Webinar: Urban Data Platforms (UDP) and
Urban Digital Twins (UDT)

In this webinar, you will learn everything about urban data platforms (UDP), their advantages, and specific application examples such as smart parking. You will learn how urban digital twins (UDZ) are used as a bridge between the digital and real worlds to enable simulations and learning processes without making physical changes, with examples from cities such as Wuppertal and Kaiserslautern. Using practical projects such as the development of a climate-neutral neighborhood (EnStadt: Pfaff) and the digital twin of Wuppertal, we will show how these technologies promote urban development. In addition, regional projects such as Dorf Funk offer valuable insights for rural areas. Other topics include the importance of citizen participation, cross-departmental collaboration, and the role of data sovereignty and competence for successful smart city projects.

• Urban data platforms (UDP): What are they, and do I need one? We provide a definition of the term, show specific examples of applications such as smart parking, and explain the advantages of a UDP. 
• Urban digital twins (UDT): Learn how UDTs can be used as a link between the digital and real worlds to enable simulations and learning processes without making physical changes. Examples from cities such as Wuppertal and Kaiserslautern demonstrate the added value of these technologies. 
• Practical examples: Using real-world projects, such as the development of a climate-neutral neighborhood (EnStadt: Pfaff) or the digital twin at the city level (Wuppertal), we show how these technologies support urban development. Regional projects, such as Dorf Funk, also offer valuable insights for rural areas. 
• Citizen participation: How municipalities discover new use cases by involving citizens. 
• Cross-departmental collaboration: Why digital technologies promote closer collaboration between different municipal departments. 
• Data sovereignty and data literacy: How municipalities develop an awareness of the central role of data and why this is essential for smart city projects.

Overview of the webinar series

Balthasar Weitzel heads the Smart City Engineering department at Fraunhofer IESE and is an expert in platform architectures. He has co-developed projects such as Digital Villages and Smart Rural Regions and successfully implemented data platforms in cities such as Ulm and Freiburg. He is also working on the standardization of data platforms (DIN SPEC 91377).

Emmanuelle Heyer has been a Smart City Engineer at Fraunhofer IESE since 2022 and advises municipalities on the implementation of smart city projects as part of the "Smart City made in Germany" funding program. Previously, she worked as a consultant and business analyst and established strategic collaborations between research and industry.

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