The World Urban Campaign aims to promote sustainable urban development. It will unite various networks and organizations around best practices, tools, and policies. The campaign will measure progress and connect different audiences including governments, NGOs, and the private sector. A key initiative is the "100 Cities" project which will document "Living Practices" through stories from various actors in cities around the world to facilitate sharing and learning about making cities more livable and sustainable.
Smart City - French- Dutch Young Talents 2014 - 2015 Ahmad AFANEH
FNI Conference
20-21 November 2014
CNIT, La Défense, Paris
Le Réseau franco-néerlandais
Coopération universitaire franco-néerlandaise au service de l’intégration européenne
Cii Booz Report On Intelligent Urbanization, India 2010Gowri Sundaresan
Most of India’s cities are overcrowded already and projections indicate that even more rapid urbanization is on the way. This report prepared by Booz & Co. for the Confederation of Indian Industry in 2010, sets a path for a system of “Intelligent Urbanization” - a model for inclusive growth that is socially equitable, economically viable and environmentally sustainable
Smart City - French- Dutch Young Talents 2014 - 2015 Ahmad AFANEH
FNI Conference
20-21 November 2014
CNIT, La Défense, Paris
Le Réseau franco-néerlandais
Coopération universitaire franco-néerlandaise au service de l’intégration européenne
Cii Booz Report On Intelligent Urbanization, India 2010Gowri Sundaresan
Most of India’s cities are overcrowded already and projections indicate that even more rapid urbanization is on the way. This report prepared by Booz & Co. for the Confederation of Indian Industry in 2010, sets a path for a system of “Intelligent Urbanization” - a model for inclusive growth that is socially equitable, economically viable and environmentally sustainable
Plenary Presentation | Aromar Revi to UN General Assembly OWG on an #urbanSDGAromar Revi
Plenary Presentation by Aromar Revi to UN General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals at the 7th General Assembly Open Working Group(OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Interesting study "Smarter Neighborhoods, Smarter City" contains detailed recommendations on how to help America's largest urban area - the City of New York - plan for more sustainable growth.
Transportation arterials, jobs, greenways and urban habitat lead us to imagining a variety of housing forms interacting in relation to a neighbourhood’s unique characteristics. The Connected City: A Home for Everyone, invites you to conceptualize new affordable housing opportunities based on forward, outside-the-box thinking.
My presentation illustrates an on-going study in the field of Smart cities’ evaluation. The analysis starts from a revised notion of triple helix considering that Civil society plays a prominent role toward the realization of sustainable development in cities (Etzkowitz and Zhou, 2006).
In order to assess the connections between Smart city development and this institutionalization of the Triple Helix, an Analytic Network Process model has been developed. This interrelated model is used for investigating the relations between smart cities components (smart governance; smart economy; smart people; smart living; smart environment), actors (Universities, Government, Industry and Civil Society ) and policy visions derived from the “Urban Europe” Joint Programme Initiatives, i.e. strategies to which the smart cities are moving to (Connected City, Entrepreneurial City, Liveable City and Pioneer City).
1. Letter to all state governments to shortlist potential Smart Cities based on Stage-I criteria according to a number of Smart Cities distributed across states /UTs by the MoUD. This is the first stage of the Intra-State competition.
2. On the basis of response from States/UTs, the list of potential 100 Smart Cities is announced. The second stage of the All India competition begins.
3. Each potential Smart City prepares its proposal assisted by a consultant (from a panel prepared by MoUD) and a hand-holding External Agency (various offers received such as World Bank, ADB, GEF, USTDA, JICA, DFID, AFD, KfW, UN-Habitat)
4. By stipulated date, Stage 2 proposals submitted. Evaluation by a panel of experts.
5. Selected cities declared – Round 1 Smart Cities
6. Selected cities set up SPV and start the implementation of their SCP. Preparation of DPRs, tenders, etc. and Other cities prepare to improve their proposal for the next round of the Challenge
Presented by: Jean-Noe Landry (Open North) & Dr Tracey P. Lauriault (Carleton University) & Rachel Bloom (Open North)
Content Contributors: David Fewer CIPPIC, Mark Fox U. of Toronto, Stephen Letts (RA Carleton U.)
Partner Cities: City of Edmonton, City of Guelph, Ville de Montréal & City of Ottawa
Project Name: Open Smart Cities in Canada
Date: August 30, 2017
Presentation is an attempt to critically and objectively look at the uncontrolled, irrational and haphazard pattern of growth of cities and to make it more rational by adopting an agenda of making cities compact
Open Smart Cities in Canada - Webinar 1 - EnglishOpen North
Slides presented for Open Smart Cities in Canada's first webinar.
Listen to the webinar at: https://bit.ly/2HH7x29
Learn more about the project at:
http://www.opennorth.ca/projects#1
This document concludes by looking at how a holistic approach is essential when driving sustainable developments, as well as how the future of a resilient city is to believe in an ecosystem where all stakeholders and the environment have a symbiotic relationship. Furthermore, as the world transitions to adopt the learnings from recent responses to emerging challenges at scale, we come to see more resilient and sustainable strategies to drive the growth of cities around the globe.
