Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 9:00 AM – Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 2:00 PM (GMT+0100) Berlin, Germany EUROCITIES’ Knowledge Society Forum brings together over 100 European cities and business partners to develop an inclusive information society. The Forum offers a cooperation platform to exchange on best ICT practices and showcases of cities across Europe; its activities are supported by four working groups – on the themes of eInclusion, Open Data, Smart Cities and the EU Services Directive. Registration is open until 13 March...
read moreThe first Future Internet Assembly (FIA) of 2012 will be held in Aalborg on May 10-11, under the Presidency of Denmark in the EU Council. The theme for FIA-Aalborg will be “Smart Cities and Internet of Things”, and the event will bring together projects that have recognized the need to strengthen European activities on the Future Internet, to maintain European competitiveness in the global marketplace. Currently, FIA brings together research projects that are part of the ICT programme of FP7. All of these projects are advancing the state...
read more25 January 2012, Brüssels In this workshop, organised by Fireball & Eurocities & FIRE, invited speakers from Eurocities, FIRE, the Smart City Portfolio CIP projects and ENoLL will present views and results to open up the discussion on shaping the future “Smart Cities” agenda, starting from the needs of the cities, their citizens and partner organisations. In addition, the workshop will create new linkages and enhance cooperation between different constituencies interested in Smart City development in order to operationlise...
read moreBrainport in Eindhoven is the host organisation and city for the Autumn meeting of the Eurocities Knowledge Society Forum. The KSF meets quarterly around Europe, to develop joint working and share knowledge around the information society, and provides an opportunity for European cities to discuss issues of mutual interest. The cities involved in the SMARTiP project will be in attendance at this year’s KSF, and partaking in the Smart Cities working group on Thursday 20th October. The conference runs across the two days, and links in to...
read moreWednesday 14 September Creating the cities of the future is not something that can be done from an ivory tower. Real life in cities is far more complex than planners and scientists can imagine from their offices. Therefore, we need strong involvement from real citizens that can co-create the solutions of the future together. Living Labs are experimentation environments all over Europe that take on this task. The European network of Living Labs (ENoLL, http://www.openlivinglabs.eu/aboutus) unites all these Living Labs in Europe. At the...
read moreCityCampMCR will be a two-day, free event which will be held on 14th-15th October, 2011. (Note the change of date – more info on our website.) CityCamp Manchester aims to share ideas, explore challenges, join-up resources and develop solutions which build a more sustainable future for Greater Manchester. CityCamp Manchester is a broad-based initiative to bring together people from across Greater Manchester who want to make a positive contribution to their part of the Greater Manchester region. It aims to develop a network which...
read moreThe City of Dresden is hosting the Summer 2011 Knowledge Society Forum from 20-21 June on the theme of “Reorganisation and Knowledge Management in cities – the hidden profit of implementing the EU services directive.” This conference will highlight the potential of the EU Services Directive and related changes in the front and back-office of city administrations as a driver of process reorganization and knowledge management in municipal administrations. Knowledge management aims at building organizational intelligence to...
read moreLaurea University of Applied Sciences in Tikkurila, Vantaa (Finland).
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