Data Week Opening Day

Promote, Appreciate and Apply the Data

To kick off Data Week Leipzig on July 4, 2022, there will be an opening speech by Sebastian Gemkow, Saxony’s Minister of State for Science, as well as a welcoming address by the Institute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) e.V.. On this day, special focus will be placed on the encounter of industry and science representatives with municipal authorities, who will present AI projects as well as data application examples and scenarios. This is also reflected in the following program highlights.

Furthermore, the panel discussion “Leipzig 2045 - How does data support the digital urban transformation? Together with the participants of the Data Week, we will take a look into the future and imagine the city of Leipzig in the year 2045. What can we achieve using and evaluating data in just under 23 years? How does data support the digital transformation of a city? These questions will be analyzed with the guests in the panel discussion and perspectives, development trends, opportunities and also risks will be considered.

Documentation/Recording

• Opening Day (Sitzungssaal)
• Opening Day (Ratsplenarsaal)

Program

Wandelhalle

08.30 - 09.00: admission

Sitzungssaal

09.00 - 09.45: Opening Data Week Leipzig 2022

• „Welcoming address“ – Jana Bendigs, communication manager, ScaDS.AI (Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence) Dresden/Leipzig; Dr. Michael Martin, Head of Competence Center, Institute for Applied Informatics
• „Welcoming address“ – Sebastian Gemkow, Saxon State Minister for Science, Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism
• „Welcoming address“ – Dr. Beate Ginzel, Digital City Manager, Digital City of Leipzig

Sitzungssaal

09.45 - 10.30: Keynote Errors in data and errors in thinking

Data describe sections of reality. We draw information from it. New knowledge is created. Data pave the way to a post-digital society. The benefits increase with availability and quantity. We are still stumbling over problems such as data quality, data protection and data security. But there are solutions for these. However, we pay surprisingly little attention to another type of problem: fundamental errors in thinking about data. Ignoring or denying them would be negligent and have unpleasant consequences.

Wandelhalle

10.30 - 11.00: Coffee Break

Sitzungssaal

11.00 - 12.30: Data for citizens/citizen participation

Chair: Nadja Riedel, City of Leipzig/Digital City Department, Stadt Leipzig/Referat DIgital Stadt

No one has more information about the city than the city itself. The city can use this knowledge to improve services and planning or to make decisions more comprehensible. But the city can also share its data with others or incorporate data from others to support urban development processes. This includes, for example, user-generated data from participation projects with citizens, e.g., on city or neighborhood design. However, data sharing also raises questions about the extent of transparency, data ownership and data protection on the digital agenda of cities. In the session, we will examine the opportunities and risks of data use together.

• „Open Data: Chancen und Risiken aus der rechtlichen Perspektive“ – Stavroula Chatzipanagioti, Self-regulation Information Industry e.V. (SRIW); Sakyi Mannah, Self-regulation Information Industry e.V. (SRIW)
• „The Open Data Portal of the City of Leipzig: Status Quo & Quo Vadis“ – Dr. Lisa Wenige, City of Leipzig/Statistics and Elections, OpenData, Office for Statistics and Elections
• „50,000 euros for your ideas - the city district budget“ – Ulrike Herold, Area manager at Office for Council Affairs of the City of Leipzig, Office for Council Affairs of the City of Leipzig; Thomas Schurig, Office for Council Affairs of the City of Leipzig
• „cityscaper - A look into the future“ – Robin Römer, Co-Founder, Cityscaper

Ratsplenarsaal

11.00 - 12.30: Data for the city of the next generations

Chair: Julia Friedrich, Researcher, Institute for Applied Informatics

Social data literacy should not be left to chance. Data literacy should therefore not only be a skill of future generations, but must already become a basic building block for the education of people of different ages. In this session, representatives from science, industry and administration will present innovative projects that are currently being implemented in and around Leipzig on data literacy. An outlook on new educational institutions, digital training tools and platforms will also be given.

• „Artificial Human Intelligent. What potential does AI have for the Leipzig region?“ – Dr. Christian Zinke-Wehlmann, Head of the Competence Center Artificial Human Intelligent, Institute for Applied Informatics
• „Urban development and digital twins“ – Mirko Mühlpfort, Team leader at City of Leipzig/Digital City Department, CUT Project, Connected Urban Twins
• „How data literacy makes Germany a digital pioneer“ – Maximilian Barth, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships Manager, StackFuel

Wandelhalle

12.30 - 13.30: Lunch Break

Ratsplenarsaal

13.30 - 15.00: How can arts and culture use data?

