Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group

Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group (MCE)
legal form	Europe-wide network of cities
founding	1982, London United Kingdom
Seat	Bremerhaven , Germany
Action space	Europe
Chair	Giorgio Prister
Members	CIOs and IT managers from around 40 member cities
Website	www.majorcities.eu

The Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group (MCE) is a Europe-wide network of municipal information technology (IT) experts . The MCE was founded in London in 1982 and networks representatives from all parts of Europe as well as non-European countries such as Tel Aviv and Boston . The MCE IT Users Group is headquartered in Bremerhaven , Germany .

Mission statement

The MCE is a platform for CIOs and managers from the IT area of ​​administrations to exchange ideas, strategies, experiences and solutions. The aim is to promote innovation and improve the efficiency of local administrations with the aid of the latest information and communication technologies . Current innovations in European cities are particularly in the areas of Web 2.0 , open data , social networks , apps and location-based services . At the same time, the MCE acts as a representative of the interests of the members on a European level.

Members

The members come from 17 countries and around 40 cities in Scandinavia , western, eastern and southern parts of Europe as well as non-European countries and other organizations and universities.

country	Members
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Banja Luka
Germany	Berlin , Bremerhaven , Hamburg , Leipzig , Saarbrücken , VITAKO (Berlin)
France	Issy-les-Moulineaux , Grand Lyon
Greece	Trikala
Ireland	Cork City Council, County Cork , County Fingal , Dublin , LGMA
Israel	Cholon , Rishon LeZion , Tel Aviv
Italy	BAICR, Empoli , Florence , Genoa , Livorno , Modena , PIN Scrl (Prato), Prato , Rome , Trieste , Venice
Croatia	Opatija , Pula , Rijeka , Zagreb
Netherlands	Eindhoven , Zoetermeer
Austria	Vienna
Romania	Bucharest
Sweden	Uppsala
Switzerland	Geneva , Zurich
Slovenia	Celje , Koper , Ljubljana
Spain	Autonomous University of Barcelona , Barcelona
United Kingdom	Aberdeen
United States	Boston , Center for Technology in Government (Albany)

Sponsors

Global and national companies support the MCE initiatives by presenting experiences from innovative ICT projects in cities, for example at the annual conferences.

Cooperation with organizations and universities

The MCE IT-Users Group cooperates with organizations and universities in order to develop solutions to central issues in the area of e-government and IT strategies in the public sector and to provide evaluations of research work. Partner universities are the Autonomous University of Barcelona , the Center for Technology in Government of the University of Albany (Albany, USA) and organizations such as VITAKO (Berlin, Germany) and "The Public Technology Institute".

Main activities

Annual conference

The annual conference has been organized by one of the member cities since 1982, the main topics being on new IT technologies, standards and trends in an international context. The conference offers members and all interested persons a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences and the opportunity to initiate joint initiatives. In 2010 the conference was hosted by the city of Berlin and in 2011 by the city of Prato . The programs, handouts and videos of the conferences will be published.

Major Cities Conference 2012 in Vienna

Conference in Vienna 2012

Around 300 participants and 30 speakers from all over Europe, the USA and Korea attended the 2012 conference in Vienna. The main topics of the conference were

• Cities in the Open - Web 2.0 , Open Data , E-Participation
• Social networks
• Mobile government
• Cities in the Cloud
• Managing and Implementing ICT Innovation
• Cities in Practice

The program, presentations and videos are published on the Internet.

Conference in Ljubljana 2013

The theme of the conference in Ljubljana 2013 was "ICT - Fostering cities' prosperity", around 180 people took part in the conference. The main topics of the conference were

• Data center management in the future
• GIS as a driver for location-based services
• The City Protocol Initiative for the sustainable improvement of the quality of life with the help of ICT
• Big data as a method of generating information for new city initiatives
• Open government and open data : experiences, solutions, ROI , e-participation , social networks
• Outsourcing in cities: practical experience and implementation of cloud computing

The program and the presentations are published on the Internet.

Conference in Zurich 2014

The motto of the conference in Zurich 2014 was "Cities managing complexity in the digital world - prepared for the upcoming challenges?", Around 250 participants from 22 countries took part in the conference. The main topics of the conference were

• ICT , Politics and Citizens
• Cloud computing , shared services : lessons learned
• ICT and the pressure of public finances
• Cyber ​​security

The program and the presentations are published on the Internet.

Conference in Hamburg 2015

The motto of the conference in Hamburg 2015 was "Living, learning, leading in the connected city", around 200 people took part in the conference. The main topics of the conference were

• E-government
• Governance of Smart Cites
• Openness, transparency and the role of social media
• The school in 2020
• The workplace of the future
• The city in 2020

The program and the presentations are published on the Internet.

