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Watch this webinar with Paradox Engineering OnDemand to learn how to navigate the world of open standards for cities that are interoperable and futureproof.

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How air quality and weather data help cities boost resilienceSponsored by Vaisala

Cities around the world are trying to improve air quality, which in turn can help to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Sue Weekes explains the vital role played by compact air quality sensors and how using them in tandem with weather stations and other smart city devices can maximise their value.

City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart citiesSponsored by Accenture

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Chicago

Chicago is looking to smart city technology to solve issues including poverty, inequality and racial segregation.

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In this edition, we focus on Adelaide - a city that needs more people, not less, to stimulate economic growth. Find out what smart infrastructure is planned to attract the population.

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

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City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart citiesSponsored by Accenture

We hear from Sonya Shorey at Invest Ottawa as she discusses the innovation, its impact on the community and global markets, and the importance of the ecosystem approach.

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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Editor's Blog09 Jul 2021

Equity is a little word but one that must carry huge weight as cities around the world pledge to build back better.

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Find out how Dublin is innovating to improve experiences and services for its communities in the latest SmartCitiesWorld City Profile, including digital twin projects, traffic reduction, and economic growth.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

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Tune in for the latest Urban Exchange where we get a first-hand account of city resilience measures from Quezon City following unexpected extreme rainfall.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune in for the latest Urban Exchange where we get a first-hand account of city resilience measures from Quezon City following unexpected extreme rainfall.

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Plant Power

Editor's Blog02 Jul 2021

When SmartCitiesWorld was launched five years ago, agriculture and food production weren’t identified as being among the vertical sectors which we would cover. After all, our preoccupation was cities and advanced technology. The focus on resilience and sustainability though, especially in the context of climate change, has meant that to tackle many urban challenges, it is impossible to overlook these areas.

Education, education, education

Editor's Blog04 Jun 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the centrality of technology to our lives - "you’re on mute" has become a catchphrase of frequent (too frequent?) Zoom meetings and videocalling has been an essential means for catching up with family or friends.

Micro Machines

Editor's Blog28 May 2021

The world’s most striking cities are almost certainly the most congested: whether London, New York, Istanbul, Paris, the list goes on. While Covid-19 related lockdowns led to a fall in traffic in our major cities, as things gradually, thankfully open again, roads are going to be packed once more.

Oil leaks

Editor's Blog21 May 2021

Michael Lewis, the forensic chronicler of the 2008 financial crash in The Big Short (among many, many other incredible books), made a headspinning comment this week: "There are six times more people over the age of 60 than under the age of 30 working in computer systems."

Making haste with waste

Editor's Blog14 May 2021

What’s important to you where you live? Waste is one area that is overlooked all too often, perhaps understandable given what it literally is, but you quickly realise when your city isn’t getting things right

Reality bites

Editor's Blog16 Apr 2021

Joe Biden has hit the ground running as US president, determined to make up for the somewhat eventful four years of his predecessor in office, rebuild international alliances and, critically, put climate at the heart of his presidency.

Micro-mobility milestones

Editor's Blog05 Feb 2021

Covid has stopped many of us flying for business and leisure. ‘Think of the positive environmental impact’ is a common refrain in my house. And its true; transport accounts for 16 per cent of greenhouse gases.

Cities of dreams

Editor's Blog16 Oct 2020

Big topics, big challenges and big questions around the future of cities dominated the discussion at SmartCitiesWorld’s inaugural advisory board meeting – and we look forward to addressing them.

It's the economy, stupid

Editor's Blog21 Aug 2020

GDP figures around the world make grim reading and one of the few certainties of the pandemic is economic pain, leaving cities having the difficulty of cutting their cloth accordingly.

My kinda town

Editor's Blog02 Aug 2020

Like many US cities, Chicago is facing some tough challenges but it can look to its favourite adopted son as an example of how a single-minded focus can change fortunes for the better.

A bridge too far?

Editor's Blog31 Jul 2020

The incremental benefits that smart cities programmes can bring over large-scale vanity infrastructure projects might be more subtle but are ultimately more substantial.

Holistic approaches necessary to counter lockdown fatigue

Holistic approaches necessary to counter lockdown fatigue

Editor's Blog04 Jun 2020

Societies must be rebuilt in a way that safeguards our health and our economy and networks and knowledge sharing will be essential in building in robust structures to defend against future shocks.

Getting from A to B and the conferences of the future

Getting from A to B and the conferences of the future

Editor's Blog18 May 2020

The pandemic is changing where we go and how we get there and while none of us will mourn congestion, there’s much to miss when it comes to travelling to live events.

Rethinking Christmas, transforming events and a new editor

Rethinking Christmas, transforming events and a new editor

Editor's Blog16 May 2020

Smart city technology is already showing how key it is to tackling the challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic and the sector as a whole will be central to rebuilding and recovery.

Smart cities: How can We help?

Editor's Blog29 Mar 2019

The We Company is expanding into smart cities. Why?

Smart cities: Will they ad up?

Editor's Blog13 Dec 2018

Advertising in smart cities throws up a lot of questions. Now’s a good time to talk about them.

City data-sharing scales up

Editor's Blog03 Oct 2018

New initiatives around city data-sharing look way beyond open data.

Smart places must go beyond cities

Editor's Blog24 Apr 2018

Many towns and smaller cities are down on their luck. Will technology help them get back up or see them falling further behind? Sarah Wray takes a look

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