Espai Barça: Open to the City, Open to the World
This session will disclose why Espai Barça is much more than a Stadium. It is an innovative and far-reaching project that goes beyond modernizing Spotify Camp Nou. A 360-degree overhaul to boost the Club’s growth, generate new sources of income and determined to be a driving force for its home city of Barcelona.
Digital Twin and Urban Data – Dream Team for Climate Neutral Cities
The digital twin is the digital heart of the Smart City Munich and the digital ecosystem of the climate neutral city. Broad use of city data optimises planning, accelerates processes and creates space for innovation. Changes are visualised in advance. Citizen participation in decisions is increased.
How Can Cities Fulfill their Net-zero Ambitions?
Cities have the power to drive change in the fight against the climate crisis. Tackling interconnected urban challenges, including the energy transition or food insecurity, calls for comprehensive solutions. Through curbing emissions, leading scalable projects, and fostering collaboration, cities can enact effective climate action. However, the question remains: which strategies will yield time and cost-effective […]
Understanding the Low Carbon Smart Cities Finance and Tools
How can smart technology solutions help cities achieve their low-carbon ambitions? A range of smart technologies is increasingly available to cities, including big data, Internet of Things, digital twins, and others. However, cities might struggle to identify, prioritize, and finance smart technologies that can help reduce their carbon emissions in different sectors. The session aims […]
NASA Langley Research Center: Enabling Smart Cities Through Technology
NASA Langley is actively developing and piloting technologies to enable smart cities and connected communities, including through the airspace above them. We are implementing a smart horizontal infrastructure as well, where sensing and data fusion will enable efficient and effective operations. We are compelled to develop, implement, and pilot these technologies because they will be […]
Muti-level Governance for Smart Cities and Communities
How can we unleash the full potential of data to improve policymaking at local and regional level and take better-informed decisions? How can we work together across borders and levels of governance? What is the role of local digital twins in achieving this? In Living-in.EU, we bring together cities, regions, and member states to discuss […]
On a Mission! A dialogue on unlocking climate neutrality in a smart way
The Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission aims for 100 cities to become climate neutral by 2030, inspiring all other cities to follow suit by 2050. As Mission Cities progress on their pathways to becoming climate neutral and engage in ambitious Climate City Contract processes, this session will explore how cities can leverage being part […]
Equality in Cities
Tools and policies implemented by cities to promote equality and citizen participation on critical urban challenges.
Data-Driven Smart City for Urban Well-being in Japan
In this talk, we present a data-driven smart city in which the well-being of citizens in urban areas is realized in Japan. These smart cities are providing various digital services for well-being such as welfare, healthcare, safety, disaster alleviation, education support, mobility, and carbon-free activity support. These services are supported by modern digital infrastructure for […]
Inclusion and Equity at the Core of City Planning
Urban spaces must ensure equal access to opportunities and resources, but systemic inequalities marginalize vulnerable populations, depriving them of core services. An intersectional approach is crucial to address issues as social exclusion, gender inequality or the digital divide. How can leaders and stakeholders address the diverse needs of communities as the first step towards inclusive, […]