The Thematic Group on “Enabling People-Centred Cities through Digital Transformation” aims to provide guidance and will formulate a series of policy-based recommendations and assessment frameworks for driving digital transformation in an urban context, while improving smart and sustainable city governance.
Co-leaders: Cristina Bueti (ITU), Barbara Kolm (Austrian Economics Center), Okan Geray (Digital Dubai) and (UN-Habitat)
Thematic group on Enabling People-Centred Cities through Digital Transformation consists of 5 Working Groups (WGs):
Ongoing:
WG1
Setting the context: Digital Transformation for People-Centred Cities
Co-leaders: Okan Geray (Digital Dubai) and Victoria Papp (BOMA)
WG2
Policy Benchmarks for Digital Transformation of People-Centred Cities
Leader: Bettina Tratz-Ryan (Gartner)
Publication: Policy benchmarks for digital transformation of people-centred cities
WG3
Digital Transformation Assessment of People-Centred Cities
Co-leaders: John Smiciklas (Morguard) and Gamze Geray (Adjunct Faculty at Middlesex University Dubai)
WG4
Guidelines for Unlocking Net Zero in Cities Through Sustainable Digital Transformation
Leader: Leonidas Anthopoulos (Greece)
WG5
Intergenerational Procurement for People-Centred Cities
Co-leaders: Warren Smith (Dangersmith SARL & Posterity Global) and John Davies (Department for Business and Trade, United Kingdom Government)
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List of upcoming e-meetings
- WG5 – 21 November 2024, 14:00 – 15:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG2 – 25 November 2024, 13:00 – 14:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG4 – 26 November 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG5 – 12 December 2024, 14:00 – 15:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG2 – 13 December 2024, 13:00-14:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG5 – 16 January 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG5 – 20 February 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG5 – 20 March 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG5 – 17 April 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG5 – 15 May 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 hours, Geneva time
- WG5 – 19 June 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 hours, Geneva time