Each Deep Dive block has two rounds.
Round 1 (13:30–14:30): Every session runs twice, first from 13:30–14:00, then from 14:00–14:30.
Choose your first Deep Dive, then switch rooms for your second one:
Deep Dive #1 | Engaging Stakeholders in the CitiVerse | Arnaud Verstraete, Thierry Nolmans, Harm Jan Arendshosrst, Claus Popp Larsen and Martin Serrano
Sala Panorâmica
This session explores CitiVerse projects’ communication and engagement approach, including how they identify and reach key stakeholders, involve them meaningfully in co-design and development and gather and integrate their feedback during the real-world use of CitiVerse applications.
Deep Dive #2 | Funding as the New Energy of Transformation | Olaf-Gerd Gemein
Sala Gardunha
Across Europe, cities face interconnected crises — energy volatility, water scarcity, digital fragmentation, social pressure — that no municipality can solve alone, even as unprecedented EU and national funds (Innovation Fund, CISAF, Modernisation Fund, CEF, InvestEU, Sondervermögen) and private capital are available for those prepared to act. Digital tools — data sharing, interoperability, AI, dataspaces — enable but do not replace the systemic collaboration needed at city and community level. This workshop tackles the gap between available funding and real readiness by bringing together cities and innovators to rethink financing as the true infrastructure of transformation: mapping the challenges of integrated digital–water–energy investments, applying a practical Funding Canvas to design actionable mission-driven concepts, and exploring real examples of blending public and private capital under CISAF, EIB and development instruments. Participants will leave with a shared understanding of Europe’s new funding landscape, a draft mission-oriented investment portfolio, and a 100-day plan to mobilise partnerships and prepare for upcoming calls. The message is clear: the era of small pilots is over — Europe’s next urban transformation demands large-scale, cross-sector, cross-border investment, treating funding as the energy that powers resilient communities.
Deep Dive #3 | Funding your Local Digital Twin | Karl-Filip Coenegrachts, Sophie Meszaros and Jesper Nyland
Sala Estrela
Deep Dive #4 | AI in Funded Health Projects | Léa Deswarte
Sala Cereja
This talk will explore how Artificial Intelligence can enhance data exploitation and quality, drawing on examples from funded healthcare projects. It will also discuss how these approaches — including data structuring, model validation, and interoperability — can be replicated and scaled within Smart Communities and Smart City Data Spaces. The presentation bridges lessons learned in digital health transformation (e.g. European Data Health Space) with opportunities for wider urban innovation.
