Innovation Capacity in Cities – how cities prepare for societal challenges and uptake of emerging technologies

Innovation capacity focuses on capabilities or capacity that a city needs to possess in order to stimulate innovation. Innovation capacity comprises several factors that indicate whether a local government has the skills, knowledge and capabilities to deploy innovations in the city: Leadership and ambitions of the city on innovation, Organization that supports innovation, Dealing with (new) data and knowledge, Networking and A learning organization. The session will elaborate on this framework and how European and US cities work on increasing their innovation capacity. The Knowledge and Innovation Program of Rotterdam will be highlighted and we will reflect on lessons learned.

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CE Credits for APA, AIA, and ASLA, should be available for many sessions and workshops. More information on this will be available shortly.

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