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The future of smart city technology

The future of smart city technology

02 Dec 2020
Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim Abdulrahim.
Jointly building a smart city helps us all enjoy better urban lives

Jointly building a smart city helps us all enjoy better urban lives

24 Nov 2020
Closed ecosystems mean limited choices, limited innovation, limited success, writes York Yuekun.
Control of data debate could finally come out in the wash

Control of data debate could finally come out in the wash

05 Oct 2020
A new battle is starting over the control of data, writes Shiv Malik, Head of Growth for Streamr
Accelerating city digitisation and avoiding silos with interoperable IoT data model and LPWA networks

Accelerating city digitisation and avoiding silos with interoperable IoT data model and LPWA networks

02 Jul 2020
Open and interoperable data models will help cities speed up the deployment of smart technologies, writes Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer at Kerlink.
The 14 pillars of a smart city

The 14 pillars of a smart city

26 Mar 2020
Strategies must take a holistic approach encompassing people, institutions, structures and operations, say Clint Vince, founder of Dentons’ Smart Cities and Communities Think Tank, and Jennifer Morrissey, counsel at Dentons.
Digital transformation can improve your City Resilience Index

Digital transformation can improve your City Resilience Index

10 Mar 2020
AVEVA’s W. Jarrett Campbell shares five examples where cities have improved their sustainability and resilience, or maintained current levels of resilience while lowering costs.
Data ownership could unleash truly smart cities

Data ownership could unleash truly smart cities

31 Jan 2020
A simple way to control personal data could foster greater trust around smart city initiatives and open up a discussion around what citizens really find valuable – an extension of participatory budgeting, giving people a say in how they ‘spend’ their data.
Smart cities: Why blockchain is changing the game

Smart cities: Why blockchain is changing the game

10 Jan 2020
Blockchain could help make cities more secure and generate new value. Gianni Minetti CEO, Paradox Engineering, explains how.
Towards the smart cities of 2025

Towards the smart cities of 2025

31 Dec 2019
From tech trends to behavioural shifts and new ways to make smart cities economically sustainable, Matthew James Bailey explores what the next five years could look like.
Smart city trend tracker: The top stories on SmartCitiesWorld in 2019

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

20 Dec 2019
We round up our main takeaways from smart city developments in 2019. We’d love to hear yours.
Cities are innovating to build trust around their smart city data

Cities are innovating to build trust around their smart city data

02 Dec 2019
Trust is emerging as the number-one challenge when implementing smart city projects.
Cities are becoming smarter, but how do we make them safer and more resilient?

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

06 Nov 2019
Genetec’s Jean-Philippe Deby highlights critical factors that make a smart city a safe city too – these include communication and collaboration as well as technology.
Pioneering cities demonstrate fundamentals for PPP success

Pioneering cities demonstrate fundamentals for PPP success

10 Oct 2019
Shobhit Jain, Director of Product Innovation at HERE Technologies, shares his insights on how to succeed with public-private partnerships.