How can the city of Paderborn become a "smart city" in the coming years? What does it take to increase the quality of life for citizens, strengthen the economy and at the same time promote sustainable and future-proof urban development? Paderborn University invites all interested parties to an exchange at the Start-up Campus OWL on Tuesday, 24 June, from 4 pm onwards about the future development of Paderborn in the context of digital and ecological transformation. The number of participants is limited, so please register by 15 June. Further information and registration options can be found on the event website
Keynote speech, panel discussion and opportunities for dialogue
The event offers space for discussion and exchange: How can innovative solutions for the challenges of a "smart city" be developed together? The aim is to promote dialogue between the various stakeholders in order to take into account the needs of all people and at the same time make the best possible use of the potential of digitalisation.
The "Neue Mobilit?t Paderborn" (NeMo) initiative has developed into a Germany-wide association that is working on a sustainable mobility system. Managing Director Jonathan Behm will present the work and vision of the network in a keynote speech. Afterwards, experts from various fields will shed light on the central aspects of digital and ecological urban development in a panel discussion. Among others, representatives of the city of Paderborn will present the "Smart City Model Project", which aims to maintain and further develop Paderborn as a future-proof, sustainable, safe and, above all, liveable city. Another participant is Christine Wegner, Digitalisation Project Manager from Etteln. The district in the Paderborn district has been recognised as the best "Smart City" in the world by the world's largest technical professional association - an impressive example of how even smaller municipalities can take innovative paths and thus provide valuable impetus for Paderborn's development.
"COLOURS Week" with various event formats in Paderborn
The "Paderborn in Transition" event is part of "COLOURS Week", an action week organised by the European university alliance "COLOURS". Two English-language events are also being held in Paderborn as part of this programme: The CoLab "Communicating Green Transitions" from 24 to 26 June and the student hackathon "Shape your City" from 26 to 28 June. Further information and registration options can be found on the COLOURS website.
About the university alliance "COLOURS"
In addition to Paderborn University, the COLOURS university alliance includes the University of Le Mans (France), the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), the University of Ferrara (Italy), the University of Kristianstad (Sweden), Jan Dlugosz University (Poland), the Josip Jurai Strossmayer University of Osijek (Croatia), the University of St Kliment Ohridski Bitola (North Macedonia) and Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (Latvia). Together, they want to strengthen their European network, increase their international visibility and promote mobility within Europe. The aim is also to develop a multidisciplinary approach to jointly tackle current social challenges. All partners are closely linked to their regional socio-political and economic environment. Therefore, their approach also focuses on strengthening cooperation between the respective regions and regional actors.
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