Newsletter 02/2017 | Marketplace of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities

EIP-SCC General Assembly

The annual General Assembly of the EIP-SCC: "Towards a Joint Investment Programme for Smart Cities" will be held in Brussels, on October 12th 2017, with a clear focus on stimulating joint investment in the smart cities market, building towards a coordinated plan to make that real in the market at scale. You can still register here. Complementary Action Cluster Workshops will be held on the day before the General Assembly in Brussels, you can learn more about the workshops now.

EIP-SCC presentation in Washington at the US-UE cities partnership opportunities

For the first time, the European Union Initiatives on technology innovative solutions and transatlantic collaboration among cities and communities were presented during the 2017 Global City Team Challenge Expo last 28 August in Washington, D.C. organized by The U.S. National Institute of Standard and Technologies. Read more

The new beta website of the EIP-SCC Market Place is here

The new beta website of the EIP-SCC Market Place is here. The beta is designed to bring Market Place users an enhanced and improved view of all EIP related content. Test it now

SMART CITIES NEWS

Smart Cities Manifesto Ambassador Cities results and Citizen Focus Roadmap for 2018

EIP-SCC Manifesto on Citizen Engagement was launched during the Conference Inclusive Smart Cities: A European Manifesto on Citizen Engagement. The result of a co-creation experiment, the Manifesto was drafted with direct engagement of over 50 stakeholders that contributed to shape its contents. Read more

How Smart Cities can Outsmart Hackers

Cities are getting smarter when it comes to using technology as part of a daily routine. Payments for everything from rental bikes to parking meters can easily be made with the tap of apps or SMS. But just because cities are becoming more connected and smarter regarding technology, it doesn't make them any less hackable than computers and smartphones. Read more

Big names in business and industry are pushing Europe’s circular economy forward

"The future is circular,"insists Amsterdam's Deputy Mayor. With the European Union making the circular economy a priority, Choho suggests its success relies on cities “being committed to this transition and acting as key stakeholders. Read more

How much does an Urban Platform cost?

A couple of days ago, a city in the process of acquiring an Urban Platform asked me this very question. This is the same question I received during the EIP-SCC Urban Platform city survey in 2015, and I have no better answer now than at the time of the survey. Read more

UPCOMING SMART CITIES EVENTS

10 October
Britain’s Smart Cities Conference
London, United Kingdom

12 October
EIP-SCC General Assembly 2017
Brussels, Belgium

19 October
CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Conference
Brussels, Belgium

23-25 October
Horizon 2020 Energy Info Days
Brussels, Belgium

24-25 October
Nordic Smart Cities 2017
Älvsjö, Sweden

14-16 November
Smart City Expo World Congress 2017
Barcelona, Spain

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