in a safe environment, with a focus on institutional and technical innovations to enable more efficient and effective delivery of public services through data sharing and reuse.
The session will focus on key results and best practices for how cities can adopt and leverage a sandboxing approach to develop their data ecosystems, with a view to the proposed EIF4SCC and upcoming Data Act.
The Policy Lab is open to all stakeholders working on shaping data policies and we strongly encourage representatives from local and regional administrations, particularly policymakers to join the session and connect with their peers.
To join this event please register via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkd-qspz8rGNH8SRknZhL74PQKX4PK939u
For more information about the survey or project, you can reach out to Cornelia Dinca via cornelia@oascities.org

Regional and local data-driven innovation through collective intelligence and sandboxing: Validation Workshop
2022-04-28 14:00 - 16:00 | online
What role can sandboxing approaches and methodologies play in building effective local and regional data ecosystems?
This is the question that OASC, along with a consortium of partners and European cities, has been exploring as part of the JRC ELISE Project “Regional and local data-driven innovation through collective intelligence and sandboxing”.
The project aims to address how “sandboxing” approaches can contribute to the development of local data ecosystems, and address key urban challenges related to mobility, energy, and housing. Here, “sandboxing” refers to testing solutions in a safe environment, with a focus on institutional and technical innovations to enable more efficient and effective delivery of public services through data sharing and reuse.
The project team is now finalizing and synthesizing the results from the sandboxing experiments in the cities of Barcelona, Helsinki, Milan and Poznan.
We are keen to learn from the experience of other European cities and their stakeholders in using sandboxing to improve data-driven innovation, to help validate and build on the results of our work.
To do this, we have launched a short survey which will only take 10-15min to complete and is open to all stakeholders with experience with sandboxing methodologies and projects: https://s.chkmkt.com/?e=264134&d=e&h=408E0AD10C5AED4&l=en
We are also hosting a workshop on April 28 to present and validate the findings. We invite all stakeholders interested in shaping data ecosystem to participate in the session. To join the workshop please register via the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcucuuprDIvH9z1j6XP-fMtM6dxgYuySWaX
For questions or move information about the survey or workshop, please reach out to Cornelia Dinca via cornelia@oascities.org

Open Living-in.EU Supporters Meeting
2022-04-06 14:00 - 16:30 | online
The Living-in.EU supporters meeting in April is open to all interested parties and serves as a good introduction for companies/suppliers who have not yet signed as supporters to get to know the Living-in.EU movement and understand how to engage in daily practice. The meeting specifically aims to (1) reach out to companies looking for ways to support cities in their green-digital transformation concretely by (a) responding to tenders as part of normal procurement and/or (b) validating the scale-out of data platforms and related services based on emerging local data ecosystems. It does so by (2) giving examples of how the Living-in.EU technical specifications and governance have been used in practice, delivered by both cities and companies as well as national authorities. The meeting will also give an update and outlook on the technical roadmap of the MIMs Plus.
Agenda
14.00 – 14.10 Welcome

Eddy Hartog, Head of Unit, Technologies for Smart Communities, European Commission, DG CONNECT

Martin Brynskov, Chair, Living-in.EU Technical Subgroup and Chair, Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC)

14.10 – 14.25 State-of-play: Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities in Europe

Policy update: Cristina Martinez, Deputy Head of Unit, Technologies for Smart Communities, European Commission, DG CONNECT – policies, initiatives, priorities, events

Technical update: Status of the Living-in.EU Technical roadmap, MIMs Plus v5: Rick Schager, OASC

14:30 – 15:45 Roundtable: Getting practical with MIMs Plus in Procurement

Presenters: Andreja Lampe, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Slovenia; Jan-Joost van Kan, Atos; Bart De Lathouwer, Rotterdam; Mikko Sierla, Vastuu Group; Ramón Ferri, Valencia; Mads Ockert Bonne, KMD

Discussants: Anja De Cunto, Eurocities and Big buyers for climate and environment; Beatriz Barateiro, AIOTI; Omar Dhaher, European Digital SME Alliance

