Global Mobility Call 2024 launched this week with a series of sessions and panel discussions on the future of sustainable mobility.

Louis Zacharilla, founder of the Intelligent Community Forum, led a session titled ‘Urban Regeneration: The Soul of the City and New Urban Paradigms’. The session focused on urban spaces, the ‘soul’ of the city and how cities can improve quality of life for their inhabitants whilst integrating sustainable infrastructure and mobility practices.

Whitby, Ontario – Durham Region has been recognized as a fully certified intelligent community by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), a designation provided to communities that are poised for investment, and set to succeed economically, socially and culturally.

Intelligent Community Certification is an economic development credential based on the ICF’s Community Accelerator Strategy and analytic methods. Meeting ICF’s Certification standard provides objective validation that Durham Region has high-quality connectivity, effective workforce development, a business innovation ecosystem and meaningful community engagement, digital inclusion and sustainability programs in place. These qualities combine to support the growth of innovative businesses, to meet their talent needs and provide inclusive prosperity and a high quality of life.

Curitiba é a Comunidade Mais Inteligente do Mundo de 2024. O prêmio foi entregue na noite de segunda-feira (4) em Barcelona (Espanha), em evento que reuniu autoridades das sete cidades que concorriam ao título conferido pelo Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) neste ano. Assaí, no Norte do Paraná, também foi uma das finalistas deste ano.

Hilliard, Ohio, is charting new territory as the first city in the U.S. to hold the title of a fully certified Intelligent Community. This week, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), an organization that advocates for smart city growth, awarded Hilliard for its comprehensive adoption of technology that streamlines and enriches the lives of its residents. This certification is not just a fancy title; it's the ICF's nod to the city's achievements in connectivity, digital equity, innovation, and green initiatives.

No início de novembro, será revelada qual a comunidade mais inteligente do mundo de 2024 pelo Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), a instituição global que estabeleceu o conceito de cidades inteligentes há quase 30 anos. Neste ano, duas cidades paranaenses competem pelo título: Curitiba, que pelo quarto ano consecutivo figura entre as sete finalistas, e Assaí, cidade do Norte Pioneiro que conquistou a maior autoridade em comunidades do mundo, John G. Jung.

On September 25, Mr. Nguyen Van Loi, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Binh Duong Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly’s Delegation, received Mr. John Jung, co-founder of the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), on the occasion of the ICF delegation attending the announcement ceremony of the Binh Duong Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050. The reception also had Mr. Nguyen Loc Ha, Standing Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and leaders of relevant departments and branches.

O fundador do Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), John Jung, está em Curitiba para a avaliação da cidade antes da eleição da comunidade mais inteligente do mundo. A capital paranaense é uma das sete finalistas ao prêmio, que será entregue em novembro em Barcelona, durante o ICF Global Summit. Assaí, no interior do estado, também concorre ao título em 2024. As duas cidades paranaenses são as únicas da América Latina na lista deste ano.

NEW TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN - Media OutReach Newswire - 25 June 2024 - On June 19, 2024, at the Hilton Taipei Sinban Hotel, the New Taipei City Government, in collaboration with the international organization ICF (Intelligent Community Forum), co-hosted the "2024 NTPC Smart City International Forum and ICF Top7 Global Cities Announcement." The forum's theme was "AI: The Innovation Accelerator," which explored how artificial intelligence has contributed to economic growth, sustainability, and human welfare. The event attracted overseas dignitaries, representatives from consulates, and industry leaders from nearly 30 countries, fostering lively participation.

Two of those cities, Columbus and Warner Robins, Georgia, received the awards for projects that involve digital twins. But what, exactly, is a digital twin? And how can the technology be used to solve community problems?

We talked with John Taylor, the Frederick Law Olmsted Professor and associate chair for graduate programs and research innovation in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Neda Mohammadi, city infrastructure analytics director in Georgia Tech’s Network Dynamics Lab to get some answers. These are edited highlights from an interview.

Almost as soon as I arrived in Taipei to cover the world’s second largest smart-cities conference, I was treated to an unplanned demonstration of the power of these technologies to meet citizens’ needs.

On my first night, after ordering food to go near the Zhongxiao Fuxing Station, a friend and I returned via cab to my hotel to catch up and eat.