The Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative responds to the growing need to boost resilience at the local level. Crises such as COVID-19 and climate change remind us that managing disaster risk is everyone’s business, in which local governments play an instrumental role. Building resilience of local governments through robust risk governance structures and processes is a critical step to ensure that impacts are mitigated and measures are taken at the most localised and disaggregated level.
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for Europe, in partnership with ICLEI Europe – Local Governments for Sustainability, invite you to this regional webinar, which sets in motion a decade for city resilience through the implementation of the MCR2030 initiative across the Europe and Central Asia region.
This event brings to light cities at various stages of their resilience journey. The city experiences aim to showcase how, through robust risk knowledge, planning and implementation, city resilience can be strengthened in a spirit of peer learning and partnership central to the MCR2030 initiative.
Digital Transformation in a New Age is a future-focused webinar series for Public Sector brought to you by Verizon. Join us for the fourth installment in the series: “The Need for Network Modernization.”
There’s been a veritable evolution in how agencies and organizations look at their networks since last March, with remote work serving as the catalyst. During that early period, where time was of the essence when it came to meeting sudden new demands and keeping workflow, operations and dollars turned on, agencies had to rapidly expand their network capabilities, capacity and design without much time to consider long-term implications.
With that warp-speed evolution came risk and a good amount of uncertainty. Some agencies were able to expand and modernize their networks to adequately accommodate new demands. Some still struggle with filling in technology gaps. And some are at a point where they’re stepping back and re-assessing whether their quickly adopted strategy is headed in the right direction, rather than toward a costly dead end. All the while they continue to address heightened security, deployment, capacity and architectural challenges.
Now that we’ve reached a point where we can catch our breath, agencies and organizations are beginning to take a measured look at their network capabilities and structure, and to fully embrace network modernization. Today we’ll explore what that means.
Replay earlier editions of Digital Transformation in a New Age
24 March: Digital Transformation in a New Age: Communities, Campuses and Venues of the Future
14 April: Digital Transformation in a New Age: Caring for the Whole Student
5 May: Digital Transformation: Enabling Vaccine Deployment
Upcoming editions
23 June: Digital Transformation in a New Age: Interoperability (invite coming soon)
Changing emission standards, environmental and public concerns, increased road accidents and new technology are driving the biggest change automotive has ever seen. Delivering the sustainable, consumer loved, and actively safe vehicle takes time and money, but you only have so long before another competitor wins market share.
OEMs must make technological leaps in both electric vehicles and more-efficient internal combustion engines, whilst advancing autonomous tech to achieve zero road fatalities.
As this year’s Reuters Events Car of the Future 2021 we will showcase how OEMs are building the vehicle of the future to create a safer and sustainable world. This meeting is the one place for all your automotive tech news, updates and benchmarks, featuring the most impressive line-up in history!
Find out more here: https://reutersevents.com/events/automotivefuturecar/
As a new era in bulk goods dawns, find inspiration at trade shows Solids & Recycling-Technik
Leading-edge technology for bulk solids
The demands placed on technologies for processing modern bulk solids are constantly rising. Today’s strategies no longer focus strictly on increases in efficiency and the careful consumption of energy and resources: Given the ubiquitous shortage of skilled workers, it has become critical to fortify processes in order to protect people, the environment and production plants. On 16 and 17 June 2021, the trade show Solids & Recycling-Technik Dortmund will address these and other challenges faced by industry – both today and tomorrow. Throughout the exhibition and in technical lectures, numerous experts will engage the visitors to encourage the exchange of knowledge and spark ideas for tackling a demanding future.
The primary issues facing decision-makers in the bulk materials industry are: how to position oneself efficiently and sustainably on the market, and how to defend and maintain that position in future. Against a background of growing shortages in skilled workers and stricter legal requirements in Germany, it has also become more difficult to ensure safety and prevent errors in demanding processes.
On 17-18 March 2021 in Dortmund, solutions for these and other issues of concern to industrial sectors will be presented at the two trade shows Solids & Recycling-Technik. “It’s of great importance to us that both the exhibition and our lecture programme cover the latest core themes affecting industry, and that they inspire ideas in the visitor for how to address those challenges concretely,” says Sandrina Schempp, Event Director, Solids & Recycling Technology at trade show organiser Easyfairs. This was also underscored by Arend Klöver, Disposal Representative at Beiersdorf AG, in his review of the shows two years ago: “Top experts highlighted the newest trends and illustrated innovative approaches to the industry’s hot topics.”
