Over the years, the sophistication of technology has brought with it, consequently, the automation of jobs. Thanks to the advancement and improvement of the internet and personal devices, connecting with different parts of the world became possible, enabling people to work from anywhere.
However, technology continues to evolve, as do the ways of working. How will these advances affect the workplace? Why is it important to talk about governance to correctly develop policies around companies and workers?
Topic: smart-government
6 MIN. READ
Work Smarter: The future of the workplace
By Rocío Moreno on May 3, 2023 10:57:57 AM
Topics:
Smart Living
Smart Government
Smart People
Smart Cities
Smart Education
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
9 MIN. READ
Benefits of Open Data for Smart Cities
By Lisa Smith on Sep 20, 2022 2:24:00 PM
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Smart City Solutions
Smart Government
Open Data
Smart Economy
4 MIN. READ
Multiple Benefits of Smart Street Lighting Solutions in Smart Cities
By Dr. Alexander Gelsin on Mar 6, 2022 2:13:00 PM
The role of smart lighting solutions in the intelligent transformation of cities and buildings has gained momentum in the past years. This development will continue in the coming years based on increased connectivity and industrial internet of things (IIoT) solutions becoming a key element in most smart city strategies around the globe.
The opportunities that cities can seize with the installation of smart lighting solutions go far beyond value creation through energy (cost) and maintenance savings (which are huge considering that as much as 40 percent of a city’s energy budget is consumed by street lighting and new efficient lighting can save up to 50% of these costs as a result of increased energy efficiency) or the improvement of the environmental impact.
Topics:
Smart Living
Smart Government
Smart Environment
Smart Mobility
Smart Lighting
10 MIN. READ
Bridging America’s Digital Divide: The Search for Equitable Solutions
By Jon Glasco on Sep 17, 2021 12:59:19 AM
More than 35 years ago, an American entrepreneur challenged the monopoly power and anti-competitive practices of AT&T - at that time the nation’s dominant provider of telephony services. Today, government leaders and entrepreneurs are challenging the dominance of cable companies who control broadband networks and operate as internet service providers (ISPs). Today’s challenge is driven by the digital divide and a digital equity shortfall in the U.S. which places many low-income households, students, small businesses, unemployed and rural citizens at a disadvantage.
Topics:
Smart City Solutions
Smart Government
Smart City Technology
Digital Transformation
Digitalization
5 MIN. READ
5 Citizen Engagement Solutions That Smart Cities Should Know
By Jennifer Svedberg on Jun 29, 2020 9:30:00 AM
Civic engagement is not only essential for formal city planning processes, but it is at the core of digital urban transformation into smart and sustainable cities and communities. The most widely used ways of engaging citizens, town hall meetings and surveys (even with social media campaigns), leave citizen participation rates low and a majority of citizens in the dark about what is being done in their city.
Enabling citizens to provide opinions and feedback as well as to participate in decision making processes is the subject of this top list. Through new forms of urban governance and participation, cities and communities embrace the ability to collaborate with their citizens to co-create a better and smarter city for all.
Explore five leading citizen engagement solutions that aim to bridge the gap between local government, especially city planners, and citizens.
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AcceliCITY offers paid pilot projects for smart city startups
By Thomas Mueller on Apr 25, 2019 12:01:36 AM
bee smart city partner Leading Cities is now accepting applications for its second edition of the AcceliCITY smart city startup accelerator. Last year’s inaugural edition of the contest worked with 27 semi-finalists selected from more than 550 applications from over 40 countries.
“The goal of the AcceliCITY program is to facilitate sustainable growth, resiliency and quality-of-life improvements for cities around the world by addressing the critical needs of Smart City startups,” says Michael Lake, President and CEO of Leading Cities. “These startups are developing the innovative solutions to municipal challenges in the 21st century.”.
AcceliCITY offers the chance for startups to secure what they need most - paid projects to build their portfolio and validate their solutions. This edition will focus on the challenges of smart water and smart mobility through pioneering partnerships with the cities of New Bedford, Massachusetts and Mount Pearl, Canada. In addition, all applicants will compete to be selected for fast-tracking to the Urban Resilience Challenge. Those selected will automatically advance to the semi-finalist stage and compete for a 1st Place prize of $75,000 and 2nd Place prize of $25,000.
Topics:
Smart City Solutions
Smart Government
Smart Environment
Smart Mobility
Smart City
bee smart city
Smart Cities
9 MIN. READ
How Crowdsourcing and Incentives Improve Public Safety
By Jon Glasco on Mar 10, 2019 10:44:35 PM
When it comes to public safety, smart city leaders recognize the importance of engaging with citizens and encouraging them to report safety problems. In this article, we present a perspective on public safety — and focus on Vizsafe, a U.S. startup firm which discovered opportunities to incentivize citizens and improve safety by creating a platform which connects the power of crowdsourcing and smartphone technologies with a blockchain-based rewards system.
Topics:
Smart Living
Smart Government
Smart People
Blockchain
Smart City Platform
Smarte Verwaltung
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Launched: AcceliCITY - A New Smart City Startup Accelerator
By Thomas Mueller on Jul 4, 2018 10:34:44 PM
Boston-based Leading Cities has announced AcceliCITY, a global competition providing Smart City startups with access to international clients, capital from a global network of Smart City educated investors, and tools and knowledge in doing business with cities. The program bridges the gap between startups, cities, and businesses by providing select startups with access to Leading Cities’ proven track record of successful policy implementation, Smart City tools, and broad global network. bee smart city partners with AcceliCITY and Leading Cities to leverage its expertise and network to support Smart City startups.
Leading Cities and several partnering organizations - among them bee smart city - empower the AcceliCITY program to lower the cost of innovation for startups, cities, and corporations by streamlining the innovation and sales cycles for Smart City solutions. All partners provide access to an international network of mentors, investors, and decision-makers in city governments.
Topics:
Smart City Solutions
Smart Government
Smart City
bee smart city
Smart Cities
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Thinxtra launches Sigfox LPWA IoT Network for Smart City Hong Kong
By Thomas Mueller on Nov 5, 2017 11:51:50 PM
On the 1st of November, Sigfox's exclusive network operator Thinxtra showcased the start of its territory-wide low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT network in Hong Kong, providing cost-effective IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity for the city.
Cost-Effective LPWA Network provides IoT Connectivity
Until March 2018, 100 Sigfox base stations are expected to be installed throughout Hong Kong to provide long-range, low-bandwidth, low-power connectivity for businesses, research institutions, and government organizations to seize opportunities of the rise of IoT.
Topics:
Smart City Solutions
Smart Living
Smart Government
Smart Environment
Smart Mobility
Smart City Technology
Smart Lighting
4 MIN. READ
The Use of Crowdsourcing to accelerate Smart City Development
By Bart Gorynski on Sep 11, 2017 3:32:44 PM
The evolution of smart cities has shifted from technology-centered approaches via government-led strategies to a human-centric focus. We have discussed this recently in our article Towards a new paradigm of the smart city.
Considering the benefits of a human-centric approach, the question is how a city can tap into the collective intelligence of citizens, entrepreneurs, businesses or other organizations to accelerate the development of a more livable and prosperous city. Collective intelligence can be considered as a key success factor for a smart city (see A review of becoming a smart city).
Topics:
Smart City Strategy
Smart City Solutions
Smart Government
Smart City Development
Open Data
Smart City
Smart People