News, events and highlights from Smart City Dresden
News section
In our news section we provide an overview of current activities and news.
Model project Smart City at the opening of the Dresden City Forum
An overwhelming rush to the "Open City Hall" day for Dresden's city administration: around 12,000 interested people wanted to see the inside of the Stadtforum Dresden, a new administrative center in the heart of the city, on 29 March 2025.
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Cooperation for a systematic and practicable "Smart-City" terminology
"Smart City " - What exactly is that? The term is popular and yet is sometimes used in a narrow and sometimes vague way. The WISSENSARCHITEKTUR - Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture (TU Dresden) is now working with the federal association Smart City to develop a standardized, practicable terminology.
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OSTRA laboratory opens
*UPDATE* From the beginning of March 2025, the OSTRA laboratory in the Heinz Steyer Stadium will only be open on an event-related basis. Interested parties can regularly find out about upcoming events and opening hours via this news page.
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Heavy rain app for Dresden
In future, users will be able to use the app to simulate heavy rainfall events and obtain information on hazard situations. The open source prototype is now available.
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Smart City Index 2024
On Monday, September 16, 2024, the digital association Bitkom presented its sixth ranking of the smartest major German cities. Dresden improved by one place compared to 2023 and moved up to fifth place in the overall ranking with 81.3 points.
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Become a master builder with U_Code
On the 2nd weekend in September, the MPSC team was out and about with the U_Code participation tool. At the district festivals in Johannstadt, Friedrichstadt and Prohlis, citizens had the opportunity to shape their district of the future independently and digitally.
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Smartshaping the future: Dresden invited to the regional conference
The 15th regional conference took place on June 12, 2024. The one-day event focused on the topic of “Shaping a smart future: Towards a sustainable and climate-friendly city and region”.
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4. MPSC Congress in Leipzig
Around 230 people from local authorities, politics, urban development and research came together from April 23 to 25 at the Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig for the 4th MPSC Congress.
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Bitkom State Index 2024: Saxony in 3rd place with digital administration and society
The industry association Bitkom has presented a new digital ranking of the German federal states. This ranking supplements the previously known Smart City Index at state level. Saxony ranks third in the categories of digital administration and society.
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Model project Smart City Dresden at the 11th ITOF
Under the motto "Shaping digitalization together", around 500 experts from local authorities and business met at the 11th Saxon IT and Organization Forum at the trade fair Dresden.
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Smart Country Convention Berlin 2023
Under the motto "Stadt.Land.Tech", the Smart City Convention from 7 to 9 November 2023 once again provided insights into the digitalization of federal, state and local authorities. The first day of the trade fair saw the presentation of the Smart City Award, in which Dresden 2023 took 6th place
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MPSC measures follow invitation from the GeoSIM working group
On November 9, the GeoSIM working group's information day took place in the plenary hall of Dresden City Hall. More than 100 employees of the city administration followed the presentation of the concept development by those responsible for the measures.
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Smart Cities in the Bundestag
On October 18, 2023, a public hearing was held in the Bundestag on the status and prospects of the Smart Cities model projects funded by the German government. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Rainer Noennig (TU Dresden) was also invited as an expert.
Read moreBitkom publishes Smart City Index 2023: Dresden in 6th place
Bitkom, the industry association for the German information and telecommunications sector, has published its ranking of Germany's smartest cities: Dresden is in 6th place this year. This makes Dresden the leading digital city in the eastern German states.
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11. Regional conference of the model projects Smart Cities in Jena
The regional conference brought together municipalities from the region to exchange information and ideas on the topic of smart cities. Dresden was part of a workshop and subsequent discussion round with the Smart Participation measure.
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Experts wanted - apply now!
Do you want to be directly involved when Dresden develops into Smart City ? Then apply now for our vacancies. The pilot project Smart City Dresden wants to get off to a flying start in the implementation phase and is looking for you as an expert in the following positions.
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Kick-off for the start of the implementation phase
Phase 2 of the model project Smart City Dresden (MPSC) officially began on July 1, 2023. On June 27, a kick-off event in the plenary hall of Dresden City Hall marked the start of the implementation phase.
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Smart City at the Open Town Hall
Almost 5,000 Dresden residents came to the "Open City Hall" on June 17, 2023 to take a look "behind the scenes" of Dresden's city administration. The pilot project Smart City Dresden also presented itself to Dresden's citizens on this day.
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The resilient Smart City at the IT meeting point
On June 6, 2023, the theme of this year's IT get-together was "Municipal supply as an anchor of stability in times of crisis". The MPSC Dresden spoke on the topic of "The resilient Smart City ".