One of the best-known industry meeting places for experts from the powders, granules and bulk solids sector, the show always focuses on the latest issues. Whether that be safe storage, dosing, mixing or separating: At the show, visitors can discuss their technical challenges and the opportunities afforded by automation and digitalization, as well as forge new – or deepen existing – business relationships.
Workshops, lectures and live explosion demonstrations
For people who need to get a firm grip on current and future tasks, the lectures and workshops on the stages of the Innovation and Solution Centers will provide numerous opportunities to exchange ideas with experts. On the first day of the show, the audience can look forward to contributions from the Institute for Applied Building Research (IAB) Weimar on the subject of practice-oriented bulk solids simulation using the ‘discrete element’ method. Experts from the IAB will present their novel method for mapping the behavior of bulk solids and reveal the potential of simulation.
Another topic to be elaborated is how companies can protect themselves against explosion. Alongside lectures on the legal requirements for e.g. safe plant operation or the safety parameters of dusts, Prof. Dr. Ing. Uli Barth of the Steinbeis Transfer Center Integrative Safety in Wuppertal will also give a presentation on assessing explosion and fire hazards. Furthermore, visitors can once again look forward to the live explosion demonstrations in the open-air demo area of the fairgrounds.
Outfitted for the future
On the second day of the show, in a special sub-theme called “From law to practice”, experts will demonstrate how to smoothly implement occupational safety and health regulations in real life. The subject of safety also figures prominently in other presentations, for example in lectures on the safe handling of hazardous bulk materials. Besides the essential aspects of solids technology, topics from the recycling industry will also be illuminated on the lecture stages. The focus will be on implementing the Commercial Waste Ordinance, as well as on the recycling of packaging.
With these and the many other in-depth activities taking place on both days of Solids & Recycling-Technik in Dortmund, trade visitors can prepare themselves to meet the increasing expectations on their industries.
From the Wiki for local government innovation, the Govlaunch Podcast shares the stories of local government innovators and their efforts to build better governments.
To supplement their free guide – Data 101 Guide for Local Governments, Govlaunch has released a podcast series all about data driven insights.Each conversation highlights innovators in local government that are leveraging available tools to better use various data sources, to make sense of their data in-house, and ultimately lead more efficient and resilient organizations.
How would we structure emergency coordination, situational awareness and public announcements if we could work across networks and devices? Interoperability is more than just hooking up network infrastructure. It’s about enabling people across agencies and organizations to reach the right person and communicate when they need to, how they need to.
But effective interoperability won’t be possible until all carriers, device manufacturers, platforms and solution providers commit to enabling it. In this webinar, our experts discuss where we are in that decades-long quest. Join us to learn what it will take to get there.
We’ll talk about:
- Barriers to interoperability
- Data-sharing solutions in the post-pandemic world
- Verizon Interoperability Coalition: Uniform standards
- Advanced device-to-device technologies that can help enable interoperability across all networks
Replay earlier editions of Digital Transformation in a New Age
24 March: Digital Transformation in a New Age: Communities, Campuses and Venues of the Future
14 April: Digital Transformation in a New Age: Caring for the Whole Student
5 May: Digital Transformation: Enabling Vaccine Deployment
26 May: Digital Transformation in a New Age: The Need for Network Modernization
In this innovative smart cities program by world-renowned architect and MIT Professor Carlo Ratti and his colleagues at the Senseable City Lab, you will learn how to design digital-based solutions and experiences for future cities and human environments. You will explore how urban centers enable digital transformation during this three-day live virtual short course, using numerous technologies from robotics to the Internet of Things (IoT) to artificial intelligence (AI). In addition, you will learn design thinking principles applicable to prototyping of new experiences using digital technologies at both human and urban scale in related topics, including:
- How to design integrations of sensor and actuators architectures learn the fundamentals of IoT & AI to develop data-driven applications.
- How big data analytics can be of use to decode the behavior of large-scale systems and urban dynamics.
- Obtain a primer on big data visualisations and communication principles for both scientific and general consumption purposes.
