Open City Forum

In cities, citizens meet each other, utilise state-operated services provided by the public administration on a daily basis, and use infrastructures financed by the state, such as local public transport. In this respect, because more and more data is collected from citizens, the question arises as to how the democratic state regulates this digitalisation and what happens to the collected data. Through open data legislation and open government processes, the federal republic, states and local governments commit to the greatest possible transparency and make data available to the general public. However, it is not permissible for the process of publishing government data and digitalising public infrastructure to be a one-sided top-down process. Civil society stakeholders and interest groups use open government data and get involved with their ideas to help shape digitalisation in cities.

So how can citizens particiapte, from whom can cities find support, and how can digitalisation help administrations deal with the challenges of the 21^st century? At the Open City Forum, urban designers from the fields of public tech, digital civil society and municipal administration will discuss common strategies, the best digital tools and examples of good practice with internationally renowned guests.