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Smart Cities India Awards is an annual event designed to felicitate, recognize and encourage individuals, policy makers, companies, government bodies and associations working behind the successful execution of the mammoth dream of developing 100 smart cities and rejuvenation of 500 cities in India. The award recognizes pioneering projects that aim to make cities more liveable, sustainable and economically viable by honouring best practices and models in the smart cities concept. Organised by: Exhibitions India Group
Looking at smart city as a holistic ecosystem, the conference technical committee invites abstracts on the following topics:
1. City Planning
2. Urban Design: Role of Architecture
3. Communication network and infrastructure
4. Translating IoT into innovation and better services
5. Technologies for safety and security
6. e-Governance for smart cities
7. Citizen safety
8. Solid waste management in cities
9. Health and the Cities
Municipalika Smart & Sustainable Cities 2017 is being organised in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, co-located with CAPEx, trade show focusing on Construction, Architecture, Planning and Engineering. The twin-event will be the only one of its kind in India, focusing on Sustainable Built-Environment and Good Urban Governance. The three day conference and exhibition will be attended by mayors, municipal commissioners, senior urban development officials from the Central and State Governments, Urban Local Bodies and Housing Agencies from all over India, built environment professionals, architects, planners, and engineers. At Municipalika Smart & Sustainable Cities 2017, the national and international experts and thought leaders will gather to answer the question: "How do we plan, design, build and maintain sustainable built environment and Cities". Further Information:http://municipalika.com Organised by: Municipalika
A three-day international conference will attract industry experts, policy makers, innovators, influencers, entrepreneurs, etc., from across the globe to share solutions, product innovations, research discoveries, compelling case studies, technical talks, panel discussions, best management practices with industry peers. For further details and registration, visit http://www.smartcitiesindia.com/Conference-Programme-Outline.aspx Organised by: Exhibitions India Group
ISA Bangalore is proud to announce CityNext2017, a two-day National Symposium on Automation & ICT in Smart Cities, 24th & 25th February, 2017, to assist the initiative undertaken by the Government of India.The Symposium shall cover the use of Automation and ICT technologies not only in the standard application defined in the Smart City Mission Statement and Guidelines but will go beyond that and cover the synergistic ones that can enhance the overall effectiveness of the investments made for such infrastructure development. Organised by: ISA Bangalore Further Information:http://isabangalore.org.in/citynext-2017/
National Institute of Design (NID), is pleased to announce a two-day workshop on “Design Interventions for Smart Cities”. It will be conducted at NID Ahmedabad, Gujarat during February 20th & 21st, 2017, (2-day non-residential programme).The objective of this workshop is to acquaint wide range of stakeholders dealing with urban policies, management, planning, design, security, environment, technology and more with the challenges of the proposed smart cities on the one hand and the way to find their solutions through the creative and innovative interventions of design. It will be meaningful for the students and researchers in related areas too.
In this MOOC, you will gain a thorough understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with "smart urban infrastructures" as well as how these infrastructures can be managed in order to deliver desirable performance in cities. More precisely, throughout this 5-week MOOC you will learn about the most important principles for the management of smart urban infrastructures as well as about the application of these principles to two specific sectors, namely urban transportation and urban energy systems.
Course Begins: February 2017
Especially targeted towards Municipal Functionaries, the course focuses on financing challenges which cities from all around the world are facing. Municipal officials are not only dealing with the day to day business which comes with running a city, but they also have to increasingly address issues of social inclusion, local economic development, job creation, crime and violence, climate change, floods, natural and man-made disasters as well as an increasing number of urban dwellers. Course Begins: 20th March 2017
In this international development finance course, you will learn about the critical role of the private sector and the use of finance, including innovative solutions to fund the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to help meet the World Bank Group goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity by 2030.This course will cover key concepts and terminology, sources of development finance, including public, private, commercial, and multilateral, and the need for increased use of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and innovative financing solutions to mobilize and leverage domestic and official development resources alongside private funds. Course Begins: 1st March 2017
National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) has been working on a project on urban climate change resilience funded by The Rockefeller Foundation under the ACCCRN program. On 16th December 2016, NIUA organized “Urban Climate Change Resilience: Knowledge Sharing Workshop”, at India Habitat Centre. The purpose of the workshop was to share the knowledge and experience gained during the implementation of the project and also share the project’s outputs.
Smart Cities India Awards is an annual event designed to felicitate, recognize and encourage individuals, policy makers, companies, government bodies and associations working behind the successful execution of the mammoth dream of developing 100 smart cities and rejuvenation of 500 cities in India. The award recognizes pioneering projects that aim to make cities more liveable, sustainable and economically viable by honouring best practices and models in the smart cities concept.
Municipalika Smart & Sustainable Cities 2017 is being organised in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, co-located with CAPEx, trade show focusing on Construction, Architecture, Planning and Engineering. The twin-event will be the only one of its kind in India, focusing on Sustainable Built-Environment and Good Urban Governance. The three day conference and exhibition will be attended by mayors, municipal commissioners, senior urban development officials from the Central and State Governments, Urban Local Bodies and Housing Agencies from all over India, built environment professionals, architects, planners, and engineers. At Municipalika Smart & Sustainable Cities 2017, the national and international experts and thought leaders will gather to answer the question: "How do we plan, design, build and maintain sustainable built environment and Cities".
ISA Bangalore is proud to announce CityNext2017, a two-day National Symposium on Automation & ICT in Smart Cities, 24th & 25th February, 2017, to assist the initiative undertaken by the Government of India.The Symposium shall cover the use of Automation and ICT technologies not only in the standard application defined in the Smart City Mission Statement and Guidelines but will go beyond that and cover the synergistic ones that can enhance the overall effectiveness of the investments made for such infrastructure development.
