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Panel at HLPF spotlights digital public infrastructure and open‑source "digital twin" platform for cities
Summary
A town‑hall panel at the High‑Level Political Forum emphasized digital public infrastructure, open‑source simulation tools for cities and international AI capacity building as ways to accelerate SDG implementation while warning the digital divide could block benefits for billions.
A town‑hall discussion at the 2025 High‑Level Political Forum focused on how science, technology and innovation — particularly digital public infrastructure and open, interoperable tools — could accelerate Sustainable Development Goal implementation but warned that the global digital divide risks excluding billions.
Robert Kirkpatrick, Chairman of the United Cities Foundation, described an open, federated platform called Open Twin intended as an open‑source "digital twin" operating system for cities. "This is a technology that is meant to be used by community groups, by local businesses, by entrepreneurs to innovate,"…
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