15:45 – 15:55 NetZeroCities

Digital Solutions for Climate Neutrality – opportunities for Living-in.EU Supporters, Cornelia Dinca, OASC

15:55 – 16:20 Next steps

Conformance and compliance: Michael Mulquin, OASC, & Serge Novaretti, European Commission

Standardisation: Martin Brynskov, OASC

16.20 – 16.30 Conclusion

Martin Brynskov, OASC

You can register trough the following link: https://scic.ec.europa.eu/ew/register/dgcnect/open_living_in_eu_supportes_meeting/e/lk/k/

DUET Test Clinic
2022-03-09 15:00 - 16:00 | online
Are you an urban professional or stakeholder interested in the role of data and new technologies for improving city operations, decision making and multi-stakeholder collaboration? Are you interested in testing the DUET Open Beta Digital Twin and sharing your feedback to support ongoing improvements to the platform?
Then join us for the DUET Clinic on Wednesday, March 9, 15:00-16:00 CET. During the session we will introduce the DUET platform, and give you the opportunity to test and review certain functionalities.
Agenda:

Welcome and introductions
Testing of DUET Open Beta
Feedback via survey
Feedback via roundtable discussion
Wrap-up and next steps

Space is limited; please register to reserve your spot.
For more information about DUET please visit: https://citytwin.eu
For more information about the DUET Test Clinic, you can reach out to Cornelia Dinca via cornelia@oascities.org
Register for the DUET Test Clinic here.

DUET Test Clinic
2022-02-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Online/Amsterdam
Are you an urban professional or stakeholder interested in the role of data and new technologies for improving city operations, decision making and multi-stakeholder collaboration? Are you interested in testing the DUET Open Beta Digital Twin and sharing your feedback to support ongoing improvements to the platform?Then join us for the DUET Clinic on Monday, 21 Feb 14:00-15:00 CET. During the session we will introduce the DUET platform, and give you the opportunity to test and review certain functionalities.Agenda:– Welcome and introductions– Testing of DUET Open Beta– Feedback via survey– Feedback via roundtable discussion– Wrap-up and next steps
For more information about DUET please visit the website
For more information about the DUET Test Clinic, you can reach out to Cornelia Dinca via cornelia@oascities.org
Register for the DUET Test Clinic here

DUET Test Clinic
2022-02-10 15:00 | Online/Amsterdam
Are you an urban professional or stakeholder interested in the role of data and new technologies for improving city operations, decision making and multi-stakeholder collaboration? Are you interested in testing the DUET Open Beta Digital Twin and sharing your feedback to support ongoing improvements to the platform?

Then join us for the DUET Clinic on Thursday, Feb 10, 15:00-16:00 CET. During the session we will introduce the DUET platform, and give you the opportunity to test and review certain functionalities.

Agenda: – Welcome and introductions – Testing of DUET Open Beta – Feedback via survey – Feedback via roundtable discussion – Wrap-up and next stepsFor more information about DUET please visit: https://citytwin.eu

For more information about the DUET Test Clinic, you can reach out to Cornelia Dinca via cornelia@oascities.org

Time: Feb 10, 2022 03:00 PM in Amsterdam

You can register here.

Smart City 2.0 – Unlocking the Business Potential of MyData in the Cities
2022-01-13 12:00 - 14:00 | online
Smart City 2.0 – Unlocking the Business Potential of MyData in the Cities
Location: Online

Date and time: 13 January 2022, 12:00-14:00 CET

Award-winning nonprofit, MyData Global is hosting a satellite event during the Open & Agile Smart Cities CITYxCITY Festival.

Part 1 (12-13 CET) will focus on presenting the business opportunities of the MyData thinking in the cities.
Part 2 (13-14 CET) will introduce the H3C (human centric companies and cities) training programme for the companies working in the domain of smart cities. H3C project is providing training and networking opportunities for cities and companies using personal data to improve services.

The event and the workshop will be the first step in helping companies and cities create more human-centric smart city services. The training programme is part of the wider H3C: Human-Centric companies and cities project.

