Departmental Data Day – Aube 2024

On February 4, 2024, close to 100 professionals from across the public sector gathered at the Université de Technologie de Troyes for the very first Departmental Data Day in the Aube, in France’s Grand Est region, co-organized by GrandE Nov+.

At the heart of the day was a central question: How can territorial data support smarter, more effective public policies?

The event explored this through practical and strategic lenses, showing how data can guide decisions in areas such as:

• Urban planning and land use: including tools to assess land artificialization (ZAN) and planning dashboards.
   
• Mobility: how local authorities are designing apps and using data to better understand movement patterns and improve services.
   
• Ecological transition: mapping renewable energy acceleration zones using national digital platforms.
   
• Tourism and risk management: transforming raw data into actionable indicators for tourism strategy or emergency planning.
   

Workshops and talks also addressed broader challenges:

• Balancing open vs. closed data
   
• Building a territorial data culture
   
• Turning academic research into real-world solutions
   

Speakers insisted on the need for high-quality, actionable, and sustainable data, stressing that in a fast-evolving landscape—driven by Big Data and AI—the real challenge is not just accessing data, but knowing how to use it meaningfully.

This first edition was more than a one-off event: it marked the emergence of a regional community of data practitioners—elected officials, technicians, researchers and local users—working together to put data at the service of public value.

🔗 Explore the full program, presentations and resources (FR)