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On Monday 21 September we hosted our Plenary Morning for Smart Cities Week Australia New Zealand 2020. In this streamed plenary session we work through a range of topics that support the operationalisation of technology and data investments in...
Article - 09/23/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
The European Union’s (EU) bank will invest 650 million euros for the construction of Kanpur’s first city metro line, its second biggest operation outside Europe that will finance a 32.4-km metro line with stations and rolling stock.The European...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
The European Union’s (EU) bank will invest 650 million euros for the construction of Kanpur’s first city metro line, its second biggest operation outside Europe that will finance a 32.4-km metro line with stations and rolling stock.The European...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
Kolkata Metro is also gearing up to get back on track with proper measures in place. Kolkata Metro is focusing on online smart card recharging system to avoid crowds at the ticket counters at stations.Posters will be distributed among commuters and...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Tirupati Smart City Corporation Limited (TSCCL) advisory committee has approved several eco-friendly initiatives including setting up of battery charging stations, modular toilets and dormitories for RTC commuters. The proposed battery...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Smart City Corporation Limited (NRANSCCL) has invited bids for the installation of 2.9 MW of rooftop solar projects at various locations under the capital expenditure (CAPEX) model. Besides the design, engineering,...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Institute for Management Development, in collaboration with Singapore University for Technology and Design, has released the 2020 Smart City Index, with key findings on how technology is playing a role in the COVID-19 era. Four Indian cities—New...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
About half the cities I talk to say they are the next Silicon Valley for their country or region. They love branding their city as a hub of innovation and entrepreneurialism with no clear understanding of what Silicon Valley had to do to become...
Article - 09/15/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) signed an agreement with an environmental organisation for the Mithi river clean-up project. Officials said that MMRDA had received a proposal from the Marine Debris Partnership, which...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
Regarded as India’s spiritual capital, Varanasi is being beautified under the old Kashi rejuvenation project worth Rs 80 crore. Work is on to give the city’s narrow lanes a retro look along with smart facilities. Six wards—Dashashwamedh, Jangamwadi...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
India's official recycling capacity of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is a meagre 6,500 tonne per day (TPD) – just around 1 per cent, according to a new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The country’s total C...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic, Shimla Smart City project is gaining momentum as Rs 550 crore would be spent on increasing liveability and beautification of the tourist town. Urban development minister Suresh Bhardwaj said that as...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
Those residing in low-lying areas of the city or in localities that get flooded by Vishwamitri river monitor its levels anxiously when there is heavy rain or water is released from the Ajwa reservoir.So far, this level was noted by Vadodara...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
A fresh approach to supporting startups across Australia and New Zealand is underway with the announcement that the Smart Cities Council has broadened its partnership categories to include early stage startups.Under the new partnership program...
Article - 09/08/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Led by Carlos Rivero, the CDO for the Commonwealth of Virginia (USA), this panel at Smart Cities Week Global 2020 will be exploring how cities around the world are implementing open data initiatives.Register to attend Smart Cities Week here (free.)...
Article - 09/08/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
In 2015, Stephen Adler, the Chief Information Strategist for IBM stated that IBM’s view about ‘smart cities’ was that a smart city was ‘self-aware.’ Peter Hirshberg, the Chairman of the City Innovate Foundation stated probably more comprehensively...
Article - 09/08/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN
An Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) will be set up on the premises of Bihar Sharif Town police station to monitor a host of services and activities in the town. The decision was taken at the review meeting of Biharsharif Smart City...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
Chirala municipality has bagged Swachh Survekshan 2020 award instituted by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) under sanitation management category. The other towns and cities from Andhra Pradesh that won the awards are Vijayawada (Krishna),...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
Tiruppur Smart City managed by the Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation has invited expression of interest (EOI), to install 34 electronic display boards with air quality monitoring systems, against advertisement rights on design, build, operate and...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
Decks have been cleared for revolutionary changes in the urban transportation system of Uttar Pradesh after the central government’s approval to the urban mobility plan of 13 cities, including Lucknow. Now, things like bus rapid transport corridor...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
With the trial run over, the Intelligent Transport System that will provide live status of bus movement besides their arrival and departure timings on commuters’ phones as well as display boards at bus shelters is ready to be operationalized in...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Smart Cities Council is stewarding the development of a Digital Twin Strategy for Australia and New Zealand. Our goal for the Strategy is to create the conditions for a thriving Digital Twin market place in the region. Our Digital Twin Task...
