09:45 – 10:15 Opening and Introduction to the plenary session
Opening by Karl-Filip Coenegrachts – OASC Chair of the Board of Directors
Introduction to the plenary session by Martin Brynskov– OASC Founding Director & Tech Lead

10:15 – 10:45 Keynote speeches
Keynote speech by Cristina Bueti, United Nations counsellor for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and counsellor for the United 4 Smart Sustainable Cities Initiative (U4SSC).
Keynote speech by Mattias Bergdahl, Deputy Head of Unit – Standards Policy at DG GROW, European Commission.

10:45 – 11:30 Panel Debate – Moderator: Martin Brynskov
Panel debate with: – Cristina Bueti, ITU – Mattias Bergdahl, EC – Claus Popp Larsen, RISE – Cristina Martinez, EC – Kristina Khutsishvili, UVA – Hans Teuben, Capgemini – Martin Bauer, NEC – Roland van der Heijden, Municipality of Rotterdam

12:00 – 13:00 Workshops by OASC, FARI and Québec Government Office in Brussels

Workshop 1: MIMs for dummies @ Auditorium – Hosts: Martin Brynskov, Michael Mulquin, Sophie Meszaros
MIMs for dummies: An introduction to the OASC MIMs or minimal interoperability mechanisms. All you have ever wanted to know about these minimal requirements for digital tools.

Workshop 2: Local Artificial Intelligence for Communities and Public Administrations, where to start? @ Breakout room 2 – Hosts: FARI, AI for the common good Brussels Institute & Quebec Brussels Government Office.
Local Artificial Intelligence for Communities and Public Administrations, where to start?: A workshop with concrete examples and strategies cities have implemented to use AI & data technologies responsibly. Participants’ perspectives will be asked on what should be the priority topics when it comes to AI for local communities and public administrations.

Workshop 3: Knowledge exchange and collaboration on local digital transformation – the Living-in.EU initiative (30 min) @ Breakout room 5 – Host: Gabriela Ruseva, Eurocities & Giacomo Lozzi, ENoLL
Knowledge exchange and collaboration on local digital transformation – the Living-in.EU initiative: Introducing the Living-in.EU network and community to the participants. We will start with a general introduction of the movement and its objectives, and will then go on to present the strategy for the upscaling of cross-domain interoperable digital solutions (local data platforms, data spaces and local digital twins).

Workshop 3: Knowledge exchange and collaboration on local digital transformation – the Living-in.EU initiative (30 min) @ Breakout room 5 – Host: Gabriela Ruseva, Eurocities & Giacomo Lozzi, ENoLL

Knowledge exchange and collaboration on local digital transformation – the Living-in.EU initiative: Introducing the Living-in.EU network and community to the participants. We will start with a general introduction of the movement and its objectives, and will then go on to present the strategy for the upscaling of cross-domain interoperable digital solutions (local data platforms, data spaces and local digital twins).

Workshop 4: 5G for Smart Communities Support Platform (30 min) @ Breakout room 5 – Host: Bernadett Koteles, European Commission
5G for Smart Communities Support Platform

Workshop 5: Local Digital Twin Toolbox @ Breakout room 4 – Host: Eliana Gerardi, Intellera Consulting
The DG Connect Local Digital Twin Toolbox: Interactive session to introduce the DG CONNECT LDT Toolbox project and gather insights from the participants: – Identify the needs that a LDT Toolbox should meet – Outline key components of the Toolbox – Start identifying legal, functional and technical requirements

Workshop 5: Local Digital Twin Toolbox @ Breakout room 4 – Host: Eliana Gerardi, Intellera Consulting

The DG Connect Local Digital Twin Toolbox: Interactive session to introduce the DG CONNECT LDT Toolbox project and gather insights from the participants:

– Identify the needs that a LDT Toolbox should meet

– Outline key components of the Toolbox

– Start identifying legal, functional and technical requirements

14:30 – 16:00 Interactive Workshops on Projects @ Breakout rooms
– Breakout room n° 2, URBANITE & OASC: “Open source for communities/data spaces for smart cities & communities/disruptive technologies adoption for a data-based policy making process” – Breakout room n° 6, Vrije Universiteit Brussel: “Smart Cities as Serendipity Engines: Embrace the Unexpected” Participants attend their first workshop from 14.30h until 15.15h and the second workshop from 15.15h until 16.00h.

