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This is NEW Athens

Konstantinos Champidis

CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER, City of Athens

Debt in 2010:

280millions

Less than

10 IT engineers

45 millions

deficitin 2010

Silos7000

Staff

In 2012

14000Staff

In 2010

No new staff

Human resources problems

Negative ecosystem

Public mistrust

Political instability

Financial problems

A perfect storm…

(spoiler: 3 basic things)

From Smart Cities

to

Digital Transformation

1st

Its all about CHANGE

From Smart Cities

to Digital

Transformation

TheDigital

Transformationis

inevitable

2nd

AirBnB

is shaping

cities

Unanswered Questions

3rd

(spoiler: 3 basic things, again)

Our toolkit: a Chief Digital Officer, a Digital Council and the Digital Roadmap

Athens Digital Council: 10 CEOs from big companies, 4 universities & the Mayor of Athens

Athens Digital Roadmap: Everything you always wanted to ask about the digital strategy of the city,But you were afraid to ask

Athens

For All

Open

Athens

Athens

of the

Future

Athens

Together

Our

beliefs

Infrastructure e-Gov Digital skills

Engagement Innovation

“Solutions for real people and real

problems”

Back to basics: The Gigabit era

• 110km of fiber optics• LoRa network

Quick and urgent win:Coordinating those who want to help

#AthensTogether

From 10.000 beneficiaries to

12.000

A city that is not afraid from the private sector:

Athens as a Cisco Academy

Maker Space: entering into the Fab Lab

era

#AthensoftheFuture

Engaging citizens

Athens Digital

Lab

The biggest smart parking project in Greece:

1000 smart parking slots at the city center

Bringing together civil society, private sector & centers of knowledge