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Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group

The European organization of local Government CIOs


Who we are…About us

We exist since 1982 We are the ONLY INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY of local

government CIOs, city managers and policy makers from Europe and further afield

We are a group dedicated to promote cities’ innovation acting as Non Commercial and Non-Profit Organization

We focus on sharing experiences in leading edge solutions, technologies and business models, to promote innovation in local governments

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Our mission

Improve Local Government

Performance and Innovation

To provide unique insights into our actual experiences andsupport the continuous progress of our members

To be THE leadingEuropean local government organization for CIOs and

City Managers

To be a CATALYST for voluntary exchange of visions, strategies and

experiences

To partner with leading ACADEMIA and

ICT PROVIDERSTo enable an OPEN

COMMUNITY for our members

To boost our community with INNOVATIVE

MEMBERSTo be committed to

EU ICT INITIATIVES


Why to be a member?The 5 main reasons

1. Become a part of an independent network of senior, experienced professionals and organizations working on ICT innovation

2. Extend your network and share experiences with your peers from public administration, industry and academia from across Europe and further afield

3. Learn from and be intellectually challenged by colleagues, helping you become better at what you do

4. Help your organization get better value from its investment in ICT and in new ICT developments

5. Share your innovations with other cities, thereby helping others and raising your city’s profile


The key elementsOur value proposition

• The Annual conference• The member’s workshop• The Social Networks• EU projects• Knowledge sharing


Share innovative strategies, project ideas, technologies and success stories

The Annual Conference

The 2016 conference players and figures• delegates from 24 countries• 66 speakers• 7 round tables• 3 dimensions: strategy, delivery, technology• 9 sponsors and 21 exhibitors:

global and national ICT providers, start ups and SMEs

• EU corner with 9 EU projects

The 2016 conference topics:• E-government and Digital transformation• Research develops innovative approaches for

citizen’s participation• From young to old age: education, health and

social services• What does the future hold?• The devil’s debate about e-government, digital

transformation and smart cities• Citizen’s participation

Example: Florence 2016 - City Renaissance in the Digital Age


The Annual Conference

• Hosted in a different member city each year – Vienna 2012, Ljubljana 2013, Zurich 2014, Hamburg 2015, Florence 2016

• Target group: CIOs, city managers and policy makers in charge of innovation/citizen relationship, academia, ICT providers, associations etc.

• Steady increase in attendance, on average 250 participants and above• Knowledge sharing: testimonials of real cases, lessons learned,

roundtables, workshops, one to one meetings, coffee breaks, networking opportunities etc.

• Extremely positive feedbacks

Some Facts…


Members’ only workshops

• Municipal wireless • Local government

transformation • e-administration in action• Shared service centres,

outsourcing and cloud computing

• Smart cities

In depth discussions

• Intranet to create employee communities

• Cyber security• Social networks• APPS• IT & POLITICS• Open source

Focus on relevant innovative opportunities, allow for in depth discussionsSome topics:


…and what we doOur value proposition

Social media & Newsletter• Stay up to date with our latest news and be first to learn about standards,

industry best practices, workshops, conferences, and much more• Connect with your peers, ask questions and share feedback

EU Projects & Engagement• Opportunity to participate as test beds in EU projects focuses on IT –

enable innovation• Take advantage of the MCE network to share project findings

Knowledge sharing: all members presentations and documentspublished


The management team

President Giorgio Prister (Rome, Italy)Vice-President Glyn Evans (Coventry, United Kingdom)Treasurer Norbert Weidinger (Vienna, Austria)General Manager Manfred Ernst (Bremerhaven, Germany)Financial Management: Anja Muedeking (Bremerhaven, Germany)Financial Controllers Joachim Schiff (Saarbrücken, Germany)

Lars Greifzu (Leipzig, Germany)Management of operations: Polo Universitario PIN – (Prato, Italy)

Our organization…


Membership fee

• Become a member of our large network, connecting cities from all over Europe and further afield, and join us for our annual conference, as well as member-only workshops

• Membership fee dependent on population :

How much does it cost, and what does it include?

Population Annual Fee< 100.000 € 400

100.000 - 500.000 € 700500.000 - 1.000.000 € 1.200

> 1.000.000 € 1.500


Contact

Giorgio [email protected]

Visit us at www.majorcities.euFollow our groups in LinkedIn. Facebook and Twitter

To learn more about us…

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