Results for Best Practices
December 12, 2017
Technology Mega Trends for 2018
Some tech trends fizzle out and die a quiet death, while others are so significant that they transform our world and how we live in it. Here are the top nine tech mega-trends that I believe will define 2018 and beyond.
September 20, 2017
Digital Transformation Best Practices
Profiling Boston's 311 app, New York City's digital division, Estonia's digital ID program, Ontario's Independent Electricity System campaign, and Saint Johns' community data strategy
April 26, 2017
How Connectivity Supported St. Albert’s Smart City Success
The City of St. Albert has an ambitious Smart City Master Plan, and citywide broadband connectivity is the foundation that will propel the plan into reality.
Collaboration
2017 Economic Developers AB Conference - Panel Highlights
On March 23rd as part of the Economic Developers of Alberta annual conference; the Smart City Alliance hosted a panel discussion called “Investor Ready Smart Communities"
Collaboration
2017 Presentation to House of Commons' Standing Committee
On February 16, 2017, two Alberta Smart City Alliance (Alliance) officials offered their perspective on Smart City challenges and opportunities before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, and Comm
November 27, 2016
The Smart City - Tips for Talking About Smart Cities
There has been growing interest in the smart city concept in recent years, and almost every major company involved in ICT has some type of smart city plan
Town of High River To Operate High-Speed Internet Utility
Date - March 06, 2018 Author - High River Times
Businesses in town will have the opportunity to access services at speeds 100 times greater than what is currently offered
Three Alberta Cities Named Among 21 Smartest in World
Date - October 27, 2017 Author - Intelligent Communities Forum
In a live ceremony in New York City and an online video, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) today named the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2018.
How Okotoks Became a Water Conservation Leader
Date - June 22, 2017 Author - Doug Peeples, Smart Cities Council
Okotoks has used a water infrastructure modernization project to revamp the way it manages its supply, and now has one of the lowest per capita water consumption rates on the continent.
Edmonton Takes Top Spot on 2016 Open Cities Index
Date - June 14, 2017 Author - Cantech Letter
The city of Edmonton and Strathcona County, Alberta have ranked among the best open cities in Canada
Alberta Capital Region Moves Closer on Adopting Smart Fare
Date - June 06, 2017 Author - Metro News
Edmonton transit has picked a preferred operator to start work on a new fare system — meaning city bus riders are one step closer to electronic fare payment.
St. Albert Unveils Canada's First Electric Transit Buses
Date - May 24, 2017 Author - CBC News
The city of St. Albert is going green — both literally and esthetically — with three electric buses on routes in and around the city this week.
St. Albert Wins Provincial Award for UAV Pilot Project
Date - March 23, 2017 Author - City of St. Albert
During the 2017 Economic Developers of Alberta (EDA) Annual Conference, the City of St. Albert won the Award of Excellence for their ground-breaking work on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program
St. Albert Sensor Project Takes Off
Date - March 18, 2017 Author - Doug Neuman, St. Albert Gazette
The City of St. Albert has begun the first of many pilot projects to look at what value wireless sensor networks could bring to the City and its residents
Edmonton Positioned as Test Centre for Driverless Vehicles
Date - March 15, 2017 Author - Lynda Neufeld, CBC News
The City of Edmonton is looking at setting up a test track at the University of Alberta to try out so-called autonomous or driverless vehicles.
St. Albert Collaborates to Test Smart City Sensor Networks
Date - March 10, 2017 Author - City of St. Albert
The City of St. Albert has launched a Smart City sensor pilot project, which is the first pilot within a larger review of wireless sensor networks and management platforms throughout 2017.
Edmonton First in North America to Adopt Open Data Charter
Date - March 07, 2017 Author - City of Edmonton
Edmonton is the first municipality in Canada and the United States to adopt the International Open Data Charter.
'Real time' Parking Data Coming to Edmonton
Date - March 03, 2017 Author - Lynda Neufeld, CBC News
The City of Edmonton is researching technology that provides information on available parking stalls in "real time."
