I will be delivering two sessions for DFKI at re:publica festival this year, Europe’s largest internet and digital society conference.
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The theme for this year’s re:publica festival is ASAP (as soon as possible):
#rp20 will highlight 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 next re:publica Berlin event from 6-8 May at Station Berlin 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' which is a mini-program for a space on-site during the conference, as further described below.
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? An array of activities and collaborations are needed to create holistic, innovative cities and within them user-centric mobility ecosystems. This workshop presents a way of conceptualizing the components that could, and should, shape urban mobility and urban life.
Participants of this workshop 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.
Track: City
Experience: Everyone
Duration: 60 minutes
Language: English
Off Stage Action: DIY Open Source Mobility Apps
Do you want to change your mobility behaviour or build your own mobility App? 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 of re:publica are invited to this offstange action to get to know about the Apps as a user, ask questions about further developing the open source software, or simply let us know what would be most helpful for you to make your travel behaviour more sustainable.
This action will provide user and developer engagement with MECO2 Mobility Emissions Compass and the Open Source Mobility App, which aim to empower citizens to make more sustainable and safe mobility choices.
MECO2 - Mobility Emission Compass is an open source project that builds upon the E-Mission open source App for smartphones developed by students from the Computer Science and Transportation Engineering departments at UC Berkeley under the guidance of PhD student K. Shankari. In consultation with K. Shankari the Open Source Lab has developed the App further.
The Open Source Mobility App is based on an open source App development framework and open source bike routing components. It enables users to determine a cycling route for their trip and to show if others are making the same journey.
The Apps are currently in testing phase and visitors to the action will be able to interact with the Apps pre-installed onto demonstration phones from the Open Source Lab and to get insights on the backend.
Format: Action
Topic: Bottom up
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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 has been postponed to take place in August and will be entirely online. Whilst offstage actions can not be transitioned online, the workshop may be included in the new program and undertake remotely.
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