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Las Rozas will showcase its innovation and technological development projects at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2026

Las Rozas will showcase its innovation and technological development projects at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2026

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Professor Myles Allen, the physicist behind net zero

Professor Myles Allen, the physicist behind net zero

“It’s perfectly possible to remove CO2 from the atmosphere “ Professor Myles Allen is such a powerful advocate for the environment that he was dubbed ‘the physicist behind Net Zero’ by the BBC and is regularly asked for comment on all things related to climate and weather. But Oxford’s Professor for Geosystem Science is a scientist,…
Carina Aschan: “Citizens, actors and cities in Sweden, and beyond, are eager to learn from our experience implementing innovative solutions through RUGGEDISED”

Carina Aschan: “Citizens, actors and cities in Sweden, and beyond, are eager to learn from our experience implementing innovative solutions through RUGGEDISED”

Leader of Umeå’s work in the Smart City Lighthouse project RUGGEDISED, EU-funded between Umeå, Glasgow and Rotterdam, and several research and business partners Carina Aschan is a development strategist in the city of Umeå in North Sweden. Umeå is one of the fastest growing cities in Sweden and the City’s overarching agenda for the municipality…
These young, global leaders are building a sustainable and inclusive future

These young, global leaders are building a sustainable and inclusive future

Our Young Global Leaders (YGLs) class of 2022 is gender-equal and has representatives from 42 countries Each year, the Forum of Young Global Leaders goes through a rigorous selection process to identify, select and celebrate remarkable leaders under-40 from different communities and industries worldwide. These young leaders exemplify what we need most today: hope, empathy, authenticity and…
Turkey, Singapore may share experience, cooperate on smart cities

Turkey, Singapore may share experience, cooperate on smart cities

They have the potential to cooperate and share experiences on smart cities and enhance their trade capacity, Sim Ann, Singapore's senior minister of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Development who oversees the Municipal Services Office, highlighted Turkey and Singapore have the potential to cooperate and share experiences on…
Learn to empower: Damietta embraces education for gender equality

Learn to empower: Damietta embraces education for gender equality

Education and learning are key to empowering women, says Damietta’s Mayor Manal Awad in an interview with URBANET In 2021, the Egyptian city of Damietta was among ten cities around the globe to win a UNESCO Learning Cities Award. The Award intends to promote the importance of lifelong learning opportunities on the local level and to…
“Climate neutrality is a choice that will affect all economic sectors”

“Climate neutrality is a choice that will affect all economic sectors”

Chiara Gallani is Deputy Mayor in Padua, Italy. The city is a winner of the 2021 Covenant of Mayors “City in the Spotlight” awards [Europe Office:] Your city has placed a strong emphasis on adapting to the impact of climate change, with some people even referring to Padua as a 'Resilience Laboratory'. What was the first…
Eduard Lysenko: Smart Moscow is a human-centered city

Eduard Lysenko: Smart Moscow is a human-centered city

“Today, Muscovites can get more than 380 services on the Mayor's portal mos.ru. In fact, it is a large-scale digital ecosystem that helps the citizens tackle almost any life situation” Moscow holds leading positions in various ratings, including international ones, as one of the most beautiful, comfortable, and safe cities. Moreover, this year the Russian…
Reto energético de Helsinki

Helsinki Energy Challenge

Mayor Vapaavuori: “We wanted to do something creative that would benefit other cities” The city of Helsinki organised from February 2020 to March 2021 an international design contest to find solutions to phase out its district heating system from coal and gas by 2035. Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki at the time, shares the lessons…
Dmitry Golovin: “Moscow on top of innovative technologies of the development of video surveillance and video analytics solutions”

Dmitry Golovin: “Moscow on top of innovative technologies of the development of video surveillance and video analytics solutions”

“A single operator can service a thousand courtyards, while the whole city is controlled by 30 operators” By the end of 2020, Russia became the world's third-largest country by the number of video surveillance cameras, according to TelecomDaily. With its 13.5 million video surveillance cameras it is only behind China (200 million) and the US…
We always learn to find new and smart ways to manage smart cities

We always learn to find new and smart ways to manage smart cities

Yuriy Nazarov and Amin Faraji and Amin Gharibi confident that the introduction of certain technologies can solve most of the global problems of cities if there is a clear strategy and vision of which, where, how, and why Head of the SmartCity.UA initiative Yuriy Nazarov talked with colleagues from the Smart City Research Center, Amin…