Smart City Dialog: Gemeinsam zu smarten Kommunen und Regionen

In this episode of the ISCN podcast, Anita Klingel (PD) and Marlene Damerau (City of Gelsenkirchen) discuss the transformative potential of AI in cities.
The podcast explores the role of cites in the development of AI, the impact of regulations such as the EU AI act, and the German communal competence centre for urban AI (URBAN.KI).

Buenos Aires is a bustling and densely populated megacity. Nearly 14 million people live in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area - and the city continues to grow. The city started working with data and publishing open data early on. Recently, Buenos Aires developed the open-source tool Ciudad 3D to speed up urban planning and provide a more efficient and digital way for citizens to obtain building permits. And there is much more to come. We'll talk to Axel McCallum, Undersecretary for Administrative Innovation, about current and future projects and how to drive innovation in a city government.

Masaka is a booming city in Uganda. The city recently embarked on the journey towards becoming a more liveable and more resilient city. In this episode, we’re talking to Mayor Namayanja to hear how the city is achieving its goals – by planting trees, analyzing data and connecting with other African cities for better data governance.

Tiffany Davis is a seasoned expert in data and data governance for urban development. She worked as an Open Data Specialist in the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, advised the City of Baltimore and currently, she leads the AMALI Data Programme – an initiative to support cities in Africa in managing data for better urban planning and development.
In this interview, we’re discussing the role of data governance as a basis for every city and region to work with data.

Brian Bidolli heads the Redevelopment Agency of Norwalk, Connecticut. In a move towards more sustainability and resilience, the city released a sustainability and resilience plan (SRP) with the ambition to become Connecticut’s greenest city. Among the biggest resilience challenges that the city is facing are extreme heat events and storms, as well as rising sea levels. As priorities Norwalk has set out to improve access for citizens to the waterfront and to open spaces and parcs, but also the redevelopment and transit-oriented developments. The use of data and digital infrastructure is the bracket binding together all these efforts.

Hubert Beroche is the founder of Urban.AI, a think tank specializing in the field of AI in the urban context. In this podcast episode, we’re discussing with Hubert Beroche, what role AI currently plays in cities in Europe and beyond, what use cases are emerging and what challenges are still to be addressed.

Das japanische Ministerium für Land, Infrastruktur, Verkehr und Tourismus fördert die Entwicklung von digitalen Zwillingen für Städte im ganzen Land. Mit einer speziellen Initiative für Stadtentwicklungspolitik namens PLATEAU bringt das Ministerium Städte, Wissenschaft und Industrie zusammen, um neue Ideen zu entwickeln, wie man die Leistungsfähigkeit von Städtezwillingen mit beeindruckenden virtuellen Umgebungen nutzen kann - von der Parkverwaltung bis zur Verbesserung der Notfallmaßnahmen.

In dieser Podcast-Episode befassen wir uns damit, wie die finnische Hauptstadt Helsinki zu dem wurde, was sie heute ist: ein Vorreiter in Sachen Innovation im öffentlichen Sektor. Insbesondere werden wir uns die Helsinki Innovation Districts ansehen, die vom Forum Virium Helsinki betrieben werden als Teil der Strategie der Stadt Helsinki.

Urbane digitale Zwillinge verändern die Stadt- und Raumplanung mittels Erweiterung von Daten, Digitalisierung und Bürgerbeteiligung. In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit einer weiteren Expertin über ihre Erfahrungen mit digitalen Zwillingen, den dazugehörigen Chancen und der vor uns liegenden Arbeit. Prof. Dr. Ursula Eicker von der Concordia University Montreal spricht über die Planung klimaneutraler Städte mittels digitaler Zwillinge.