WeLive project Open Government We-Government Tools Open Innovation Open Services Open Data Focus Groups Public Service Apps Bilbao Smart Cities Sustainable Participative Cities
Plenary Presentation | Aromar Revi to UN General Assembly OWG on an #urbanSDGAromar Revi
Plenary Presentation by Aromar Revi to UN General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals at the 7th General Assembly Open Working Group(OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Interesting study "Smarter Neighborhoods, Smarter City" contains detailed recommendations on how to help America's largest urban area - the City of New York - plan for more sustainable growth.
Transportation arterials, jobs, greenways and urban habitat lead us to imagining a variety of housing forms interacting in relation to a neighbourhood’s unique characteristics. The Connected City: A Home for Everyone, invites you to conceptualize new affordable housing opportunities based on forward, outside-the-box thinking.
My presentation illustrates an on-going study in the field of Smart cities’ evaluation. The analysis starts from a revised notion of triple helix considering that Civil society plays a prominent role toward the realization of sustainable development in cities (Etzkowitz and Zhou, 2006).
In order to assess the connections between Smart city development and this institutionalization of the Triple Helix, an Analytic Network Process model has been developed. This interrelated model is used for investigating the relations between smart cities components (smart governance; smart economy; smart people; smart living; smart environment), actors (Universities, Government, Industry and Civil Society ) and policy visions derived from the “Urban Europe” Joint Programme Initiatives, i.e. strategies to which the smart cities are moving to (Connected City, Entrepreneurial City, Liveable City and Pioneer City).
1. Letter to all state governments to shortlist potential Smart Cities based on Stage-I criteria according to a number of Smart Cities distributed across states /UTs by the MoUD. This is the first stage of the Intra-State competition.
2. On the basis of response from States/UTs, the list of potential 100 Smart Cities is announced. The second stage of the All India competition begins.
3. Each potential Smart City prepares its proposal assisted by a consultant (from a panel prepared by MoUD) and a hand-holding External Agency (various offers received such as World Bank, ADB, GEF, USTDA, JICA, DFID, AFD, KfW, UN-Habitat)
4. By stipulated date, Stage 2 proposals submitted. Evaluation by a panel of experts.
5. Selected cities declared – Round 1 Smart Cities
6. Selected cities set up SPV and start the implementation of their SCP. Preparation of DPRs, tenders, etc. and Other cities prepare to improve their proposal for the next round of the Challenge
Presented by: Jean-Noe Landry (Open North) & Dr Tracey P. Lauriault (Carleton University) & Rachel Bloom (Open North)
Content Contributors: David Fewer CIPPIC, Mark Fox U. of Toronto, Stephen Letts (RA Carleton U.)
Partner Cities: City of Edmonton, City of Guelph, Ville de Montréal & City of Ottawa
Project Name: Open Smart Cities in Canada
Date: August 30, 2017
Presentation is an attempt to critically and objectively look at the uncontrolled, irrational and haphazard pattern of growth of cities and to make it more rational by adopting an agenda of making cities compact
Open Smart Cities in Canada - Webinar 1 - EnglishOpen North
Slides presented for Open Smart Cities in Canada's first webinar.
Listen to the webinar at: https://bit.ly/2HH7x29
Learn more about the project at:
http://www.opennorth.ca/projects#1
This document concludes by looking at how a holistic approach is essential when driving sustainable developments, as well as how the future of a resilient city is to believe in an ecosystem where all stakeholders and the environment have a symbiotic relationship. Furthermore, as the world transitions to adopt the learnings from recent responses to emerging challenges at scale, we come to see more resilient and sustainable strategies to drive the growth of cities around the globe.
WeLive project Open Government We-Government Tools Open Innovation Open Services Open Data Focus Groups Public Service Apps Bilbao Smart Cities Sustainable Participative Cities
This handbook will serve as a guide for use by municipal leaders in future public space projects laying out 10 best practices for public space projects. These 10 facets of the Placemaking approach illustrate the process that PPS and UN-Habitat have undertaken together, and demonstrate the effectiveness of such global partnerships in sustainable urban development through networks such as SUD-Net.
UN-Habitat has been developing a vision for public space. PPS has taken this vision as a starting point and has expanded it to incorporate case study narratives describing the impact of the Placemaking process in nearly a dozen cities throughout the Global South. The goal is to bring Placemaking to bear in the development of public space on a global scale.
UN-Habitat plans to use this document as a template for other public space projects and will share these tools, examples, and processes with other cities for them to then adopt for their own public space projects. This is a draft that will continue to evolve and be expanded over time to incorporate the outcomes of additional joint Placemaking initiatives.
