Czech Pavilion at SCEWC 2026 Visualisation At Smart City Expo World Congress, ten JIC-supported companies offer European cities tested solutions for mobility, energy, air quality and public services.
BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC, October 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Brno Region will be represented at Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, the world’s leading event for urban innovation.
“The Brno Region is a place where research, startups and the public sector work closely together.
Through JIC, the Brno Region plays a key role in supporting companies’ growth and international expansion.
About the Brno region: The Brno region (Czech Republic, European Union) is a hub of over 1.2 million residents.
Oct 26, 2026 · via einpresswire.com
A delegation of 15 youth leaders from the BJP in Mumbai is set to visit Israel MUMBAI: A delegation of 15 BJP youth functionaries, most of them BMC Corporators, left for a week-long study tour to Israel on Saturday.
Corporators are expected to visit and study smart city initiatives, water management solutions and traffic management.
“It’s a good opportunity provided by the Israeli government for our young leaders to study smart city initiatives, water management solutions, geo politics and security solutions.
I am sure this will be an enriching experience for our young leaders who will utilise this experience for the betterment and development of Mumbai,” said Mumbai BJP chief MLA Ameet Satam.
Israel uses dynamic traffic and parking management which utilizes AI-driven traffic management networks that dynamically adjust traffic light cycles based on real-time vehicle flow.
Oct 26, 2026 · via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
How can cities move from isolated digital initiatives to digital transformation at scale?
Drawing on CAF’s experience across the region, this keynote will explore how financing, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and strategic partnerships can turn digital ambition into investable urban transformation.
It will also discuss methodologies for identifying recurring territorial challenges and structuring integrated project portfolios around them, helping cities strengthen digital foundations, modernize public services and build the institutional capabilities needed to deliver smarter, more inclusive and resilient urban development.
Oct 26, 2026 · via smartcityexpo.com
Q-Free provides intelligent transportation solutions that help public authorities and road operators improve mobility, safety and efficiency across tolling and traffic management operations.
"Q-Free brings highly specialized intelligent transportation capabilities to Carahsoft’s solutions portfolio,” said Rich Savage, Sales Director overseeing the Q-Free Team at Carahsoft.
Q-Free’s transportation solutions are available through Carahsoft’s NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement #AR2472.
For more information, contact the Carahsoft Team at (703) 581-6680 or QFreeAmerica@carahsoft.com; or learn more about Q-Free’s solutions here.
About Q-Free Q-Free is a global leader in intelligent transportation systems, spearheading innovative solutions for tolling, traffic management, and active transportation.
Oct 26, 2026 · via manilatimes.net
Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the leading international event on cities and urban innovation organized by Fira de Barcelona, will bring together over 600 speakers from November 3-5 at the Gran Via venue under the theme "Urban Solutions, Real Impact."
Held jointly with Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress, the new HOWS Barcelona – Housing World Summit, and Tomorrow.
Blue Economy, this year's edition welcomes mayors and regional leaders from four continents, raising the gathering to the level of a true international summit of cities.
Additionally, Ayumi Moore Aoki, founder of Women in Tech Global, will also take part in the congress to address diversity and inclusion as drivers of urban innovation.
SCEWC 2026 expects 27,000 attendees and over 1,100 exhibitors, including Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Dell Technologies and Veolia.
Oct 25, 2026 · via home.nestor.minsk.by
A recent report that I co-edited, Smart City Surveillance in Africa: Mapping Chinese AI Surveillance Across 11 Countries, considers this question.
As the uproar around Uganda’s EPSAuto shows, there are concerns—often valid—that smart-city surveillance tools are being used to identify and monitor activists, opposition figures, critics, and protesters.
Activists, journalists, and opposition figures described altering travel routes, communication practices, and patterns of assembly in response to smart-city surveillance tools whose full capabilities remain unknown.
Regulation must keep pace with technology, which means applying the same principle to smart-city surveillance tools.
Smart-city surveillance technology can help governments investigate crimes, recover stolen vehicles, and improve public services without giving them carte blanche to track people.
Oct 25, 2026 · via independent.co.ug
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung urges AI, drone ties with Europe Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday called for Taiwan and Europe to build trusted supply chains in artificial intelligence (AI) and drones, saying closer cooperation could strengthen economic and national security.
Speaking at the opening of the annual conference of the Formosa Club, which connects pro-Taiwan parliamentarians across Europe, Lin said Taiwan’s semiconductor, AI server and emerging drone industries complemented Europe’s expertise in precision manufacturing and industrial technology.
As an example of industrial cooperation, Lin cited a proposed technology park in Poland planned by the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association.
