ICF Co-Founder John Jung (right) shared a light moment with Ma Ying-jeou, the newly elected President of Taiwan, during a mid-April visit to Taipei, continuing a relationship developed when Taipei, led by then-Mayor Ma, was the 2006 Intelligent Community of the Year. On April 14, John addressed Hong Kong government leaders on "The Rise of the Intelligent Community" at Hong Kong's Cyberport. Click here for a copy of his presentation in Adobe PDF format.
ICF Co-Founder Robert Bell spoke on WCNX-FM during a Top Seven site visit on March 26 to Northeast Ohio, where he also presented ICF's Visionary of the Year Award to OneCommunity CEO Scot Rourke. Also in March, Robert addressed the "New York 2013" summit in Albany, New York: his presentation is available in PDF format.
ICF Co-Founder Louis Zacharilla (right) addressed the political, academic and private sector leaders of Top Seven Winston-Salem on 11 March during ICF’s site visit to this year’s Top Seven ICs. Press coverage of Lou’s visit can be found in Press Coverage.
AWARDS
The 2008 Top Seven Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada After the war of 1812, Fredericton got started on building the 19th Century equivalent of the knowledge economy and today boasts more businesses per capita than any place in Canada. More
Intelligent Community Awards Ceremony to be Held on May 16
ICF will announce the results of the 2008 Intelligent Community Awards at a luncheon ceremony on May 16. The ceremony will also be broadcast live on ICF's Web site. More
Immersion Lab North America 2008, May 12-22 ICF's Immersion Labs are a unique opportunity to experience first-hand the strategies and tactics of top Intelligent Communities. Immersion Lab North America will travel to five of ICF's Smart21 or Top Seven Intelligent Communities and include registration and accommodations for the 2008 Building the Broadband Economy conference.
Benchmark Your Community Against Top Seven ICF now makes available to communities the analytic tool it uses to select the Intelligent Community of the Year. It provides a qualitative analysis and quantitative measurement of your community as it compares to ICF's database of the Top Seven Intelligent Communities - at a fraction of the cost of a custom study. Learn more.
TOPICS
Digital Nomads. A special report in The Economist describes how access to the rich resources of the Web from portable broadband platforms - from laptops to Blackberrys - has already transformed work, life and relationships, and is set to cause far more fundamental changes in the years ahead.
Broadband and Sustainability. Two new reports examine the opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve efficiency and save money using broadband technologies.
The Cognitive Age. New York Times columnist David Brooks says that globalization has become a convenient scapegoat for radical economic and social changes caused by technological change in the Broadband Economy.
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada