OnDemand Panel Debate: Clearing the air: strategies for enhancing urban air quality

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OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: going green in the built environment

The SmartCitiesWorld Summit, which takes place 26-27 June, will act as a call to action for cities to make the transformation of the built environment a central part of their climate action strategies.

Podcast: How cities can tackle their biggest challenges through partnershipSponsored by Venturous Group

Benson Tam of Venturous Group and Michael Kwok of Arup explain how innovative public and private partnerships are pushing the envelope for the future of cities.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 21 - 10 years of urban resilience in Rotterdam

Join us for this episode of the Urban Exchange podcast, looking back at 10 years of resilience in the city of Rotterdam, and exploring what the future holds.

Podcast: How cities can tackle their biggest challenges through partnershipSponsored by Venturous Group

Benson Tam of Venturous Group and Michael Kwok of Arup explain how innovative public and private partnerships are pushing the envelope for the future of cities.

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Lessons from Italy: Why smart city projects can bridge the urban development gap

Digital Leaders CEO Giuliano Liguori highlights Italy as an example and warning that pushing ahead with smart city plans should ensure access for the worst off, on an individual and municipal level, as top priority.

Rebuilding green: Analysing the Biden infrastructure plan

John Fitzgerald, Project Director, Linesight, explains why major reskilling, outreach work by government and the right messaging will be key to realising benefits.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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AI in Utilities Management for Cities Trend Report 2024

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Discover how AI is transforming utilities with improved efficiency, reliability, and sustainability, enhancing operations and customer service.

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Panel discussion: The role of telecoms in building smarter cities

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Join the next SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion with Sand Technologies, exploring urban connectivity and its role in creating smarter cities in 2025 and beyond.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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Wifi and cellular connectivity are top priorities for real-estate

Wifi and cellular connectivity are top priorities for real-estate

Commercial buildings14 Jan 2025

Research reveals that connectivity outranks price and amenities for business leaders, while the demand for smart building technologies is also on the increase.

Consortium seeks to transform Santa Marta into AI-powered smart city

Consortium seeks to transform Santa Marta into AI-powered smart city

AI and Machine Learning09 Jan 2025

By demonstrating the power of AI and IoT to transform urban spaces, Santa Marta aims to serve as a model for future smart city projects across the region.

The smartest cities in Europe and US unveiled

The smartest cities in Europe and US unveiled

News14 May 2024

ProptechOS evaluated 68 US and European cities against the smart city guidelines set out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Virgin Mobile Saudi and Hitek partner to develop smart cities

Virgin Mobile Saudi and Hitek partner to develop smart cities

4G and 5G23 Apr 2024

The companies will initially focus on smart buildings and develop an advanced intelligence and analytics platform, connecting people, assets and spaces.

Colorado Smart Futures Lab programme cohort unveiled

Colorado Smart Futures Lab programme cohort unveiled

News10 Apr 2024

All of these companies are building smart cities technology solutions to issues confronting quality of life in communities across the state of Colorado.

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

Webinars10 Dec 2023

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

BAI brings high-speed 5G infrastructure to London venue

BAI brings high-speed 5G infrastructure to London venue

4G and 5G26 Jun 2023

As official distributed antenna system partner for Olympia, BAI will install the infrastructure, designed to be shared by all four UK mobile network operators.

Plans to build 5G-powered smart city in US progress

Plans to build 5G-powered smart city in US progress

4G and 5G28 Feb 2023

JBG will deploy an advanced digital infrastructure that aims to deliver seamless connectivity and fuel innovation and new business models in Industry 4.0.

Peachtree Corners awarded for smart city leadership

Peachtree Corners awarded for smart city leadership

4G and 5G19 Oct 2022

Peachtree Corners and its Curiosity Lab have been recognised as one of the most advanced smart city environments in the world, serving as a model for the US.

Tech startups chosen for UK smart city accelerator

Tech startups chosen for UK smart city accelerator

Economic Development07 Oct 2022

Sunderland City Council’s accelerator programme combines leading-edge infrastructure with IoT domain expertise and guidance from internationally renowned organisations.

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What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

AI used to monitor and optimise Swedish road infrastructure

Computer vision and machine learning specialist, Univrses, will work with the Swedish Transport Administration to digitise and manage roadside infrastructure.

AI tools for city management launched at Bloomberg CityLab

City AI Connect will be a single destination for local government leaders to ideate, develop, and test new uses for generative AI with peers across cities.

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Accelerating success: Sunderland’s smart view from the world stage

Patrick Melia and Liz St Louis at Sunderland City Council and Charles O’Reilly at Boldyn Networks share insights and ...

Think tank: why 5G is not the cure all for economy recovery

In the latest in our series of opinions from SCW board members, Libellium CEO Alicia Asín argues we shouldn’t be ...

Resilient cities are being redefined by the coronavirus

Covid-19 is showing us what resilience in cities actually is, writes Stephen Zoegall, director of global cities and ...

Smart cities are only as good as their connectivity

The promise of smart cities needs a strong network to back it up, writes Jamie Hayes, Mobile Network Operators Director,...

Could FWA be the answer to keeping people connected during the global pandemic?

Fixed Wireless Access’s speed and flexibility could have it serve a crucial role in helping businesses and public ...

The 14 pillars of a smart city

Strategies must take a holistic approach encompassing people, institutions, structures and operations, say Clint Vince, ...

The telco's critical role in smart cities

Ahead of his participation in the Smart IoT Connect event (a joint event between Smart Cities World and sister ...

Smart cities: Software is eating the world

Technology will shape and change the face of cities dramatically. Oliver Gassmann, Co-author of Smart Cities: I...

Driving autonomous vehicles forward with intelligent infrastructure

Cities that want to benefit from autonomous vehicles tomorrow need to think about infrastructure today, says Mike B...

IoT predictions for 2019

The data economy, 5G’s early benefactors and new tools for citizen engagement – Chris Penrose, President of IoT S...

How smart cities can leverage open innovation to accelerate digital transformation

Smarter cities with edge computing

David Rose, Veea, explains how edge computing helps deliver smarter cities.

A smart case study for mmWave: Connecting Rzeszów

The City of Rzeszów in Poland has created a blueprint for how mmWave can be leveraged to deliver 5G networks and their ...

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Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – San Diego

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dallas

Discover how the City of Dallas is pushing ahead with its smart city efforts with the latest new-look City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld.

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White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

This white paper maps the end-to-end journey from data discovery to implementing complex AI models that can provide customised insight. It puts forward a blueprint for cities to use artificial intelligence to become smarter and more liveable by taking an outcomes-focused approach.

White Paper: Directions in sustainability for industry

White Paper: Directions in sustainability for industry

This white paper covers how to break the “take-make-waste” cycle in society. It looks at the desire and discipline to achieve the balance between individual human needs, economic viability, and environmental quality that defines sustainability.

eBook: Harnessing open data to create smart communities

eBook: Harnessing open data to create smart communities

This eBook, illustrated with a range of case studies, brings together best practice from multiple open data projects and industry experts. It demonstrates The report includes examples from Town of Cary (USA), Bristol City Council (UK), Morrisville (USA), Kingston (UK), City of New Jersey (USA), Western Parkland Councils (Australia), Southern Grampians Shire Council (Australia).