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# Technology

Posts in this archive: 28

- [How Chengdu became a destination for spectating online video game tournaments](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/chengdu-esports-policy.md) — Chengdu’s comprehensive esports policy is transforming the city into a national destination for gaming tournaments by investing in venues, events, and clubs, while leveraging culture and technology to enhance its global identity and urban development.
- [How Chengdu launched China’s first city-level science fiction policy to boost sci-fi culture and tourism](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/sci-fi-strategy-how-chengdu-launched-chinas-first-city-level-science-fiction-policy-to-boost-sci-fi-culture-and-tourism.md) — Chengdu’s pioneering sci-fi strategy—the first of its kind in China—supports content creation, industry development, and global promotion, positioning the city as a hub where science fiction drives cultural innovation, tourism, and economic growth.
- [Deciphering an ancient Anatolian language with AI in Turkey](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/istanbul-hittite-digital-library.md) — A pioneering project by Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Ankara University is using AI to decipher Hittite tablets, creating a digital library that safeguards fragile artefacts, accelerates research, and sets a global model for heritage innovation.
- [How Nanjing brings classical literature to life through immersive experience ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/literary-heritage-how-nanjing-brings-classical-literature-to-life-through-immersive-experience.md) — Nanjing’s immersive adaptation of Dream of the Red Chamber redefines how traditional literary IP can engage modern audiences. Debuting in July 2024, this digitally driven exhibition attracted over 10,000 visitors and generated more than one million RMB, while sparking renewed interest in Chinese literary heritage among youth. By blending immersive tech with cultural storytelling, the project exemplifies how cities can make classical literature relevant for new generations.
- [Library Lab: Stockholm using UX methods to improve libraries](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/stockholm-library-lab.md) — To deepen cultural participation, Stockholm City Library has embedded user experience (UX) methods into daily practice across its 40 branches. At the Library Lab in Liljeholmen, launched in 2024 as a four-year experiment, staff use agile, user-led sprints to co-design future library services with local residents. From parent breakfasts to youth-led space redesigns, the Lab gathers insights to inform a major new library. The initiative has become a model for inclusive, needs-driven cultural infrastructure.
- [Helsinki’s new museum for sustainable architecture and inclusive Nordic design](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/architecture-and-design-museum-helsinki.md) — The new Architecture and Design Museum in Helsinki will open in 2030, uniting two legacy institutions into a sustainable, inclusive, and globally significant cultural hub. Located in the city’s historic South Harbour, the museum will showcase Nordic design, support professional development, and foster public engagement. It reflects Helsinki’s strategic investment in cultural infrastructure and positions the city as a global leader in sustainable architecture and creative placemaking.
- [Civic Creative Base Tokyo: Igniting civic creativity and a co-creative ecosystem](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/creative-civic-base-tokyo.md) — Civic Creative Base Tokyo (CCBT), opened in October 2022, is a dynamic hub where art, technology, and society intersect to foster “civic creativity,” engaging citizens, artists, researchers, and businesses in co-creating Tokyo’s future through exhibitions, labs, workshops, and nearly 300 public events to date.
- [Read out from Davos 2025: From Inner to Outer Space](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/read-out-from-davos-2025-from-inner-to-outer-space.md) — By Skinder Hundal MBE, Associate of World Cities Culture Forum. The most recurring theme in Davos was AI, along with quantum computing, and how in the next 20 years we are likely to experience a radical change in every field of our lives. By 2045, we will be in an unrecognizable world. Deepak Chopra, the new age spiritual quantum physicist, delivered his eloquent keynote at the Art of Business launch of Value AI Institute.
- [A lesson in conservation: heritage experts restore Jakarta’s treasured monument ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/a-lesson-in-conservation-heritage-experts-restore-jakartas-treasured-monument.md)
- [Paris collaborates with Dakar to support the next generation of creative entrepreneurs](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/paris-collaborates-with-dakar-to-support-the-next-generation-of-creative-entrepreneurs.md) — From training robotics in schools to offering free workspace, the Teranga Tech Incub' is a network of incubator spaces to help young entrepreneurs flourish in Sénégal. It was launched in 2018 by The French Embassy in Sénégal through the Institut Francais du Sénégal, the governmental organisation supporting French language and culture internationally.
- [Nanjing transforms its literary legacy into a modern marvel](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/nanjing-transforms-its-literary-legacy-into-a-modern-marvel.md) — Nanjing was formerly the home of China's oldest literary museum and aims to capitalize on this aspect of its history, using it as a foundation for local and tourist engagement.
- [Nanjing's immersive experiences usher in a new era for cultural heritage](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/nanjings-immersive-experiences-usher-in-a-new-era-for-cultural-heritage.md) — How the city of Nanjing is accelerating using new digital technologies to enhance and market cultural heritage, helping to increase revenue and facilitate the integration of culture and tourism.
