The first “Smart City Summer School Dresden” took place from September 23 to 25 at the Stadtforum Dresden, organized by the Laboratory for Knowledge Architecture at the Technical University of Dresden (TUD), the City of Dresden, and the Smart City Research Network. The goal of the Summer School is to foster nationwide networking and interdisciplinary collaboration among stakeholders at the intersection of smart city research and application. Designed for 70 participants, the Summer School featured keynote presentations and workshops in which key smart city topics were discussed from a scientific perspective and further developed.
Fraunhofer IESE contributed four presentations across three so-called “masterclasses”.
Dr. Matthias Berg moderated the masterclass “Dimensions of Municipal Resilience in the Smart City.” In his presentation “Citizen-Centered Resilience,” he also introduced a concept for discussion aimed at increasing the resilience and agency of the population in the event of a crisis by applying smart city approaches to civil protection.
Dr. Sarah Brandt and Nina Müller moderated the masterclass “Blue-Green Infrastructure and Energy.” They led a workshop on the digital forest twin, featuring an overview of the prototype and demonstrator from their own research project, as well as a focus on data, usability, and knowledge transfer in the development process.
Natalie Meides moderated the masterclass “Solving Municipal Challenges Digitally: Smart Governance Between Infrastructure and AI.” In her presentation, “Sustainable AI in Municipalities,” she also presented the initial findings of a study. This study examines the extent to which major German cities plan to use AI to achieve environmental, social, and economic sustainability goals, and to what extent sustainability aspects of AI itself are taken into account in this process.
Number of participants: 70