During the event, you’ll learn about what it takes to create human-centric smart city solutions and get inspired by case examples from the cities representatives. We’ll support you in taking the first steps for designing human-centric solutions that meet the cities needs. You’ll leave the event with a clear understanding of the H3C journey ahead of you and your team (if you decide to take part in the following 5-month online training programme). You can sign-up for the training programme after the event.

Join us and let’s start developing better personal data based smart city solutions!

Read more about the programme and registration here.

CxC Festival 2022
2022-01-11 00:00 - 2022-01-13 23:59 | Brussels/Online, Belgium
Join us for three days of engaging workshops and sessions on solutions, concerns and visions that cities and communities have come across on their digital transformation journey. CxC Festival 2022 brings the OASC community and new friends together – in a hybrid event format in Brussels, Belgium, and wherever in the world you are.
The hottest topics in the digital transformation as seen from the ground, from the cities and communities we all live in: data spaces, local digital twins, digital underpinnings of the green transformation, safety, security, trust, AI, standards and, of course: MIMs – Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms.
You can jump in and out of short, focused sessions, join the conversations in workshops and roundtables or simply reap the benefit of the learnings of your peers. All sessions are open for everyone. You can look at the programme and register for the event here.

Smart, Green and Resilient Cities and Communities - Dialogue between EU Mayors and the Commission
2021-12-02 13:30 - 16:30 | Brussels/Online, Belgium
Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton will engage in a dialogue with EU Mayors from the Living-in.EU movement and the Intelligent Cities Challenge on the green and digital transformation and socio-economic resilience of cities and communities on 2 December.
The dialogue will be organised around two panels of Mayors to discuss their cities’ priorities, challenges and expectations in relation to the transition pathway of their city o towards a sustainable future with Commissioner Breton.
The first interactive panel will focus on planning and implementing the green and digital transformation of the local economy and society, the role of innovation and technology, local green deals and the issue of up and reskilling of the local workforce. The second interactive panel will focus on the power of technology, data governance in cities, local digital twins for cities and communities to enable their digital transformation.
The event will take place in hybrid format, both in person, in the Square, Brussels, and online. EU Mayors and regional leaders are warmly invited to participate in the discussion,and smart communities stakeholders are welcome to attend either in person or online. The event will also be webstreamed in English and in French.
All participants should register their attendance here. Please note that physical participants will be required to present their EU Digital Covid Certificate (Covid Safe Pass) and follow public health measures.
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Smart Cities Workshop
2021-11-22 14:00 - 16:00 | online
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector team will run a 2h workshop looking at how technology such as IoT, Data Streaming, machine learning and Data Lakes & Analytics can support cities in transforming citizen services. Technology presentations will be supported by impactful technical demonstrations to showcase how AWS can support cities to deploy scalable and cost-effective solutions with agility.
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Smart City Expo World Congress 2021
2021-11-16 - 2021-11-18 | Barcelona/Online
Held in Barcelona since 2011, Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) is the international leading event for cities. Our mission is to empower cities and collectivize urban innovation across the globe. Through promoting social innovation, establishing partnerships and identifying business opportunities, the event is dedicated to creating a better future for cities and their citizens.
With the free code BS87TRLF or via this link you will get a 100% free expo pass.
