Workshop: Market and financing
Experts to be announced
Multiple Rooms
How does European mesh tech get a fair chance against big tech?
By 2035, a European procurement framework structurally favours mesh tech. Cities can procure jointly. European funds finance open source urban AI as a public good. A thriving market of European providers offers affordable alternatives at every scale.
Questions per time step
- 2035: What is in place and working? Who holds the reins?
- 2031: What agreements, standards or structures are already operational?
- 2027: What has been started, tested or decided?
- Before end of 2026: What must begin now - and who takes the initiative
Contribution to the declaration
What policy measures are needed at European and national level to give mesh tech a fair chance?
What do we work on in this workshop?
- Revising European procurement rules so that small and open source providers have a fair chance.
- Establishing a European urban AI fund for joint development of open urban tools.
- Encouraging collaboration between cities for joint procurement and knowledge sharing.