OKFestival

This workshop will explore how ‘fellowships’ can contribute to solving civic challenges and creating a sustainable innovation ecosystem within cities. Within the fellowship format highly talented developers are temporarily placed with municipalities to work together with the civil servants and engaged citizens to create user centered solutions for specific civic issues. In group discussions we will map current civic challenges. We will look at how the (re)use of open data, code and apps in a general sense can help solve these challenges. Moreover, we will look at how a fellowship format works and what results it can deliverable in this context.

Session structure
Plenary introduction, sketching the landscape. Split up in smaller discussion groups to discuss civic challenges and possible solutions, by showcasing some of the examples from the fellowship programs. Plenary recap. Present fellowship format and benefits (possibly also a time frame). Split up to discuss how this model will work for the different cities represented. Plenary recap. Closing word.