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MyData in the Netherlands
2021-11-16 - 2021-11-18 | Online/Amsterdam
The potential for personal data to transform our world for good or bad requires urgent global attention. That’s why we are supporting and participating in MyData in the Netherlands. A three day event organised by @mydataglobal on November 16-18th that will gather global experts to share insights and find ethical solutions to #personaldata
Topics include: how to protect children and families online, data monetization, health data during a pandemic, business models, the European Data strategy and Data governance act, standards for smart cities and the Dutch personal data management landscape.
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FIWARE Hop-on Session
2021-11-09 14:00 - 16:30 | online
Ahead of the important trade fair and engagement-driven SALON DES MAIRES (November 16-18, Paris), FIWARE, alongside some members and partners, is organising a Hop-on Session (in French language) for all stakeholders within Smart Cities and Territories (the platform hosting the session will be announced in the due course) who want to learn about standard-driven and open source strategies.
Very hands-on and with lots of use cases and insights into real city programs and implementations, diverse market players from the FIWARE Community will demonstrate why using the European smart cities de-facto standard with FIWARE is key to create successful and sustainable solutions for cities.
With contributions from Amazon Web Services, Atos, EGM, Eridanis, Orange and several of FIWARE iHubs from France and Tunisia, the session will also allow you to learn about innovative business that are using FIWARE, meet some FIWARE Experts and network with like-minded open source advocates that will get you up and running on the value of collaboration, open data approach, the role of data economy for the future, how Data Spaces and Digital Twins have become essential parts of the data economy and much more.
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Future of Traffic Workshop
2021-11-04 17:00 - 18:30 | online
Future of traffic: An interactive workshop on the future of traffic based on our collective needs and wishes
With traffic being one of the major contributors to our current climate crisis, we need to change how we transport ourselves and our stuff. But how and what do we change and in which way? How do you envision the future of traffic, and how does the person next to you? What do you need from traffic so that traffic serves you well?
These are some of the questions that we try to answer in a EU-supported project called Dynamic Mobility Nudge (DyMoN) together with researchers and organisations from Austria, Germany and Sweden.
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Eurocities 2021 Leipzig
2021-11-03 - 2021-11-05 | Leipzig/Online
Recovery is urgent. In cities, this is clearer than anywhere else. Entire sectors have been deeply affected by the pandemic. To meet the ambitious EU targets for digital transformation, emissions and poverty reduction, the recovery budget must be invested speedily and strategically.
Cities ability to transform, become more resilient, modernise governance and support surrounding areas is increasingly in the spotlight. The European Green Deal can only succeed with cities fully on board. Consequently, the EU has ramped up the financial opportunities for sustainable urban development. In all sectors, there is an EU programme that offers collaboration with cities.
This contrasts with the limited involvement of cities at strategic level in the EU. The renewed Leipzig Charter adopted under the German EU Presidency in 2020 made the case for the transformative power of cities. The Conference on the Future of Europe in May 2021 will open the debate about collaboration between levels of government for an effective and democratic recovery.
To address the lessons of the crisis and look towards a green, digital and just recovery, Eurocities 2021 Leipzig will examine how the EU’s strategic goals are translated and implemented in cities.
We will discuss the links between cities’ competences and their ability to drive the green, digital and just transformation. And we will demonstrate why decentralisation and empowerment of cities should be much higher on the EU’s political agenda.