Lin described economic cooperation as one pillar of Taiwan’s “integrated diplomacy,” alongside partnerships with fellow democracies.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the club, which was founded in 2019, are scheduled to cohost a forum on Tuesday focusing on cooperation between Taiwan and Europe in AI and drone technology.
Oct 25, 2026 · via taipeitimes.com
The Spokesman has edited down the candidates’ responses to questions about the Town Center urban renewal measure and a policy they’d like to see change.
If voters reject Measure 3-641, what specific alternative funding sources would you pursue and which parts of the Town Center Plan do you believe could realistically move forward without that funding?
Jennie Hill: “My perspective on the Town Center Plan is that it’s very rigid and very prescriptive.
The property owners in the Town Center area, two of them have come in and pitched redevelopment plans, one of which answered a lot of questions from the community.
We’ll know more after November, but the market is also going to drive development in Town Center.
Oct 25, 2026 · via wilsonvillespokesman.com
R K Handa ravindersaroj@gmail.com The concept of a Smart City cannot be confined to the creation of physical infrastructure.
Decongest the Old City The old city of Jammu cannot be decongested merely by constructing parking facilities while simultaneously adding commercial activity.
Infact nothing has been done to decongeast city under smart city mission.
People's Participation Is Essential Government alone cannot make Jammu a Smart City.
Conclusion: Jammu Can Become Smart Without Becoming Unlivable The objective of a Smart City should not be to create a concrete jungle filled with flyovers, commercial complexes and high-rise buildings.
Oct 24, 2026 · via dailyexcelsior.com
Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress will address the impact of AI on cybersecurity in its seventh edition.
The congress, organized jointly by Fira de Barcelona and the Cybersecurity Agency of Catalonia, will be structured around three main axes: cybersecurity as a strategic business and reputational factor; artificial intelligence, identity, and trust in the digital environment; and systemic, cyber-physical, and supply chain resilience.
With 150 international experts, 111 exhibitors, an extensive congress program, and new networking spaces, Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress will bring together the main European players in digital protection to focus on the security of industries, companies, critical infrastructure, and urban services in the face of increasingly complex attacks.
According to data from the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE), 122,223 cybersecurity incidents were registered in Spain in 2025, 26% more than in 2024, and 237,028 vulnerable systems were detected and notified.
Flavia Santoro, director of the Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress, remarks on it as follows: “The increase in cybercrime makes it necessary to have spaces where cybersecurity moves from theory to practice, such as BCC, which brings the entire ecosystem together in Barcelona to share needs, identify opportunities, and build new alliances”.
Oct 24, 2026 · via en.ara.cat
To this end, consider consider the Wireless Smart Ubiquitous Network (Wi-SUN), a sub-1 gigahertz (GHz), scalable, standards-based wireless mesh network that enables flexible device integration and responsive performance.
For smart city applications such as smart metering, public infrastructure, and environmental monitoring, this low-power, wide-area network (LPWAN) can support long-term deployments.
Among the many wireless protocols I’ve encountered, Wi-SUN combines several features that align particularly well with smart city networking.
For example, the XB-WSB-RM-001 (Figure 1) micro-mount module (for North American markets) is designed for integration into smart city networks.
Digi’s Wi-SUN modules also support Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connections for remote provisioning and direct communication with nearby BLE sensors.
Oct 24, 2026 · via iotinsider.com
How can cities grow while protecting the ecosystems that sustain them?
Drawing on Envigado’s El Trianón–La Heliodora urban protected area, this keynote explores how biodiversity conservation, nature-based solutions and community engagement can transform urban development.
By integrating ecological preservation, green infrastructure and public spaces, Envigado offers a model for building greener, healthier and more resilient cities.
Oct 24, 2026 · via smartcityexpo.com
This raises a broader question: Are the cities receiving climate migrants equipped to support a safer, more stable future or leaving them more exposed?
A new study published in Climate and Development on climate migrants living in informal settlements in southwestern Bangladesh examines what happens to migrants after relocation to secondary settlements.
“Rights and needs of migrants are increasingly recognized within Bangladesh’s climate change and disaster policy landscape.
For internal climate migrants, these risks are particularly concerning, especially given projections that climate change could displace one in seven people in Bangladesh by 2051.
“These actually depict both economic and non-economic losses and damages [of climate change],” she adds.
Oct 23, 2026 · via news.mongabay.com
Published in Artificial Intelligence Review, the study reviews recent advances in Green AI methodologies and introduces the Green AI Urban Framework, or GAUF, a structured conceptual framework for embedding environmentally responsible AI into sustainable urban systems.
The authors state its aim explicitly: to support the design of AI-driven urban systems that balance predictive performance, scalability and environmental responsibility.
