Data visualisation is as susceptible to misinterpretation and manipulation as any other communication method. This talk will focus on how to spot misleading visuals, prevent biases when selecting the context and visualisation, and ensure data and visual literacy to prevent misinformation. Xaquín will also highlight good practices in visualisation and present some real recent examples of COVID-19 visuals in the media.

Cath  Corinne. 2018Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal and technical opportunities and challengesPhil. Trans. R. Soc. A.37620180080http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0080

In the framework of Horizon Europe, the European Union Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027), the European Commission launched the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, aiming to establish 100 Living Labs and Lighthouses to drive the transition to healthy soils by 2030. 

The course is designed to offer knowledge and skills necessary to implement conformance and interoperability systems testing for semantic and technical aspects using the Interoperability Test Bed, and to put in place appropriate tools and resources. The Interoperability Test Bed is a service offered by the European Commission. The Test Bed is a software that can be downloaded and installed locally, but also reused through a shared online installation operated by the Commission.

Argota Sánchez-Vaquerizo, J. (2022). Getting Real: The Challenge of Building and Validating a Large-Scale Digital Twin of Barcelona’s Traffic with Empirical Data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11010024

Mr. Timo Ruohomäki, from Forum Virium Helsinki, presents his contribution on the Helsinki’s way forward to a FAIR AI Procurement process. The first part of the presentation focused on how to build trust with transparency. The City of Helsinki AI Register2 from Helsinki was explained, as a fundamental part of the fact that when we get AI it is embedded in products and services, and for that reason it is necessary to be transparent. In addition, this has to be explained in a way that lay citizens can understand. The Helsinki AI Register satisfies these two functions.

The VITALISE Summer School 2022 highlights the importance of Living Labs as an innovative framework for developing and testing user-centered technologies and services. Through a combination of theoretical insights, practical methodologies, and real-world case studies, participants explore how co-creation—engaging stakeholders and end users—can drive innovation and deliver value in diverse contexts. 

A New Era of Collaboration, Co-creation & Consultation with Citizens & Stakeholders We live in a digital world, shopping, working and even meeting our friends and partners online, Despite the wealth of digital tools at our fingertips, participation in democratic processes is falling across Europe. This may be beacuse so far Governments have just digitised what we already do offline (e.g. e-petitions, e-consultation etc.) whereas new technologies and data opens up much more exciting possibilities for collaboration, co-creation and consultation with citizens.

The main aim of the course is to provide a solid understanding of the main areas covered by the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) with the goal of achieving fully integrated digital public services by Member States and any public administration. The main intended learning outcomes is to get a good understanding of the main components of the EIF and how to apply them in a real-world scenario, thanks to a practical case. The course is meant to be accessed by different profiles working in the digitalisation and integration of public services domain, i.e.

How novel approaches can facilitate and catalyse the exchange of data in line with European values, infrastructures and legal frameworks?

The digital transformation of the European economy and society is framed by the European strategy for data that foresees the establishment of a common European data space based on domain-specific data spaces in strategic sectors such as environment, agriculture, industry, health and transportation.