Digital Spring: Paradigm honours Sustainable Digital
Organised by Paradigm, in collaboration with visit.brussels, Digital Spring opens its doors on 24 M arch at the somewhat unusual site of "RESET", Rue de Ligne 8, 1000 Brussels. This is an opportunity for Paradigm to present the Sustainable Digital project to visitors by means of a specific example: the laptop of tomorrow.
On 24 and 25 March 2023, Digital Spring is back for the third year , with the central theme: "From the skies down to the earth, the challenges and opportunities of the digital technology age". Over two days, visitors will be able to discover a whole series of digital initiatives set up in the Brussels Region to improve its citizens’ life.
The Digital Spring is an opportunity to discover the best in computer science in the Brussels Region. It is an interactive experience where the public will be able to touch, test, develop, code and, who knows, maybe inspire people to take up a job in the digital sector, which is increasingly in demand on the Brussels job market.
As the orchestrator of the digital transformation of the Brussels Region and co-organiser of the Printemps Numérique, Paradigm (formerly the Centre d'informatique pour la Région bruxelloise) has put together a stand that focuses on the Responsible Digital initiative. This stand is structured as an interactive journey that takes visitors on a discovery of concrete solutions to minimise the environmental footprint of our digital "consumption". This is done through a concrete example, that of the laptop of tomorrow: a circular, eco-designed, repairable and upgradeable laptop with limited environmental impact.
To complete this journey, Talks for professionals and students, as well as fun activities for the youngest, shed light on the crossroads of the digital transition and the ecological transition.
The Talks programme:
Friday 24/03
- 10:00 - Discovering the "hidden side" of digital technology (in Dutch), by ISIT
- 10:30 - Discovering the "hidden side" of digital technology (in French), by ISIT
- 11:00 - Including the smartphone in a circular and local economy (in French), by Geoffroy Van Humbeeck from aSmartWorld
- 11:30 - Making your own microcomputer (in French), by Thierry Chappé from Paradigm
- 12:00 - Educational tools for schools (in French), by ISIT
- 12:30 - Circular computing, a pioneer in remanufacturing, by Steve Haskew from Circular Computing
- 13:00 - Presentation of the "Digital Fresco" tool for schools (in French), by Brussels Environment
- 13:30 - Be smart with your phone (in French), by Brussels Environment
- 14:00 - Presentation of the SuRe Charter (in French), by Olivier Vergeynst from ISIT
- 14:30 - RecycleIT: giving a second life to IT equipment (in French), by Thierry Chappé from Paradigm
- 15:00 - Presentation of the Sustainable Digital Working Groups (in French), by Thierry Chappé from Paradigm
Saturday 25/03
- 11:00 - Including the smartphone in a circular and local economy (in French), by Geoffroy Van Humbeeck from aSmartWorld
- 11:30 - What eco-actions should you adopt for your laptop? (in Dutch), by ISIT
- 12:30 - Circular computing, a pioneer in remanufacturing, by Steve Haskew from Circular Computing
- 12:30 - What eco-actions should you adopt for your laptop? (in Dutch), by ISIT
- 13:00 - Be smart with your phone (in French), by Constance Mathieu from Paradigm
- 13:30 - All about eco-design (in French), by ISIT
- 14:30 - Be smart with your phone (in French), by Constance Mathieu from Paradigm
- 15:00 - Making your own microcomputer (in French), by Thierry Chappé from Paradigm
- 15:30 - Discovering the "hidden side" of digital technology (in French), by ISIT
At the end of the talks, visitors will also be able to relax and discover some of the digital services developed by Paradigm that make life easier for everyone, such as FixMyStreet, the application that lets you take an active part in improving public space, IRISbox, the electronic counter of the Brussels authorities, and URBIS, the aerial cartography tool of the Brussels Region.
Together, let's make the digital transformation in the Brussels-Capital Region shine!
All practical information is available on www.printempsnumerique.brussels.
You can also find the complete programme and the agenda of the conferences.
More info ?
paradigm.brussels
Anna MELLONE, amellone@paradigm.brussels, 02 282 47 70
Cabinet of Minister Bernard Clerfayt
Pauline LORBAT – plorbat@gov.brussels - 0485 89 47 45