By consolidating existing research and outlining future directions, the study positions sustainable AI practice as a core component of next-generation smart and resilient cities, while leaving empirical validation of the framework to future work.
Subject of Research: A green AI framework and survey for environmentally sustainable smart city systems Article Title: Designing sustainable urban intelligence: a green AI framework and survey Article References: Cina, E., AlArnaout, Z., Elbasi, E., & Elmazi, G. (2026).
Designing sustainable urban intelligence: a green AI framework and survey.
Oct 23, 2026 · via bioengineer.org
Abu Dhabi-based G42 and five of its portfolio companies have signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Greek government and private-sector partners.
The agreements cover AI infrastructure, government services, smart cities and life sciences.
Among them is a plan to explore an AI factory in Greece with Copelouzos Group, a Greek infrastructure and energy company.
It also covers training officials to work with AI agents and developing AI tutors and learning platforms.
Life sciences deal opens a two-way start-up corridor M42 signed an MoU with Athens LifeTech Park (ALTP) covering life sciences research, genomics sequencing infrastructure and population genomics.
Oct 23, 2026 · via therecursive.com
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Cameron Hamilton told emergency managers that states should prepare to respond to disasters without federal help in as soon as six months, Politico reported this week.
But two recent federal government reports indicate that funding and staffing challenges at state and local emergency management agencies could make that difficult.
Politico obtained a recording of Hamilton’s remarks during the National Emergency Management Association’s annual conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The study found that more than half of local emergency management agencies have one or fewer full-time employees and “a notable percentage” of local emergency management directors are volunteers.
States’ rainy day funds, designed to cover gaps when revenues are insufficient to meet spending demands, “may be limited by statute in when and how they can assist disaster-related budget shortfalls,” the CRS report states.
Oct 23, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
Dive Brief: The Seattle Social Housing Developer Board last week unanimously approved a location in the city’s Central District for its first social housing construction project.
The project will include around 20 mixed-income homes, at least half with two to three bedrooms, and will cost an estimated $15 million.
The organization purchased its first building, a 150-unit apartment complex, earlier this year and expects to own around 1,000 homes by the end of 2027.
Dive Insight: The Seattle City Council in February approved an interlocal agreement with SSHD, transferring $115 million for the entity to carry out the city’s vision for publicly owned housing meant to address an affordable housing shortage.
The lottery for its 150-unit social housing apartment complex earlier this year drew more than 10,000 applicants, the Seattle Times reported.
Oct 23, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
With this future-oriented vision, Innovation4Waste announces its participation in Ecomondo 2026.
Smart waste management ecosystem: The IOT transforming waste collection Backed by twenty years of vertical experience in the waste sector and 100% in-house production, Innovation4Waste is the Partitalia brand developing IoT solutions for waste collection with advanced technologies.
These include Discovery Mobile UHF, the practical, lightweight, and shock-resistant wearable device that automatically certifies waste collection without disrupting the operator’s workflow.
IOT solutions for asset monitoring Innovation4Waste’s Smart Waste Management Ecosystem further integrates advanced technologies for asset tracking, ensuring the complete remote management of vehicles and containers.
Supporting the platform, MDM (Mobile Device Management) governs the IoT fleet, ensuring a constant and secure flow of data.
Oct 23, 2026 · via recyclingportal.eu
Smart city security solutions, which integrate connected systems and intelligent monitoring, are becoming vital for ensuring safety and operational efficiency in modern urban areas.
Below, we explore the current market size, growth drivers, regional trends, and other key aspects shaping the smart city security market.
Market Size and Growth Outlook for the Smart City Security Market The smart city security market has experienced significant expansion in recent years.
Key Drivers Behind the Growth of the Smart City Security Market One of the primary factors propelling the smart city security market is the increasing deployment of biometric security solutions.
Such developments underscore the role of biometric solutions as a significant growth driver in the smart city security market.
Oct 23, 2026 · via einpresswire.com
The global installed base of connected home medical monitoring devices is expected to grow from 92.7 million in 2025 to nearly 160 million by 2030, according to Berg Insight.
Healthcare providers are increasingly extending patient monitoring beyond hospitals and clinics, using connected medical devices to track chronic conditions, assess treatment adherence and identify potential complications earlier.
The analyst firm estimates that 92.7 million connected home medical monitoring devices were in use worldwide at the end of 2025.
Importantly, these figures cover connected medical devices used by patients enrolled in structured healthcare programmes.
The broader direction of the market is therefore not simply towards a larger population of connected medical devices.
Oct 23, 2026 · via iotbusinessnews.com