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11. Congress of the IT Planning Council
Saxony-Anhalt hosted the 11th IT Planning Council Congress in Halle (Saale) on March 29 and 30, 2023. The Smart City Dresden model project was also presented alongside renowned speakers from all over Germany.
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Public participation in the future railroad Smart City Dresden
In cooperation with the DVB, the “Future Trains” were implemented on January 14 and 17, 2023. This involved public participation on three streetcar lines and thus in our model districts.
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Smart Country Convention Berlin 2022
The Smart Country Convention in Berlin is the leading event for the digital state and the public sector. The trade fair is also the setting for the presentation of the Smart City Index, in which Dresden was ranked 3rd in 2022.
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Model project Smart City Dresden at the 10th IT and Organization Forum at Dresden Airport
The IT and Organization Forum - the Congress for Digital Administration Saxony took place for the 10th time at Dresden airport on 7 and 8 September 2022. The city administration Dresden presented itself with the model project Smart City .
Read morePress releases
Here you can read past press releases on our Smart-City projects in digital form.
Transparency through open data: Dresden lands in third place
A recent report by the trade journal Kommune21 shows that Dresden is one of the pioneers in the field of open data in Germany.
Read moreSmart City Index 2024: Dresden once again one of Germany's smartest cities
On Monday, September 16, 2024, the digital association Bitkom published its Smart City Index and ranked Dresden fifth among major German cities. The Saxon state capital improved by one place compared to 2023.
Read moreSmart-City Experts from all over Germany visit Dresden
On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the 15th regional conference Smart Cities will take place at the Institute of Wood Technology Dresden, Zellescher Weg 24. The focus is on the topic "Smarte Shaping the future: Towards a sustainable and climate-friendly city and region".
Read moreSmart City Dresden: City districts are digitally recorded
As part of the model project Smart City Dresden , the company Cyclomedia will be recording parts of the urban area with recording vehicles from April 2 to probably May 6. The aim is to create a surface model that can be used to simulate the effects of heavy rainfall.
Read moreOpinion sought on the Ostra sports park
The Eigenbetrieb Sportstätten wants to find out more about the use of Sportpark Ostra and is currently conducting a survey as part of the pilot project Smart City Dresden . With the results, the Eigenbetrieb wants to further optimize the Ostra Sports Park according to the needs of the users and provide tailor-made offers.
Read moreBitkom Ranking 2023: Dresden remains in the top group of smartesten cities
In the shortlist of the Smart City Index 2023 published on Friday, October 6, 2023, Dresden once again ranks among the ten best German cities. As a city of culture, science and high technology, Dresden increasingly visibly offers an excellent ecosystem for creating pioneering and exemplary solutions for the public welfare-oriented (digital) city of the future.
Read moreDresden City Council adopts Smart-City strategy
On 15 June 2023, the completed Smart-City strategy and thus also the working basis for the subsequent implementation phase was legitimized by the City Council by resolution. The implementation phase can begin as planned on 1 July and ends on 31 December 2026. Over the next few years, model projects with a nationwide impact in the areas of environment, transport, energy, sport and open data will be implemented as part of the implementation phase, which will have a positive impact on the people of Dresden.
Read more19 million euros for a "smarter" city'
19 million euros are available for the development of a Smart-City concept. Using digital tools, citizens can contribute their ideas and comments, which are then processed and evaluated largely automatically. The smartapplications and concepts developed during the project period until the end of 2026 should make a decisive contribution to strengthening Dresden as a city worth living in and should be able to be used by other cities throughout Germany.
Read moreFirst measure implemented: cleema app
The Dresden-based start-up cleema wants to encourage people to act sustainably with a cell phone application at Dresden - with playful incentives and easy-to-implement tips for a more conscious everyday life.
Read moreEvents and dates
Below you will find an overview of upcoming events and dates.
Smart City Dresden at the Smart Country Convention Berlin
From 30 September to 2 October 2025, it's that time again: three days of exciting keynotes, inspiring panels, successful best practices in the field of administrative digitalization and Smart Cities.
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Digital Day 2025 - We are part of it!
The next Digital Day will take place on June 27, 2025 throughout Germany. The focus topic this year is: "Digital democracy. Have your say. Help shape it. Participate."
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On-site visit to the OSTRA laboratory
What does the mobility of the future look like at Dresden? Join the discussion - at the interactive workshop in the OSTRA Lab on May 14!
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