ISCN Smart City Dialogue

ISCN Smart City Dialogue

International Smart Cities Network

Episodes 21
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Declining
Since Nov 2020
Latest Episode Apr 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Hosting
iscn-smart-city.podigee.io

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About This Podcast

Welcome to the ISCN Smart City Dialogue, a podcast series dedicated to exploring the latest developments and innovative solutions in smart city initiatives around the globe. Each episode features insightful conversations with leading experts from various sectors, including urban development, public policy, and academia. Our guests share their experiences and expertise on how cities are leveraging digital technologies to enhance urban living, improve sustainability and develop common-good oriented smart cities. The International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) is a project commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development, and Building and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Visit us on https://www.smart-city-dialog.de/en/international-smart-cities-network

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Recent Episodes

The Smart Village App: Basic smart city tool, scaled large

Apr 30, 2026 42m

Futher links: Website of the Smart Village App (German): https://smart-village.app/ Documentation of the Smart Village App on opencode, Germany's repository for digitally sovereign solutions for the…

The Planners' Dilemma: Is Ethical and Responsible Use of AI in Urban Planning Possible?

Mar 24, 2026 46m

Further links: Joint research paper from our two guests: "Artificial Intelligence: Its potential and ethics in the practice of public participation"…

Japan's PLATEAU initiative for jointly built Urban Digital Twins

Feb 20, 2025 32m

with Yuka Sogawa, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is promoting the development of digital twins for cities…

Visions for AI shaping the City

Feb 20, 2025 46m

with Hubert Beroche, Urban AI Hubert Beroche is the founder of Urban AI, a think tank specializing in the field of AI in the urban context. In this podcast episode, we’re discussing with Hubert…

Binding together sustainability and resilience with data in Norwalk, USA

Feb 20, 2025 40m

with Brian Bidolli, Redevelopment Agency of Norwalk Brian Bidolli heads the Redevelopment Agency of Norwalk, Connecticut. In a move towards more sustainability and resilience, the city released a…

The AMALI data programme for African Cities

Feb 20, 2025 44m

with Tiffany Davis, University of Cape Town Tiffany Davis is a seasoned expert in data and data governance for urban development. She worked as an Open Data Specialist in the Maryland Department of…

Green and liveable urban transformation in Masaka, Uganda

Feb 20, 2025 34m

with Florence Namayanja, Mayor of Masaka Masaka is a booming city in Uganda. The city recently embarked on the journey towards becoming a more liveable and more resilient city. In this episode, we’re…

Buenos Aires' virtual city model to enhance urban development

Feb 20, 2025 40m

with Axel McCallum, City of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is a bustling and densely populated megacity. Nearly 14 million people live in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area - and the city continues…

The transformative potential of AI in cities

Feb 19, 2025 52m

with Anita Klingel, PD and Marlene Damerau, City of Gelsenkirchen In this episode of the ISCN Smart City Dialogues, Anita Klingel (PD) and Marlene Damerau (City of Gelsenkirchen) discuss the…

Helsinki Innovation Districts

Feb 19, 2025 39m

Kaisa Spilling, Forum Virium Helsinki In this podcast episode we will look at how Helsinki, the Finnish capital, became what it is today: a leader in public sector innovation. Particularly, we will…

Urban Digital Twins for Net-Zero City Planning

Feb 10, 2025 49m

with Ursula Eicker, Concordia University Montreal Urban Digital Twins are changing the game for cities and regions at the intersection of city development, data and digitalisation, and citizen…

Urban Digital Twin in Utrecht

Feb 10, 2025 54m

with Marcel Duffhuis, City of Utrecht Utrecht is a city in the real world. But it also exists in the digital realm. The digital copy is called a digital urban twin. In this podcast, we will dive deep…

AI in the Smart City

May 26, 2024 28m

with Milou Jansen (City of Amsterdam) In this episode we talk with Milou Jansen from the City of Amsterdam about how AI enhances and challenges urban governance and administrative processes in the…

Data Spaces for Smart Cities

May 26, 2024 30m

with Sophie Meszaros (Open & Agile Smart Cities) In this episode we talk with Sophie Meszaros from Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) about the exciting concept and potential of Urban Data…

Interoperability for and between Smart Cities

May 26, 2024 29m

with Eddy Hartog (European Commission) In this episode we talk with Eddy Hartog from the European Commission about the difficult-to-pronounce word of "interoperability". What is it exactly and why…

The EU Data Act and its implications for Smart Cities

May 26, 2024 38m

with Federica Bordelot (Eurocities) The EU Data Act is one of the most ambitious regulatory frameworks to usher a new and prosperous digital future on the continent and beyond. In this episode of the…

Data sharing in Smart Cities - the example of the setup of an Open Data Platform in Fortaleza, Brazil

Mar 28, 2022 27m

In this episode we talk with Marcos Souza, coordinator of the Open Data Programme at Citinova, the Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation of Fortaleza, Brazil (Fundação de Ciência,…

Social Innovation in Smart Cities

Jul 21, 2021 31m

In this episode we talk with Simon Höher from the Hybrid City Lab about Social Innovation in Smart Cities and with regards to Public Service. What is really enabling social innovation in the public…

Data strategies and good practices around the world

Jul 14, 2021 30m

In this episode of the ISCN Smart City Dialogue podcast we talk with Laura Dieguez from DKSR about their scoping of exemplary data strategies and good data interventions around the world, from Peru…

Human-centred Design in Smart Cities

Jul 07, 2021 24m

In this episode we talk with Dr. Nadja Berseck, Business Design Lead at zero360 and author of the ISCN-study "Pathfinder for Social Innovation in Digital Urban Development", on human-centred Design…

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ISCN Smart City Dialogue has published 21 episodes since November 2020, covering topics in Science.

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