Smart Leaders

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…

“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…

Yuriy Nazarov, chairman of the SmartCity.UA, invited Leven Gürgen, President of the Urban Technologies Alliance While introducing smart city technologies, it is important and useful to pay attention to the successful experience of other cities in this area. The chairman of the SmartCity.UA initiative, Yuriy Nazarov, is sure: the introduction of certain technologies begins with…

Amin Faraji and Amin Gharibi, President and Vice President of Smart City Research Center of Iran give us the keys to the great advance in this field Iran is having an exemplary smart transformation. The government, cities, organizations, and companies are making a great effort for an advanced and inclusive country project. The Smart City…

Below is a transcript of our conversation with Dan, edited for length and clarity TMIC is an illustration of how Alibaba helps brands leverage digital tools, market insights, and analytics to identify their own pain points and come up with the most effective solution to address their own challenges. Below is a transcript of our…

Yuriy Nazarov, Head of the Smart City UA initiative, discussed the benefits of digitalization with Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua of the City of Vaughan Yuriy Nazarov, Head of the Smart City UA initiative and chairman of the Smart City Committee of the Public Council under the Ministry of Digital Transformation, held a virtual webinar with the…