St. Albert Maps a Digital Future (Globe and Mail Article)
Date - March 03, 2017 Author - Sharon Crowder, The Globe and Mail
St. Albert, a small Alberta city, is moving forward on an ambitious plan for growth based on early adoption of new urban technologies
‘MyHEAT’ Provides Infrared Maps Where Home Heat Escapes
Date - November 25, 2016 Author - Emily Mertz, Global News
Infrared cameras fly over a city in the middle of the night, street by street, to gather heat maps of each home
Edmonton Considers Electric Vehicle Charging Station Pilot
Date - November 22, 2016
Electric charging stations, part of a pilot project called Plug 'n Go Edmonton, would power the city's electric fleet and could also be used by citizens who drive electric vehicles.
St. Albert Streetlights Being Converted to LED Technology
Date - October 24, 2016 Author - City of St. Albert
In St. Albert, more than 5,800 or 95 per cent of their existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) streetlights will be converted to LED technology beginning October, 2016
Alberta Now Home to World-class RFID Tag Testing Lab
Date - October 18, 2016 Author - Jeff Melchior, Alberta Farmer Express
Lots can go wrong with plastic ear tags when it’s really cold and the new SAIT lab will help reduce the incidence of tag failure
City of Edmonton Still #1 in Open Data Across Canada
Date - October 04, 2016 Author - City of Edmonton
For the second year in a row, the City of Edmonton has been named Canada's most open city among 68 municipalities.
St. Albert's Smart City Master Plan Released for Comment
Date - May 25, 2016 Author - Victoria Paterson, St. Albert Gazette
St. Albert’s smart city master plan released for final stakeholder consultation, with expected approval September 2016 and inclusion in future budget deliberations.
New Ideas Embraced at Alberta Smart City Symposium
Date - April 23, 2016 Author - Victoria Paterson, St. Albert Gazette
You probably don’t know how smart your city already is. “You’re smarter than you think,” Maya Pungur-Buick, St. Albert’s general manager of corporate strategic services, told a crowd last week.
St. Albert Installs Air Quality Monitoring Station
Date - November 04, 2015 Author - City of St. Albert
Installation of St. Albert’s air quality monitoring station in Salisbury Park will begin on November 9th, 2015
Taiwanese Smart City Delegation Visits Alberta
Date - October 16, 2015 Author - Travis Peter, City of St. Albert
Delegation to Discuss St. Albert’s Smart City Efforts and Regional Technology Solutions
Calgary Launches App to Find Parking Spots
Date - December 19, 2012 Author - CBC News
The Calgary Parking Authority launched a new iPhone app on Wednesday with added features beyond paying for parking.
Q1 2018 "Bits and Bytes" Newsletter
Date - March, 2018 Author - Smart City Alliance
Regular issue of the Alliance's "Bits & Bytes" newsletter publication.
How National Governments Can Help Smart Cities Succeed
Date - October, 2017 Author - Joshua New, Daniel Castro and Matt Beckwith
Cities around the world are undergoing two important transformations. First, they are growing. For the first time in history, a majority of the world’s population lives in urban areas.
IBI Group - Smart Cities Overview
Date - March, 2017 Author - IBI Group
IBI Group believes that the Smart City is about connecting the pieces, by understanding the details of each piece.
The Alberta Broadband Toolkit
Date - February, 2017 Author - University of Alberta
The Understanding Community Broadband: The Alberta Broadband Toolkit is intended to assist municipalities and community groups in Alberta in developing local broadband solutions.
Smart Cities Open Data Guide
Date - December, 2016 Author - Smart Cities Council
Open data is about transparency, about giving citizens access to the data their tax dollars help create and it’s about innovation
Smart Cities Readiness Guide
Date - December, 2016 Author - Smart Cities Council
The Smart Cities Readiness Guide® is the first collaborative and comprehensive framework for a smart city, against which cities can assess their readiness to innovate
City of St. Albert's Smart City Master Plan
Date - November, 2016 Author - Smart City Alliance
The City of St. Albert has approved an innovative and unique strategy which sets out a vision of how the community can grow as a Smart City
Summary of 2016 Ideas to Implementation Session
Date - May, 2016 Author - Drs Anshuman Khare and Terry Beckman, Athabasca University
Drs Anshuman Khare and Terry Beckman at Athabasca University have provided a summary of the results of the “Ideas to Implementation” collaboration session at the 2016 Smart City Symposium.
Presentations from 2016 Smart City Symposium
Date - May, 2016
Presentations from the 2016 Smart City Symposium
Mapping Smart Cities in the European Union
Date - January, 2014 Author - European Parliament
An analysis of the objectives and Europe 2020 targets of Smart City initiatives finds that despite their early stage of development, Smart City objectives should be more explicit, well defined and clearly aligned to city development, innovation plans and Europe 2020 in order to be successful.