14:30 – 16:00 Interactive Workshops on Projects @ Breakout rooms

– Breakout room n° 2, URBANITE & OASC: “Open source for communities/data spaces for smart cities & communities/disruptive technologies adoption for a data-based policy making process”

– Breakout room n° 6, Vrije Universiteit Brussel: “Smart Cities as Serendipity Engines: Embrace the Unexpected”

Participants attend their first workshop from 14.30h until 15.15h and the second workshop from 15.15h until 16.00h.

14:30 – 16:00 Presentation on the MIMs version 6.0 @ Auditorium // Hybrid
Deep dive into the newest version of OASC MIMs, including validation per MIM, open to OASC members – OASC

16:30 – 17:30 Speed networking sessions @ Breakout rooms
“Cutting Edge AI – Needs & ideas for OASC-members” (CitCom.ai project), Joost Haugmark Jensen, Chief consultant – Confederation of Danish Industry. Breakout room n° 6. “Modelling Digital Twins using NGSI-LD”, Martin Bauer, Senior standardization engineer – NEC Laboratories Europe. Breakout room n° 2. “Experiment with data for free with the support of the European Union”, Maria Claudia Bodino, Data scientist, IT Strategy and Planning Officer, Big Data Test Infrastructure – DG DIGIT, European Commission. Breakout room n° 5.

16:30 – 17:30 Speed networking sessions @ Breakout rooms

“Cutting Edge AI – Needs & ideas for OASC-members” (CitCom.ai project), Joost Haugmark Jensen, Chief consultant – Confederation of Danish Industry. Breakout room n° 6.
“Modelling Digital Twins using NGSI-LD”, Martin Bauer, Senior standardization engineer – NEC Laboratories Europe. Breakout room n° 2.
“Experiment with data for free with the support of the European Union”, Maria Claudia Bodino, Data scientist, IT Strategy and Planning Officer, Big Data Test Infrastructure – DG DIGIT, European Commission. Breakout room n° 5.

16:30 – 17:30 OASC General Assembly, open to all members @ Auditorium // Hybrid
Official opening of the G.A. by the Chairperson, Karl-Filip Coenegrachts Roll call: quorum present, Margarida Campolargo Approval of the agenda MIMs validation session Annual reports (projects; Council of Cities; new OASC members; OASC’s strategic vision) Elections: announcement of candidates and election results for OASC Council of Cities mandates Closure

17:30 – Closure @ Auditorium
Karl-Filip Coenegrachts – OASC Chair Board of Directors

Keynote speech by Cristina Bueti, ITU

MIMs for Dummies by Michael Mulquin, OASC

Local AI for Communities and Public Administration by Emma Beauxis-Aussalet, VU

Local Artificial Intelligence for Communities and Public Administrations, where to start? by Thomas Linder, Open North

Urban Resilience and Digital Data by Marie-Christine Therrien, ENAP

YULCOM Big Data and Artificial Intelligence by Jennifer Moriconi, YULCOM

Living-in.EU General by Gabriela Ruseva, Eurocities

Living-in.EU Projects, Solutions, Assets by Giacomo Lozzi, ENoLL

5G For Smart Communities by Eric Gaudillat and Bernadett Koteles-Degrendele, EC

Light Focus-Group - Co-creating a Local Digital Twin Toolbox by Eliana Gerardi, Intellera Consulting

CommuniCity by Josephine Di Pino, OASC

DS4SSCC by Sophie Meszaros, OASC

OMEGA-X by Vincent Demortier, OASC

Serendipity in the City by Evelien Marlier and Casper Van Gheluwe, imec

OASC MIMs roadmap by Michael Mulquin, OASC

From hype to action using the Big Data Test Infrastrucutre by Maria Claudia Bodino, EC