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The Urban Exchange welcomes Miami-Dade County’s Galen Treuer and Howden’s Peter Adams to explore the challenges facing residents and insurers in the face of climate events.

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Dr Tom Mason, Co-Founder and CEO at Bramble Energy

A hydrogen-fuelled city – a practical reality for the UK or a pipe dream?

Opinions08 Jun 2021by Dr Tom Mason, Co-Founder and CEO at Bramble Energy

Hydrogen’s flexibility can unlock new use cases for smart cities.

Sonya Shorey, Chief Marketing Officer at Invest Ottawa

City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart cities

Special Reports02 Jun 2021by Sonya Shorey, Chief Marketing Officer at Invest Ottawa

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.

Beyond the pandemic: the technology that will remain part of our smart cities

Opinions15 Feb 2021by Kevin Grauman, President and CEO, QLess

Covid-19 has brought new kinds of technology into our lives but which will remain beyond the pandemic?

Eitan Grosbard, VP of business development, Tactile Mobility

Covid-19 is ushering a new era in government services

Opinions04 Jan 2021by Eitan Grosbard, VP of business development, Tactile Mobility

Local government will never be the same again in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Tactile Mobility’s Eitan Grosbard.

Nadim Abdulrahim, Global Government Industry Expert, Huawei

The future of smart city technology

Opinions02 Dec 2020by Nadim Abdulrahim, Global Government Industry Expert, Huawei

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim Abdulrahim.

Michael Proman, Managing Director, Scrum Ventures

Rebuilding tomorrow’s smart cities with a people first approach

Opinions23 Nov 2020by Michael Proman, Managing Director, Scrum Ventures

Cities need to invest in its number one asset - its people - in the wake of Covid-19, writes Michael Proman, Managing Director, Scrum Ventures

Stephanie Leonard, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs at TomTom

What will post pandemic mobility look like?

Opinions28 Sep 2020by Stephanie Leonard, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs at TomTom

Governments need to do more to support the development of next generation vehicles, writes TomTom’s Stephanie Leonard.

Reimagining an EV future

Opinions08 Sep 2020by Simon Brammer, Head of Cities, Ashden

Changing work patterns gives a real opportunity to embrace healthier and safer transport networks, writes Simon Brammer, head of cities, Ashden

Stephen Zoegall, Director of Global Cities and Infrastructure Consulting, Accenture

Resilient cities are being redefined by the coronavirus

Opinions24 Aug 2020by Stephen Zoegall, Director of Global Cities and Infrastructure Consulting, Accenture

Covid-19 is showing us what resilience in cities actually is, writes Stephen Zoegall, director of global cities and infrastructure consulting, Accenture.

Thamer Anwar Noori, Royal Commission Yanbu

With AI, Yanbu has become smarter and safer

Opinions30 Jul 2020by Thamer Anwar Noori, Royal Commission Yanbu

Yanbu has used Huawei’s Intelligent Traffic Management system to make a smarter, safer and better city, writes Thamer Anwar Noori, Royal Commission Yanbu

Professor Sergio M. Savaresi and Professor Silvia Strada, Politecnico di Milano

Are the barriers to electric cars lower than we think?

Opinions27 Jul 2020by Professor Sergio M. Savaresi and Professor Silvia Strada, Politecnico di Milano

Assumptions about electric cars are wrong and holding back adoption, argue Sergio M. Savaresi and Prof. Silvia Strada – Politecnico di Milano

Without smart transport networks, smart cities’ potential will not be realised

Opinions22 Jul 2020by Hong Eng Koh, Global Chief Government Industry Scientist, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei

Cities need to implement intelligent road management solutions in order to support citizens and businesses, writes Hong-Eng KOH, Global Chief Government Industry Scientist, Huawei.

Meagan Crawford, Executive Director of Urban Economic

Connected Cities: Has the future changed in light of Covid-19?

Opinions20 Jul 2020by Meagan Crawford, Executive Director of Urban Economic

The Covid-19 pandemic should force us to change how we use buildings, argues Meagan Crawford, Executive Director of Urban Economic

Juan Vicén, co-founder of Zeleros Hyperloop

Our society needs systemic changes. Hyperloop is just one way we can get there

Opinions06 Jul 2020by Juan Vicén, co-founder of Zeleros Hyperloop

Hyperloop’s futuristic concept overshadows its substantial environmental benefits, argues Juan Vicén, co-founder of hyperloop company Zeleros.

Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer, Kerlink

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

Opinions02 Jul 2020by Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer, Kerlink

Open and interoperable data models will help cities speed up the deployment of smart technologies, writes Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer at Kerlink.

Smart cities at the edge: deploying decentralised success

Opinions08 Jun 2020by Ciaran Dynes, SVP of Products at Talend

Edge computing could be a solution for smart cities wanting to process large amounts of data, writes Ciaran Dynes, SVP of Products at Talend

Christopher Burghardt, Managing Director for Europe, ChargePoint

Cities prepare for the electrification of transport in an ever-changing world

Opinions18 May 2020by Christopher Burghardt, Managing Director for Europe, ChargePoint

E-mobility is set to transform all aspects of transportation across the next decade as the technology becomes mainstream, writes Christopher Burghardt, Managing Director for Europe, ChargePoint.

Swami Sivasubramanian, Vice President, Amazon Machine Learning

Four ways machine learning is powering the mobility revolution

Opinions01 May 2020by Swami Sivasubramanian, Vice President, Amazon Machine Learning

AWS’s Swami Sivasubramanian explores how machine learning is making transport and logistics smarter and more successful

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