I will be delivering two sessions for DFKI at re:publica festival this year, Europe’s largest internet and digital society conference.
The theme for this year’s re:publica festival is ASAP (as soon as possible): highlighting issues relating to sustainable digital infrastructure as a human right, which in today’s world is a prerequisite for social participation.
On behalf of DFKI (the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) I submitted two proposals for the re:publica Berlin event which have both been accepted. I will deliver a workshop based on the Sustainable Mobility Kit and with colleagues from DFKI I will host an ‘Off stage action’ — a mini-program for a space on-site during the conference.
Workshop: What Makes a Sustainable Open Mobility Ecosystem?
How can different stakeholders, such as governments and mobility service providers, work together to ensure the digitization of cities and their governance are sustainable and open amongst other aims? This workshop presents a way of conceptualizing the components that could, and should, shape urban mobility and urban life.
Participants will identify strengths and weaknesses of urban digitization and sustainable mobility transitions underway and possible pathways for mobility governance. The workshop will provide insights on navigating the complexity of urban systems and their components such as mobility, identify blind spots of the taxonomy, as well as ideate ways to better enable progress at multiple scales towards sustainable cities.
Off Stage Action: DIY Open Source Mobility Apps
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) is currently developing open source smartphone applications that could help you calculate your transport carbon emissions, or to find other cyclists travelling your route. Participants are invited to get to know the Apps as a user, ask questions about further developing the open source software, or simply let us know what would be most helpful to make travel behaviour more sustainable.
Update: Since publishing this post the coronavirus (COVID-19) led to the cancellation of the originally planned re:publica Berlin event in May. The event was postponed and held entirely online.
Tina Gallico 