{"id":11922,"date":"2022-05-04T07:51:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T05:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/how-can-we-harness-digital-disruption-to-improve-the-quality-of-life-in-metropolitan-spaces\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T06:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:06:32","slug":"how-can-we-harness-digital-disruption-to-improve-the-quality-of-life-in-metropolitan-spaces","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/how-can-we-harness-digital-disruption-to-improve-the-quality-of-life-in-metropolitan-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"How can we harness digital disruption to improve the quality of life in metropolitan spaces?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>digitalisation<\/strong> of public administrations can help improve metropolitan management of everyday life through more <strong>inclusive governance<\/strong> that incorporates the opinion of its dwellers and puts people at the centre of its action and policies.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, they can also create a <strong>digital divide<\/strong> between people and generate new dimensions of inequality in metropolitan spaces.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the occasion of <strong>World Telecommunication and Information Society Day<\/strong>, Metropolises organises a conferences to learn from representatives and managers of metropolises around the world about the opportunities and challenges of <strong>digital transformation. <\/strong>This relates to<strong> principle 7 <\/strong>of the <a href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ENG_Carta.pdf\">Charter of Educating Cities.<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event features speakers from: Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Belo Horizonte, C\u00f3rdoba (Argentina), Grand Paris, Harare, Nouakchott, Toronto Technological Services and The Cities Coalition for Digittal Rights.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When:<\/strong> <strong>May 17, 15:00 CET<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Language:<\/strong> English, French and Spanish<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information available <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metropolis.org\/sessions\/challenges-and-opportunities-digitalisation-metropolitan-spaces\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">REGISTER <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metropolis-org.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZErc-mgqTMqHdxDxqMvVxakTwMolWzv2e79\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":11923,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[807],"edc_news_tag":[],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-11922","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-training"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":[],"edcities_related_network":[],"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How can we harness digital disruption to improve the quality of life in metropolitan spaces? - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/how-can-we-harness-digital-disruption-to-improve-the-quality-of-life-in-metropolitan-spaces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How can we harness digital disruption to improve the quality of life in metropolitan spaces? - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The digitalisation of public administrations can help improve metropolitan management of everyday life through more inclusive governance that incorporates the opinion of its dwellers and puts people at the centre of its action and policies. 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