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Is the New Economic Geography still Alive in 2023? Smart Algorithmic Places and AI Systems

Posted on by Nicos Komninos in Cities, Knowledge Economy
Organized within the framework of ERSA 2023 Congress, this event is a collaborative effort between the Regional Science Academy and Paul Krugman, Peter Nijkamp, Karima Kourtit, and Yongda Yu. The day’s agenda features three paper sessions encompassing a total of ten papers, a special session dedicated to the scientific significance of Ake Andersson, and a roundtable discussion. All sessions focus on exploring how the principles of New Economic Geography and location dynamics are impacted in the Digital Age.

Call for papers: Redefining cities and planning under the twin smart and green transition

Posted on by Nicos Komninos in Publications on Intelligent Cities / Smart Cities

This special issue of LAND, an open access journal, centers around the ongoing transformation of cities and planning in response to the concurrent digital and green transition. The digital (or smart) transition is a major driver of the current transformation of cities and refers to the application of smart systems, sensor networks, IoT, cloud computing, big data, and AI that change all urban ecosystems. The green transition is another important driver of urban transformation with a systemic impact. Continue reading →

Connected intelligence for the smart green transition: call for papers

Posted on by Nicos Komninos in Intelligent / Smart Cities Solutions

URENIO Research organises a session at the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2023) that will take place at the AC Bella Sky Hotel and Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-28 July 2023. HCII2023 will run as an ‘in-person’ conference with the option for remote participation.

The title of URENIO’s session is “Human, collective, and machine intelligence for the smart green transition of cities”. Continue reading →

Spatial Planning in the Digital Age

Posted on by Nicos Komninos in Publications on Intelligent Cities / Smart Cities

As part of the 19th International Book Fair of Thessaloniki (May 4-7, 2023), Kritiki Publications organises a discussion on the collective volume Spatial Planning in the Digital Age, edited by Nikolaos Gavanas, Athina Giannakou, Anastasia Panori, Alexandros Sdoukopoulosc,

Sunday, May 7, 2023, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m., in the “Philological Café” Hall at Pavilion 13.

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Transformation of Industry Ecosystems in Cities and Regions: A Generic Pathway for Smart and Green Transition

Posted on by Nicos Komninos in Innovation ecosystems, Innovation Strategies

Published in Sustainability, this research paper focuses on pathways towards the digital and green transition. We assess a generic pathway for the transformation of industry ecosystems in cities and regions based on processes of “prioritisation”, “ecosystem identification”, and “platform-based digital and green transition”. Our interest in the transformation of activity-based ecosystems by the twin transition, digital and green, is both theoretical and methodological. Continue reading →