Intelligent Community Forum
  • Who We Are
    • Who We Are
    • Mission
    • What is an Intelligent Community?
    • Our Team
    • Thought Leaders
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
  • What We Do
    • What We Do
    • Education
    • Assessment
    • Certification
    • Awards
  • Network
    • Network
    • Intelligent Community Network
    • Benefit from the Network
  • Participate
    • Participate
    • Membership
    • Members
    • Strategic Advisors
    • ICF Nations
    • ICF Institutes
    • ICF Partners
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • Audio and Video Content
    • Reports
    • Books
    • Speakers
    • New Connected Countryside
    • ICF Academy
  • Events
    • Events
    • Smart21 Announcements
    • Top7 Announcements
    • ICF Global Summits
    • ICF Partner Events
    • Webinars
  • News & Media
    • News & Media
    • News Coverage
    • Press Releases
    • Blog
    • ICF Member News
    • Podcast
  • Search
  • Sign up User icon
Intelligent Community Forum
  • Sign up User icon
  • Who We Are
    • Who We Are
    • Mission
    • What is an Intelligent Community?
    • Our Team
    • Thought Leaders
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
  • What We Do
    • What We Do
    • Education
    • Assessment
    • Certification
    • Awards
  • Network
    • Network
    • Intelligent Community Network
    • Benefit from the Network
  • Participate
    • Participate
    • Membership
    • Members
    • Strategic Advisors
    • ICF Nations
    • ICF Institutes
    • ICF Partners
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • Audio and Video Content
    • Reports
    • Books
    • Speakers
    • New Connected Countryside
    • ICF Academy
  • Events
    • Events
    • Smart21 Announcements
    • Top7 Announcements
    • ICF Global Summits
    • ICF Partner Events
    • Webinars
  • News & Media
    • News & Media
    • News Coverage
    • Press Releases
    • Blog
    • ICF Member News
    • Podcast
  • Search

ICF Member News


Toronto designers have raised over $100K to create the face mask of the future

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · May 28, 2020 10:33 AM · 1 reaction

Demand for face masks these days is off the charts so it's no surprise that all sorts of designers in Toronto are taking a stab at designing their own versions.

LuxMea Studio, a multidisciplinary design studio with offices in Toronto and Boston, has an idea for a face mask that goes beyond the usual cotton or polyester varieties. So far, they've raised over $100,000 to begin the mass production of masks made by 3D printers.

Read more

Estonia’s e-Governance conference goes virtual

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · May 20, 2020 11:35 AM · 1 reaction

The e-Governance Conference which holds in Estonia is an annual gathering which focuses on and aims at international digital development cooperation in all its entirety. Since 2015, the e-Governance Conference has been organised by the e-Governance Academy (eGA) in partnership with the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The 2020 edition of the e-Governance Conference is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish Government, the U-LEAD with Europe program, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, the City of Tallinn, Intel, Google and Microsoft.

Read more

City Leading Toronto Tech Initiative to Get Local Small Businesses Online

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · May 14, 2020 1:21 PM · 1 reaction

The City of Toronto is set to announce a new program, ShopHERE, aimed at helping Toronto’s independent businesses build and optimize online stores at no cost, BetaKit has learned.

Launched in conjunction with Digital Main Street, a program of the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas, the initiative will also receive support from Toronto’s technology community.

ShopHERE’s goal is to help local independent small businesses and artists that currently do not have the resources to build an online store. Web developers from a number of Toronto tech companies will build and launch 3,000 online stores through the program over the next three months.

Read more

Apple planning to build new plant in Taoyuan

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · May 14, 2020 1:18 PM · 1 reaction

Apple Inc is planning to expand its investment in Taiwan by building a new plant in the Longtan (龍潭) section of Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區), the Hsinchu Science Park Bureau said yesterday.

The administration on Feb. 18 approved a plan by Apple’s Taiwan branch to set up a new plant in Longtan, Taoyuan, where the US firm has its existing operations, according to company registration data obtained by the Central News Agency.

Read more

An innovation competition hopes to find smart city solutions in Tallinn

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · May 14, 2020 1:17 PM · 1 reaction

The city of Tallinn and the Tehnopol Science and Business Park have announced a Tallinnovation innovation competition to find smart city solutions; the size of the innovation fund in 2020 is €50,000.

Tehnopol, the largest research and business park in Estonia, said in a statement that the organisers hope to support new smart city solutions that “will make the city of Tallinn more modern, more people-friendly, more cost-efficient and more open”.

Read more

Medicom Announces Montreal as Location of New Canadian Mask Production Facility

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · April 30, 2020 12:32 PM · 1 reaction

MONTREAL, April 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - AMD Medicom Inc. ("Medicom"), one of the world's leading manufacturers of surgical and respiratory masks, confirms their new Canadian mask production facility will be situated in Montreal, Quebec. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of securing local production of personal protective equipment (PPE) and both the Canadian and Quebec governments are the latest in a growing number around the world seeking to partner with Medicom.

With new long-term supply agreements being finalized with both the Canadian and Quebec governments, Medicom has confirmed that their first Canadian mask manufacturing facility will open near their Montreal head office by July 2020 and will create at least 33 permanent jobs.

