Author: Kevin P. Martin, Jr. | Smart & Resilient Cities //html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js I’ve had the privilege of being a delegate in the Leading Cities annual Exchange Missions since their beginning. For me, lifelong learning, sharing insight, exchanging knowledge, developing global relationships, building bridges and helping to develop new ideas and platform strategies… it’s been an amazing,…
Author: Michael Lake Rio de Janeiro a city with almost 12M inhabitants shares a problem familiar to most cities—a lack of adequate parking spaces and the means to properly manage them. Parking is an essential need for city drivers and those businesses wanting such individuals to get to work, shop or do business, but lack…
Smart Bus Rapid Transit – Rio de Janeiro | Smart & Resilient Cities //html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js S&RC Contributor Renato De Castro reports on Smart Bus Rapid Transit – Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro is ranked as the 5th Latin-American Smart City and it took the first place in the latest national rankings. Public Transportation is a…
Author: Robert C. Buckley, Esq. | Smart & Resilient Cities //html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js Recently a delegation from Leading Cities travelled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to explore and exchange best practices in public policy including current development and planning trends occurring in this world class city. One of the most interesting initiatives being undertaken is the redevelopment…
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~Join the Leading Cities Pavilion Today~ The Smart Cities Expo and World Congress is the largest Smart Cities event in the world. Hosted each November in Barcelona, this gathering of almost 600 cities, 400+ businesses and 15,000 attendees is the premier opportunity to showcase your Smart City solution. Leading Cities is offering an affordable, premium location…
Technology, understood as all of our material culture, has played a key role in our development since the origins of our species. And if at the beginning has configured itself as a critical element to ensure our survival in the mists of time, through the control of fire and the development of simple tools such…
The Luso-American Development Foundation assembled a delegation of US leaders to explore the various renewable energy projects including smart grid and smart manufacturing technologies. Michael Lake, President & CEO of Leading Cities was among the delegates and produced this short video to provide an overview of the innovative projects highlighted in Portugal. Click to view…
Michael Lake, CEO of Leading Cities, and Alistair Cole take part in the Panel “Co-creation: harnessing the talent of citizens for urban innovation” in the Smart-City World Congress
Michael Lake and Jerry Hultin, members of the Smart Cities Expo & World Congress Advisory Board, share closing remarks to conclude the 2015 Smart Cities Expo & World Congress in Barcelona, the largest smart cities event in the world.
The new “Books and Publications” section of the Leading Cities website aims to configure a space where Leading Cities’ network of researchers can share their latest publication(s) in order to provide a deeper vision about the challenges of the 21st century, related with urbanism, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and economy under the umbrella of Smart-Cities and…
The next December 10th, Leading Cities is going to take part in the Conference “Urban Innovation and Social Challenges”, held by the CORE group on Smart Cities, of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and the IGOP (Institut of Public Policies and Governance). Our Coordinator in Spain, Dr. Joaquín Rodríguez is going to present our network…
