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Data ownership could unleash truly smart cities
Keep up to date with all the latest from DECODE.
Data ownership could unleash truly smart cities
Barcelona’s Robin Hood of data: Francesca Bria
DECODE: Amsterdam and Barcelona share takeaways from data commons pilots
What Toronto can learn from Barcelona on data and smart city projects
Data by the people, for the people: why it’s time for councils to reclaim the smart city - Theo Bass in City Metric
It will allow the Barcelona Data Analytics Office to access, manage and combine a large variety of datasets to address city problems
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Decode ha riunito a Torino esperti internazionali per capire come rispondere alla potenza dei colossi digitali: "Algoritmi e big data possono essere utilizzati per servire i cittadini", ha spiegato Francesca Bria
The people, not governments, should exercise digital sovereignty
The company is unsafe and unprofitable. It’s past time to start considering alternatives.
Amsterdam and Barcelona are trialling an alternative model. Dubbed DECODE(DEcentralised Citizen-owned Data Ecosystems), it will allow people to decide which applications, platforms and tools can access their information, and allow governments and the private sector to use it for the common good
Rather than focus on technology and its challenges, it is important to first build on citizen needs, which can in turn lead to technological solutions, argues Francesca Bria at the AI for Global Good Summit in Vienna, 2018
Wired magazine profiles how DECODE is part of how Barcelona City Council has taken on surveillance capitalism
DECODE coordinator Francesca Bria writes in the Guardian that Silicon Valley’s surveillance capitalism isn’t working. But Barcelona shows that citizens’ data can generate public value
Nesta's Theo Bass, researcher on the DECODE project, sets out four practical alternatives for getting back control of your digital life
“It’s becoming evident to many more people that business models relying on the collection and commercial exploitation of personal data are deeply broken,” says Francesca Bria, co-ordinator for Decode
Public Sector Executive profile Barcelona's efforts to put citizen's at the forefront of their smart city, including through giving them control of their personal data through the DECODE project
In this interview with Forbes Austria, DECODE coordinator argues that we need to rethink the smart city agenda, starting by putting citizens first
The Financial Times' Innovation Editor, John Thornhill, discusses the DECODE project in the context of creating a more plural digital economy
Francesca Bria, DECODE Project Lead and Chief Technology and Digital Innovation Officer of the City of Barcelona, spoke to John Thornhill, the Financial Times's Innovation Editor, about how DECODE is empowering citizens to take control of their data.
Listen to the podcast, part of the Financial Times's Tech Tonic series, 26 minutes) here.
In alphr, Francesca Bria - lead coordinator of DECODE and CTO of Barcelona City Council - sets out the aims of the projects and benefits to cities and citizens.
In El Periódico, Francesca Bria, DECODE lead coordinator and Denis Rojo director of Dyne.org discuss the project.
In CityMetric, Francesca Bria, DECODE lead coordinator and CTO of Barcelona City Council, sets out the need for a "new deal on data".
BBC Click talks to Eddie Copeland and Francesca Bria from DECODE about accessing and sharing data from the big tech companies and realising the ambitions of the project.
In the New Scientist, Nesta's Tom Symons discusses the launch of DECODE.
New blockchain-based tools to change how we share information on the web