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8 Smart Cities Lessons from the Military

Bob Bennett is the Chief Innovation Officer for the City of Kansas City, Missouri.

My Silicon Valley was actually comprised of bits of Silicon – desert sand – about 40 miles south of Mosul, Iraq. In early 2004, I was part of the Army’s first Stryker Brigade, a wheeled force that featured a tactical internet with digital communications liberally deployed across vehicles and other equipment assigned to the unit. One of our soldiers was wounded in an IED attack, and radio communications with his convoy were limited because of a sandstorm. We could barely hear the convoy commander request a medical evacuation for his soldier. But we could read his text message on our tactical internet, and we were able to deploy a MEDEVAC helicopter. That young man survived his injuries.

Bucharest mayor signs contract with Deloitte for drafting Smart City strategy

Bucharest mayor Gabriela Firea signed on Wednesday, July 25, the contract with Deloitte for drafting the Romanian capital’s Smart City strategy.

EU budget: Commission proposes most ambitious Research and Innovation programme yet

For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission is proposing €100 billion for research and innovation.

A new programme – Horizon Europe – will build on the achievements and success of the previous research and innovation programme (Horizon 2020) and keep the EU at the forefront of global research and innovation. Horizon Europe is the most ambitious research and innovation programme ever.

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For the second year in a row, New York has been declared the smartest city in the world, according to the IESE Cities in Motion Index. London and Paris also maintain their positions just behind the big apple, taking the second and third spots respectively.

As part of the ongoing focus on IT- and technology-enabled public service delivery, administrative burden reduction, and smart digital transformation, UNU-EGOV recently ran a series of brainstorming seminars in May and June on how Baltic countries can potentially lead into a future of advanced user-centric public services.

The Smartest Cities In The World In 2018

For the second year in a row, New York has been declared the smartest city in the world, according to the IESE Cities in Motion Index. London and Paris also maintain their positions just behind the big apple, taking the second and third spots respectively.

Brainstorming the next generation of public service delivery in the Baltics

As part of the ongoing focus on IT- and technology-enabled public service delivery, administrative burden reduction, and smart digital transformation, UNU-EGOV recently ran a series of brainstorming seminars in May and June on how Baltic countries can potentially lead into a future of advanced user-centric public services.