Smart Cities - Why they're not working for us yet.Rick Robinson
My presentation to the April 2016 Eurocities Knowledge Sharing Forum in Rennes. My focus was on describing Smart Cities as an economic and political challenge; and exploring the policy mechanisms that could be used to incentivise private sector investments in business and technology to support local social, economic and environmental outcomes. Further description and supporting evidence for these ideas can be found at https://theurbantechnologist.com/2016/02/01/why-smart-cities-still-arent-working-for-us-after-20-years-and-how-we-can-fix-them/
Similar to Informed Cities Forum 2011 World Urban Campaign Nicholas You (20)
The DReAMS project aims to link the sustainable use of natural resources with the objective of poverty alleviation. In this way, the project addresses the UN Millennium Development Goals no. 1 (End poverty and hunger) and no. 7 (Environmental sustainability).
For more information please visit:
http://dreams.ecobudget.org/home/
The DReAMS project aims to link the sustainable use of natural resources with the objective of poverty alleviation. In this way, the project addresses the UN Millennium Development Goals no. 1 (End poverty and hunger) and no. 7 (Environmental sustainability). For more information please visit: http://dreams.ecobudget.org/home/
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A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
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Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
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- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
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- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
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One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
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Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
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People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
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Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
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GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
2. Context
Today, half the world’s population live in cities. By 2030 this figure will rise to 70%.
Most cities will find it difficult to adapt to this pace of urban growth.
Some 2 billion people are likely to reside in substandard housing and slums. Many will lack
access to clean water, sanitation, education, health and decent and productive work.
Cities already consume 70% of total energy output, generate 80% of all waste and contribute
to over 60% of GHG emissions.
At the same time they are the primary victims of climate change.
How we plan, build and manage our cities today, will determine the outcome of our efforts
to achieve more sustainable and harmonious development tomorrow.
2- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
3. Mission Statement
“To promote and reinforce the attitudes, actions and policies that
will enable governments and civil society to create and maintain,
sustainable urban conditions”
Outcome of the 2nd Steering Committee meeting of the World Urban Campaign, Paris, December 2009
3- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
4. Campaign Goals
UNITE
Best Practices
CONNECT ENABLE Good Policies
Tools & Methods
MEASURE
4- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
5. Campaign Audience
Government
Local
Media
Authorities
Professional
Public Associations
NGOs/CBOs City
Networks &
Associations
Training,
Research & Youth &
Education Women
Private
IFIs & Banks
Sector
International
Organisations
5- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
6. Campaign Framework
A Green City
Build
environmentally
sound and
A Resilient carbon efficient
cities A Planned
City
Prepare cities for City
change, managing Plan the city of
adversity, resilience, tomorrow for
and take action to
reduce disaster risks sustainable
decision making
processes
Sustainable
Urban
Development
An Inclusive
City
A Safe and Build socially
Healthy City inclusive, accessible,
Make cities safer pro-poor, equitable
and gender sensitive
and healthier cities
A Productive
City
Make cities more
efficient and
better places to
ensure decent
work
6- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
7. Network of Networks
“An address for everyone” “1000 Cities:1000 Lives”
ITU: “Smart Cities”
“Resilient Cities” ILO Decent Work
NGO Urban Campaign
“Bridging the
Urban Divide”
The Campaign will serve as the umbrella structure for a network of networks and
link up with other global campaigns and commissions
7- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
8. The “100 Cities” Initiative
8- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
9. The “100 Cities” Initiative
Mission:
To test on how best to appeal to and mobilize people, communities, municipal
officials, service providers and the political leadership of any city
A pilot initiative to test and develop a
global learning, sharing and
networking platform in support of a
sustainable urbanisation
Cities are complex organisms with no
single entity representing the whole
picture. 100C reaches a broad cross-
section of actors and constituencies
that shape the politics and policies of a
city
9- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
10. The “100 Cities” Initiative
Concept:
To encourage different actors to tell their stories on how they are
making a more liveable and sustainable city.
The Initiative is centered around the “Living Practices” concept:
a forward looking approach to city experiences and challenges.
“Living Practices” provide dynamic learning opportunities, around
the principles of sharing & learning through partnership
The processes and outcomes of “Living Practices” will be
documented, reported and measured over the time, making full use
of new media to encourage the actors submit their stories.
The initial test phase will be presented at the World Urban Forum in Naples,
September 2012 after which the platform will be open to broader participation
10- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
11. The “100 Cities” Initiative
Main features of “Living Practices”
• Looks at current and future challenges
• Involves community actors in sharing and learning
• Focuses on problem-solving
• Uses story telling to facilitate updates from multiple actors using
multiple media
• Employs tools and metrics for benchmarking and monitoring
• Applies a reward/recognition system
• Solicits the support of “local champions” to extract lessons
11- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life
12. The “100 Cities” Initiative
Example of a Living Practice
The Medellin Toy and Game Libraries
looked The Author
Mombasa, Libraries on the beach
Toy friends for the poor, Calcutta
Mobile Libraries: a new approach to nomadic tribes in Kenya
Champions review
See Other Actors: Mayor, ToysrUs
12- The World Urban Campaign: Better City Better Life