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How to make the comprehensive experiences in smart city development tangible and portable so that others can take them up easily? In this ISCN Global Mixer, Dr Beate Ginzel and Elisabeth Breitenstein from Leipzig present their Digital Playbook as a living document and invite all of us to be “copycats” in using and remixing the playbook and feeding back into future drafts!

In this episode of the ISCN Global Mixer we found out how the Data Powered Positive Deviance Method (DPPD) can be used for positive impact in our cities. Robin Nowok from the GIZ Data Lab presented a case that illustrates how safe public spaces for woman in Mexico City can be identified by combining rigorous statistics and qualitative research.

Municipalities are invited to submit their effective and integrated urban development practices to the URBACT Good Practice Call until 30 June. The award offers cities the opportunity to present their measures at European level and to transfer them through the URBACT transfer network.

The first networking workshop for municipalities on September 21 and 22, 2022 in Leipzig showed just how valuable networking activities and discussions between cities can be.

On 14 May 2024, the partner cities of #connectedinEurope met again online to discuss the status of their projects and their European activities. Representatives from 11 German and European cities met online for the workshop, organized by the International Smart Cities Network (ISCN).

In the International Digital Ideas Competition #SolutionsForCities in 2020, the Institute for Planning and Development Management (IMEPLAN) of the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, Mexico, together with the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Uganda, adapted a digital solution to support local market vendors in selling their products online in times of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The digital solution “Mi Mercado AMG” was awarded “Best Digital Solution for Vibrant Urban & Local Centres”.

The entry into force of the EU AI Act sets a fundamentally new course. What impact will it have? What exactly will change? What does the AI Act mean for my own city? This ISCN Global Mixer sheds light on these questions against the backdrop of cities and their administration.

Cities and forests are related to each other and the provision of resources and protection is mutual: This edition of the ISCN Global Mixer looks at a solution to achieve ultra-early detection of wildfires through extended IOT-sensoring.

On our journey to develop common good-oriented Smart Cities, one still often overlooked place full of “smartness” sits within our very cities and communities – universities and higher education! In this event we want to examine in more detail how public administrations and universities can seek fruitful cooperations and projects to advance their smart city trajectory.