The data sets we want[ed]
06/17/2020
We asked 150 smart cities policy makers and practitioners one question: "If there was a data set you wish you had access to during this current health pandemic (COVID-19), what would it be?"
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Partnership models for smart cities
06/08/2020
So what ideas do we have for advancing partnership models for smart cities? Here are ten of our favourite knowledge resources for providing greater insights into advancing successful partnership models for smart cities.
Building partnerships through Smart Cities Activator
06/08/2020
The Smart Cities Activator is an innovative online platform for collaborative, multi-stakeholder planning. It allows project teams to rapidly gather stakeholder input, use proven project templates and employ powerful online planning tools.
Building partnerships through Smart Cities Activator
06/08/2020
The Smart Cities Activator is an innovative online platform for collaborative, multi-stakeholder planning. It allows project teams to rapidly gather stakeholder input, use proven project templates and employ powerful online planning tools.
Digitally enabled urban renewal for the City of Unley
06/08/2020
Just south of the Adelaide CBD in South Australia is the municipality of Unley. Like many suburban communities Unley has a village-like feel with a major road corridor - King William Road - serving as somewhat of a heart to the local services offered to citizens. When it was time for a face lift, SAGE Automation was primed to ensure this community village would benefit from a range a smart communities upgrades that would delivery better community outcomes.
How COVID-19 has been a test case for successful data sharing
06/08/2020
The COVID -19 pandemic has necessitated some practices of data sharing that would normally be caught up in on-going risk management processes ultimately resulting in little action. In this article Geof Heydon and Charlie Gillon of Astrolabe Group share how some Australian States have short circuited the risks, and used trust and innovation to advance data sharing outcomes.
Digital Benefit Districts are coming
06/05/2020
As part of the work being undertaken through the Smart Cities Council led Bounce Lab initiative - a private/public think tank imaging a digitally enabled and data driven economic recovery - we are creating a Playbook for Digital Benefit Districts.
Transportation and our COVID transition
06/04/2020
As we move through this 'transition phase', out of the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, our cities are being stress-tested on a number of fronts. Transport is one such area, as we found out when sitting down with Alana Newbrook of WSP. Alana joined us as part of our series of reflections feeding into our work at the Bounce Lab.
The Five Data Leadership Vitals
05/24/2020
We are delighted to present the Data Leadership Vitals - Purpose, Privacy, Security, Ethics and Governance. They are a set of opportunities we believe to have great leverage in building an organisational culture that values data and the insights that can be generated from it. We would consider them mandatory in any data journey.
TECHFEST 2020: The Waikato's festival of technology and innovation
05/21/2020
On 2 March 2020, smart cities leaders, councils, planners, and researchers from around the country gathered in Hamilton New Zealand to consider how we can leverage technology and data aligned with Sustainable Development Goals to design and build ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’.