Global Resources and Promising Practices for Building and Refining Accessible and Inclusive Smart Cities from Darren Bates LLC.
In the the following year in the White House’s Smart Cities Initiative. As it prepares for its upcoming August 2017 Expo, GCTC and its partners are focusing on providing cities with a holistic picture of smart city solutions, Sokwoo Rhee, associate director of the cyber-physical systems program at NIST, told StateScoop. “A city which is trying to become smarter does…
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December 21, 2016 By Alex Jablokow Cities—and this term can actually cover smaller urban areas, and other local administrations—are anxious to provide improved services to their constituents, lower costs, and gain information about any problems in their area of responsibility. Smart City initiatives are currently popular as a way of achieving these goals.But a city is a complex organization, with…
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Virginia accelerator seeks startups and nonprofits with solutions to social challenges Mon, 2017-07-31 12:05 — Compassionate C…Herndon, VA-based Smart City Works is an infrastructure actuator and business accelerator focused on improving livability, operations and resilience in cities. Its fall cohort will for the first time include two slots for nonprofits focused on helping at-risk populations. It could be a great…
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An interesting piece in Consumer Reports suggests that more than 3.5 million Americans 85 and older currently have a driver’s license. But of the millions of older folks who can no longer drive safely, almost three-quarters live in areas with few if any transportation alternatives. And as Michael Tortorello writes, that’s a senior transportation predicament that will only become more urgent as…
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Readiness Challenge: How Indianapolis uses data to change lives What comes first: the technology or the people? We were in Indianapolis this week for our third Readiness Challenge Grant Workshop — and the answer there is clearly the public.Indianapolis was one of five cities to win our first series of grants and… Article – 07/20/2017 Active Region(s): North America Category: SCC Spotlight Cities…
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The Forum’s strategic vision is to provide the business blueprint and technology for a scalable and sustainable Smart City, underpinning the top 100 Smart Cities by 2020. Smart City Maturity & Benchmark model allows you to assess and benchmark your city’s current and future smart city status. Smart City Maturity & Benchmark model The Smart City Maturity and Benchmark Model has…
Read More A smart city is a city that engages and connects to its citizens. Engage. Live. Work. Thrive. The smart city movement has the potential to transform the very fabric of our society. By better connecting citizens to the future of their cities, through innovative use of ICT and secure high-speed communications, we are seeing the beginning of a new era…
Read More SMART CITY RESOURCES – a collection of videos, blogs, news articles and more. Upcoming Events Smart City InFocus | Yinchuan | September 19-21 – Now in its third year in partnership with the City of Yinchuan and ZTE, TM Forum Smart City InFocus 2017 will bring together over 800 C-level executives and government officials from across the global smart city ecosystem. This intimate,…
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As a technology provider, how is Hitachi Insight Group helping build smart cities? Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans to roll out 109 smart cities and upgrade existing cities under the Smart Cities Mission will create new economic and social opportunities while also revealing challenges related to technology adoption and implementation to make the Digital India vision a reality. We, at…
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BETTER. FASTER. MORE EQUITABLE. New York City is committed to being the most tech-friendly, innovative, and equitable big city in the world. View the guidelines Source: IoT Guidelines
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The city’s IT department hosted its second gathering of tech vendors to understand what technologies they might pilot to make the District run more efficiently. Source: D.C. convenes series of ‘demo days’ to accelerate smart city experimentation
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Why Chicago’s CIO left government for IoT initiative As former city Chief Information Officer Brenna Berman reflects on her time with the city, she says a job where she can use the Internet of Things to improve city life was too good to pass up. Source: Why Chicago’s CIO left government for IoT initiative
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There is no rulebook for how to turn a city of today into a city of tomorrow. Only a few scarcely adopted guidance documents for the Internet of Things (IoT) have been created in recent years — most of them in Europe — with the idea of creating governance around a concept that has so far been a playground for technologists whose primary…
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This word ‘smart’ is mentioned in reference to cities a lot. There are endless conferences and trade fairs exploring ‘smart cities’ or ‘Internet of things’ technologies. Most cities now have tech weeks – and the term is now so regarded that it’s often capitalised as ‘SMART’. But spending time in this world, hearing from the many mayors at the many…
Read More SMART CITY LIVE! FOCUS DAY Exploring the essential building blocks to realize the smart city vision. Around the world, the Smart City concept is taking off as an increasing number of cities are launching Smart City projects. Although cities differ in their approach and prioritization of different areas in their Smart City initiatives, the fundamental building blocks of every Smart…
Read More The overall focus of the Smart City project is to drive sustainability, liveability and workability in cities – with special attention to creating horizontally integrated city information hubs and enabling digital ecosystems on top of these information hubs while driving citizen engagement and social equity. Initiatives we are working on include: Unleashing a vibrant city data economy through our ‘City…
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SMART CITY APP An App made for Smart City Leaders If you run a smart city project, this App is for you (iOS app and Android app). With various local stakeholders, benchmark progress in your city against best practices and develop a shared vision for the next couple of years. The smart city leader invites a handful of local experts to input…
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New Microsoft, UN partnership will focus on tech’s role in tackling human rights challengesThis information provided by Smart Cities Council Compassionate Cities.Wed, 2017-05-17 10:45 — Compassionate C…As human rights challenges in communities around the world not only proliferate but grow increasingly complex, we’re encouraged by the news this week that Microsoft is partnering with the United Nations Human Rights Office…
Read MoreKnobbly pavements and ticking pedestrian crossings are one thing, but the frustrating experience of getting around the city for visually impaired people could soon be revolutionised by a new navigational headset which claims to let you hear your surroundings as a “3D soundscape”.Developed by Microsoft and the Guide Dogs charity over the last two years, with the government-funded Future Cities Catapult, the headset contains a GPS tracker,…
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