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How innovation in location services and data ecosystems can help transform your city and region
2021-10-13 14:30 - 16:00 | online
This interactive workshop will provide you with practical insights throughout stimulating discussions.It will build on the learnings drawn from two pan-European activities carried out under the ELISE Action of the ISA2 European Interoperability Programme, involving more than 20 European cities.
Following a plenary introduction, you will be able to choose to participate in one of the two following journeys:

Journey 1: Innovative use of location data and technologies to improve public services – Through this journey, you will learn how European cities and regions successfully use location data and technologies to improve their public services. You will get familiar with the results of a state-of-the-art study based on a large-scale survey of 150 local and regional authorities and 13 in-depth interviews. During the second part of the session, you will have the chance to dive into the case studies demonstrating the innovative use of location data and technologies in generating public value and considering the transferability of these solutions to other local/regional environments. The case studies are based on the experience of the cities of: Navarra (ES), Leuven (BE) and Cascais (PT). You will be invited to share your experience and feedback and raise your awareness and understanding of the potential of using location technology and information at the local and regional level.

Journey 2: Regional and local data-driven innovation through collective intelligence and sandboxing – Through this journey, you will learn about the findings and recommendations for building effective data ecosystems based on an in-depth analysis experimenting using a sandbox approach to address mobility, energy, and housing challenges in different cities. Here, “sandboxing” refers to testing solutions in a safe environment, with a focus on institutional and technical innovations to enable more efficient and effective delivery of public services through data sharing and reuse. Following cities have been involved in case studies: Barcelona (ES), Bordeaux Metropole (FR), Helsinki (FI), Milan (IT), Santander (ES), Poznan (PL) and Rome (IT). You will be invited to share your views on the approach and findings and your own experience and recommendations facilitating sandboxing activities.

The workshop is open to anyone working in or with the local and regional administration, including policymakers, civil servants, technology providers, representatives of research institutions and local organisations, and anyone interested in shaping data policies.
Please register for the event via Swapcard platform: https://eu.app.swapcard.com/event/eu-regions-week/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfNjMxMjA4

Local Digital Twins: Forging the cities of tomorrow
2021-10-11 - 2021-10-14
City managers and policy makers face challenges in delivering effective urban change due to the complex nature of city processes and systems. Local Digital Twins (LDTs) disrupt siloed policy-making by enabling systemic impact exploration of and experimentation with new ideas across virtual replicas of cities and regions. The session will engage cities interested in LDTs to raise awareness of the Commission’s policy, clarify the concept, and identify what capacity-building needs they have.
Local Digital Twins (LDTs) are a disruptive concept with untapped potential to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal and the Commission’s digital ambitions, allowing for greater co-creation with citizens. The Commission plans to enable cities/regions to create their LDTs, with funding allocated for the development of technical aspects. The session will include a presentation by two cities, who will explain their journey, covering how they decided to use a digital twin, what enablers they put in place (technological and governance related) and what their main challenges have been. This will be followed by small group discussions on what capacity they would need to build to be able to embark on such a journey. Coming back from the breakout session, a Sli.do will capture the main training needs listed. As a conclusion, LEAD and DUET partners will briefly present their (planned) capacity building programmes.
The session aims to address the following questions:

What are Local Digital Twins? How can both small and medium-sized and larger cities benefit from them?
What are the steps needed for the planning, design, and implementation of Digital Twins in cities?
What are the main challenges and potential for the implementation of Digital Twins?
How can Capacity Building empower cities in this endeavour?

Draft agenda:

Setting the scene
Stories from the ground: experience of a city from the LEAD and DUET projects
Breakout sessions: discussions in small groups about training/capacity building needs
Capacity building for the deployment of Local Digital Twins
Conclusions

At this year’s European Week of Cities & Regions, OASC will be participating in one other workshop: Creating public value through data-driven innovation in cities and regions (organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre)

Nordic Edge Expo 2021 - TwinCity Workshop in Urban Mobility Planning
2021-09-23 12:00 - 14:00
Join us for the workshop TwinCity – digital twin in urban mobility planning at Nordic Edge Expo 2021, on the 23 September, 12 – 14 CEST
How can Digital Twin technology help regions and cities to plan for the urban mobility of tomorrow, moving away from fossil-fuel intensive transportation methods, and towards climate-neutral mobility?

Join Rogaland County Council together with the European Commission DG Connect, POLIS, OASC, the Smart Cities Marketplace, VIA and the Eindhoven Brainport EU office during this year’s Nordic Edge Expo, where we will discuss and explore the possibilities of using Digital Twin technology in urban mobility planning.
In the second part of the program, participants will choose to join one of four break-out rooms, each covering different aspects on the use of Digital Twin Technology for mobility purposes:

WG 1 POLIS – the use of Digital Twin in Sustainable Urban Logistics
WG 2 Open Agile and Smart Cities – Challenges related to data-sharing and standards
WG 3 Smart Cities Marketplace – Best practices and lessons learned from European cities
WG 4 VIA – How can digital twins contribute to safety in urban underground tunneling systems?

We look forward to seeing you digitally on the 23rd of September at 12.00-14.00!

➡️Register here for the Digital Twin workshop: https://lnkd.in/eiKJXXet
➡️Register here for the entire Nordic Edge Expo conference: https://lnkd.in/eP_NeF2r
