Cities and regions increasingly represent testbeds for technological innovation and are adopting AI and digital solutions in an agile, efficient and citizen-centred manner. The development of European smart cities and regions of the future calls not just for an innovative usage of emerging technologies such as AI, but also for new, effective and inclusive forms of collaboration across stakeholders and across borders.
How can experimenting using a "sandboxing" approach help 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 nine European cities and regions.
From networking to infrastructure, from cybersecurity to data, connect key technologies with the most promising use cases identified in France, highlighting specificities of each territory whilst looking forward to a holistic approach. It can inform policy officers and stakeholders of the best digital strategy to address some of the pressing needs at the local level to contributing to the green deal.
The 12th ECON commission meeting will take place on Thursday, 12 May 2022, from 11:15 to 18:00 hrs (Brussels time).
In light of the improved Covid-19 situation, the meeting will be held fully in person.
The draft agenda is available here.
The second ECON meeting of this year will cover debates on
On the 12th of May, from 14hto 18h (GMT+1) there will be a session dedicating to Living-in.EU at the European Regions for Smart Communities Summit. It will count with the participation of Commissioner Breton, high level Portuguese Government, representatives of the Committee of the Regions, European Commission’s Eddy Hartog, amongst others.
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Public Procurement webinars :
On 25 April 2022, the 2nd meeting of the Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform will be held in a hybrid format in Room JDE51 at the Committee of the Regions. The meeting will run from 10:00 to 16:30 CEST.
Living-in.EU Legal and Ethics subgroup webinar (signatories only event)
Cities are data production hubs. People, businesses, universities, connected devices, sensors and objects produce, collect, and transmit an ever-growing amount of personal and non-personal data in cities. The added value of data for offering and developing quality public services is widely recognised, providing public authorities with valuable insights to improve public transport, make cities greener, tackle epidemics and develop more evidence-based policies.
Destination Earth initiative will be officially launched in an online public event on Wednesday, 30th of March from 12.45 to 16.00 CEST. The event will be streamed on YouTube. You can find the agenda, registration and the streaming link HERE.
