We are pleased to welcome Marten Becker as the new research associate in the Education subproject. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, Marten Becker will contribute his extensive experience to the design and development of digital educational infrastructures.

Being agile is not a question of 'if', but of 'how' and 'when'. We gained this insight during our visit last week to the inspiring project management and digitalization team of the city of Lünen, led by Susanne Kaletta. For agile digitalization projects in medium-sized cities to be successful, common values and principles must first be established within the team. This is precisely where the team is doing pioneering work, providing training in agile methods not only internally but also externally.

With over 100 participants, 12 speakers and 7 sponsors, the first edition of the 'DigiCity Conference' last Tuesday was an outstanding event. This conference, aimed at public administrations of medium-sized cities with an interest in digitization, proved to be a great success.

Initiated by our research group, an inspiring, young team of students from Münster took on the organization and implementation of the conference with exceptional commitment. Their professionalism was so impressive that we are now worried about them being poached prematurely by the event industry.