Events

In this episode of the ISCN Global Mixer, Gert Hilgers from Open and Agile Smart Cities (OASC) will introduce us to the world of Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms (MIMs) and show how cities and communities can use these tools to achieve interoperability of their smart city solutions.

The digital transformation not only affects cities, but also rural areas. There is a particular demand for straightforward solutions to reach citizens and deliver digital services. In this ISCN Global Mixer, we present an open source app that has the potential to drive digitalization in rural areas.

XPlanung is the data standard and data exchange format for IT procedures relating to spatial planning, state and regional planning, urban land use planning and landscape planning in Germany. It enables the transfer of planning data between different IT systems and therefore a more efficient processing of building applications. In this event, we will learn about the features of XPlanung in a live-demonstration.

This episode of the ISCN Global Mixer focuses on the topic of data feminism and its possible applications. Vanessa Hochwald from the GIZ Data Lab illustrates the importance of the approach and talks about implementation options.

Urban mining is a circular economy approach that considers durable (building) materials throughout their entire life cycle. In this ISCN Global Mixer, Tanya Tsui from the MIT Senseable Amsterdam Lab illustrates how AI can be used to close material cycles in cities and which potential applications the approach offers.