This is NEW Athens

Konstantinos Champidis

CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER, City of Athens

From Smart Cities to Digital Transformation

Our toolkit: a Chief Digital Officer, a Digital Council and the Digital Roadmap

Its all about CHANGE

Athens Digital Council: 10 CEOs from big companies, 4 universities & the Mayor of Athens

Athens Digital Roadmap: Everything you always wanted to ask about the digital strategy of the cityBut you were afraid to ask

#AthensForAllNo one can be left behind in the digital transformation of the city. Internet access #ForAll, digital skills #ForAll,

and digital services #ForAll.

#OpenAthensThe municipality must be transparent through #Open infrastructure, #Open schools for more digital skills, and

#Open wireless networks.

#AthensOfTheFutureThe municipality must embrace the future and welcome the Gigabit Society to bring opportunity and prosperity

to Athenians.

#AthensTogetherNo one can succeed alone. The municipality has formed partnerships with companies and institutions that

share our vision. #Together we opened the Start Project, #Together we are taking classes through the open

schools initiative, and #Together we are expanding access to internet for our students.

Digital Roadmap: Our beliefs

Access

eGov

Digital Skills

Engagement

Innovation

Digital Roadmap

“Solutions for real people and real

problems”

Back to basics: The Gigabit era

• 110km of fiber optics• 10Gbps connection to GRIX• 1 Gbps connection to Internet

The ERP era

#AthensTogether

From 10.000 beneficiaries to

12.000

A city that does not afraid from the private sector:

Athens as a Cisco Academy

#AthensoftheFuture

IoT and the 4th

Industrial revolution

Maker Space: entering into

the Fab Lab era

#AthensTogether

Athens Digital Lab

No more hackathons

The biggest smart parking project in Greece:

1000 smart parking slots at the city center

Pilot in a pilot…

SmartCommerciale

Triangleproject

Failures…

Hands on