[event] America – Ecuador – XIV Encuentro Iberoamericano de Ciudades Digitales (2013, sep)

El XIV Encuentro Iberoamericano de Ciudades Digitales, a realizarse los días 25 y 26 de Septiembre del 2013, tiene como sede la Ciudad de Quito, situada en la mitad del mundo y un ejemplo vivo de los procesos profundos de trasformación hacia la era digital.

2013-09-xx_ciudadesdigitales2013

Source: http://www.ciudadesdigitales2013.com

[event] Europe – Greece – Sociable Smart City 2013 workshop (jul 16-19)

Source: http://collectivecitymemory.net/sociable2013/

Sociable Smart City 2013 workshop at the Symposium on Smart Cities during the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Environments IE’13, July 16-19, 2013, Athens, Greece

 

Posted on February 9, 2013

Extension of submission deadline – 1st of May 2013 Sigue leyendo

[event] Looking for Smart City Events? Check it here

Please, check the following list:

Do you know more events? Let us know. Thank you! smartcitycenter@gmail.com

[event] Europe – Budapest – Smart Cities Annual Conference 2013 (jun 5-6)

The Smart Cities Annual Conference will take place on 5th and 6th June in the beautiful city of Budapest.

After the 2012 launch event in Brussels, this year’s Smart Cities Annual Conference wants to affirm itself as a unique occasion for cities and solutions providers to meet and discuss the future shape of the European urban landscape. Sigue leyendo

[event] America – São Paulo – New Cities Summmit 2013 – The Human City (jun 4-6)

Source: http://www.newcitiessummit2013.org/

We are living through the most rapid and significant phase of urbanization in human history. By 2030, more than 60% of the world’s population – 5 billion people – will live in cities. To understand and act upon this mega trend, the New Cities Foundation hosts the New Cities Summit, the leading global platform for urban innovation and exchange. Each year, the Summit gathers 1,000 of the world’s brightest thinkers and decision-makers for action-oriented debate, information sharing and problem solving. São Paulo is the vibrant location of this year’s event. Our theme this year: The Human City, placing the individual and the community at the heart of discussions on our urban future. How will this urban planet alter the human experience? For ‘We the Urban People’, what specific issues can we grapple with today to ensure that tomorrow’s metropolis is a positive place to live and work?

[event] Europe – Sweden – Stockholm – The Future of Places forum (2013, jun 24-26)

Transforming Cities through Placemaking and Public Spaces

The Future of Places forum will open in Stockholm, Sweden on June 24-26th, 2013 – a few days after the Midsummer holiday – a time when Stockholm truly unveils its natural beauty.

This forum will be the first of three conferences that will lead up to Habitat III in 2016, with the overall aim of contributing to a New Urban Agenda around people and places. The Future of Places forum will highlight how and why cities need to embrace a people centered approach in order to achieve positive urbanization and avoid falling victim to the negative attributes often accompanying urbanization. Examples of best practices and future pipeline projects will be defined throughout the conference series. Sigue leyendo

[event] USA – New York – Conference Board Summit on Sustainability (jun 3-5, 2013)

Summit on Sustainability

Smart Cities seminar at the Conference Board Summit on Sustainability (2013, june 3-5)

Convene (formerly Sentry Center) / New York, NY

04 – 05 June, 2013  — Summit on Sustainability

03 June, 2013  — Pre-Conference Seminar: Opportunity Driven Sustainability for Institutional Investors: Creating a Portfolio
(Click to display details below)

03 June, 2013  — Pre-Conference Seminar: Examining Current Trends in Smart Cities and the Role of Corporations
(Details are being shown below) Sigue leyendo

Smart Islands in a Dumb City

Author: Tristan Wilkinson / April 2, 2013
Source: http://www.worldcitiesnetwork.org/knowledge-hub/article/smart-islands-in-a-dumb-city-146/?goback=%2Egde_1891608_member_231803725

The concept of a smart or future city has been around for several years now. We have all seen thevideo that shows how our journey to the airport will be transformed in the future, with transport systems that are not only fully integrated, but intelligent enough to respond to changing circumstances and demands.

Agora Garden tower. Vincent Callebaut Architectures
Agora Garden tower. Vincent Callebaut Architectures

These visions offer a utopian view of a world that adapts to the needs of the user and automatically and seamlessly adjusts the various systems to optimise and prioritise the competing needs of different users.  Although these visions provide an interesting and easily accessible interpretation of what may be possible, it isn’t yet realistic. For the first time in history, the vision and the reality are starting to align, but they aren’t there quite yet. Sigue leyendo

[planned city] America – Chile – SmartCity Santiago

Author: Sebastián Andrade / April 24, 2013 

Source: http://www.innovacion.cl/reportaje/smartcities-las-ciudades-del-siglo-xxi-que-llegan-a-chile/?goback=%2Egde_4723907_member_235875313

 Smart Cities, las ciudades del siglo XXI que llegan a Chile

En Ciudad Empresarial Chilectra levantará primer proyecto del país.

En los últimos años ha sido frecuente oír sobre ciudades inteligentes en todo el mundo, las que lejos de parecerse a lo que nos han mostrado las películas de ciencia ficción, más bien se tratan de emplazamientos que apuestan por un desarrollo económico sostenible, adecuada gestión de los recursos naturales y la presencia de un transporte limpio y expedito, entre otras características.

Moderno paradero de buses en Curitiba, Brasil.

Moderno paradero de buses en Curitiba, Brasil.

Sigue leyendo

[planned city] USA – Boston & Washington – BosWash, the megalopolis that becomes smart city

Source: http://www.dailyenmoveme.com/en/smart-city/boswash-megalopolis-becomes-smart-city?goback=%2Egde_1891608_member_228245364

There will be space for everyone in constant dialogue with each and every means will be used in a more intelligent and zero impact: the movement of high-speed trains will fit perfectly with pedestrian lanes and bike paths.
Public transport will be more powerful and «green» and the only electric car on the road. The machine strictly car-sharing and the underground super environmentally friendly.

Sigue leyendo