IEU MONITORING: Smart Cities Weekly Telegram 4 Feb 2018

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# WORLD URBAN FORUM: 

  • Cities 2030, Cities for all: Implementing the New Urban Agenda - WUF9 

# NIST: 

  • International Technical Working Group on IoT-Enabled Smart City Framework - U.S. National Institute for Standards and Techmology (NIST) +++ 
  • Smart and Secure Cities and Communities Challenge Kickoff 2018 - U.S. NIST 

# SMART SPECIALISATION: 

  • New JRC MOOC on monitoring Smart Specialisation strategies +++ 
  • Smart Specialisation and Technology Transfer as Innovation Drivers for Regional Growth 

# EU URBAN AGENDA

  • INEA hosts a H2020 Smart Cities and Communities workshop
  • 5th Partnership meeting in Malmö: getting ready for the Public Feedback
  • Latest developments on the Urban Agenda for the EU
  • A Polish perspective on the Urban Agenda for the EU

# URBACT

  • Cluster development and smart specialisation at city level - Urbact

# EIP-SCC

  • EIP-SCC: The Urban Air Mobility Initiative aims to bring urban mobility into the third dimension – the airspace
  • EIP-SCC: Sustainable & Liveable Cities and Urban Areas Joint Call for Proposals
  • EIP-SCC: Why Europe's cities must work together to make smart future a reality

# SMART GOVERNANCE

  • Future Cities Catapult: Blog – Data in the Public Sector: how can it be utilised better?
  • EUROCITIES: Imagining the urban future
  • Smart Cities Council Announces Finalists for 2018 Readiness Challenge Grants
  • The Power of the Platform in Smart Cities - SmartCitiesWorld

# SMART SECURITY

  • European Commission launches the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum
  • How can Europe benefit from blockchain technologies?

# SMART FINANCE

  • Horizon 2020: Innovative financing on cities and regions: join a unique EU P2P learning programme
  • Covenant of Mayors: Innovative financing in cities and regions: Join the EU-wide PROSPECT peer-to-peer programme!

# SMART ENERGY

  • IEA Webinar: Digitization & Energy
  • Energy Cities: Destination 100% Renewable Energy: How far are cities?
  • dena zur Energiewende: Auf die Städte kommt es an
  • Microgrid Knowledge: Microgrids Powered by a Sidewalk? Siemens and Pavegen Are On It

# SMART MOBILITY

  • Civitas: EU Commission declares 2018 the "Year of Multimodality"
  • 5th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs)
  • 2nd Symposium on Management of Future Motorway and Urban Traffic Systems (MFTS2018)
  • HERE Mobility launches a marketplace for mobility service providers, businesses and consumers
  • Why partnerships and engagement are key strategies for building smart transportation networks - American City & County
  • Civitas: InOut 2018 Conference on digital mobility
  • Eurocities: Registration is now open for the Mobility forum - Multimodal cities 23-25 April, Prague
  • UK councils urged to take up electric car charge-point funding  - ELTIS
  • Smart Cities Council: Urban Mobility Task Force Webinar

# SMART INDUSTRIES

  • Eurocities: Connecting territories: the role of European Regions and Cities in the future EU policies for R&I
  • Smart Cities Council: Utilities Advancing Cities Workshop

# SMART ENVIRONMENT

  • “Green cities for a greener future”: Label your event as a partner of the EU Green Week 2018 - Covenant of Mayors

# SMART LIVING

  • EU Commission: Multimodal coaching for Active Ageing
  • Result of the call on 'Ageing and Place in a digitising world': 8 projects funded
  • Robot iCub could help older people live alone at home for longer
  • Workshop "Towards a harmonised deployment of Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM): Data"

# GERMANY

  • Deutsche-Telekom: IoT Erlebniswelten SMART CITY

# USA

  • From Aspirational to Operational: How State & Local Government Can Harness Data to Become a Smart Community - American City & County
  • How we travel is changing – and San Diego among others is in the driver's seat - American City & County
  • CityLab: To Care for Aging Bridges, Minnesota Taps the Power of Drones
  • South Dallas Project With Toyota, New Smart Tech in West End on Tap for DIA in 2018 - dallasinnovates.com

# SPAIN

  • Basque Government awards SmartENCity Project

# SINGAPORE

  • Singapore to facilitate business opportunities with the ASEAN Smart Cities Network - OpenGov Asia

# INDIA

  • Budget 2018: 50% hike in funds for 99 smart cities The Hindu
  • What Smart Cities in India really need: Here is what can really ensure success of this mission - Financial Express

# AUSTRALIA

  • Cisco invests AU$1m in Adelaide smart city trials  ZDNet


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