We are excited to invite you to the Gemeinsam Digital: Berlin (GD:B) Annual Conference 2024. The conference will take place on September 25, 2024, in the Festsaal of the Rotes Rathaus.
This year’s GD:B Community Annual Conference is dedicated to the theme of “Impact.” As the Berlin Smart City community, we are deeply committed to making tangible improvements in the lives of Berlin’s citizens through our work. Therefore, we want to explore more closely how we can collectively achieve greater impact.
It is crucial to go beyond formal aspects and make visible how our actions are already changing life in the capital. The GD:B initiatives aim not only to deliver results but also to create lasting change. However, it is often challenging to clearly define long-term outcomes. The experiences of the Berlin Smart City community are invaluable in this process. By exchanging ideas, we can better understand the effects we are already achieving and recognize the potential we can harness in the future. Where do we stand today, and where are we headed?
You are warmly invited to join us in exploring how the GD:B strategy is making an impact in the city and how it can continue to do so – so that together we can make a difference for Berlin’s future!
Agenda
- 09:00 am. Arrival & Coffee
- 09:15 am. Welcome by Martina Klement, Chief Digital Officer of the State of Berlin and State Secretary for Digitalization and Administrative Modernization
- 09:30 am. Joint Reflection on the Implementation of the GD:B Strategy (in groups)
- 10:15 am. Panel Discussion with Experts on Impact
– Dr. Vivien Benert, Data Scientist, Agora Digitale Transformation
– Dr. Beate Ginzel, Head of Digital City Department Digitale Stadt, Stadt Leipzig
– Simon Höher, Systems Change Lead, Dark Matter Labs
– Dr. Jasmin Wiefek, Research Assistant, TU Berlin - 11:00 am. Coffee Break
- 11:30 am. Group Work on the Impact of GD:B
- 12:30 am. Keynote address by Prof. Sascha Friesike, Professor of Design of Digital Innovations at the Universität der Künste Berlin and Director of the Weizenbaum-Instituts
- 13:00 am. Lunch Break
- 14:00 am. Presentation of Results & Conclusion
Moderators: Caroline Paulick-Thiel (Politics for Tomorrow), Dr. Niklas Kossow (CityLAB Berlin)
Refreshments, coffee, snacks, and lunch will be provided.
