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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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AWS’s Swami Sivasubramanian explores how machine learning is making transport and logistics smarter and more successful

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Daniel Chick: Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer, Zipabout

Londoners deserve better transport information

Opinions09 Jul 2021by Daniel Chick: Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer, Zipabout

If we’re serious about getting better quality crowding information, we need to leave historic data in the past and replace it with data based on travel intent, says Zipabout’s Daniel Chick.

Okan Geray, Strategic Planning Advisor, Smart Dubai

Think Tank: Building Circular Cities

Opinions17 May 2021by Okan Geray, Strategic Planning Advisor, Smart Dubai

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, we explore how we break away from the linear city model.

John Fitzgerald, Project Director, Linesight

Rebuilding green: Analysing the Biden infrastructure plan

Opinions29 Apr 2021by John Fitzgerald, Project Director, Linesight

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

Alistair Fulton: Vice President and General Manager, Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group

We built this city (on LPWAN)

Opinions19 Mar 2021by Alistair Fulton: Vice President and General Manager, Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group

The interoperability offered with LPWAN networks enables the benefits of a truly smart city environment to be shared by all, writes Alistair Fulton, of Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group.

The art of the city: how creators may save urban business districts

Opinions25 Jan 2021by Jeremy Zuker, Co-Founder, WhereiPark

Artists could reinvigorate cities whose commercial districts have been left moribund by Covid-19, writes WhereiPark’s Jeremy Zucker.

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

Opinions09 Nov 2020by Alicia Asín, CEO, Libelium

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

Control of data debate could finally come out in the wash

Opinions05 Oct 2020by Shiv Malik, Head of Growth, Streamr

A new battle is starting over the control of data, writes Shiv Malik, Head of Growth for Streamr

The Value of Life in Smart Cities

Opinions24 Sep 2020by Graeme Neill: Editor, SmartCitiesWorld

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Huawei’s York Yue about how smart city technology can change society.

Haider Pasha, chief security officer, Middle East and Africa, Palo Alto Networks

Smart Cities could save the world – until there’s a cybersecurity emergency

Opinions21 Sep 2020by Haider Pasha, chief security officer, Middle East and Africa, Palo Alto Networks

Without robust cybersecurity systems, smart cities are flawed, writes Palo Alto’s Haider Pasha.

Iskandar shows Malaysia’s smart cities’ promise but only if they keep citizens in mind

Opinions17 Aug 2020by Shawn Tan, CEO, Skymind

Malaysia can show how to build a smart city from scratch but it’s not without its challenges, writes Skymind CEO Shawn Tan

Meagan Crawford, Executive Director of Urban Economic

Connected Cities: Has the future changed in light of Covid-19?

Opinions20 Jul 2020by Meagan Crawford, Executive Director of Urban Economic

The Covid-19 pandemic should force us to change how we use buildings, argues Meagan Crawford, Executive Director of Urban Economic

Juan Vicén, co-founder of Zeleros Hyperloop

Our society needs systemic changes. Hyperloop is just one way we can get there

Opinions06 Jul 2020by Juan Vicén, co-founder of Zeleros Hyperloop

Hyperloop’s futuristic concept overshadows its substantial environmental benefits, argues Juan Vicén, co-founder of hyperloop company Zeleros.

Swami Sivasubramanian, Vice President, Amazon Machine Learning

Four ways machine learning is powering the mobility revolution

Opinions01 May 2020by Swami Sivasubramanian, Vice President, Amazon Machine Learning

AWS’s Swami Sivasubramanian explores how machine learning is making transport and logistics smarter and more successful

W. Jarrett Campbell: Global Industry Marketing Director, AVEVA

How new financial models enable smart city digital transformation

Opinions29 Apr 2020by W. Jarrett Campbell: Global Industry Marketing Director, AVEVA

AVEVA’s W. Jarrett Campbell discusses how innovative approaches to investment can result in the lowering of smart cities’ barriers to entry.

Kyra Appleby: Global Director of Cities, States and Regions, CDP

The smartest cities on climate: What can we learn?

Opinions05 Mar 2020by Kyra Appleby: Global Director of Cities, States and Regions, CDP

More cities must ramp up their climate ambition and deliver urgent action, fast, says Kyra Appleby, Global Director of Cities, States and Regions at CDP.

Christian Mildner: Solutions Architect, Sylvania Connected Solutions

Can new satellite constellations bridge the digital divide?

Opinions13 Jan 2020by Christian Mildner: Solutions Architect, Sylvania Connected Solutions

Christian Mildner explains how new mega-constellations could provide high-speed broadband to the underserved and provide competitively priced network services in urban areas.

David Emm: Principal Security Researcher, Kaspersky Lab

How smart is the cybersecurity protecting smart cities?

Opinions02 Jan 2020by David Emm: Principal Security Researcher, Kaspersky Lab

David Emm, principal security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, explores how ready the cybersecurity world is for protecting smart cities.

Pioneering cities demonstrate fundamentals for PPP success

Opinions10 Oct 2019by Sarah Wray: Editor, SmartCitiesWorld

Shobhit Jain, Director of Product Innovation at HERE Technologies, shares his insights on how to succeed with public-private partnerships.

Allan Mayo: Smart City Strategist, DG Cities,

Greenwich’s smart city benchmarking toolkit for adaptability and resilience

Opinions01 Oct 2019by Allan Mayo: Smart City Strategist, DG Cities,

Allan Mayo, Smart City Strategist, DG Cities, outlines how DG Cities is using an evidence-based tool to ensure its smart city strategy has resilience and adaptability at the core. Other cities could replicate the methodology.

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