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16
Jun

Technology trends in Cities: UTA workshop – Japan

UTA members Keio University and Nagoya University recently organised a 1 day workshop in Tokyo to…

07
May

Urban Heat Islands: A growing challenge for cities around the world

. An urban heat island (UHI) is an urban area that is significantly warmer than its…

10
Dec

Generative AI: How are cities using it

Generative AI (often known through services such as ChatGPT or Google’s Bard) is a rapidly evolving…

07
Dec

Empowering Cities with the European Cloud-Edge-IoT Initiative

The European Cloud-Edge-IoT Initiative is a groundbreaking initiative that aims to harness the power of the…

07
Dec

Kyiv Digital: A Model of City Resilience

In the heart of Ukraine, amidst the ongoing challenges of conflict and destruction, the city of…

28
Jul

Grenoble Launches GRANDALPE 25 project

The Grenoble-Alpes Metropole is happy to present a new development project, GRANDALPE 25, taking place in the City…

07
Jan

Saitama Sustainability summit – summary of breakout sessions

Session: Realization of energy efficiency and adoption of microgrids together with on-site renewable energy View a…

07
Jan

Session: Sustainable development of a data-driven smart city through Public-Private Partnership

The session was led by UTA board member, Hiroaki Nishi, of Keio University. The theme was sustainable development of data-oriented smart cities through public-private partnerships. A key goal of the session was to hear from individual global cities and to share advanced use cases of data-utilizing smart city services and discuss effective and sustainable measures.

13
Sep

The Pandemic impact on Smart City and Rural planning

1920x1280-2 2020 saw the start of a global pandemic that has created a wave of change that...
08
Sep

Saitama city, Japan: Building a data smart city

Data smart cities that change society Now that information infrastructure has become a significant infrastructure like...