IEU MONITORING: Smart Cities Weekly Telegram 12 Apr 2018

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EU URBAN AGENDA: 

  • 10 recommendations for improving cities' access to EU funds for the inclusion of migrants and refugees +++ 
  • UIA: new call for proposals will be launched soon +++ 
  • EUROCITIES Environment Forum meeting, 4-6 April 2018, Amsterdam, NL +++ 
  • EUROCITIES Knowledge society forum Spring meeting - Ghent +++ 
  • Urban Academy on Integration, Brussels +++ 
  • EP Amendments 1 - 123 - Role of cities in the institutional framework of the Union - PE 619.384v01-00 - Committee on Constitutional Affairs +++ 

SMART VILLAGES

  • On 13/4/2018 EU Commissioners Phil Hogan and Ms Violeta Bulc participate in a Citizens' dialogue on "EU action for Smart Villages"

SMART SPECIALISATION PLATFORM

  • 2018 SMARTER Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development
  • Workshop on RIS3 Cross-regional Learning
  • Calls and Expressions of Interest: Strategic Procurement Pilot Project

URBACT

  • URBACT: 25 Transfer Networks approved

SCIS

  • Sign up: SCIS Webinar on 24 April

EIP-SCC

  • EIP-SCC: How Rotterdam is helping the Netherlands' low-carbon transition
  • EIP-SCC: Cooperation Kicks Off Between European Innovation Partnerships For Developing Smart And Age-Friendly Communities

SMART GOVERNANCE

  • EU Commission Additional position papers sent in the framework of the consultation on the Review of the Public Sector Information Directive
  • Nesta: 10 big lessons on government innovation
  • Three Consumer Technologies that Will Make a Difference in Cities - Data-Smart City Solutions
  • "Kommunale Daten mit Gewinn zu verkaufen sehen wir kritisch" - Deutscher Städtetag

SMART MOBILITY

  • UNECE: Smarter roads for smarter mobility
  • Bitkom Arbeitskreis Intelligente Mobilität
  • EU Parliament: Amendments 1 - 141 - Europe on the Move: an agenda for the future of mobility in the EU - PE 618.058v01-00 - Committee on Transport and Tourism
  • How Drones are crucial for Smart Cities?  Geospatial World (press release)

SMART ENERGY

  • Smart Energy Systems Week Austria 2018 vom 14. bis 18. Mai 2018 in Wien - Österreichischer Städtebund
  • Sharing Cities: Burgas, follower city, gets ready to replicate

SMART INDUSTRIES

  • Digitising European Industry Stakeholder Forum 2018: report and presentations
  • Horizon 2020: Transforming European Industry
  • How Drones are crucial for Smart Cities?
  • Bitkom: 3D-Druck-Standort Deutschland: Agenda zur Stärkung des produzierenden Gewerbes in Deutschland
  • DFKI: Datennutzung schlau gemacht: Intelligenz der Versorgungsinfrastruktur rückt näher an Module

SMART INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Renewing infrastructure - Smart Cities
  • Top 7 disruptive technologies for cities - Sustainable Cities

SMART ENVIRONMENT

  • Vote for your favourite LIFE green city project!
  • The first steps of the Circular Economy Partnership presented during the EUROCITIES Environmental Forum in Amsterdam

SMART LIVING

  • ICRE: Retail innovating in city and town centres
  • Consumer policy and the smart home

SMART PEOPLE

  • EU Survey: Higher Education contributing to S3 in your Region
  • EU Commission Answer - Validation of non-formal MOOC-based learning - E-000643/2018

AUSTRIA

  • Save the date! 6th Informed Cities Forum vom 7.-8. November 2018 - Smart City Wien

SWITZERLAND

  • “Die Schweiz wird Leaderin im Bereich der digitalen Gouvernanz” (it,de,fr)

ISRAEL

  • Sharing Revolution Reaches Smart City Network Infrastructure  i-HLS - IsraelHomeland Security
  • 2018 – Smart City Breakthrough Year  i-HLS - Israel Homeland Security

PORTUGAL

  • On 11/4/2018 EU Commissioner Carlos Moedas delivers a keynote speech at the Portugal Smart Cities Summit

SCANDINAVIA

  • How smart is your city?  ScienceNordic

CANADA

  • Alphabet Will Start Toronto Smart City Project This Summer. Residents Still Have Questions.  Futurism

USA

  • The Smart City Event Explores Success Stories, Sustainability, Smart Lighting and So Much More  IoT Evolution World (blog)
  • Smart Cities Aim to Revolutionize the Way We Live, Work and Travel  Detroitisit (blog)
  • Newark to Offer Link Smart City Program - Jersey Digs
  • Smart Cities Collaborative Tackles Transit Issues  Government Technology
  • Pittsburgh joins Smart Cities Collaborative, will host meeting this fall  Tribune-Review

UNITED KINGDOM

  • Innovate UK to back quantum tech projects

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Cisco to Bring Human and Digital Connections to Life at Expo 2020 Dubai - Cisco Network
  • Smart cities to create business worth $2trn by 2025  - Gulf Digital News
  • Dubai Investments 'to help shape future smart cities'  Trade Arabia


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