Conference in Florence 2016

The motto of the conference in Florence 2016 was “City Renaissance in the Digital Age”. The main topics of the conference were

• Citizen participation
• Public administration and cloud computing
• Internet of Things
• E-government and digital transformation
• Information security
• E-Health / E-Care

The program and the presentations are published on the Internet.

Conference in Zagreb 2017

The motto of the conference in Zagreb 2017 is "The Digital Future - Cities Facing the Reality". The main topics of the conference are

• E-government initiatives - has there been a real transformation in public services ?
• Impact of new technologies on public administration
• The role of administration in strengthening the digital economy
• Social media and administration
• Crisis Management Technology
• Culture of innovation in public service

Workshops

In one-day, interactive workshops, CIOs and IT managers discuss their experiences on current ICT topics such as open government , IT security for cities, IT and politics, open data , social networks , cloud computing and smart cities . The results of the workshops will be published in a separate section on the MCE website.

Participation in EU programs

An important task is to participate in EU programs such as FUPOL. A number of smart cities and open government data projects were presented at the “European Local Government Conference on ICT” and the “Local Government transformation in Europe”.

Newsletter

The newsletter informs the member cities about workshops, conferences and best practice for implementing ICT innovations and is published on the MCE website.

Web links

• Official website

Footnotes

1. ↑ About us , majorcities.eu, accessed December 11, 2014
2. ↑ Members of the Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group , majorcities.eu, accessed on March 9, 2016
3. ↑ Vitako - Cooperations ( Memento of the original of February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Vitako, accessed December 6, 2012 
4. ↑ Statements of the sponsors on the Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group , majorcities.eu, accessed on October 27, 2013
5. ↑ Vitako - Cooperations ( Memento of the original of February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Vitako, accessed December 6, 2012 
6. ↑ Public Technology Institute: Nonprofit Partners , The Public Technology Institute, accessed February 9, 2016
7. ↑ Conferences 1982-2013 , majorcities.eu retrieved on December 6, 2012
8. ↑ Publication by Vitako for the Major Cities of Europe Conference 2010 in Berlin ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 45 kB), Vitako, accessed on December 6, 2012 
9. ↑ Major Cities of Europe - Conference in Prato , majorcities.eu, accessed on October 24, 2013
10. ↑ Conferences 1982-2013 , majorcities.eu retrieved on December 6, 2012
11. ↑ Major Cities of Europe - Conference in Vienna , City of Vienna, accessed on December 6, 2012
12. ↑ Video wien.at TV: Review of the Major Cities of Europe Conference 2012 in Vienna , City of Vienna, October 11, 2012, accessed on December 6, 2012
13. ↑ Major Cities of Europe: ICT Cities Conference in the Vienna City Hall , City of Vienna, October 11, 2012, accessed on December 6, 2012
14. ↑ Major Cities of Europe - ICT city conference for the first time in Vienna , Austrian Association of Cities, accessed on December 6, 2012
15. ↑ Agenda and presentations of the 2012 conference , majorcities.eu, accessed on December 6, 2012
16. ↑ Major Cities of Europe Conference 2013 in Ljubljana , majorcities.eu, accessed on December 6, 2012
17. ↑ Agenda and presentations of the 2013 conference , majorcities.eu, accessed on October 24, 2013
18. ↑ Major Cities of Europe Conference 2014 in Zurich , majorcities.eu, accessed on October 24, 2013
19. ↑ Major Cities of Europe Conference - Zurich 2014 , ict-agenda.ch, accessed on December 11, 2014
20. ↑ Agenda and presentations of the 2014 conference , majorcities.eu, accessed on December 11, 2014
21. ↑ Major Cities of Europe Conference 2015 in Hamburg , majorcities.eu, accessed on December 11, 2014
22. ↑ Agenda of the 2015 conference , majorcities.eu, accessed on February 28, 2016
23. ^ Presentations of the 2015 conference , majorcities.eu, accessed on February 28, 2016
24. ↑ Major Cities of Europe Conference 2016 in Florence , majorcities.eu, accessed on February 28, 2016
25. ↑ Major Cities of Europe annual conference ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Vitako IT calendar, accessed on February 28, 2016 
26. ↑ Agenda of the 2016 conference , majorcities.eu, accessed on January 29, 2017
27. ↑ Presentations of the 2016 conference , majorcities.eu, accessed on January 29, 2017
28. ↑ Major Cities of Europe Conference 2017 in Zagreb , majorcities.eu, accessed on January 29, 2017
29. ↑ workshops , majorcities.eu, accessed on 27 October 2013
30. ↑ FUPOL - Future Policy Modeling , Fupol, accessed on 6 December 2012
31. ↑ Smart Cities on European Local Government Conference | Smart Cities . smartcities.info. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
32. ↑ Newsletter , majorcities.eu, accessed on October 27, 2013