Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (“MDEC”) is tasked with organising and leading Malaysia’s Digital Economy forward. MDEC has recently announced Malaysia 5.0, which can contribute to a more sustainable and circular economy by building this national digital ecosystem with a unified alliance of stakeholders both within government and across private...
Dinis Guarda Interviews Naokazu Takemoto, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy of Japan in citiesabc Youtube Podcast Minister Naokazu Takemoto currently serves as the Minister of State for Science and Technology of Japan since September 11, 2019. First elected as a Member of...
Falling prey to 21 substantial cyber attacks, Germany ranks fourth Interestingly, France has seen 11 significant cyber attacks in the time period of May 2006 – June 2020 America has experienced the most cyber attacks classified as significant between May 2006 – June 2020,...
Nearly a third of SMEs (30%) see their profitability increasing slightly over the coming 12 months despite the pandemic New research (1) commissioned by MBH Corporation plc, a UK headquartered listed diversified investment holding company that acquires successful, strong-performing small to medium enterprises across multiple...
PicnicHealth, the venture-backed startup that gives patients unprecedented access to their medical records and the ability to contribute to scientific research, is announcing a strategic partnership with Roche and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. PicnicHealth is gathering medical records data from proactively consenting...
KE International, a US based Consulting and Engineering firm, has been awarded a US $6 Billion construction contract to build the futuristic-cryptocurrency themed City in Senegal promoted and founded by Senegalese-American superstar and philanthropist Akon. With the awarding of the contract, KE International has secured...
How the Digital Twin Market is set to grow to $35.8b pa over the next few years A recent Markets & Markets report estimated the Digital Twin market will grow from $3.8 billion in 2019, to $35.8 billion per year by 2025, at a CAGR of...
Interview with Michael Sung, founder of CarbonBlue on Bridging The East & West, Leading a Innovation Practical Revolution in Fintech, AI, Blockchain Professor Michael Sung is a bridge maker between East and West. He has a mission to create and bring technology to the...
Interview Jaewon Peter Chun President at World Smart Cities Forum, ARK-i Labs - The Future of Smart Cities “There has been a trend of rising attention for the sustainable industry; the future of smart cities is looking brighter every day and the feasibility of...
As AI development and data science reach new peaks, the conversation surrounding their potentiality, limits and functionality intensify. This is the main theme in this new interview, where Prof Michael Rovatsos, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh, and Director of the...
Dr William Wu, founder of One4City and Innovation Insight Lead at Cisco Innovation EMEAR, is the new guest in this interview series hosted by citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda. Both experts talk in-depth about trending topics in the eco city and smart city space, including new...
Matthieu Merchadou Melki is the new guest in this interview. Hosted by Dinis Guarda, both experts go through smart city developments today, especially in Florida, where Matthieu is building smart city solutions through his Miami Beta City project and Smart Florida. He is recognised as...
[caption id="attachment_1699" align="alignnone" width="925"] Digital Week Online[/caption] Digital Week Online – a Global Event Connecting the Innovation & Blockchain Worlds Digital Week Online – a Global Event Connecting the Innovation Digital Week Online is a major conference and initiative that deals with the new possibilities...
From his role as Director of Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) at University of East London, Professor Darryl Newport is an experienced academic whose main areas of focus are sustainable materials, circular economy, green economy and everything in between. In this new series interview for citiesabc,...
Is the pandemic highlighting just how powerful (and invasive) smart city technology will be? Smart cities rely on the collective intelligence derived from the technologies embedded into the framework and services of its future-forward metropolis. The smart city concept is built on data. Fed back...
[caption id="attachment_1467" align="aligncenter" width="630"] This Is How Smart Cities Can Defend Against Pandemics[/caption] The COVID-19 threat has governments and officials around the world wondering if they were fully prepared for a crisis of this magnitude to unfold. While some nations have seen quick strides in...
FinTech4Good Co-creating Global FinTech and Blockchain Policies Collaborations and Solutions Resources About FinTech4Good: We live in a world fostered and lead by technology and special financial technologies and distributed ledger technologies are the major areas that we can look as the foundational technologies of...
[caption id="attachment_2083" align="alignnone" width="1280"] Smart Cities - Insights, image by Dinis Guarda for citiesabc.com[/caption] 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....
[caption id="attachment_1267" align="alignnone" width="925"] cities are now smart cities, image collage by Dinis Guarda for citiesabc.com[/caption] 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...
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,...
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...
Professor Kiran J. Fernandes, Dean for Internationalisation at Durham University Business School and Vice-chair of UK National Commission for UNESCO - among others, joins Dinis Guarda in this interview for citiesabc interview series. Both experts speak extensively about major challenges worldwide, including the Covid-19 pandemic,...
[caption id="attachment_928" align="aligncenter" width="800"] From Smart City to Smart Society[/caption] 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...
Marc Buckley, ESG Sustainability Advisor, Activist, WEF Expert and Resilient Futurist is interviewed by Dinis Guarda in this new series for citiesabc. In their dialogue, sustainability, environment and the role of technology collides as the answers to make the world a better place for future...
Professor Yu Xiong, a computer scientist, academic and serial entrepreneur believes that the United Kingdom is in a privileged position to lead the blockchain industry. In the midst of one of the worse crisis, brought about by the Covid-19 coronavirus, Prof. Xiong shares his expertise...
Global Smart Cities Council Platform Smart Cities are the critical element of our times. Any city or region has to build a strategy that can increase its optimisation of the fundamentals, put together a better healthcare, sustainable approach that using digital transformation tools towards competitiveness...
[caption id="attachment_366" align="alignnone" width="725"] Smart Cities architecture by Dinis Guarda[/caption] Cities are all about people's lives and thanks to 4IR technologies such Blockchain, AI and IoT, Smart Cities have become the heartbeat of our Cities ABC Humanity Tribes “Men come together in cities in order...
[caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Smart Cities, Urban Health Data And The Coronavirus Pandemic. Source: Getty[/caption] As the coronavirus pandemic expands worldwide, governments have had to take extreme measures to stop the transmission. As such, they have put entire cities and countries into lockdown. This directly...
[caption id="attachment_237" align="aligncenter" width="968"] Cities in Motion Index: Top 10 Smart Cities[/caption] A Smart city is an urban area that uses different types of electronic Internet of Things sensors to collect data and then use insights gained from that data to manage assets, resources and...
[caption id="attachment_208" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] The Future Of Cities: Identity, Privacy And Smart Cities[/caption] As cities get smarter to improve the quality of life of their inhabitants, new challenges arise. One of the most prominent ones is the question of identity. In a world dominated by...