Article - 09/01/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
What is the idea behind the '20 Minute City', and how might it become a key opportunity for post-crisis economic recovery? Well, the City of Hamilton in New Zealand has a strategy for that! We recently interviewed Jen Baird (General Manager, City...
Article - 09/01/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Urban flooding is the most common diaster in the United StatesFlooding is the most common natural disaster in the United States. As reported by the University of Maryland and Texas A&M (Galveston) in 2018, in its report titled ‘The Growing...
Article - 09/01/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
Moves to see the University of Canterbury (UC) deliver the most advanced smart cities focused MBA program are under way with the announcement that the University has become the first university globally to sign as a Research and Knowledge Partner...
Article - 08/31/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Electric auto rickshaws (e-autos) have been rolled out in the capital city by the city corporation as part of Smart city Thiruvananthapuram Limited for promoting electric mobility. Industries Minister E P Jayarajan flagged off 15 e-autos, which were...
Article - 08/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
The by Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) helped Lucknow secure the 12th position out of 47 cities with a population of over 10 lakh assessed in the Swachh Survey for 2020. The rankings were done on four parameters – direct observation,...
Article - 08/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
In the backdrop of the Central government’s curbs on bidders of countries that share a land border with India, on the grounds of national security, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) may have to scrap and re-invite tenders for construction...
Article - 08/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
Having got the approval from the board, the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) is gearing up to prepare its master plan for 2041. Boosting industrial activity and strengthening urban services are some of the key points that will...
Article - 08/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
Dust is a major contributor to air pollution in Delhi. The Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Control and Prevention) Authority (EPCA) had been asking the civic bodies to take measures to check road dust. Keeping air pollution in mind,...
Article - 08/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it's that resilience and agility can be a matter of survival.Those small businesses who were agile and pivoted swiftly continued to trade. Those companies with robust continuity plans kept the lights...
Article - 08/21/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Apply to become a Readiness Cohort Leader by October 14 2020 at 5 pm ET HEREThe Application is easy, taking about an hour. Tell us your problem, a project that will solve it and give us a letter from a senior city leader about your commitment....
Article - 08/20/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
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Article - 08/19/2020
Active Region(s): Smart Cities Week
A New HorizonOpportunity arising from crisis (危机)"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." | John F. KennedyRegister for free to attend for a global...
Article - 08/19/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
The construction of much-delayed, third phase of the Panjim municipal market, which is expected to accommodate the fish and meat vendors, will now be taken up under Smart City Mission.The decision was taken during a meeting held recently chaired by...
Article - 08/14/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) will play an important role in developing a biotechnology-based water treatment system for the purification of sewage water flowing into the rivers Ganga and Godavari under a joint...
Article - 08/14/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Centre will develop Leh and Kargil as smart cities in the newly-formed union territory of Ladakh. Working on a home ministry proposal to improve infrastructure and generate job opportunities in Ladakh, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has...
Article - 08/14/2020
Active Region(s): India
ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) Bhubaneswar has developed a UV (ultraviolet) sanitized dustbin with the help of a start-up Home Acts to use it in daily life. It has UV lights that can neutralize the viruses and other pathogens.The...
Article - 08/14/2020
Active Region(s): India
Citizens are demanding more-personalized and accessible healthcare. From detecting early warning signs of ill health in individual patients to the way public areas are monitored to ensure safety and sanitation, there are many ways government...
Article - 08/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
At our inaugural virtual town hall meeting on Tuesday 4th August, we brought together some of the region's leading policy makers and practitioners to reflect on the smart cities agenda over the past 5 years.After a reflection on the past, and a...
Article - 08/10/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand