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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.

Blockchain: Hype, hope and growing up in public

A recent Smart Cities World event looked at where things currently stand with blockchain for smarter cities and how we proceed from here.

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Blockchain and carbon offsetting can help cities reduce emissions – but sometimes simpler is better

The University of Liverpool’s Stephen Finnegan explores the pros and cons of carbon offsetting and outlines Liverpool’s bid to become the UK’s first ’climate positive’ city by the end of 2020.

The internet of things: connecting devices to save the planet, by Manfred Kube, Gemalto M2M, Germany

IoT is already impacting sustainability and outright support of the environment

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The latest news on data management and software in smart city projects across the world.

Nairobi launches air quality action plan and portal

Nairobi launches air quality action plan and portal

Air quality01 Dec 2025

For the first time, city leaders and residents in the Kenyan city will have access to hyper-local data about pollution levels in the places they live and work.

Dubai Customs uses blockchain platform to increase efficiency

Dubai Customs uses blockchain platform to increase efficiency

Data management & software11 Jul 2024

It marks another step in the emirate’s digital transformation journey and aims to strengthen collaboration between government entities and logistics industries.

Riyadh establishes blockchain academy to support digital transformation

Riyadh establishes blockchain academy to support digital transformation

People and skills07 Feb 2022

Working with the BSV blockchain association, the Saudi Digital Academy will collaborate to provide learning and development resources for a variety of audiences, including government agencies.

Singapore and Shenzhen commit to further smart city collaborations

Singapore and Shenzhen commit to further smart city collaborations

News19 Oct 2021

Both cities will work closely together on new digital cooperation projects and policy sandboxes to create new economic opportunities for people and businesses.

Australia and Singapore conduct blockchain digital trade trial

Australia and Singapore conduct blockchain digital trade trial

News19 Aug 2021

Trial was initiated as part of the Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement and set out to prove whether trade documents could be issued and verified digitally across two independent systems.

OASC and Vastuu partner to create more ‘meaningful’ data-enabled services

OASC and Vastuu partner to create more ‘meaningful’ data-enabled services

News13 May 2021

Company is the latest to join OASC’s enterprise partner programme and the two sides will work together to develop and introduce innovations with Finnish cities, based on interoperability standards.

Platform aims to help cities plan their climate action

Platform aims to help cities plan their climate action

News25 Mar 2021

ClimateView claims the platform balances the transition to net-zero with a city’s economic needs and provides an interactive tool to ensure the success of the plan’s delivery.

Urban SDK unveils real-time transportation data platform

Urban SDK unveils real-time transportation data platform

News22 Mar 2021

Using Urban SDK’s public reporting dashboards, government agencies can share information with citizens via interactive maps, dynamic charts and scorecards, and exportable data tables.

Atlanta expands water meter sensor deployment to boost city revenue

Atlanta expands water meter sensor deployment to boost city revenue

News09 Feb 2021

The expanded $3.9m project is expected to recover tens of millions of dollars from high-value water meters that can be better used for other infrastructure-related projects.

Salt Lake City establishes innovation department

Salt Lake City establishes innovation department

News26 Jan 2021

It was announced in mayor Erin Mendenhall’s state of the city address in which she shared her vision for a more resilient and equitable city and encouraged citizens to view a new report card of the council’s performance.

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Sidewalk Labs shuts down Toronto smart city project

Google affiliate blames coronavirus and economic uncertainty for closing controversial and delayed smart city project

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.

Huawei seals smart city deal with Barcelona

They will collaborate on projects relating to 5G, smart city applications and digital transformation.

AI tools for city management launched at Bloomberg CityLab

City AI Connect will be a single destination for local government leaders to ideate, develop, and test new uses for generative AI with peers across cities.

Saudi Arabia calls for global smart tourism index

Saudi Tourism Authority and Skift have outlined a joint blueprint for the index, which aims to guide future tourism innovation, resiliency and sustainability.

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Podcast: The data tech unlocking new value in smart cities

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Graeme Neill speaks to Alexander Zschaler, regional sales director at Cloudera ...

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.

‘Mini cities’: The rise of tall buildings

As cities continue to grow, the way we construct and manage buildings has never been more critical to global economic ...

Accelerating the evolution of smart, connected cities

Cities, and the organisations they work with, cannot afford to delay their smart city initiatives, says Dante Ricci, ...

The connected experience economy by Rudy De Waele

We are now moving from a service to an experience economy

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

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

Blockchain: Hype, hope and growing up in public

City Profiles

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Atlanta

Find out more about Atlanta’s smart city strategy, focused around equitability and inclusion.

Smart Cities Reports

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.

Research

White paper: Why connected intelligent assets equal smarter cities

White paper: Why connected intelligent assets equal smarter cities

How cities can increase uptime, reliability and gain maximum value from data collected.
This white paper covers moving from preventative to predictive maintenance of assets; the role of digital twin technology; the challenges of collecting and managing the data required to maximise the benefits of connected intelligent assets.

White paper: Understanding Resiliency : What it means to be a resilient city and tools to support

White paper: Understanding Resiliency : What it means to be a resilient city and tools to support

This whitepaper will provide a better understanding of the necessity for resiliency strategies, the challenges of implementing resiliency and digital tools to support cities and territories to build more resilient, sustainable and safe places to live.

White Paper: Artificial Intelligence Within Cities – The Next Stage in Societal Digital Transformation

White Paper: Artificial Intelligence Within Cities – The Next Stage in Societal Digital TransformationSponsored by Fiware

In collaboration with Matthew James Bailey (leading authority, pioneer, and consultant in innovation, AI and AI Ethics, Smart Cities, IoT, and a renowned author), this brand new white paper focusses on the role played by artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future experience of Smart Cities.