We continuously work with many stakeholders on a future-proof, sustainable role for technology in the city of Ghent. Combining our diverse background, knowledge, experience and skills, our approach enables us to demonstrate the opportunities and dangers of technology and help Ghent embrace the long term.
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Competition and expo in Ghent similar to the expo that previously ran in Utrecht. The power of imagination was the common idea to bring this expo to Ghent. It was a first encounter for Ghent residents with their city as a post-fossil free city.
Together with the citizens of Ghent we assemble a collection of Ghent's cultural heritage. This makes it possible to show what unites the people of Ghent culturally. Afterwards, we make the collection accessible in innovative ways.
Museum of Things for People (MOTFP) was an investigation project in which we studied how Internet-of-things technology and more specific indoor positioning can help to improve interaction with the visitor during, but also after a museum visit.
The Foresight team and Open Time's future explorers are happy to take you to future times. 2040 was chosen as the horizon because the reality of a city government is that changes happen slowly. Looking far ahead allows us to make conscious and ambitious choices today.
The Foresight team and Open Time's future explorers are happy to take you to future times. 2040 was chosen as the horizon because the reality of a city government is that changes happen slowly. Looking far ahead allows us to make conscious and ambitious choices today.
SCORE is a European Interreg project in which Digipolis and the City of Ghent work together with 8 other European cities in the North Sea region on better public services. We look for shared challenges and build Open Source solutions based on Open Data.
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Urban Data Birds is an internet-of-things project aimed at monitoring waterbirds, in the case of Ghent the common tern. By setting up an artificial island in the "Houtdok" where these birds can nest and rest, we created the ideal environment for automated monitoring of waterbirds.
The ideal Ghent cultural building of tomorrow? How does this differ from a typical museum space now? Together with many stakeholders, we looked for answers to these questions.
Provide dynamic QR codes in your smart city and let citizens and city employees carry out tasks. Mobile, quickly and on site, where and when it is most convenient. An open source basic system with all the necessary tools to start.
Accessible and transparent information for citizens, visitors and companies about all smart city sensors and their data. An open source basic system with all the necessary tools to start.
A visual tool that makes it easier for cities to manage data flows. We built this as an open source component that you can easily set up and connect to other systems.