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Glomo Awards

City ScaleUp: from “Wow!” to “Now!”

Member of the global a Leading Cities, Boston, and International Advisor for The World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments (WEGO), Seoul. Founder, board member and Senior consultant at Baumann Consultancy Network for Smart Cities projects and internationalization strategies, Italy. [email protected] In my last article City SmartUp I have explored four preeminent trends, described…
Nuevas Tecnologías

Digitalizing cities with geographic technology

The democratization of smart technology in cities has created a new business model of growth and new relations with citizenship. From developing just pilot models, we have now achieved real digital transformations within the Public Administration, which now assist more directly and efficiently the new needs of the citizens. We now have at our disposal…
Eco city

Eco-innovations in Designing Eco-cities and Eco-towns

The objective of this third article of our collaborator Dr. A.N.Sarkar is to look at the potential benefits of developing eco-cities and eco-towns with focus on ecology, environment, sustainability and economic impact aspects. Technology and urban layout for Eco-City and Eco-Towns are also highlighted. This is complemented by a detailed case study on leading Eco-cities…
Accra-Ghana

Smart City in Accra-Ghana: A Gold Coast again

Looking at the enormous benefit which comes with the development of a smart city, various plans are in place around the world to develop this concept and subsequently implement them in real life, and actually not only in the named First World. India, the second most populous country in the world, has also seen the…
Resiliencia Urbana

The Resurgence of Urban Resilience

Urban Resilience is fashionable. Multilateral organizations such as the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank or the European Community have firmly bet on Urban Resilience. They are promoting it and supporting it to implement this approach in cities all around the world. But, why this resilient fever? And why now, and not a century or three…
Smart City Trends

Smart City Trends: What is your definition of Smart City?

I consider myself a lucky guy! I have been travelling around the world to speak in events about the topic I love most: Smart Cities. Just in the last 12 months, I have already been to more than 20 countries and I have visited more than 30 projects related to this industry. From 'smart dogs'…
Connected World

Cityzenith creates his Global Strategic Advisory Council

The Cityzenith Strategic Advisory Council is a network of experts with diverse backgrounds that span the fields of politics and government, smart cities, smart buildings, real estate, utilities, telecom, technology, and sustainability. Cityzenith announced recently the formation of the company's new Strategic Advisory Council chaired by Joe Dignan, an internationally recognized Smart Cities evangelist. “We…
Tech Mahindra

Smart and sustainable cities

Tech Mahindra is working on UK’s first digital platform that uses satellites to identify community energy opportunities.  Cities are centres for most of the economic activities creating approximately 80% of any country’s GDP. Cities’ activities can affect an area up to 300 times their own size – hence, the creation of sustainable, smarter cities is…
IoT Event Eindhoven

IoT Event Eindhoven

On June 7-8, 2016, the 5th edition of the Internet of Things Event will take place at High Tech Campus Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Smart Cities India Expo 2016

Smart Cities India Expo 2016: two editions and going on

The 2nd Smart Cities India Expo 2016, the three-day fair conducted in New Delhi, received an overwhelming response and was concluded with Smart Cities India 2016 Awards.

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