What are Smart cities? Smart Cities Features, Framework, Insights, Thoughts, Quotes The world is now urban and humanity lives and fosters in cities and smart cities are framework of our times. For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities and the numbers will increase and citiess need […]
Interview Monty Munford – Co-Founder BlockSpeak, Tech Journalist Blockchain, Crypto, AI Thought leader Monty Munford, tech journalist, blockchain expert and Co-Founder at BlockSpeak podcast series, is the new guest in this interview series for citiesabc. As it is usual in the series, host Dinis Guarda and Monty Munford discuss major challenges nations, cities and people […]
Smart Cities the Heartbeat of the 21st Century Covid Driven New Age of Agility In Rome you long for the country; in the country – oh inconstant! – you praise the distant city to the stars. Horace We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. John F. […]
This paper is written by Professor Yu Xiong and Dr. Senmao XIA. Global Innovation Index 2019 placed China at No.14, up 3 positions from 2018. The index is a sophisticated evaluation of numerous factors so it is unsurprising that the ranking is dominated by developed countries/regions. China was the only developing country in the top […]
Technology & Coronavirus: Changing The Way We Work News / opinion release guest contribution By Anthony Ginsberg Co-Creator, HAN-GINS Global Innovative Technology ETF Technology is coming to the rescue in a major way for workers and school kids whose lives have been disrupted by the Coronavirus. With millions of school-aged children at home various tech […]
Will Digital Technology in Planning Be one of the Legacies of Covid-19 News Release Planners in both the public and private sectors will find their work is massively disrupted over the next few months and the impact has been acknowledged in a letter from the Chief Planner to all English Local authorities. Delving into the […]
Edwin Diender, CDTO and Vice President, Global Government Business Unit, Huawei Enterprise joins Dinis Guarda in this new series of interviews for citiesabc to discuss his profile and background, his work in Huawei and what this tech leading global player is doing in Digital Transformation, 5G, AI and his cutting edge ideas and solutions in […]
Jorge Sebastiao is a technology thought leader, influencer and ICT expert in the area of cyber security with more than 35 years of experience in technology systems. In this new interview for citiesabc, conducted by Dinis Guarda, cyber security is a central theme as every digital system exposes new – and unexpected, risks. That is […]
In 1950, 746 Million people lived in cities but just one hundred years later in 2050, this is anticipated to surpass 6 Billion – some 66% of the world’s population. In this increasingly urban, data-driven and hybrid world that integrates the physical and the virtual, the concept of ‘smartness’ comes to the fore. The vision […]
Covid 19 Corovirus UN DESA’s – When Data Increasingly is Key to Saving Lives News / resources release As the dangerous COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS pandemic besets the world, statisticians and data experts around the globe have entered a race against time. Governments, healthcare providers, businesses and citizens need a constant flow of new and disaggregated data […]