Programme Preview: TECHNOLOGY AND DATA

“Digitalising a broken process gets you a digitised, broken process.” – New America. As governments increasingly automate their work and the digital possibilities around us proliferate, it’s Creative Bureaucrats and their allies who are ensuring we get the ‘digitalisation’ process right. From AI and data ethics through service design standards and digital public space stewardship, they’re ensuring technological growth doesn’t just have a rate but a values-led direction.

Reclaiming Data as a Public Resource (Wed 15 Sep, 16:00-17:00, CEST): Who owns the digital platforms? In this conversation we hear from conceptual pioneers, creative practitioners and legal experts who are challenging existing regimes and advocating for commons-based, citizen-driven approaches to making places that work for all. This session is part of our 5-part series in partnership with the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt’s ‘RISE Cities’ programme.
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Innovating Public Services: What Comes After Digitalisation? (Tue 14 Sep, 10:00-10:30, CEST): “Government Light” has not led us where we need to be, with corporations leading governments by the nose. Simply put, that needs to stop. Our challenge is to empower governments to establish a new ‘golden age’ of the digital commons and the common good.
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Recommendations for the Successful Digitisation of Germany (Fri 17 Sep, 12:00-12:30, CEST): How can digitisation succeed in Germany? The PD study “Success Factors for Digitisation in the Federal States” identifies key options for action, of which three selected recommendations will be discussed during this session.
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