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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
The smart cities movement has been part of the arc of technological evolution. Now providing a framework for more liveable, workable and sustainable city making, the smart cities movement promotes these outcomes through the application of...
Article - 05/23/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
A few years ago, only big tech companies had positions like Chief Data Officer or Chief Innovation Officer. Now cities are finding value in the job — as they should.But the job requirements may not be exactly what you expect. Consider Ali Farahani,...
Article - 06/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management, Policy and leadership
When the Smart Cities practice for Council Associate Partner IDC began tracking and forecasting what its researchers believed would be the biggest influences on the direction and depth of global smart city progress, the number one prediction on its...
Article - 01/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
Mayor Rahm Emmanuel gave his CTO John Tolva a mission when he took office. "[He] told me, 'I want Chicago to be the Seoul, Korea of North America,'" said Tolva as quoted in a story in Crain's Chicago Business. And now Tolva has a roadmap to get him...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management, Policy and leadership
Smart grids and smart cities share many things, including a common mistake. Executives often think they can't get "smart" until they install a whole bunch of sensors. In fact, most grids and most cities already have mountains of data. For instance,...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
Take a look at the remarkable progress of China's Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). China's Ministry of Commerce ranks SIP as the most competitive industrial park in the country. I think it's the most competitive in the world. I predict you will agree...
Article - 09/23/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Connectivity, Data management, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies
You will want to skim this Economist article on smart cities for its warnings about what could go wrong; for its hints on the things that are stalling the market; for its anecdotes of cities doing it right; and for its optimistic conclusion that the...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
Here at the Smart Cities Council, we recommend that cities implement a citywide privacy program. The example below explains why. This UK city was just fined roughly $150,000 when a social services employee accidentally published sensitive...
Article - 09/04/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Data management, Policy and leadership, Security and privacy
Thanks to support from Smart Cities Council Lead Partner IBM, the Dublin City University has created a new masters degree that specifically references smart cities. I think you'll want to skim the release below not just for the announcement, but...
Article - 08/07/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management, Policy and leadership
A new report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan underlines what has already become apparent in the field. Transportation is one of the most common flash points for a smart city. The equation seems to work like this: Transportation...
Article - 08/07/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Analytics, Data management, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
Don't assume that India will necessarily be a smart cities laggard. Consider these factoids from a recent article in CXO Today:The Indian government announced plans to set up two smart cities in every state30 Indians leave rural areas for the city...
Article - 04/26/2013
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Analytics, Data management, Policy and leadership
This news from IBM described below illustrates several important trends:Health and human services heavily impact livability. Health and human services are an often overlooked but increasingly important part of the smart cities equation. Cities that...
Article - 04/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
If any company has carved out mind share as a smart cities thought leader, it is IBM. And the man responsible for IBM's smart cities messaging worldwide is Rich Michos, Vice President Marketing, Smarter Cities. There's a lot underneath that...
Resources - 05/14/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management, Interoperability, Policy and leadership
Laurent Schmitt is a compact man with an air of old-world politesse. He has worked in several executive capacities in different parts of Alstom, the $26-billion French maker of power and transport equipment. He started with the company in sales in...
Resources - 03/27/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Definitions and overviews, Data management, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership