Science, Technology and Policy Alumni General Assembly and Alumni Talk
On the 4th of December 2019, the Science, Technology and Policy Alumni faculty group (STP Alumni) held its second event of the year and the first occurrence of its Alumni Talk series. The event was split into two parts, a small general assembly followed by the keynote from Alumnus Philippe Stadler Benz about his work at the Smart City Lab Basel. (Re-post from ETH Alumni News)
After a successful first event in September, the STP Alumni organised its first general assembly as well as its very first Alumni Talk. The Alumni Talk series will give the opportunity to a former ISTP student once per year to present his or her policy-relevant work to the other Alumni. We began our series with Philippe Stadler Benz, senior project leader smart city at SBB. He talked about his work at the Smart City Lab Basel.
Alumni Talk from Philippe Stadler Benz – Smart City Lab Basel
The external page Smart City Lab Basel is a joint initiative from SBB and the Canton of Basel Stadt. It should be perceived as an innovation hub for Smart Cities in Switzerland. In addition to enabling co-working and event organisation, the Smart City Lab provides a modulable space for testing prototypes and explorative projects from SBB and its partners, as for example intelligent lighting, sustainable logistics or vertical farming in the city.
On the policy side, it gives the canton of Basel Stadt and SBB a unique opportunity to experiment and innovate in this small market niche with active user involvement applying multi-method and multi-stakeholder approaches.
Philippe’s engaging presentation led to numerous questions and an interesting discussion around experimentation, data governance and the role of a federal agency in policy-related innovation.
We thank him again for accepting our invitation and wish him all the best in contributing to the innovation in the Swiss Smart City sector.
Next Event
We are happy to already announce our next event in 2020. In the context of the ISTP .
For more information and the full article, please visit the ETH Alumni News page.