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Article - 01/21/2020
Active Region(s): Europe
The 2020 Global Readiness Challenge is the result of many years of hard work including analysis of city needs, challenge design, outreach campaigns and over 45 workshops in North America alone. In this process we learned that face to face...
Article - 01/15/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America
Ask for Help:Use our CONTACT FORM to get in direct contact with an SCC Technical Support individual. Watch a Video:2020 North American Readiness Challenge How to Apply and Maximize Impact to Your Community ( 30 minute Webinar) ...
Article - 01/01/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
A free work/play trip to Dublin: Enterprise Ireland to host North American smart cities for knowledge exchange Enterprise Ireland (EI) and the Smart Cities Council are partnering to bring North American smart cities to Dublin this December to...
Article - 09/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main, Europe, North America
Commercial drones (remote-controlled unmanned aircraft systems) are too small to be tracked with radar systems and pose a serious risk to pilots. Not only can they cause accidents with aircraft, but they can also be used for a crime-related activity...
Article - 04/20/2019
Active Region(s): Europe
Cork, a university city in southwest Ireland, is on its way to positioning itself as a “World-Class Smart Region,” building on its existing assets to achieve a reputation as a great place to live, work, visit and invest. Part of a collaboration...
Article - 03/12/2019
Active Region(s): Europe
The Port of Tallinn is looking to up its sustainability game starting at square one with port traffic. Let’s dive deeper into the smart port project that will reduce traffic loads and minimize air pollution, thereby affecting the future of Tallinn’s...
Article - 03/03/2019
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy
Out of 20 cities evaluated in the UK Smart Cities Index, Leeds placed fifth in terms of smart health initiatives. Thanks to its long-term growth strategy “Getting Leeds Working,” Yorkshire’s largest city has created an Innovation Health Hub that...
Article - 01/24/2019
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Health and human services
Tech corporation ZTE is looking to bring Hungary’s technology up to 21st century standards starting with one major upgrade: a 5G network. While small towns like Szentendre near Budapest have toyed with smart city solutions like Smart Parking systems...
Article - 01/19/2019
Active Region(s): Main, Europe
Category: Citizen engagement strategies and tools
One of the main challenges Krakow faces is quality of life, but now the city is looking to fix that with goals put in place that will make the city a better—and smarter—place to live. From tackling environmental pollution to improving educational...
Article - 12/31/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Economic development
Methanol is typically produced from natural gas or coal, so for cities looking to make the transition to low carbon, what is the solution to going green? At a new waste-to-chemical facility under development in the Port of Rotterdam in the...
Article - 12/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Water and wastewater
When it comes to verifying identity on digital applications, passwords are the most common method. But what if cities want to ensure that the citizens accessing their apps are actually who they say they are? Welcome to the world of digital identity...
Article - 12/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Security and privacy
As cities develop and populations continue to grow, there is one common challenge most places face: transportation. In southwest Germany near the French border, Karlsruhe, the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, has had a three-...
Article - 12/10/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Upward Mobility, Food and Water, Wellness, Shelter, Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Responsibility areas, Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Payments, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation
Congested city streets may be one less problem Paris faces as the city looks to something straight out of a science fiction movie: driverless taxi cabs. Dubbed “Autonom Cab,” these hyperconnected taxis cost between €230,000 and €250,000 and can hold...
Article - 11/29/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Connectivity
Austria’s fourth-largest city, Salzburg, may be known for its charming medieval and baroque buildings (as well as being the birthplace of famous composer Mozart), but the city is making a name for itself in the region as a leader in Smart Grids and...
Article - 11/28/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation
For the year ahead, smart parking solutions are predicted to be one of the top trends to make waves across Europe. If we look at London alone, on-street parking services could save drivers 33,000 hours in a car looking for parking—in addition to...
Article - 11/22/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
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
France is looking to become a “global champion of digital technology” by honing in on one aspect of its tech scene: artificial intelligence. Some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies are setting their sights on the capital city of Paris as...
Article - 11/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Telecommunications, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
Smart city projects and solutions can breathe new life into a struggling city, one neighbourhood at a time. But what if urban services that compile data are the key not only to modernizing a city but also to funding it? With the redevelopment of...
Article - 11/19/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Connectivity, Data management
When improving citizens’ quality of life, the challenge of providing suitable and sufficient parking ranks consistently at the top of issues to solve for today’s cities. This problem is also constantly expensive for citizens: drivers spend...
Article - 11/07/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity, Data management