May 29, 2024
Municipalities face a variety of challenges: legal requirements regarding the publication of high-value data or municipal heat planning, climate change, extreme weather events, sealing, commuter traffic. The quality of data and its use are crucial to taking the right measures to overcome these challenges.
The aim of the Urban Data Summit 2024 was to meet the diverse needs of municipalities on their smart city journey. We are delighted to have organized this year’s event together with the Research Data Centre of the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) as part of Data Week Leipzig.
What potential uses can be made of open data for the administration? How can municipalities proceed with the introduction of trustworthy AI? What can municipal co-determination in the open source development process look like?
We sought and developed answers to these and other questions in 14 different low-threshold to expert sessions with around 70 participants on site and online. Open data, joint development, data exchange, replication and AI – the topics were wide-ranging and followed the aim of making municipal data use more comprehensible, trustworthy and efficient.
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you: thank you to everyone who took part, got involved and engaged in the exchange. Only when municipalities pull together, share their knowledge and replicate use cases will we build up data competence and sovereignty in the administrations in the long term. It is always enlightening to understand exactly where the (municipal) shoe pinches. Or as Dr. Ramona Voshage from the IOER so aptly put it in her opening speech: If you want to be fast, go alone. If you want to get ahead, go together!
If you missed the Urban Data Summit, you can still watch a few sessions at
Youtube. You can find a brief insight into the day as well as impressions and feedback from participants and speakers below.
Curious about what topics were discussed this year?
Take a look at the program!
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We are already looking forward to next year!
Please send feedback & queries to:
Nora Abu-Oun
Communications Manager
Kira Sutthoff
Communication