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.

(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 16^th 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)

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.

國際組織「智慧城市論壇」 (Intelligent Community Forum,簡稱ICF)9日在臺北市紅樓河岸留言會館公布「2017全球7大智慧城市」入選名單，桃園市再次獲選全球7大智慧城市的殊榮，並將在下一階段，再與其他獲獎的6個城市進行TOP 1的競爭。

桃園從全球近四百個城市脫穎而出，再次獲得國際智慧城市論壇評選為「全球7大智慧城市」(Top 7)，這對桃園市民與在地努力耕耘的產、官、學各界及市府團隊而言，都是一項最大的鼓勵及肯定。2017年獲獎城市包括台灣桃園市、嘉義市、俄羅斯莫斯科、澳洲墨爾本、澳洲伊普斯威治、加拿大艾德蒙頓、加拿大格雷郡等7個城市，該組織並將桃園市的獲獎特色公告於網站上，這對桃園市的國際城市行銷，產生莫大的效益。

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。

(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 15^th 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.