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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.

How IoT can enable sustainable choices in citiesSponsored by Thinkz

Moshe Gazit from Thinkz explains how IoT data in the hands of citizens can promote more sustainable choices, and introduces a new clean air routing tool that will be free-to-use in cities following its launch into Europe.

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In 2020, the City of Sydney released a Smart City Strategic Framework to harness the opportunities brought about by digital disruption, to plan for uncertainty and to sustain a global reputation as a leading place to live, work, learn and visit.

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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.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 9 - Susan Aitken, Glasgow City Leader - Progress at COP27 and climate finance

Preview: The latest episode of the Urban Exchange Podcast sees Lauren Sorkin, Resilient Cities Network, chat with Susan Aitken, Glasgow City Leader to talk COP27 and climate finance.

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Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Latitudo 40 sits at the convergence of satellite imagery analysis and AI and will demonstrate the vital role satellite data has to play in helping cities tackle the challenges of climate change.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: SSE Energy Solutions

SSE Energy Solutions will show how by leveraging the power of smart city data, cities have a key role to play in lowering carbon emissions and energy consumption and costs.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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Webinar: Driving Efficiency with Digital Twins and AI in Water Management

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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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Digital twins

A digital twins is a virtual representation of a physical product, service, or asset. It can be a digital replica of an individual object, such as a vehicle or building, but can also be extended to larger scales, such as entire cities. Here are just some of the latest stories, opinions on digital twins.

StreetLight Data and TomTom partner for global mobility data

StreetLight Data and TomTom partner for global mobility data

Analytics25 Aug 2023

The partnership will enable StreetLight Data to expand its geographic reach and enable the companies to provide deeper transportation intelligence worldwide.

Shanghai ranked top smart city for second year

Shanghai ranked top smart city for second year

Cloud and edge computing25 May 2023

Juniper Research’s ranking of 50 world cities evaluates transportation, infrastructure, energy, lighting, city management, technology and urban connectivity.

Birmingham: blueprint for a digital city

Birmingham: blueprint for a digital city

Fibre networks25 May 2023

Raj Mack, head of Digital Birmingham at Birmingham City Council, explains how the West Midlands city is building an international digital brand and reputation.

North American smart city winners revealed

North American smart city winners revealed

News13 Apr 2023

IDC Government Insights’ awards are designed to recognise the progress North American states and municipalities have made in executing smart city projects.

Demand set to spike for smart city solutions

Demand set to spike for smart city solutions

4G and 5G16 Jan 2023

Frost & Sullivan predicts the market will likely experience a boom with investments in telecommunications network upgrades to 5G standards driving growth.

How Madinah mixes culture and innovation to create experiences

How Madinah mixes culture and innovation to create experiences

Cultural space05 Aug 2022

Abdulmajeed Mangarah, smart city programme director at Madinah Regional Authority, explains how the Saudi Arabian city is harnessing innovation to not only solve urban challenges, but promote Madinah’s cultural and historical heritage to citizens and visitors alike.

Nexar acquisition to enable data-rich mobility applications

Nexar acquisition to enable data-rich mobility applications

AI and Machine Learning05 Aug 2022

Israeli start-up’s acquisition of communications-at-the-edge specialist Veniam aims to accelerate smart city applications by utilising vehicles as “engines of data”.

Catapult Digital Twin Hub announces board and strategy

Catapult Digital Twin Hub announces board and strategy

News19 Jul 2022

The inaugural members of the strategic board have been tasked with helping to build its community and drive the creation of connected digital twins to address critical challenges.

Digital mapping to accelerate Canada’s net-zero efforts

Digital mapping to accelerate Canada’s net-zero efforts

Digital twins08 Jul 2022

Sustainable Development Technology Canada is entering a funding partnership with Ecopia AI to create high-precision maps of the top 100 cities which will serve as the foundation for digital twins.

Partnership will use digital twins to address societal issues

Digital twins21 Jun 2022

Hexagon and Fujitsu will use technology to help realise the “Trusted Society”, which they describe as a sustainable, resilient place where people can live together in peace and prosperity.

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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.

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Comcast Smart Solutions collaborates with Umojo and eleven-x to help cities and municipalities deliver enhanced parking and kerb management technologies.

New Rochelle unveils plans for transit centre redesign

Redesign is a cornerstone of the City’s transformative downtown redevelopment strategy, positioning it as a model for equitable and sustainable urban growth.

Iveda forges smart city partnerships across the Philippines

The AI and cloud-based solutions company is working with local governments to create blueprint for smart city success that can be replicated across the nation.

Programme connects Australia’s First Nations communities

Wireless Broadband Alliance’s OpenRoaming programme will provide seamless, free connectivity to Indigenous Australians through Easyweb’s community wifi project.

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Digital twins: making the future more predictableSponsored article

This powerful technology can make cities more resilient and efficient but only if enabled by advanced data management ...

Advancing adoption of digital twin technologySponsored by FIWARE

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In the latest in our series of opinions from our Advisory Board, Mott MacDonald’s Clare Wildfire argues the potential ...

Jointly building a smart city helps us all enjoy better urban livesSponsored by Huawei

Closed ecosystems mean limited choices, limited innovation, limited success, writes York Yuekun.

What smart homes can teach us about smart citiesSponsored by AVEVA

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Towards the smart cities of 2025

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Why the UK needs a national digital twin

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IoT predictions for 2019

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The rise of digital twins in smart cities

The rise of digital twins in smart cities

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile –Shenzhen

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Las Vegas

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Las Vegas with its unprecedented growth, urban development, and leaps of imagination.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seattle

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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 journey from data discovery to implementing AI and computer vision models for urban use cases to gain customized insights.

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).

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

This white paper covers how connected systems can help cities build sustainability and wellbeing into their indoor and outdoor spaces. We look at the scale of the decarbonisation challenge faced by cities, how cities can use connected technologies to create greener buildings and the vital role of retrofitting. We includes detailed analysis of the energy and cost-savings that energy efficiency programmes can bring in cities.