The European Commission launched “Connected Communities’ initiative ‘“ an umbrella for several systems designed to connect towns, cities, local broadband partnerships and operators to the advice they need to access finance and develop tailored business models for bringing fast broadband to their community. Continue reading →

Singapore is pushing towards becoming the world’ s first Smart Nation, one that will improve the quality of life for individuals and business opportunities for enterprises. A new platform, data sensors, trials at JLD and industry collaboration will help Singapore realise its smart nation vision. Continue reading →

From New York to São Paulo, Beijing, and Ahmedabad, this short collection of essays, published by the Wilson Center, examines lessons learned about the application of smart city technologies in four countries experiencing profound demographic, environmental, and economic transformations. Continue reading →

The book Brain Gain: How innovative cities create job growth in an age of disruption, by Robert A. Bell, John G. Jung, Louis A. Zacharilla, co-founders of the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), offers advice to community leaders at all levels on how cities and regions can build economic prosperity while meeting social challenges in an age of fast-paced technological disruption. Continue reading →

The Intelligent Community Forum Summit, held on June 3-5 in New York City, is a unique opportunity to learn from the world’s most dynamic communities how to use information and communications technology to build prosperous, inclusive and sustainable communities. Continue reading →

The editors of the Scientific American have published an e-book about the future of cities. The book consists of 31 chapters divided in eight sections: the first section “Cities of the Future’ aims to explore this new concept, while the second, “Drivers: Innovation and Creativity,’ delves into how cities can and do make the most use of their best resource: human capital. Continue reading →

Brookings Institution has just published a document capturing the discussion results of a two day event on Smart Cities. The event, that took place more than a year ago (9-10 December 2013), brought together officials from cities throughout Europe, Canada and the United States to better understand the promise and practice for smart cities around the world today. Continue reading →