Invitation for municipal representatives, public administration and civil society
AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology cordially invites you to the Smart Communities Network Event. AIT is the central point of contact for the EU-wide Smart Communities Network, which supports municipalities in their digital transformation.
The aim of the event is to raise awareness and readiness for digitalization throughout Europe - including in Austria.
What you can expect:
- Exchange and networking with experts and practitioners from different countries
- Exciting topics and discussions on the digitalization of municipalities
Our program items:
- Open Data: Insight into Austria's open data landscape
- Local Digital twins: What are local digital twins? What is the EU Citiverse initiative?
- Digital maturity: How digital is your municipality? Testing with the LORDIMAS tool
- EU funding & networks: Support and funding for smart municipality projects
Secure your place for the event at: Registration
Under the guidance of a team of experts, you can already start assessing the digital maturity of your city by filling out the expression of interest form here: https://ldt.toolbx.eu/join
We look forward to your participation!
Program
| TIME | Topic | Speaker |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Willkommen | Theresa Fink | AIT - Business Manager |
| Dr Hans Martin Neumann | Municipality of Linz - Director of Urban Planning | ||
| 10:20 – 10:50 | Local digital twins and their role in achieving the objectives of the EU Green Deal | Tania Tötzer | AIT - Urban planning expert |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Coffee break | |
| 11:05 – 11:30 | Evaluate your digital readiness with LORDIMAS | Stephan Pessl | W.E.I.Z. Digitalisierungs GmbH Christopher Aguilar | Serendipity - Project Manager |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Development of your implementation roadmap | |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Enabling technologies: open data platforms and data spaces | Mario Drobics | AIT - Head of Unit for Cooperative Digital Technologies |
| 12:30 – 13:20 | Lunch/networking break | |
| 13:20 – 13:40 | Introduction to local digital twins | Hubert Lehner | MA 41 Wien |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Supporting ecosystems and collaborations | Christopher Aguilar | Serendipity - Projektmanager |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Funding opportunities for municipalities | Johannes Bockstefl | FFG - Group Management Energy & Environment |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Questions and answers and concluding remarks |
