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The 1st SmartCitiesCouncil® - Europe Stakeholders’ Assembly recently took place in Dublin, Ireland on the 9th of November. The day’s theme was Accelerating your innovation economy and focused on how smart city solutions can advance innovation and...
Article - 11/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Economic development, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Waste management, The Enablers, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Data management, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples, SCC Spotlight Cities
A report from McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) reveals how a variety of applications can significantly improve urban quality of life indicators, from reduced fatalities to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Smart Cities: Digital Solutions...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Involving citizens in public data collection and decision-making processes is helping cities across Europe narrow in on the projects and areas that really need shaping. Cities like Oradea in Romania have connected its public institutions to a single...
Article - 11/08/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Data management
The Smart Cities Council has always said cities shouldn't go it alone when developing their smart city planning and implementation strategies: learn from the successes of those cities that have already made the commitments and taken the risks to...
Article - 10/26/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Though the 'Smart Cities' initiatives around the globe are great case studies, each city has unique characteristics and problems and should focus on finding contextual local solutions.A Business Insider report quoted Managing Director of CISCO...
Article - 09/03/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Smart City Examples, Smart City Tools
"Mobile first!" is the catch phrase for many tech companies these days, and for many cities. More and more people are accessing the world through their smartphones rather than their personal computers. Since the mobile interface is more constrained...
Article - 06/03/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity
Most agree smartphone apps can help people in a host of ways and even build stronger connections between citizens and their government. But they do require an investment.A new report from Council Lead Partner IBM can help give you an idea whether...
Article - 05/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
Today government apps for smartphones are still seen as progressive... a "bonus." Soon, however, they will be expected. In fact, cities in most parts of the world have three to five years before citizens will expect them as a matter of course.My...
Article - 11/06/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
For better or worse, competitions are becoming a "standard" way to surface exciting new application ideas in a short time. They've been a big hit in cities such as New York, Boston, London and San Francisco. The concept has become so mainstream that...
Article - 07/16/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
I am all for augmented reality. The concept is to supplement a normal view of the world with additional information. The photo at right, courtesy John Angelo, shows how a city street might be overlaid with information if you were wearing Google...
Article - 07/08/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
An article at The Information Daily discusses the rise of the "maker" culture and how it promises to transform cities. I think the piece has an important message for city leaders.Take a moment to read the article if you aren't yet up to speed in the...
Article - 06/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Health and human services, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
This recommended reading from the Huffington Post by John Tippett recounts efforts by the Grameen Foundation to build mobile applications for the developing world. I think it has a couple of important reminders. The first is that the future is in...
Article - 06/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Cities want residents to have a library of great applications. Yet no city can afford to hire the dozens or hundreds of programmers it would take. Increasingly, those cities are finding ways to motivate others to build applications. New York is...
Article - 06/18/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Gordon Feller is one of the smart city sector's premier thought leaders. Formerly CEO of the Urban Age Institute, he is now the Director of Urban Innovations at Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group. Cisco is a Smart Cities Council Lead Partner...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
It was IBM's Rich Michos who first enlightened me to the crucial role smart phones play in the smart city. As he explained in his interview about building a smarter planet one city at a time, smart phones are showing up everywhere on their own, in...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control
It's no longer news when a major city announces its intention to be a world leader in smart city services. But it is illuminating to drill down to see what those cities mean by that announcement. And, especially, what kind of smart city applications...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
By most accounts, China has more smart city projects than any other region. Even so, many Westerners assume that the U.S. and Europe will be the leaders in digital government and e-services. Here's a story from China Daily that suggests otherwise...
Article - 05/20/2013
Active Region(s): Main, China, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
Free public Wi-Fi has been a luxury until recently. Now we see evidence that it is gradually becoming a must-have, at least for those cities that hope to attract high-income technology professionals. For instance, Mountain View, California - home to...
Article - 05/07/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
This story focuses on the power generated by energy-harvesting floor tiles. I think there's an even more important story -- the data they generate. Right now it is relatively easy to generate information about automobile traffic, but much harder to...
Article - 04/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Data management, Instrumentation and control
This video explains how CivicConnect™ Mobile from Council Associate Partner Civic Resource Group International enables rapid deployment of dynamic mobile websites and applications for smart government on the go.
Resources - 06/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity
Reed Pangborn is AT&T's area vice president for government, education and medical. In that role, he is responsible for helping cities "mobilize" their applications. An active runner, hiker and skier, he is a happy resident of Phoenix, where it...
Resources - 05/04/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Finance and procurement