[Signal] Vilnius is a school
Vilnius is a School demonstrates how a technology-enabled platform can transform the educational process, still enabling it through human interaction and physical spaces but making it more open, inclusive, and engaging. It aims moving at least 10% of lessons from the school building to urban spaces, encouraging schools to make creative use of a wide range of spaces in Vilnius, and to increasingly combine traditional classroom-based lessons with urban lessons.

[Signal] Hackschooling makes med happy by Logan LaPlante
”When 13 year-old Logan LaPlante grows up, he wants to be happy and healthy. He discusses how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal.” By combining health, creativity, and practical skills, an education is created that focuses on happiness and balance in life. Logan’s ideas challenge traditional education systems and inspire more flexible, student-centered models.

[Signal] Inner Development Goals (IDG) Framework applied in school seeting
The IDGs connect personal growth to the UN’s 17 Global Goals (SDGs). By developing skills such as thinking, collaboration, and action, individuals can better contribute to a sustainable future. In schools, the IDG framework offers new ways to strengthen students’ abilities and values to address global challenges.

[Science] Wayfinding by Michael Bond
Navigation is a deeply human ability that is important for our development and well-being. By creating the city, young adults can develop a relationship with it that influences how they relate to the city.

[Mindset] Learning from Hilary Cottam’s lessons in Radical Help, the design of public infrastructures, such as the public welfare system, can risk eroding individual agency and quality of social relationships if they are designed to treat citizens as passive recipients of services, rather than as individuals and communities to be empowered with capabilities and responsibilities to be built and deepened.” Towards Decentralized Civic Infrastructure: Transforming Civics with Web3

Data Spaces

By managing their data within data spaces, organizations enable residents like Alex to access and use relevant data when rules and values align.

European Data Space for Smart Communities By 2025, the EU was driving the creation of data spaces to support multi-level governance across municipalities. The European Data Space for Smart Communities (DSSC) helps authorities securely share data and build interoperable systems aligned with the EU’s Green Deal. In 15 years, these spaces could underpin seamless collaboration and sustainable development.

The International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) promotes standards for trusted and sovereign data sharing. IDSA provides a reference architecture model and guidelines to ensure data can be shared securely and efficiently across organizations.

Matching Model

Through a centralized matching model, Alex can be connected in real time not only with places but also with partners, residents, communities, ideas, skills, and materials that are relevant to the project idea.

Matchmaking in Estonia with graph technology: X-Road is the core of Estonia’s digital infrastructure, enabling secure and seamless data exchange between government agencies, businesses, and citizens. By leveraging advanced interoperability, graph technology, and real-time data sharing, X-Road creates a connected digital ecosystem where relationships between data points are mapped efficiently. This enhances efficiency, transparency, and accessibility in public services—serving as a model for digital governance worldwide. 

Chains of Trust

Smart contracts function as self-executing agreements, written in code and programmed to activate automatically when specific conditions are met. These contracts create a chain of trusted events—chains of trust—where each link is transparent and immutable. For Alex, this means that the time otherwise spent managing and monitoring agreements can now be dedicated to developing collaborations. With smart contracts, parties can start small, build trust, and gradually create more extensive and sustainable collaborations. This innovation allows ideas and relationships to grow in a secure and efficient environment.

Blockchain in smart cities Blockchain is transforming smart cities by enabling secure, transparent, and decentralized data management. From energy grids to digital identities, cities use blockchain to enhance trust, streamline operations, and empower citizens with greater control over their data.

Talk to the Place / Digital Twin

Talk to the Place contains information about a location’s physical, social, and ecological characteristics, presented in a conversational interface. When stories about a place’s essence and information about how it functions are accessible, Alex can gain a better understanding of how their idea fits in. The same data is used to simulate and plan changes to a location in a game-like environment, known as a digital twin.

[Signal] A Munich that talks back | Living in EU Munich is redefining urban planning by actively listening to its residents. Through digital tools and open dialogue, the city creates real-time feedback loops, making decision-making more inclusive and responsive.

Destination Earth is creating a digital twin of our planet to model climate change,
natural disasters, and environmental impacts with unprecedented accuracy. By
leveraging high-performance computing and AI, this initiative helps policymakers,
scientists, and urban planners make data-driven decisions for a more resilient and
sustainable future.