SUSTAINABLE SMART, COGNITIVE CITIES, REGIONS & COMMUNITIES, AND TECH FOR GOOD
If this pandemic has taught us anything, it is the power of technology to maintain human connectivity and to hold the fabric of civil society together. The rate and pace of digital government transformation has been phenomenal. Under the pressures of crisis, the potential of digital transformation and smart technology has powerfully helped to transform the way we live, work, and interact in cities. The post- pandemic city may be smaller and more liveable…
Julia Glidden, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft Corp.
Located in the southwest of Paris, the city of Issy-les-Moulineaux is one of the major innovation hubs of the Greater Paris region. Issy’s ambition for the current decade is to use digital technologies to adapt the city to the climate change. Inspired by the example of the Norwegian capital Oslo, the Issy City Council adopted its first climate budged in February this year. It is not a financial budget but a carbon budget setting an annual CO2 reduction target…
Eric Legale, Managing Director, Issy Media – City of Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
There is a need for a new SDG that outlines clear targets for leveraging the transformative power of the digital age to benefit people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnerships: SDG 18 – Ensuring the Digital Age Supports People and Planet…
Eliane Ubalijoro, Global Hub Director, Canada, Future Earth; Executive Director, Sustainability in the Digital Age, Canada.
A digital twin is a digital replica or representation of a system, process or place which mimics its real-world behaviour. It’s a real-time updated collection of data, models and algorithms allowing for better real-time analysis of assets…
Hugo Kerschot, Founder & Managing Director Is-Practice, Belgium, addressed Digital Urban European Twins for better public decision making.
A cognitive city differs from a smart city in many ways. It is beyond a physical city. It is getting citizens to have an emotional “feel” for the city and understand all the improvements that have occurred. It gives them constant interaction and lets them know how these technologies are helping them. But, how do we get to cognitive from smart? ..
Alan Shark, Executive Director, Public Technology Institute (a subsidiary of CompTIA), USA,