Simon Maris, Research Associate, XLab - Burg Giebichenstein University of Art Halle; Dr. Ronny Maik Leder, Director, Natural History Museum; Jakob Freese, Coordinator eCulture, Department of Culture, City of Leipzig; Alexa Steinbrück, XLab - platform for digital matter

Culture is a lifeline to a livable city. Culture is a mirror of developments, a trendsetter and at the same time a critical voice in the digital transformation of cities. How are digital innovations and the use of big data and artificial intelligence changing artistic processes and the work of cultural professionals? Together with representatives from cultural institutions, we would like to shed light on the possibilities, perspectives and problems of artistic work and cultural institutions in the course of digitalization in this session “Data for Cultural Spaces and Recreation”.

Sitzungssaal

13.30 - 15.00: Data for qualitative living in urban areas

Chair: Mathias Boedecker, City of Leipzig/Geodata infrastructure, City of Leipzig/Geodata infrastructure

Mobility and energy infrastructures are among the central lifelines of urban areas. They are subject to constant change. This session will present projects, visions and examples of how data can support mobile life.

• „Data for Leipzig - Our contribution to a livable city“ – Jana Dietrich, Head of Department at GeodatenService of the City of Leipzig, City of Leipzig/Geodata infrastructure
• „Intelligent mobility through dynamic data“ – Thomas Grzeschik, Traffic Management at City of Leipzig, Office of Transportation and Public Works Dpt. Road /Traffic Management, Road Traffic Authority / Traffic Management - Traffic and Civil Engineering Office
• „The city as a decentralized business case“ – Simon Albrecht, IT Consultant at Stadtwerke Leipzig, Leipzig municipal utilities

15.00 - 15.10: Changing Rooms

Sitzungssaal

15.10 - 16.30: City data in the context of a networked world

Chair: Tom Potutschek, COO at Gecko Two GmbH, GECKO.2

Innovations emerge in ecosystems of urban spaces. In this session, the necessary framework conditions will be discussed: Creativity, support and courage of founders. In addition to the presentation of the innovation competition of the city of Leipzig (Smart City Challenge), successful spin-offs of start-ups in Leipzig will be presented.

• „SCC - Smart City Challenge of the City of Leipzig “ – Dr. Beate Ginzel, Digital City Manager, Digital City of Leipzig
• „Presentation of HHL DIGITAL SPACE - The Digital Transformation Platform“ – Sophia Kuhl, Managing Director HHL DIGITAL SPACE
• „Digitization and inclusion. How a software company develops and what role data plays in this?“ – Ruslan Hrushchak, Managing director, appplant

Wandelhalle

16.30 - 17.00: Network and exchange platform

Ratsplenarsaal

17.00 - 18.00: Panel discussion - Leipzig 2045 - How does data support the Digital Urban Transformation?

Dr. Nadine Kuhla von Bergmann, CEO, Creative Climate Cities; Martin Meißner, Spokesman on family policy and digital affairs for the Group, Green faction saxony; Dr. Erik Wende , COO, EWERK; Dr. Erik Peukert, Management Director ScaDS.AI Leipzig, ScaDS.AI (Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence) Dresden/Leipzig; Christoph Friedrich, Group Developer - Leipziger Group, LVV Leipziger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH; Dr. Beate Ginzel, Digital City Manager, Digital City of Leipzig

Together with the participants of the Data Week, we will take a look into the future in the panel discussion and imagine the city of Leipzig in the year 2045. What can we achieve using and analyzing data in just under 23 years? How does data support the digital transformation of a city? These questions will be analyzed with the guests in the panel discussion and perspectives, development trends, opportunities and also risks will be considered.

18.00 - 19.00: Visit city hall tower

Built on the foundation of the old Pleißenburg Tower, the tower of the New City Hall is considered the tallest city hall tower in Germany and is one of Leipzig’s most important landmarks. With a height of exactly 114.7 meters, it towers over the entire city. As part of Data Week Leipzig, you have the opportunity to visit the town hall tower with us.