On October 1st, 2019, the 3rd International City Science Summit took place for the first time in Hamburg at the City Science Lab, HafenCity University Hamburg, in cooperation with the MIT Media Lab. Previous venues were Andorra and Shanghai.

The two-day international conference on digital urban research focused on sustainable solutions for the city of the (digital) future. The conference was opened with a keynote speech by the internationally renowned architect Lord Norman Foster on the informal development of urban agglomerations.

Following the kick-off event in the Elbphilharmonie, around 500 participants exchanged views on sustainable strategies for future urban development against the background of digitisation, including the following topics: Mobility of the future, modern citizen participation and digital city models.

The guiding motto "Cities without" plays with the negation as a positive figure of thought. How, for example, could traffic function without cars, administration without bureaucracy, economy without money, education without schools, or participation without barriers? On the second day of the conference, these and other topics were explored in greater depth in individual sessions and workshops.

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