As part of the BBSR-funded project #connectedinEurope, six smart city peer-learning partnerships between German and European cities are being set up to promote knowledge transfer in smart city development and digital urban development to foster peer-to-peer learning. European and German cities can express their interest until 25 February 2022.
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European Smart City Peer-Learning Partnerships: Expression of Interest
By Thomas Mueller on Feb 20, 2022 2:37:38 PM
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Smart City
European Smart Cities
Smart Cities
Digital Transformation
Urban Development
Peer-Learning
BBSR
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Smart Cities Made in Germany: 32 Model Projects selected
By Thomas Mueller on Sep 10, 2020 4:10:19 PM
On the 8th of September 2020, Horst Seehofer, Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community, announced the decision that 32 Smart City Model Projects will be funded with around 350 million Euros in the second round of the national funding programme "Smart City Model Projects". In the first round of last year, 13 Smart Cities were selected and funded with the aim of accelerating urban digital transformation in Germany.
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Urban Transformation
Smart City Challenge
Smart Cities
Digital Technologies
Innovative Technologies
Gelsenkirchen
Smart Cities Made in Germany
Smart Sustainable Cities
Digitalization
Model Projects
Germany
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Keynotes of Global Thought Leaders at Smart City Expo World Congress
By Thomas Mueller on Oct 23, 2018 11:07:57 AM
Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the leading international event for cities will host in 2018 its eighth edition under the theme Cities To Live In. From November 13 to 15, Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue will gather over 400 speakers and thinkers from fields that range from technology and smart governance to sharing economy and mobility. Among the top speakers for the 2018 edition are Rufus Pollock, economist and founder of Open Knowledge International; Andrew Keen, economist and author of How to fix the Future and The Cult of the Amateur; Víctor Pineda, social development scholar and disability rights advocate; and Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker and economist Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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Barcelona
Fira Barcelona
Smart City Expo
Urban Solutions
Smart City Expo World Congress
Andrew Keen
Victor Pineda
Muhammad Yunus
Rufus Pollock
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Submit your Nomination for the ICF Intelligent Community Awards 2019
By Thomas Mueller on Jul 17, 2018 1:39:18 AM
Nominations are currently open for the 2019 Intelligent Community Awards organized by our partner Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), based in New York City. There is no cost to submit a nomination. The deadline to nominate a community is September 21, 2018.
Communities qualifying for the Smart21, Top7 or Intelligent Community of the Year become part of a global working group of regions, cities and towns organized by ICF, a group that currently includes over 170 members. They also receive media coverage, investment inquiries and independent validation of their community’s progress as they strive to keep their best people “home.”
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Intelligent Community Forum
ICF
Intelligent Community
ICF Canada
Top7 Intelligent Community of 2018
Intelligent Community Awards
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Announced: The Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year 2018
By Thomas Mueller on Mar 6, 2018 1:32:56 AM
In early February 2018, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) named the world’s Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2018. This is the think tank’s 16th annual Top7 list of regions, cities or towns that have gone, in ICF’s words, “from Smart City to Intelligent Community.” This year’s list includes communities from four nations, with Taiwan contributing three, Canada two communities and Australia and Finland one each. The seven will travel to London in June where one will go on to be named the Intelligent Community of the Year, succeeding Melbourne, Australia, the reigning community. The announcement will take place as the culminating event at the ICF Global Summit from 4-6 June at Siemens’ Crystal Facility and other sites around London.
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Revealed: The UK's Leading Smart Cities
By Thomas Mueller on Oct 29, 2017 10:39:02 PM
On October 23, Huawei and Navigant Consulting have released the 2nd "UK Smart Cities Index - Assessment of Strategy and Execution of UK’s leading Smart Cities". The report features an assessment of 20 UK cities in their efforts of utilizing technology to address urban challenges and to seize development opportunities.
Bristol and London are the UK's smartest cities
Surprisingly, Bristol has been announced as leading smart city in the UK, followed by London. The two cities are spearheading the movement, well ahead of the other 18 cities that were analyzed in the report.
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Smart City Strategy
Smart City Approach
Technology
Urban Transformation
Smart City Development
Leading Smart Cities
Smart Cities
United Kingdom
UK
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Call for a Human-Centric Smart City Approach
By Thomas Mueller on Aug 31, 2017 4:59:51 PM
Over the past seven years, the smart city approach has changed fundamentally in terms of the strategies that cities and communities have chosen as a pathway for transformation. Driven by technology providers in the early years, governments as leaders of the smart city movement have later understood that technology is “only” the enabler for reaching governmental, economic and societal goals.
Today, smart city strategies still consider technology as an enabler, but governments have learned that top-down initiatives are not a prerequisite for success. Drivers for success are collaborative and participative human-centric approaches. If a city or community wants to become smarter, it should take the needs and problems of its customers – most of all their citizens – into account.
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Smart City Strategy
Smart Government
Collective Intelligence
Smart City Approach
Citizen Centricity
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Redefining the Smart City Concept: A New Smart City Definition
By Thomas Mueller on Aug 31, 2017 3:33:12 PM
Over the past seven years, the smart city concept has changed fundamentally in terms of the approaches that cities or communities have chosen for urban transformation. Driven by technology providers in the early years, governments as leaders of the smart city movement have later understood that technology is only the enabler for reaching governmental, economic and societal goals.
Today, smart city strategies still consider technology as an enabler, but governments have learned that top-down initiatives or a master planned approach are not the determinants of success. Drivers for success are collaborative and participative citizen- or human-centric approaches. If a city or community wants to become smarter, it should take the needs and problems of its customers – citizens, businesses, workforce/commuters, entrepreneurs, academia and non-profit organizations – into account.
Topics:
Smart City Strategy
Smart Government
Collective Intelligence
Smart City Approach
Citizen Centricity
Technology
Smart City Masterplan
Top-Down Strategy
Smart City Definition
Urban Transformation
Rural Transformation
Bottom-Up Strategy