How smart is Ghent?

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developers

creatives

entrepreneurs

RESEARCHERS

City Council

Citizens

Actors with Ideas

Challenges

Different actorsDifferent topics

Many stakeholders

Common goal?

Smart Ghent

• Existing networks– Climate Alliance

– GentM– GentBC

– iMinds

• Common focus?• Ghent!

Smart Cities = Smart People

Ghent Living Lab

• Linking the ambition (Ghent Digital Agenda) with citizen’s potential

• Linking SME’s, hacktivists, researchers, students, citizens and government

• Experience with participation

• Applied to innovation topics

• User centric• Allow temporary

networks

Strengths

So where’s your living lab?

The public space

Cases:– www.gent.be

– Parking App

– Apps For Ghent

Impact on government

• What’s a smart city government• • “Government as a platform”

• Goals > Procedures

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http://ghentlivinglab.be

http://appsforghent.be

http://data.gent.be

http://www.gent.be

Contact: e-strategie@gent.be