Innovations like smart traffic lights, real-time wayfinding, bike-sharing, and smart parking, enabled by the latest tech innovations like Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics are empowering cities to create human-centred ecosystems. What features of the top 10 smart cities in the US are shaping the future...
There is no way to change history. Humanity is digitising 360. Businesses and Governments are the drivers of our society and they have to face the fact that digital transformation is now the new normal. Businesses & Governments must change 100% in a Time where...
• Jennifer Sanders, the Executive Director of the North Texas Innovation Alliance, and Brandon Branham, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Assistant City Manager of Peachtree Corners, were the guests in the latest episode of Dinis Guarda YouTube Podcast series to discuss the various use cases...
Dinis Guarda interviews Andrea Winders, Executive Director UK of Smart Cities Council, the longest-running global smart cities ecosystem founded in 2012, in the latest episode of the Dinis Guarda YouTube Podcast series to highlight the various aspects of creating a smarter life for all. The...
Smart cities are rapidly becoming the future of urban living. The global market for smart cities is expected to reach $717.5 billion by 2027, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 16.5% from 2020 to 2027. With the integration of advanced technologies such as...
A blockchain is a distributed database among several computers that aims to make it difficult to access certain information and hack them. This system is a chain of blocks that lets users transfer data with high reliability. This technology can be very helpful in certain...
The rapid advancement of video technologies, social media platforms, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality has shown that we can create a lifelike simulation of existence, real and imagined. That simulation is called the Metaverse. This Metaverse has the potential to fully change how...
Dubai is quickly emerging as one of the Metaverse industry frontrunners. In a recent tweet, the Crown Prince of the Emirate announced that the city’s new strategy will support more than 40,000 virtual jobs by 2030 and will add $4 billion to Dubai’s economy in...
As the urban population grows, so do the challenges that cities face. Optimizing resources and services is basic, but it can only be achieved by effectively implementing digital solutions. Here are the top 10 smart cities worldwide that have succeeded in doing so. [caption id="attachment_5074"...
[caption id="attachment_4759" align="aligncenter" width="525"] The Future Of Cities: The Rise Of Tokenization[/caption] Tokenization is the process of replacing sensitive data with unique identification symbols that preserve all the essential information about the data without threatening its security. City tokenization is a process where some forms...
If The World’s 100 Biggest Cities use digital twins to de-carbonize, "we can achieve Net Zero in 2035", says Cityzenith CEO Michael Jansen. [caption id="attachment_4750" align="aligncenter" width="525"] By Using Urban Digital Twins: Net Zero’s 2050 Deadline Can Be Slashed By 15 Years, Says Cityzenith CEO[/caption]...
The “Blueprint for Smart Cities” lays out the foundation of a new social contract based on inclusivity, safety, resilience and sustainability in the cities of the future. The research was led by citiesabc indexdna and the University of Durham, in partnership with University of Surrey,...
A leading COP26 Climate Action Champion, Nigel Topping, has revealed his ‘must-take’ strategy to reach global net-zero goals and tighten energy security. [caption id="attachment_4602" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Urban Digital Twins And Renewables Provide Roadmap For A Decarbonised, Clean Energy Future[/caption] The task now is to map...
Digital Twins are forecast to form the essential building blocks of a Metaverse which connects the physical world with the virtual, enabling optimal urban decarbonization throughout a crucial decade in the Race to Zero. [caption id="attachment_4562" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Urban Digital Twins Set To Create The...
Cityzenith’s ambitious project to help Las Vegas building owners transition to net-zero carbon emissions using its SmartWorld Digital Twin technology has completed its first phase. The initial phase of the company’s Digital Twin project in Las Vegas encompassed a seven sq km space of the...
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...
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...
In a world where everything is connected, what will be the role of smart vehicles and what changes it will bring to our lives? Self-driving cars are smart, and it takes correspondingly smart people and technology to build them. With so many benefits to be...
The success of the Pilot paves the way for a second phase of the Lawtech Sandbox in the summer Five UK lawtechs which were selected to join the pilot share their experiences The three month Sandbox Pilot launched in December, was designed to drive forward...
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...
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...
More than 500 Urban Areas Around The World expected to adopt Digital Twin technology by 2025 The need to increase resilience and optimise resource management in light of COVID-19 will be among the key drivers for the growth of Digital Twins over the next five years,...
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,...
· 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,...
Data presented by Bankr indicates that the 5G technology global coverage will grow by 253.84% in the next five years. By 2025, about 53% of the global population at 4.14 billion will have access to technology. Few regions are driving 5G technology uptake By 2021,...
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...
Countries across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are implementing smart city technologies such as smart surveillance along with data hub system for advanced contact tracing of COVID-19 infected citizens, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Manish Chaurasiya, Senior Technology Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Though...
Digital Transformation Why Businesses Governments Must Change with Smart Cities, 4IR, AI, Blockchain There is no alternative to digital transformation. The challenge and opportunity is: how to do it? As per George Westerman, MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy: “When digital transformation is done...
New Mexico is launching a new ‘smart infrastructure’ and carbon-neutral energy era on a grand scale, after its 2019 Energy Transition Act (ETA) positioned the US state as a global leader to fight Climate Change. Its ambition will be enabled by partnership between The Agile...
Cityzenith CEO Michael Jansen has launched a global ‘Clean Cities – Clean Future’ campaign to help our most polluted urban centres become carbon neutral, by donating the company’s Digital Twin platform SmartWorldPro2 to key cities, one at a time. Cities produce more than 70% of...