2018 Intelligent Cities Summit Canada
November 05 – 06, 2018
Intelligent Cities, also known as “smart cities” are driven by the power of internet connectivity to augment the performance and services provided by the cities.
Municipal Innovators Conference
September 19 – 21, 2018
The Municipal Innovators Conference is coming to Calgary, September 19-21, 2018.
Big Data Toronto 2018
June 12 – 13, 2018
2018 is the year of intelligence and big data continues to be a driving force in innovative Canadian businesses.
2017 AUMA Convention - Smart Cities Session
November 23, 2017
Join experts from the Alberta Smart City Alliance at the 2017 AUMA Convention to discuss the importance of a Smart City approach for your community and hear practical stories and advice on how to move forward.
Smart Cities Workshop - Banff
November 7, 2017
On November 7th 2017, as part of the 2017 Cyber Summit, Smart Cities experts and practitioners from municipalities, universities and industry will meet to discuss key concepts and implementations.
Cyber Summit 2017
November 07 – 09, 2017
Cyber Summit 2017 will focus on the issues surrounding technology disparities and how they affect different regions, and different sectors.
2017 Smart Communities Leadership Forum
November 1, 2017
Esri Canada is pleased to host the Smart Communities Leadership Forum. This is your exclusive invitation to attend this executive event that will demonstrate what it takes to become a smart community.
ITS World Congress 2017
October 29 – 02, 2017
The ITS World Congress brings together global leaders in intelligent and transformative transportation to showcase and evaluate the latest innovative concepts, active prototypes, and live systems.
2017 Intelligent Cities Summit
October 24 – 25, 2017
Intelligent Cities, also known as “smart cities” are driven by the power of internet connectivity to augment the performance and services provided by the cities.
Harvard University Course - Future Cities
September 21 – 22, 2017
Learn how to build collaborative eco-system that will provide for a sustainable journey to sustainable cities.
Smart Cities Webinar - OpenNorth
August 30, 2017
This interactive webinar will present findings thus far from the Open Smart Cities in Canada project.
St. Albert Innovation Summit
June 28, 2017
On June 28, 2017 the St. Albert Innovation Summit will bring innovators together to share creative ideas and debate the opportunities and challenges that ew technologies and business processes may bring.
TECHNOVATE 2017
June 21, 2017
TECNOVATE brings together the geomatics community and acts as a distinct catalyst for the fusion of geospatial innovation and commerce.
Canadian Open Data Summit
June 12 – 14, 2017
Canadian Open Data Summit, 2017
Clean Technologies Conference
March 23 – 24, 2017
Conference for addressing CleanTech as an imperative in local economic development.
Municipal Information Systems Conference 2017
March 20 – 22, 2017
The MISA Prairies Annual Conference and Trade Show is the principle municipal information technology conference in the Prairies.
Intelligent Cities Summit
November 08 – 09, 2016
The Intelligent Cities Summit Canada brings together municipal professionals from across Canadian cities
Cybera Summit 2016 - Using Technology Responsibly
October 26 – 28, 2016
If information is power, how can we ensure that society is using it in the most accountable way possible?
Alberta Open Data Summit
October 14 – 16, 2016
The inaugural Alberta Open Data Summit will be held October 14 & 15 at the Stanley A. Milner Library in downtown Edmonton.
Transforming Local Governments - Free Online Training
October 13, 2016
A smarter government is one that is able to make use of all the information available to better understand and optimize its operations and limited resources.
DAMA Analytics and Business Intelligence Conference
September 30 – 01, 2016
Second Annual DMC Canada Data Analytics Business Intelligence Conference
NEXT GENERATION ITS: Connectivity, Proximity and Mobility
May 01 – 04, 2016
19th annual conference and exhibition of the Intelligent Transportation System Society of Canada, showcasing innovative systems and technologies from Alberta.
Smart Cities - Driving A New Economy
March 16, 2016
ACAMP is proud to present the ACAMP Seminar Series, a series of quarterly technology commercialization events aimed at bringing together Alberta’s innovation community.
Alliance "Investment and Intelligence Mission"
November 06 – 20, 2015
Smart City Alliance European Mission
2015 AUMA Pre-Convention Session
September 22, 2015
2015 AUMA Pre-Convention Session
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