On September 23, 2023, the Bonn Digital Factory took place for the first time at the invitation of the "Digital City" team of the Economic Development Agency. For one day, citizens were able to discover, experience and talk about digital innovations. After the opening by Deputy Mayor Dr. Ursula Sautter and business development manager Victoria Appelbe, innovation promoter Steffen Budweg gave the first keynote on the topic of "Citizen participation and digitalization". In the second keynote of the day, Larissa Bolte from the Sustainable AI Lab at the University of Bonn explained the various forms of artificial intelligence and where sustainability aspects are not given enough attention.

The exhibition area and the first workshops opened at 11 am. At numerous stands, visitors were able to talk to colleagues from the administration and the city group about topics such as open data, the Citykey app or innovations from the municipal utilities and have the digital solutions explained to them. The City Museum presented the "City Stories" app with the help of the cargo bike. Bonnorange presented prototypes of sensors that will improve safety on cycle paths in the future. SWB Verwertung presented the "Andi Arbeit" robot and explained how it can make work at the waste recycling plant easier in the future. A total of 44 files were produced in 15.4 hours of printing time on the 3D printers of the "MakeCity Bonn" project and the Bonn City Library. At the e-government and OZG team stand, 18 qualitative interviews were conducted, which will be incorporated into the improvement of online services in the medium term. In addition, many good conversations were held around the exhibition stands. Old contacts were refreshed and new ones made. At the same time, four workshops on robotics, digital self-defense, open data and alternative social media channels took place on the upper floor.