Rapid digitalization, open data initiative, and open innovation open up new kinds of opportunities.  New forms of approaches, such as civic hacking, are emerging as a potential way of leveraging these new trends. This workshop combines three international approaches towards the issue. Dr. Yoo will describe the basic design philosophy behind the program Urban Apps & Maps Studio (Temple University, Philadelphia) in order to catalyze the civic innovation opportunities within Philadelphia region that builds a scalable model of urban civic innovation using digital technology. Dr. Kuk examines what makes a design artefact perpetually open in the Thingiverse online community where hobbyists in 3D printing share design schematics and knowledge. Dr. Lindman reviews earlier literature to interpret open data as a phenomenon from the perspective of the information systems field. Based on a classification of research challenges, he then proposes a research agenda, and outlines a set of research questions.