As cities become denser with information and everyday life becomes mediated life, the conditions for artistic and cultural production will also change. 

• What does the future of work, play and life look like in the “smart city”?  
• How will digitalisation affect the conditions in which culture and creativity thrive within?
• What are the social and spatial implications of the digital on urban arts practices? Will widespread
• digitalisation provoke new practices and relations of urban communication and cultural expression? 
• How will the presence of digital, networked technologies alter the way we work, play and cooperate?
• How is culture made and unmade through different forms of technical mediation? 
• What are the ethical responsibilities and accountabilities behind artistic and cultural practice in the future city? 
• How will the arts and culture create, reinforce and enhance sense of place and belonging in the smart city, especially for the less privileged? 
• How can smart urbanism promote grassroots innovation, and empower local communities? 
• Will smart urbanism enable a broader transference of power towards vernacular creativities, civic participation and community resilience? 
• How will smart urbanism encourage practices of commoning in labour, forms of solidarity and the production and distribution of uncommon knowledge?