Leading Cities, an early pioneer in the global Smart City ecosystem, is proud to announce the end of the AcceliCITY Smart City startup application process and congratulates the semi-finalists in this year’s competition. Leading Cities and QBE North America are honored to work with these semi-finalists, each of whom have demonstrated the critical role they…Read more 50 Top Startups Helping Cities
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We warmly welcome Oscar Chamat as New Member of Barcelona’s Advisory Board
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Oscar Mauricio Chamat is a civil engineer, a senior consultant in urban innovation, and an urban thinker. He currently advises the Barcelona Council for the network of bike lane expansion. Chamat is also a lecturer of smart cities and citizen participation for the Externado de Colombia University. Since 2016, he has been…Read more We warmly welcome Oscar Chamat as New Member of Barcelona’s Advisory Board
Why We Should Turn Social Credit Scoring Inside-Out
Author: Harry Wilson Very often, what we choose to believe a technology will become, turns out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. In the West, we’ve believed that robots will come to displace us; in Japan, they’ve been seen as helpful and friendly; in each case, technology development has followed the narrative. Today’s dystopian vision is…Read more Why We Should Turn Social Credit Scoring Inside-Out
Leading Cities Launches AcceliCITY, A Global Smart City Startup Competition
As published by Smart & Resilient Cities Leading Cities, a global network for Smart City growth and collaboration, has launched a global Smart City startup competition that provides potential capital from a network of investors as well as the tools and knowledge of how to do business with cities. The goal of the program is to…Read more Leading Cities Launches AcceliCITY, A Global Smart City Startup Competition
Smart Ecosystems International Conference and Expo in Lublin
Leading Cities, a global leader in the Smart Cities industry, is proud to partner with the Smart Ecosystems International Conference and Expo in Lublin, Poland. This June, as industry leaders from around the world gather in Lublin, Leading Cities will be launching our Member City Network in Europe and just a few weeks later we…Read more Smart Ecosystems International Conference and Expo in Lublin
Urban Gardening In Florence: A Social Sustainability Experience
Author: Franco Bagnoli and Giovanna Pacini belong to the Department Physics and Astronomy and CSDC of the University of Florence and the Associazione Caffé-Scienza Firenze-Prato. Ugo Bardi belongs to the Deptartment of Chemistry at the University of Florence. Marina Clauser belongs to the Botanic Garden, Natural History Museum at the University of Florence. Urban Gardening In…Read more Urban Gardening In Florence: A Social Sustainability Experience
Transatlantic Policy Lab Athens
Leading Cities was chosen by the Bertelsmann Foundation in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities intiative to serve as a consultant for the city of Athens in the development of its Resilience Strategy. Together with a team of global experts, Leading Cities identified opportunities for Athens to address some of the most pressing…Read more Transatlantic Policy Lab Athens
Exploring The Social Benefits Of Urban Farming In Smart Cities
Over recent years the debate concerning urban agriculture has been growing on both sides of the Atlantic with some common trends, however, deep differences exist among the approaches and philosophies that sustain those projects. There is a common background in relation to the realization that food security is not so universally granted as we might…Read more Exploring The Social Benefits Of Urban Farming In Smart Cities
City As A Platform Manifesto: Cities And Stakeholders Unite
by Michael Lake; President and CEO of Leading Cities The city of Yinchuan in western China played host to an impressive gathering of Smart City thought leaders from around the world. In partnership with TM Forum, the industry association driving digital business transformation of the communications industry, the city of Yinchuan convened approximately 1,000 participants…Read more City As A Platform Manifesto: Cities And Stakeholders Unite
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