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Day 1 - September 23 13:00-17:00 Workshop

Workshop: (Technical) architecture

Experts to be announced

Multiple Rooms

How do small tools work together without a central brain or new dependency?


By 2035, European cities work with a shared system of open standards. AI tools from different providers communicate with each other without any single party controlling the standard. Cities can exchange, adapt and share tools.

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 standards and agreements are needed for interoperable European mesh tech?


What do we work on in this workshop?

  • Developing a European open standards framework for urban AI - governed by a public consortium of cities.
  • Mandatory interoperability as a procurement requirement for all AI systems in the public sector.
  • Conditions for shared technical infrastructure so that medium-sized cities have access to the same building blocks as large cities.