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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.

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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 on the latest 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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AI in Utilities Management for Cities Trend Report 2024

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OnDemand Panel discussion: Using AI to create value in cities for communities and workforce

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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.

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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.

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The latest news on COP27 in smart city projects across the world.

SmartCitiesWorld launches Cities Climate Action campaign

SmartCitiesWorld launches Cities Climate Action campaign

Climate action11 Oct 2024

Campaign comprises a structured programme of activity and events to deliver challenge- and outcome-based actionable intelligence for those on the frontline of climate action.

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

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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

Speaker line-up announced for Cities Climate Action Summit

Cities Climate Action Summit14 Mar 2023

Experts from cities and organisations around the world will come together in SmartCitiesWorld’s three-day hybrid event to tackle the climate challenge head-on.

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Cities Climate Action Summit19 Jan 2023

The Cities Climate Action Summit is being held as an in-person and virtual event between 18-20 April 2023 and will convene experts from cities around the world.

Cop27: Funding to help African migrants build sustainable livelihoods

Cop27: Funding to help African migrants build sustainable livelihoods

Cop2718 Nov 2022

The migrants and refugees’ award provides direct financial and technical support to six African cities addressing the needs of migrants and displaced people.

Energy costs expediting move toward more efficient buildings

Energy costs expediting move toward more efficient buildings

Commercial buildings16 Nov 2022

Research warns net-zero carbon intervention measures directly impact a building’s bottom line and failing to decarbonise leads to significant financial risk.

Cop27: Solutions guide aims to help cities reach net zero

Cop27: Solutions guide aims to help cities reach net zero

Cop2715 Nov 2022

Guide addresses core issues by showing where actions can be taken across the value chains of five sectors that are closely interlinked with a city’s ecosystem.

Cop27: enabling carbon assessment in digital twin platforms

Cop27: enabling carbon assessment in digital twin platforms

Cop2709 Nov 2022

Bentley Systems has announced expanded integrated workflow for calculating infrastructure carbon in its iTwin platform using the EC3 assessment tool.

Cop27: How the US can bridge climate emissions reduction gap

Cop27: How the US can bridge climate emissions reduction gap

Cop2708 Nov 2022

Report sets out how to bridge estimated 11 per cent gap in emissions reductions between what existing policies enable and US’ international climate commitment.

Hamburg aims to reduce building energy usage by 30 per cent

Hamburg aims to reduce building energy usage by 30 per cent

Municipal buildings31 Oct 2022

German city will hydraulically balance radiators and install smart thermostats in a large proportion of its public building stock to decrease consumption this winter.

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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.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dortmund

In this edition, we focus on Dortmund in western Germany. With around 600,000 inhabitants, Dortmund is the eighth-largest city in Germany and the gateway to the Rhine-Ruhr region in the heart of Europe.

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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.

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

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The scalable impact of resilient city solutions

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

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