Read more

Burloak Technologies Partners with Mohawk College in Hamilton & NGen to Produce Face Shields for Healthcare Workers

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · April 30, 2020 12:29 PM · 1 reaction

OAKVILLE, ON, April 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Additive Manufacturing company, Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, today announced it will support the fight against COVID-19 by producing face shields that will be used by frontline medical and healthcare workers. This personal protective equipment was designed and tested in collaboration with Hamilton Health Sciences and Mohawk College. Production has begun and will ramp up to volumes of approximately 10,000 units per week.

"Additive manufacturing is an ideal process to scale any design to commercial production in the shortest time possible, and applying our capabilities in this battle is the right thing to do," stated Colin Osborne, President & CEO, Samuel, Son & Co., Limited. "NGen played a valuable role in the rapid response to get this project underway. Without this funding, it would not have been possible to achieve the same scale in this accelerated timeframe."

Read more

Dublin health IT company lands 10,000 new users amid Covid-19

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · April 23, 2020 12:06 PM · 1 reaction

Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center and the nation's largest independent primary care physician practice are among clients adding 10,000 new users in three weeks for telehealth technology made by Updox LLC as healthcare quickly adapted for the coronavirus pandemic.

Dublin-based Updox, which makes secure communications and workflow software for physician practices, added a videoconferencing feature last year. Demand soared this spring as patients stayed home to prevent possible Covid-19 exposure.

Read more

Taiwan Is Exporting Its Coronavirus Successes to the World

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · April 23, 2020 12:04 PM · 1 reaction

TAIPEI—Taiwan has won global praise for its response to the coronavirus pandemic. As the world closes borders and enforces quarantines to combat the outbreak, leaders are looking to Taipei for a model to emulate—and, increasingly, for help.

On March 19, Taiwan closed its borders to nonresidents amid a second wave of imported cases among travelers returning from abroad. The self-governing island now has 379 COVID-19 cases, a number that has remained relatively low due to a series of aggressive containment, quarantine, and monitoring measures that have limited local transmission of the coronavirus.

Read more

As COVID-19 Forces Companies To Move Online, Fredericton Newcomer Is There To Help Them Out

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · April 14, 2020 1:03 PM · 1 reaction

FREDERICTON — With the COVID-19 pandemic making businesses globally reliant on online sales to survive, a Fredericton newcomer’s company has been getting a lot more inquiries these days.

Adetunji Adelakun is the founder and CEO of Scantranx, cloud-based software for retailers and wholesalers. It integrates services such as inventory management, e-commerce, point-of-sale, reports and analytics, CRM, social media, and omnichannel solutions into one platform.

The company got its start in 2015 in Nigeria, where Adelakun is originally from.

Read more

  • ← Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • …
  • 57
  • 58
  • Next →
Mothers Out Front footer logo

The Intelligent Community Forum® is a global network with a think tank at its center. It connects hundreds of cities and regions on five continents for collaboration on economic development and for exchange of expertise and information that drives progress. Through this network, ICF researches how Intelligent Communities use information and communications technology to build inclusive prosperity, solve social problems and enrich their quality of life in our connected century.

Learn MoreStar icon
  • Intelligent Community Network
  • News Coverage
  • Press Releases
Get InvolvedStar icon
  • Events
  • ICF Feedback
Connect with ICFStar icon
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube

© Copyright 2015 Intelligent Community Forum
Created with NationBuilder Created with NationBuilderDesigned by Van City Studios
  • How to Get Started
  • A Tale of Two Economies
  • Awards Jury
  • Markham, Ontario
  • Matsu
  • Wellington
  • Estevan, Saskatchewan
  • Newmarket, Ontario
  • Membership
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • The Smart21 Communities of the Year
  • Summit Program
  • Townsville, Queensland
  • Coral Gables, Florida
  • Apply for Certification
  • Events
  • ICF Rankings: Sustain 2020
  • Intelligent Community Network
  • ICF Global Summits
  • Fairlawn, Ohio
  • Fairfield/Jefferson County, Iowa
  • The Certification Process
  • Top7 Announcements
  • Mississauga, Ontario
  • East Central Region, Minnesota
  • Awards Analysts
  • By the Numbers
  • Coquitlam, British Columbia
  • How to Get Started
  • Improve Your Community
  • Elefsina, Attica
  • Community Accelerator
  • Learn How to Build an Intelligent Community
  • Community Assessment
  • Community Questionnaire
  • Awards Jury
  • Membership
  • Why the Countryside Needs Connection
  • Members
  • Participate
  • Feedback
  • The Certification Standards
  • Intelligent Community of the Year
  • Township of Langley, British Columbia
  • Seat Pleasant, Maryland
  • Assessment
  • What is an Intelligent Community?
  • Ponta Grossa, Parana
  • ICF Partner Events
  • The Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year
  • Smart21 Announcements
  • Alexandria Lakes Area, Minnesota
  • Assai, Parana
  • Analysts
  • Association Partners
  • ICF Academy
  • Hilliard, Ohio
  • Durham Region, Ontario
  • Intelligent Community Awards Program®
  • Professional Education
  • Audio and Video Content
  • Certified Intelligent Communities
  • Greater Geelong, Victoria
  • Certify Your Community
  • The Network
  • What We Do
  • Community Accelerator Free Mini-Courses
  • City of Maple Ridge, British Columbia
  • How to Build an Intelligent Community
  • Resources
  • Community Accelerator Strategy
  • Webinars
  • Speakers
  • Doral, Florida
  • Defiance, Ohio
  • Podcast

Sign up

Liquid syntax error: Error in tag 'subpage' - No such page slug site.signup_page
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with Twitter