Tag: smart cities

Jaewon Peter Chun At The New Episode Of “Living With Sunny”: “The Wellbeing Actually Applies To People As Well As Invisible Entities, Even Companies, Or Maybe Future”

President of World Smart Cities Forum, Jaewon Peter Chun, joins Sunny (Gurpreet) Singh and Thomas Power in the ninth episode of the ‘Living with Sunny’ Youtube podcast series. The three experts discuss the concept of ‘Holistic Wellbeing’ outlining the idea of a ‘Smart Cities’. Living with Sunny’s episode 9 is out now on YouTube and chosen […]

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Smart City Business Award Went to “Progressive thinking” Cityzenith

Pioneering work in the Digital Twin sector by Cityzenith has won a major accolade: a Smart City Business Award at the openbusinesscouncil’s (OBC) COVID-19 summit. Cityzenith wins Smart City Business Award  The event award recognised Cityzenith as one of the “most progressive thinking companies, demonstrating exceptional pioneer work and devotion in the Smart Cities and […]

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U.S. Smart City Initiatives Are Falling Short; New Report Calls for More Federal R&D and Coordination to Deploy AI Tools

The next wave of connected and intelligent technologies—sensors, 5G, and artificial intelligence (AI)—promises to improve the energy efficiency of urban systems. AI, in particular, can help cities save money, address infrastructure needs, and reduce emissions. Yet cities face significant challenges in researching, developing, demonstrating, and deploying AI and other smart technologies. A new report by the […]

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Hans Henrik Christensen, VP Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) – Building Dubai Tech Hub

Hans Henrik Christensen is an accomplished senior level leader and Vice President of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA). With more than 20 years international operational expertise in general management and corporate innovation, Hans Henrik Christensen successfully acted as CEO for three companies and today leads the award-winning corporate business innovation and venture investment department with […]

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Smart Centres Index 2: Investment In Advanced Education And Innovation Clusters Generates Innovation Advantage

In the second Smart Centres Index (SCI 2), New York takes the top spot from London, while Singapore holds third place. The top 10 centres in SCI 2 are all in countries with a high performing university sector across the fields of Engineering & Technology, and Mathematics, each having multiple universities rated in the top […]

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openbusinesscouncil Summit Offers A Roadmap Of Solutions For The Challenges Of 4IR And Frontier Technologies

· Day 2 kicked off with a double session featuring government’s views on 4IR and frontier technologies with Japanese Minister Naokazu Takemoto, Tina Jabeen, CEO and Managing Director Startup Bangladesh Limited ICT Division and Oleksandr Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT Development Ukraine, among others. · Top Industry leaders and experts helped build […]

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openbusinesscouncil Summit To Focus On Smart Cities, 4IR, AI, Blockchain, IoT Challenges & Opportunities

Smart cities are all about people and digital twins – creating digital avatars of the city – property, infrastructure & connections which transcend geography with data + governance, emotional architecture serving people, businesses. All the challenges and opportunities will be discussed in the upcoming event openbusinesscouncil summit on 9-10 December. “Men come together in cities […]

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