1. Intervento di
Karl-Filip Coenegrachts
Al convegno
[co.05] Meet the cities: i progetti delle più
importanti città europee verso una human smart
city / Meet the cities: the human-oriented
projects of the most important European cities
di Martedì, 30 ottobre 2012 Consulta il programma di SCE2012

2. City of Ghent
Digipolis
Key words: living labs, open data, co-
creation, smart citizens
Ghent Living Lab
How to tap into the creative power of the
Ghent citizens and local digital creatives
more on: www.ghentlivinglab.be
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3. CONTEXT: Growing need for products and services closer to the
needs and environment of the end-user/citizen. Connecting all
creative forces in Ghent is a challenge.

4. PROBLEM: Lots of people and stakeholders in Ghent have ideas.
Good ideas. Ideas they boast of at twitter, facebook, online
newspaper forums. But it are great however stand-alone ideas. So
they disappear in the fog of the world wide web.

5. STRATEGY: Bring people and creative digital forces together and
ASK THEM what method would be useful and what topics should
be addressed.

6. SOLUTION: The Ghent Living Lab. A network of citizens, local
digital agencies and (digital) creative forces, researchers and the
local government. Using a brand new and interactive website as
community management tool.

7. REFLECTIONS: Retention of stakeholders and challenges will be a
challenge! /* EU projects: SMARTiP and Citadel…on the move /* A
balance between technological and non-technological solutions in
local service delivery. /* EUROCITIES Annual Conference: 27 – 29
November 2013, Ghent.