Guardian has published two articles about sustainable cities and their reliance on technology. In the first, Rashik Parmar, CTO for Smarter Cities at IBM and president of the IBM Academy of Technology, examines how technology in cities can help deliver a sustainable future.
Will a new tech innovation hub rise on the outskirts of Moscow? The Russian government is dropping billions–and hiring Cisco–to power their own innovation hub. The ultimate goal of the new innovation city outside of Moscow, dubbed the Skolkovo Project, is to create a smart, dynamic hotbed for technology ventures.
Edwin M. Lee, Mayor of San Francisco, announced city’s 2012 Innovation Portfolio to embrace technology and catalyze greater job creation, community engagement and government efficiency.
The Open Knowledge Foundation are proud to announce the launch of version 1.0 of the Open Data Handbook. This handbook discusses the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. It can be used by anyone but is especially designed for those seeking to open up data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data – why to go open, what open is, and the how to ‘open’ data.
In September of 2011, 6 IBM subject matter experts, thought leaders, executives and IBM master inventors contributed their time and expertise to the City of New Orleans. IBM published the 1st part of an article that presents the experience and solutions developed for the City of New Orleans.
The Smart Cities Service Integration project proposes a framework to understand the concept of smart cities. The framework suggests directions and agendas for smart city research and outlines practical implications for government professionals.
The last couple of decades have seen the formation and strengthening of a global drive to address climate change and improve living conditions, mostly through the application of innovative technologies and business models to large cities.
Mastering innovation in Serbia through development and implementation of interdisciplinary post-graduate curricula in innovation management
