Last week, saw groups of young programmers – in Manchester’s case, including someone as young as 7! – working together on a week of coding projects as part of “Young Rewired State.” This national not-for-profit initiative sees developer communities across the country get together for a week’s “summer school”…
To be held in Helsinki Metropolitan Region -the 2012 World Design Capital and European Entrepreneurial Region 2012. The 2012 Summer School will offer four days full of happenings! Interesting and inspiring programme starting with the Pre-summer School workshop, continuing with three main Summer School days offering several workshops, presentations and…
OKFestival is a week of events organised by a diverse set of communities around the world. We are delighted to invite you to the world’s first Open Knowledge Festival: a week of participatory sessions, keynote lectures, workshops, hackathons and satellite events in Helsinki from September 17th to 22nd, 2012. OKFestival…
On 5-6th of June 2012 the CitySDK’s international partner consortium gathered together in Helsinki workshop. To spur the emergence of new ideas and to learn from each other’s experiences, the Partners were presented a local case of opening interfaces both from the perspectives of the public organization providing the API…
Cities need to embrace co-production and innovation in the 21st century. Key speakers such as Mario Campolargo (European Commission), Per Blixt (European Commission) and Carlo Ratti (Senseable City) give their view on how cities can become smart in this video showcase.
June 2012 sees the launch of a new website for cities who want to share best practice around “smart cities”. The Connected Smart Cities Porfolio network grew out of work funded by the EU on the FIREBALL project bringing together different constituencies involved in smart cities, living labs and future…
FutureEverything and Manchester City Council, the 2 Manchester partners on the CitySDK project co-curated a day of presentations and workshops entitled “Reuse and Replicate in the Smart City”, along with partners NESTA, the UK innovation agency, and iNetwork, representing local authorities in the North of England. Taking place on Thursday…
Amsterdam is an easy city to get around as a tourist – even easier if you hire a bike, or perhaps buy the 72 hour transport pass. However, it is also a city where many people live and work – coming in from the suburbs or the wider region. No…