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.
At SmartCitiesWorld’s inaugural advisory board meeting, Jeff Risom, chief innovation officer at Gehl Architects, explored how the public realm might be managed in the post-pandemic era.
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We assess the current trends in air quality monitoring and improvement, identifying projects, policies and technologies that are aiding cities in creating more liveable and breathable urban environments.
This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion is now available OnDemand and brings cities together for bilateral learnings on the challenges and potential solutions to sustainability by utilising intelligent transport systems (ITS). The CSO of the City of Vilnius - European Green Capital 2025 are among the speakers.
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.
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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Raj Mack, head of Digital Birmingham at Birmingham City Council, explains how the West Midlands city is building an international digital brand and reputation.
A deep dive into environmental sustainability with Filipe Araújo, Vice-Mayor and City Councillor for Environment, Climate, Innovation and Digital Transition for the City of Porto
Hallie Liao, deputy general manager of Shenzhen Bus Group explains the impact that public transport electrification at scale has had on one of China’s newest and most densely populated cities.
London is currently home to more than 30 per cent of the UK’s electric vehicle charging points but, as John Kavanagh explains, there remains a huge amount to be done if EVs are to support the city’s carbon-neutral goals and data will be key.
Steve Turner, director of the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission (CCIC), explains how the commission is seeking to close the funding gap in the UK to enable crucial green projects to go ahead, and considers the ways the commission’s model could be scaled internationally.
The latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast sees senior editor Luke Antoniou joined by Kalyn Sims, CTO of Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure, to discuss the ley to cross-departmental and inter-agency collaboration in today’s smart cities.
Following SmartCitiesWorld’s roundtable at GUAAS 2022, senior editor Luke Antoniou reflects on the lessons shared by the experts, exploring how advanced air mobility can take off in cities and become part of a wider, better connected transportation network.
With Mobility-as-a-Service pilots and projects having been disrupted by the pandemic, SmartCitiesWorld explores the opportunity to get back on track with the MaaS concept in 2022 with the Urban Mobility Partnership’s (UMP) Chris Pritchett.
The first episode of the SmartCitiesWorld podcast for 2022 take a deep dive into Sydney’s world-leading environmental strategy with city CEO, Monica Barone.
In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, news editor Sue Weekes talks to Maria Shiao of Fotech about the opportunities distributed acoustic sensing technology can bring to cities to expand their use of fibre.
Gordon Feller examines how two cities in Nevada are benefiting from being able to plug into their technology partner’s existing infrastructure and platforms to ignite smart city innovation.
The panel aims to provide residents with access to education and training on AI, enabling local communities to influence the development of AI initiatives.
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.
The project at Leighton Buzzard station aims to show how untapped footfall energy at transport hubs represents a real opportunity to provide sustainable energy sources.
The project follows an agreement between Apollo International and Riyadh-based House of Invention to deploy smart poles and infrastructure across the Kingdom.
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