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

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

The first day of the online event confirmed that the smart cities sector is well aware of its destination but it’s how it gets there that will be the problem.

Podcast: How distributed acoustic sensing can give greater insight into your smart city, with Fotech

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Sarah Wray talks to Chris Shannon, CEO of Fotech Group and Stuart Large, Product Line Director & Business Development.

Podcast: How distributed acoustic sensing can give greater insight into your smart city, with Fotech

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Sarah Wray talks to Chris Shannon, CEO of Fotech Group and Stuart Large, Product Line Director & Business Development.

How digitalisation is enabling a smarter and safer oil and gas camp managementSponsored by Huawei

Li Yangming, Chief Representative, Oil & Gas Industry of Global Energy Business Unit, Huawei EBG, explains how new digital technologies are boosting efficiency, safety and productivity in oil and gas camps.

Reviving smart cities with edge computing and 5G

How can edge computing and 5G help cities rebuild post Covid? Two executives from Wipro explain how.

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Riyadh to deploy smart pole infrastructure pilot

Smart city research initiative aims to develop results-driven playbook

County of Fresno enhances public safety

Sidewalk Labs shuts down Toronto smart city project

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The latest news in resilience on smart city projects and initiatives across the world.

European mobile operators leading race to net zero

European mobile operators leading race to net zero

Climate action28 Feb 2024

The GSMA’s 2024 Mobile Net Zero climate report spotlights regional leaders in cutting carbon emissions since 2019, led by a 50 per cent reduction in Europe.

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

Singapore unveils master-planned digital infrastructure

Singapore unveils master-planned digital infrastructure

Resilience07 Jun 2023

Singapore said it will continue to invest ahead of demand, and holistically plan for the entire digital infrastructure stack to ensure that it is future-ready.

Consumers want technology to address society's major challenges

Consumers want technology to address society's major challenges

Citizen engagement06 Jan 2022

This is among the findings of the Bosch Tech Compass survey, which also reveals that more than three in four people see technological progress as key to combatting climate change.

Technology partnership brings the autonomous future a step closer

Technology partnership brings the autonomous future a step closer

News02 Jul 2021

Technologies from AWS and Vodafone have been used to power the Aurriga driverless shuttle used in the first- and last-mile trial taking place in the UK city of Cambridge.

Virginia establishes smart city testbed

News21 Jun 2021

This public/private partnership is funded by the US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate with Mutualink providing its intelligent network.

Los Angeles suburb smartens parking to ease congestion and support local businesses

Los Angeles suburb smartens parking to ease congestion and support local businesses

News10 May 2021

El Monte is deploying parking guidance technology from Cleverciti that will offer motorists digital turn-by-turn signage to nearly 400 parking spaces.

Polluted cities wanted for air quality tool beta testing

Polluted cities wanted for air quality tool beta testing

News04 May 2021

Libelium is calling for cities with severe levels of air pollution and extreme meteorological conditions to take part in a test of its new air quality measurement technology.

Verizon expands initiatives to reduce global climate impact

Verizon expands initiatives to reduce global climate impact

News20 Apr 2021

Verizon set a goal to achieve net zero operational emissions by 2035 and committed to source or generate renewable energy equivalent to 50 per cent of its annual electricity consumption by 2025.

Microcities to drive adoption of urban tech

Microcities to drive adoption of urban tech

News05 Feb 2021

Research by ABI finds that a wide range of smart cities technology vendors and service providers are focusing product and solution strategies on one or more microcity types.

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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.

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.

Are you going to Smart City Expo, Barcelona in Nov 2024?

Are you going to Smart City Expo, Barcelona in November? If so, just let us know and we’ll be able to invite you to a number of exclusive events!

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.

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.

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Think Tank: When the sea swallows your cities

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, a grim warning is issued about the risk of ...

The future of smart city technologySponsored by Huawei

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim A...

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.

Rebuilding tomorrow’s smart cities with a people first approach

Cities need to invest in its number one asset - its people - in the wake of Covid-19, writes Michael Proman, Managing D...

The Value of Life in Smart Cities

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

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,...

The 14 pillars of a smart city

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

Smart cities: Overpromised and underdelivered

Smart city projects must move away from the standard applications that many focus on and make a "technological leap", ...

New energy, changing behaviour and blockchain: 5 transport predictions for 2020

Rabih Arzouni, Fujitsu UK’s CTO of transport, shares his transport predictions for the year ahead.

Towards the smart cities of 2025

From tech trends to behavioural shifts and new ways to make smart cities economically sustainable, Matthew James Bailey ...

Smart city trend tracker: The top stories on SmartCitiesWorld in 2019

We round up our main takeaways from smart city developments in 2019. We’d love to hear yours.

Cities are becoming smarter, but how do we make them safer and more resilient?

Genetec’s Jean-Philippe Deby highlights critical factors that make a smart city a safe city too – these include ...

Every Smart City Deserves a Smart Airport, says Richard Van Wijk, head of Aviation Practice, Nokia

Just like a smart city, at the heart of any smart airport are communications networks

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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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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.

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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Standlone 5G network deployed in Costa Rica

Peachtree Corners teams with Opsys for smart city innovation

Nokia to lead European lighthouse project on 6G sustainability

Smart AI-based cameras to transform traffic management by 2025

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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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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.

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).