by Nicole Rupersburg | Jan 29, 2016 | Smart Cities
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. At first blush, investment banking doesn’t...
by John Addison | Jan 27, 2016 | Smart Cities
Environmental Disaster Schools were closed and thousands evacuated from homes, escaping a 2.5 million pound per day methane leak. This leak near Aliso Canyon in the Los Angeles area is from a natural gas storage tank owned by the Southern California Gas Company, a...
by Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn | Jan 26, 2016 | Smart Cities
Investing in human capital – The talent equation at Cisco Building the Internet of Things economy is a bit like building a new city – it’s the people that make the difference. When you are in the early stages of creating any new industry you have to think about...
by Martin Traunmueller | Jan 25, 2016 | Smart Cities
Pedestrian Navigation… and the City One of the most common buzz-words in an ever increasing smart world is the ‘walkability’ of a city. Walkability describes the pedestrian-friendliness a city offers to its population and hence, has great impact on the city’s...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Jan 20, 2016 | Smart Cities
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many New...
by Jocelyn Blériot | Jan 19, 2016 | Smart Cities
As read in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago, “New York City (is) to replace pay phones with free Wifi”. Some could argue that this simple transition is nothing more than a logical evolution of the telecoms landscape, driven by incremental technology advances....
by Sébastien Dagault and Tiphaine Mallégol | Jan 19, 2016 | Smart Cities
Cities that previously focused their attention on attracting corporate investment and tourists are now turning to a new target – skilled professionals. Moving beyond the traditional definition of branding (famous slogans such as « I love New York » , « I amsterdam» ,...
by Gordon Feller | Jan 18, 2016 | Smart Cities
A new online community WorldSmartCity.org will be launched on 18 January by the IEC in partnership with ISO and ITU. The extended leadership network will engage city stakeholders, on a global basis. WorldSmartCity.org is hosting and organizing a range of in-depth...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Jan 14, 2016 | Smart Cities
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. Current dialogue in economic development refers to...
by Greg Delaune | Jan 13, 2016 | Smart Cities
The United States’ global leadership and commitment to the accords that emerged from the COP21 Paris Climate Conference mark the dawn of a new era for city-scale clean energy innovation. Over the course of the last three years, the City of San Leandro, California, has...
by Jerry Miller and Yasmin Romitti | Jan 13, 2016 | Smart Cities
The concept of sustainability and sustainable growth and development has largely become a global mantra, and no wonder, we’ve all heard the statistics – in the last 50 years, the world’s population has increased by 133%, world energy consumption by 55%,...
by Sue Lebeck | Jan 5, 2016 | Smart Cities
As enthusiastic hackathon teams gathered in Richmond, California for the second annual Meeting of the Minds (MotM) Civic Hackathon in mid-October (find the story here), the energy and creativity levels were high. “I’m very impressed at the creative applications that...
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