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From smart city to intelligent community

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · May 16, 2018 12:27 PM · 1 reaction

The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) has named the world’s Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2018. This is the think tank’s 16th annual Top7 list of regions, cities or towns that have gone, in ICF’s words, “from smart city to intelligent community.”

This year’s list includes communities from four nations, with Taiwan contributing three, Canada two communities and Australia and Finland one each. The seven will travel to London in June where one will go on to be named the Intelligent Community of the Year, succeeding Melbourne, Australia, the reigning community.

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Robert Bell: The Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2018, Part 1

Posted on Podcast by Matthew Owen · March 15, 2018 3:27 PM · 1 reaction


ICF Director of Operations Matthew Owen sits down with ICF Co-Founder Robert Bell to discuss three of 2018's Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year: Chiayi City, Taiwan; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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Chiayi, Tainan and Taoyuan nominated for ‘smart’ award

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · February 12, 2018 2:34 PM · 1 reaction

Chiayi, Tainan and Taoyuan have been named among the top seven Intelligent Communities for 2018, the New York-based think tank Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) said on Thursday.

The other four nominees in the list are Ipswich, Australia, Hamilton and Winnipeg, Canada, and Espoo, Finland, the forum said.

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The Intelligent Community Forum Names the Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2018

Posted on News & Media by Matthew Owen · February 08, 2018 9:29 AM · 1 reaction

Top72018.png(New York– 8 February 2018) – The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) named the world’s Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2018 today.  This is the think tank’s 16th annual Top7 list of regions, cities or towns that have gone, in ICF’s words, “from Smart City to Intelligent Community.”  This year’s list includes communities from four nations, with Taiwan contributing three, Canada two communities and Australia and Finland one each. The seven will travel to London in June where one will go on to be named the Intelligent Community of the Year, succeeding Melbourne, Australia, the reigning community.  The announcement will take place as the culminating event at the ICF Global Summit from 4-6 June at Siemens’ Crystal Facility and other sites around London. (www.icfsummit.com)

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The Intelligent Community Forum names the Smart21 Communities of 2018

Posted on News & Media by Matthew Owen · October 27, 2017 6:34 PM · 2 reactions
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The Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2017

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · February 13, 2017 12:58 PM · 1 reaction

The Intelligent Community Forum announced its list of the Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year. The 15th annual Top7 list includes communities from four nations, with Australia, Canada and Taiwan each contributing two, and Russia contributing a seventh community in a first-time achievement for that nation.

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ICF global top 7 intelligent communities: Taoyuan City, Chiayi City selected

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · February 13, 2017 12:43 PM · 1 reaction

國際智慧城市論壇慶祝成立20周年,2017年2月9日在台灣成立ICF Taiwan,並公布入選Smart 21的Top 7城市,台灣的嘉義市、桃園市也在其中,獲獎的評選項目包括寬頻、知識勞動力、數位平等、創新、永續性及行銷倡導等6大智慧城市指標,對市民及在地努力耕耘的政府、民間企業而言,都是極大鼓勵及肯定。

創辦於1999年的國際智慧城市論壇(Intelligent Community Forum,ICF),宗旨為推廣全球寬頻經濟及運用資通訊科技的最佳城市案例,2015年在加拿大多倫多慶祝成立20周年,2017年2月9日在台灣成立ICF Taiwan,是亞洲第一、全球第二個成立的ICF區域性組織。

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Chiayi City 4G smart city one of the world's 7 top communities

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · February 13, 2017 12:34 PM · 1 reaction

國際智慧城市論壇(Intelligent Community Forum,ICF),日前宣布2017全球7大智慧城市(TOP7)入圍名單,嘉義市以wifi熱點覆蓋率全國第二,為4G智慧城市全國示範點,從smart21擠進全球7大智慧城市TOP7行列。

嘉義市長涂醒哲說,嘉義市105年首度參與全球智慧城市評比,在全球400多個城市激烈競爭中脫穎而出,擠入前21強,第二階段評比更進一步,名列TOP 7,成為全球7大智慧城市,下階段嘉義市將再與其他獲獎的7個城市,角逐全球最佳城市。

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The Intelligent Community Forum Names the Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2017

Posted on News & Media by Matthew Owen · February 09, 2017 7:03 AM

(New York, NY and Taipei, Taiwan – 9 February, 2017) – At the conclusion of “The Internet of Cities Forum” in Taipei, Taiwan today, the Intelligent Community Forum announced its list of the Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year to an audience of national and municipal leaders from Taiwan, Canada, Estonia, the Netherlands and Vietnam.  The 15th annual Top7 list includes communities from four nations, with Australia, Canada and Taiwan each contributing two, and Russia contributing a seventh community in a first-time achievement for that nation. 

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5 Taiwanese cities, counties listed in 2017 Smart21 Communities

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · October 21, 2016 1:03 PM · 1 reaction

New York, Oct. 19 (CNA) Five cities and counties in Taiwan -- Chiayi, Keelung, Tainan and Taoyuan cities and Yilan County -- were named Wednesday among the world's Smart21 Communities of 2017 by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).

Also included were seven communities from Canada, four from Australia and one each from Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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