Smart Cities

“Quality of life and sustainability, drivers of change”

Interview with Philip Bell, content director of Nordic Smart Cities Nordic Smart Cities has already consolidated itself as the reference event in a sensitive and innovative area in the smart world. This year for the first time he leaves Sweden and on March 19 the conference will take place in Copenhagen. Philip Bell, content director…

Welcome to the North

Cities in the Nordic region regularly top lists of the smartest cities in the world, the 5th edition of Nordic Smart Cities will be showcasing this and much more on 19 March at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel in Copenhagen. Bringing together 60+ speakers from the smart cities across the globe the event will inspire…
Data

#SmartCityTrends: Data needs a ‘banker’

Data needs accountability: here’s how it could happen! Fake news, “alternative facts” and filter bubbles – the data we consume and what we read and experience online shapes the way we view the world and the everyday decisions we make, big and small. If data is the new oil, why not start thinking about managing…
Smart City

Smart Investments to Create Smart Cities

The public and private sector –partnered together– can transform our personal lives and communities. It is exciting to see how the new digital era allows us all to reimagine both citizen and consumer experiences that can only help improve the world we share. This story originally appeared on Business Trends on the SAP Community. As…
Abdelaziz El Omari

Une Smart City Expo pour faciliter la vie aux Casablancais

La Smart City Expo revient à Casablanca pour la deuxième fois. Cette année, l'événement, qui rassemble les institutions et les entreprises qui souhaitent partager les meilleures pratiques en matière de politiques urbaines innovantes, a le thème ‘Villes pour tous’. Le but est aussi de banaliser ce concept nouveau auprès de ses habitants pour le réussir…
crowdfunding

The boost of crowdfunded Smart Cities concept

Smart City concept is not new. If you think only in the use of technology to solve urban problems or to make our life's better we can easily recall the Egyptians building the pyramids, Chinese rising walls for public protection or the Romans creating a half-world empire using mobility strategies like paving roads and digging…
Smart Island World Congress

Smart Island World Congress

"Nowadays, it is crucial to discuss energy efficiency, sustainability, waste and water management and mobility in our territories. But in the specific case of islands, it is even more important; it is a matter of survival." "Our territory is finite, it is fragile and limited, but at the same time is the most valuable treasure…
Amsterdam

Amsterdam: The Balanced Smart City!

The dutchman David Tuinzing works as an advisor, a teacher and a writer on collaborative urbanism, networked cities, change management, and social & economic development. His career combines academia and practice in consultancy projects, and includes too, the creation of partnerships between sectors, systems, projects and people. With more than 10 years of experience in…
Ideal Smart City

New ICT empowering the Smart City Ecosystems

Governments in the Asia-Pacific Region are greatly concerned about the ways to build Smart Cities via new ICT. These ICT technologies –such as Cloud Computing, IoT, Big Data, and Mobility– are effectively resolving the contradictions between human beings and natural resources arising from accelerating urbanization. Huawei is incorporating excellent capabilities and practices of global industry…
‘Decumanus’

Indra develops ‘Decumanus’, a pioneering solution to improve the city

The European Decumanus project led by Indra, one of the world's foremost consulting and technology firms, has completed development of a new generation of analytical services based fundamentally on satellite imagery, seeking to improve quality of life and mitigate the impact of climate change in city environments.  Public administrations, businesses and citizens will be able…

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