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Estevan’s city council receives update from innovation committee

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · February 21, 2023 1:43 PM · 1 reaction

ESTEVAN - Members of Estevan city council received an update on initiatives from the community’s innovation council during Monday night’s meeting.

In a correspondence, Coun. Rebecca Foord wrote that the innovation council had a busy year in 2022. A highlight came when they successfully applied to be named an Intelligent Community through the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), which is a global network of cities and towns focusing on economic development, and looking to solve challenges through innovation and new economic development opportunities through technology.

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Tallinn invites companies to test their sustainable innovation solutions in the capital city

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · February 01, 2023 1:46 PM · 1 reaction

Today Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kõlvart launched the Test in Tallinn initiative to welcome companies around the world to test their smart solutions on the streets of Tallinn in three focus areas: mobility, energy efficiency and renewable energy.

European Green Capital 2023 Tallinn and Estonia already have a positive image both in terms of the ease of doing business, the creation and growth environment for start-up companies and digital society in general, Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart said, adding: “The strength of Tallinn is our smallness, flexibility, and the technological openness of society. Today we will proactively launch our city as a test platform for both international and domestic companies.”

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The Sunshine Coast is the only place in the world where three UNESCO Biosphere Reserves sit side-by-side.

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · June 17, 2022 12:15 PM · 1 reaction

On the Sunshine Coast, we are nestled in nature and green at heart.

We care about our environment, from the sparkling coastline to the ancient peaks of the Glass House Mountains and verdant green rainforests.

And more importantly, we care about preserving it for years to come.

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Hamilton’s Homelessness Ending Strategy

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · June 07, 2022 6:20 PM · 1 reaction

Homelessness is a complex but solvable problem. In Hamilton’s Systems Planning Framework: Coming Together to End Homelessness, our community has laid out a roadmap for ending chronic homelessness by 2025. This means building a system that ensures homelessness is prevented whenever possible, or if it cannot be prevented that it is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

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Fredericton-Based Parking App Bought By Toronto Technology Firm

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · June 07, 2022 6:06 PM · 1 reaction

FREDERICTON–HOTSPOT, A FREDERICTON-BASED PARKING APP, HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY IBI GROUP, A TORONTO-FOUNDED TECHNOLOGY FIRM.

HotSpot was founded in Fredericton in 2013 and is now present in over 80 municipalities, cities, and universities across Canada. The app also has more than 460,000 users and some presence in every province.

IBI, which stands for Infrastructure, Buildings, and Intelligence, has about 60 offices worldwide.

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Inside the unicorn factory: 5 takeaways from our trip to Tallinn

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · May 28, 2022 1:21 PM · 1 reaction

Estonia, the little country that packs a punch, is celebrated in tech circles for giving birth to unicorns like Skype, Wise and Bolt (and, more recently, customer experience platform Glia and ID verification company Veriff).

Why are so many successful startups emerging from a small pocket of Europe? And can the unicorn paddock keep growing?

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Climate change approach tips balance for NZ’s only Smart City

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · March 18, 2022 12:14 PM · 1 reaction

Whanganui District Council’s approach to climate change has helped the city win international recognition as a leading model for economic and social development – for the seventh time.

Whanganui has again been named a Smart21 City by America-based think tank the Intelligent Community Forum and is the only New Zealand community to make this year’s list.

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Tallinn to forecast city traffic with digital system

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · January 25, 2022 2:08 PM · 1 reaction

Earlier this month, the Tallinn Transport Department announced that it has developed a digital model of a new generation that can study and analyze the traffic movements occurring in the city and thus make predictions that would greatly help with traffic management.

The model incorporates continuously updated data for 130 000 road sections and 51 450 nodes in the capital and takes into account the movements of private cars, public transport vehicles, trucks and pedestrians.

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Binh Duong remains attractive to foreign investors

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 22, 2021 12:15 PM · 1 reaction

Binh Duong (VNA) – The southern province of Binh Duong attracted 59 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the first 10 months of this year, a local official told a conference on November 19.

During the period, 23 FDI projects in Binh Duong also increased their capital, while 155 others contributed capital or purchased shares with total registered investment exceeding 1.9 billion USD, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Mai Hung Dung.

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Dublin, Marysville ‘Beta District’ could become Ohio’s version of Silicon Valley

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · July 06, 2021 1:44 PM · 1 reaction

DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) — Silicon Valley might be the tech-hub of the nation, but the next wave of innovation in the country could happen right here in Central Ohio.

“When we think, ‘Why here?’ versus, ‘Why?’ some of the other economies, some of the other cities, it’s really the ecosystem that we promote,” explains Jake Kaufman from Adept Marketing.

Dublin and Marysville are connected by a 35-mile stretch of highway. But the US-33 corridor is more than a link between two cities — it connects a shared vision of the future.

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