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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
Since we launched the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge last year, we’ve seen cities make great strides. This year’s entrants are knowledgeable and committed, and they have large ambitions. They are moving beyond the ‘pilot phase’ to deploy...
Article - 03/08/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: SCC Spotlight Cities
As the first year of our Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge program draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the progress our first five winning cities have made. After an extensive application process Austin, Indianapolis, Miami...
Article - 11/22/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: SCC Spotlight Cities
A year ago, we opened the application process for our first Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grants and five cities stood out. Last week, we were in Philadelphia to deliver our final workshop for the Class of 2017 and 200 people participated...
Article - 10/20/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Citizen engagement, SCC Spotlight Cities
What comes first: the technology or the people? We were in Indianapolis this week for our third Readiness Challenge Grant Workshop — and the answer there is clearly the public.Indianapolis was one of five cities to win our first series of grants and...
Article - 07/21/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: SCC Spotlight Cities
We were in Orlando this week to deliver our second Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant workshop. Orlando is one of the five winners of this year’s grants and it has a problem that most cities would be envious of: A thriving economy....
Article - 06/09/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: SCC Spotlight Cities
From left-to-right: Council Chairman Jesse Berst, San Leandro CIO Deborah Acosta, San Jose CIO Shireen Sandosham, Seattle CTO Michael Mattmiller, and Philadelphia CIO Charles BrennanThis week, we held our first Smart Cities Week event in the Silicon...
Article - 05/10/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: SCC Spotlight Cities
Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China. It has an area of 4,467 km2 (1,725 mi2) and a population of 2 million. In recent years, it has become one of the world’s top smart cities.I recently met with the Vice Mayor of...
Article - 01/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement, Interoperability, Policy and leadership, SCC Spotlight Cities
Pushkar in the Ajmer district in Western India.The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) selected Emerging Markets Infrastructure, working in cooperation with the Smart Cities Council, Smart Cities Council India, 3 E Consulting, Cimperium and...
Article - 09/22/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, SCC Spotlight Cities
The government on Thursday released a list of 98 selected cities, across 35 states and Union Territories to be developed as 'Smart Cities' under the government's '100 Smart Cities Mission. The names of the two cities are still awaited has Jammu...
Article - 09/01/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: SCC Spotlight Cities
Looking for money to help fund a smart cities initiative? You may already have it. It just may be going down the drain.Itron CEO Philip Mezey told participants at the Council's Smart Cities Now forum in Charlotte, North Carolina this week that North...
Article - 03/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies, SCC Spotlight Cities
A city in southwest England will soon be covered by a wireless umbrella designed to connect everything, allowing enterprising researchers to find new uses for the data that’s generated. The goal is to turn the city of Bristol into a hotbed of smart...
Article - 03/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Interoperability, SCC Spotlight Cities
Scroll down for this week's short takes from Council members …Qualcomm ups commitment to mobile learning with acquisition of EmpoweredU: Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Council Lead Partner Qualcomm, wants to continue to demonstrate how...
Article - 08/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: SCC Spotlight Cities
In India, new growth centers are emerging beyond the country's six emerging metros. As growth shifts to smaller second- and third-tier cities, smart cities efforts need to be refocused on these emerging cities before growth overruns them. This...
Resources - 02/16/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Examples, SCC Spotlight Cities