Get to know “senseable cities”
According to Professor Ratti, in the midst of rapid urbanisation, the concept of “senseable cities” that utilise technology to better respond to people is emerging. “As a result, many aspects of urban life are being rapidly transformed: From energy to waste management, from mobility to water distribution, from city planning to citizen engagement,” explains Professor Ratti.
In Designing Tomorrow’s Cities, you’ll explore how these transformations are being made in cities worldwide and how you can join the senseable cities revolution. With Professor Ratti’s expert guidance, you’ll feel more prepared than ever before to help improve people’s lives.
The future of metropolitan living starts here. Register today. https://bit.ly/3zQDKyR
Harness the latest digital technologies—from the Internet of Things to artificial intelligence—to create new customer experiences, compelling products and services, and dynamic business ecosystems. In this course, MIT Senior Lecturers Michael Davies and Blade Kotelly will provide participants with two key lenses: insight into what is currently happening and foresight to anticipate how things will change. Through an innovation-centric process, you’ll discover how to develop breakthrough innovations, gain valuable insights into consumers’ needs, and influence key stakeholders. in related topics, including:
- Understand and manage the complex network of stakeholders involved in any project
- Conceive new user experiences in areas where there is no prior solution to leverage
- Overcome organizational obstacles and gain the traction to drive implementation
- Build a business that fosters mutually beneficial partnerships to create robust ecosystems, develop new products, and enhance the user experience
- Apply advanced Design-Thinking techniques to create breakthrough innovations
Participants in this MIT short course will walk away with a clear understanding of innovation and a plan for implementing digital technologies to drive their own transformation. These technologies are transforming the economic landscape, so being able to innovate effectively is vital not just to survive, but to thrive.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/2TVla8p
Becoming an expert in sustainable, livable and smart cities
Smart city is a city vision that has been acknowledged and promoted as a new paradigm around the world for growing cities and declining rural areas. The development and implementation of Smart city strategies requires interdisciplinary knowledge in a variety of adjacent fields. We will prepare you for these challenges with the new Master programme Smart City Solutions (SCS) at the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart!
Insights into Global Challenges
The international master Smart City Solutions prepares planners, architects, engineers, economists, ecologists, sociologists, entrepreneurs and graduates of related disciplines for implementing smart city technology. You will gain insights about global challenges in urban development strategies like climate change, extreme weather events, limited planetary resources and water shortages amongst others. SCS covers eight key aspects of smart city solutions and processes: smart governance, smart mobility, smart energy, smart resources, smart citizen, smart urbanism, smart buildings and smart infrastructure. You will learn how to manage these challenges with data-based decision support tools. In our program we combine modules of three existing faculties of the University of Applied Sciences; we also collaborate with the Institute for Applied Research.
Learning by Doing
In Master Smart City Solutions you will get to apply the gathered theoretical knowledge in a Case Study project during the study programme. It will be a living lab project in collaboration with real city stakeholders.
Master Smart City Solutions
The consecutive, interdisciplinary programme aims at international professionals with a first academic degree and professional experience.
Lectures are held from Friday to Monday, which allows students to work parallel to their studies. It is possible to study full-time (3 semesters) or part-time (5 semesters).
The medium of instruction is English.
The degree qualification is Master of Engineering (M. Eng.).
There is an option to gain a dual degree in MBA at our partner LJMU, United Kingdom.
In partnership with Cities Today, Cityzenith is launching a six-episode webinar series called “Urban Digital Twins impact on the Race to Zero“.
In this first episode, entitled “Clean Cities – Clean Future“, Cities Today Editor Sarah Wray interviews Cityzenith’s CEO and Founder Michael Jansen on the Clean Cities – Clean Future Initiative – set to transform city planning and infrastructure for a generation by accelerating the use of digital twin technology.
About this episode:
- Discover the Clean Cities – Clean Future objectives
- Find out how digital twins are set to save US$280 billion for city planners alone in the next five years
- Hear about the huge benefits for urban infrastructure
- Why the digital twin AI technology market is set to explode
- Learn how the World Economic Forum is accelerating the use of digital twin technology
- Hear how the initiative is gaining international attention
Reserve your seat now by registering here!
Following episodes in this webinar series:
21/09 – Digital Twins to save Cities $280bn
05/10 – New York City: A Digital Twin Model
19/10 – Cityzenith and the Digital Twin Consortium
02/11 – Impact Technology Investing for Cities
16/11 – Carbon Rewards for Cities
