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Starting from Lepida's experience on IoT networks and Open Data solutions for Emilia-Romagna's Public Administration, and the CitizER Science project, my contribution to the workshop explore how sensor technology can foster citizen participation in informed data collection.

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I'm a Welfare and Digital Integrations Specialist for Lepida, one of the in-house companies of Emilia-Romagna Region, in Italy. Lepida acts across all the territories of its Members, guaranteeing the availability of networks, data centers and digital services. Lepida studies Big Data Analytics and Open Data solutions and architectures, and it has started the IoT Network project for the Public Administration, which is available both for PA and private citizens, associations and businesses in order to collect data from thousands of new sensors located in points of interest, which can then be used by the sensor’s owners and by every articulation of the Public Administration for institutional and public interest.

Lepida is also partner to the CitizER Science project of Emilia-Romagna Region, with the aim to foster the growth and spread of Citizen Science initiatives in Emilia-Romagna through the creation of a regional conceptual framework. The experiences developed through CitizER Science show that involving citizens – especially younger generations – in data collection, awareness-raising and co-design activities can foster civic engagement and trust in institutions.

My contribution to the workshop would bring expertise related to the CitizER Science project, and I would like to explore the potential of sensor technology particularly in public administration projects, in order to foster citizen participation in informed data collection activities.

Citizen Science is not only a tool for gathering information, but can be a driver of cultural and institutional change.