The importance of ‘living green’ was brought to the attention of sixteen countries at an International Green City Conference this month. Becoming the greenest city in the world, using plants to manage stormwater threats, how to implement greening and change…

Smart Cities: Bringing Tech Benefits Directly to You
More than 300 leaders from government, industry, and academia attended an event called the Global City Team Challenge (GCTC) Tech Jam. The GCTC program,…

Jeju Advances Sustainable and Carbon-neutral Development
Geneva, Switzerland/Jeju, Republic of Korea, March 21, 2016—The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province…

Seven Finalist Cities for Smart City Challenge
AUSTIN, TX – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, joined by Barbara Bennett, President and COO of Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. and Rick Clemmer CEO of NXP Semiconductors, today announced seven finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s…

Arup Awarded Hong Kong Smart City Project
Arup has been appointed for the feasibility study on developing Hong Kong’s first smart city district. This is a flagship project and the first-of-its-kind in Hong Kong, following the Government’s visionary strategy to develop Hong Kong into a leading…

Private Sector Key to Smart City Success
If Smart Cities are to work for their citizens and communities, the private sector needs to make more of its data freely available, concludes a report by BSI (British Standards Institution) and Ordnance Survey (OS). The City Data Report, which was constructed…

Overwhelming Response by Cities across the Country to U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge
WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that seventy-seven cities have submitted applications for the first-of-its-kind U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge. Medium-sized cities from across the country from…

OGC Calls for Proposals for a Future City Pilot Phase 1 Project
Feb. 5, 2016—The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the initiative sponsors: Ordnance Survey Great Britain, Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière (IGN) France, city of Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona), Spain and virtualcitySYSTEMS…
TiE Smart Cities Virtual Hackathon Focuses on Waste, Water and Parking
TiE Silicon Valley’s Smart Cities Virtual Hackathon is now underway through January 31. Hackathon participants will be writing software apps that solve some of the biggest problems facing urbanization today, including smart parking, waste disposal management,…