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One of the core innovations around Open Data is always the content of what is being openly published and how it's being made use of. In this session of the ISCN Global Mixer we want to look at how Open data can drive more inclusive policies, as shown by care economy indicator systems in Mexico City and Buenos Aires and reuse cases from the Global South.

Democracy is under pressure, in municipalities and beyond. In this episode of the ISCN Global Mixer we want to look at the status quo of digital citizen participation in (smart) cities. Join us as we get a first-hand update from Decidim, one of the plattforms and communities with the biggest legacy creating multi-faceted digital participation and decisionmaking by, from and for the people.

BerlinTXL, the transformation of a former airport into a pioneering sustainble and digitally-driven urban quarter remains one of Germany's few and exciting "greenfield developments" in the Smart City space. With this session we want to update the International Smart Cities Network on the progress since the last time BerlinTXL visited the "ISCN Global Mixer" as a speaker and thus offer a close-up to the rythm of this major and inspiring project.

How do young people the world over approach issues in smart cities? The International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) tried to find out with its "ISCN Smart City University Challenge". Students from Canada, Germany and the Netherlands tackled in sprints the question of how to illuminate "known unknowns" with data in the city.

The term "Smart City" continues to elicit both fascination and skepticism for many people. How can we thus better communicate common good-oriented Smart City measures? This Online Advisory Programme (OAP) of the International Smart Cities Network looked at refreshing and applicable approaches and learnings from Toronto, Porto and Regensburg – and witnessed a live-fork of a presented solution!

Alba Iulia and Arnsberg are celebrating in 2024 the 50th anniversary of their municipal partnership. Through their tandem activities in #connectedinEurope they enhanced their mutual cooperations with a smart city lens, ultimately with the ambition for a joint project to link some of their open data to each other.

The International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) and the OECD were jointly organizing the 4th Roundtable on Smart Cities and Inclusive Growth on 17 September 2024 in Paris. Under the title of "Shaping smart cities of all sizes", an international group of experts came together to discuss and showcase strategies and solutions.

In this episode of the ISCN Global Mixer, Martin Bangratz from RWTH Aachen presented the research project “Digital City-makers” and gave insights into the role of grassroots initiatives in shaping the life and development of cities.

During the Smart Country Convention 2024 in Berlin, the International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) will hold a side event and open "working session" on the road towards UN Habitat's development of guidelines on people-centred smart cities.