- [How a technology museum will elevate Bengalaru's innovation story](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/bengaluru-museum-of-innovation-startup-technology-mist-upcomingbengaluru.md) — Bengaluru, as a leading tech hub, is the location for a museum that honours India's tech pioneers.
The museum will showcase the rich history of Indian technology, solidifying Bengaluru's position as an
industry leader.
- [Kyiv Digital app: the smart way to access urban services](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/kyiv-digital.md) — Kyiv Digital is a mobile application created by the city in 2021. Working on the principle of "city in the
phone," it combines a number of city services, the number of which is constantly increasing. Kyiv plans to
make the application one of the main tools of communication between the city and citizens.
- [Cultura do Amanhã: Rio embraces technological change while honouring its heritage](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/cultura-do-amanha.md) — The Cultura do Amanhã program is an initiative led by the Municipal Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro, which is responsible for the management of various municipal cultural facilities, such as museums,
theaters, libraries and cultural centers, and the promotion of cultural activities.
- [Artists and activists: the beating heart of Chicago's 'Together We Heal' initiative](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/together-we-heal-creative-place-program.md) — In fall of 2020, the Office of Equity and Racial Justice (OERJ) launched Together We Heal, a journey toward
building racial healing and transformation through policy and culture change.
- [From streets to streams: Tokyo artists find new audiences](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/tokyo-support-programme-for-arts-and-culture.md) — Professional artists and cultural practitioners were among the worst hit by the restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Therefore, the City created funding to support artists to make new work and stream it online.
- [One Tokyo, many voices: empowering equality and diversity in culture](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/tokyo-creative-well-being-project.md) — Tokyo has a rich cultural offer, but this has not always been easy to access for some diverse, disabled and otherwise marginalised inhabitants of the city. Therefore since 2021, the Creative Well-being Tokyo project has worked towards embedding better inclusion strategies at its cultural institutions.
- [Toronto's pandemic response: transforming crisis into creative opportunities](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/toronto-covid-19-recovery.md) — The cultural sector was one of the hardest hit by Covid-19 restrictions, and one of the last to recover. Initially, the City acted quickly to support the sector with funds and rapid policy responses. In the aftermath, it worked to address structural challenges that the sector was facing long before the pandemic, helping it to flourish in the future.
- [Culture revealed: an indispensable online guide for Warsaw's cultural community](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/city-wide-platform-for-culture-online.md) — In September 2021, the City of Warsaw launched a new platform co-financed with the Andrzej Wajda Centre for Film Culture.
- [How a research centre in Buenos Aires is connecting technology and artists](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/latin-american-centre-for-experimental-hypermedia-chela.md) — Buenos Aires has created an innovative cultural infrastructure to support its multimedia and digital artists. 
- [Tech meets culture in Chengdu: how an app is changing the game in cultural tourism](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/you-chengdu-creating-a-flagship-cultural-app.md) — A mobile app is increasing audience engagement with cultural offerings in Chengdu, particularly for younger audiences and those living in rural areas close to the city.
- [FIVE 'LONG -COVID' SYMPTOMS FACED BY CULTURE IN WORLD CITIES](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/5-long-covid-symptoms-faced-by-culture-in-in-world-cities.md) — The pandemic is over and culture and creative industries have been key to city recovery. However, we are still dealing with its effects. Director of World Cities Culture Forum Laia Gasch shares what the main issues are, drawn from research in collaboration with King’s College London “Creative recovery? 
- [A stage for all: Zürich introduces transparent funding model with Kultur labour](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/culture-laboratory-zurich.md) — To diversify performing arts offerings, a new funding format has created a collaborative process between artists and experts from science, society and research settings.
- [Lights, camera, emissions: Oslo's art sector tackles carbon footprints](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/green-producers-tool.md) — To create a carbon and climate footprint calculator, Oslo's arts production entities partnered with climate research specialists to create a carbon footprint calculator specifically designed for the sector.
- [The value of data: why cultural asset mapping is helping Austin become more inclusive](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/cultural-asset-mapping-project-camp.md) — Urban public policy design in the cultural context is becoming increasingly important in cities helping to bridge the gap between cultural assets and spatial distribution.
- [CULTURE COUNTS: NEW APPROACHES TO EVIDENCE-BASED CULTURAL POLICYMAKING IN WORLD CITIES](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/culture-counts-new-approaches-to-evidence-based-cultural-policymaking-in-world-cities.md) — Our leadership exchange have produced Culture Counts, a case guide on the theme of cultural mapping and the different approaches to producing evidence for policy making.
- [Culture Counts: Insights & Strategies in Evidence-Based Cultural Policies 2021](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/publication/culture-counts-new-approaches-to-evidence-based-cultural-policymaking-in-world-cities.md) — As we see advances in measurement, mapping and research techniques, discover how cities are embracing new approaches to evidence-based cultural policymaking.