Waterfront Toronto selected Dream Unlimited and Great Gulf Group following a competetive process to develop Quayside, the former site that Sidewalk Labs proposed to develop prior to COVID-19. This project unites local and international talent to deliver needed affordable housing and public spaces, speeding Toronto’s recovery. The project will transform the 12-acre (4.9 hectare) site into a community for residents…
From Top Left: Madame Yu Wan-Ju (Karen), General Director, Department of Information Technology of Taoyuan; John G. Jung, Chairman and Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum; Brent Jensen, Director of Economic Development of Edmonton Global; Lou Zacharilla, Co-Founder, ICF and Tara Mulrooney, VP Technology of Edmonton International Airport. With adversities like the global pandemic and climate change constantly threatening our livelihood, sustainable…
By Cindy Baker, January 24, 2022 The increased pace of digital transformation during the pandemic will help cities recover and thrive in the future, said two mayors from the Toronto area speaking at ITWC’s Technicity GTA conference: https://technicity.ca “The technical innovation that’s happened is a tool to help us move forward,” said Allan Thompson, mayor of Caledon. “It’s basically just…
October 26 28,- 2021 Click here to register >>> Summit Theme: Communities on the Verge Following the most disruptive year in modern history, communities are on the verge. Unforeseen challenges have shown the contrast between communities resilient enough to overcome them… and those that are falling behind. So where does your community fall? Are you on the verge of prosperity,…
We have received an urgent request from one of this year’s Top7 Intelligent Communities, Binh Duong, Vietnam, for urgent assistance. We are mobilizing our network to provide support. Your help is requested! Our colleagues from Eindhoven have begun to source and fund the shipment of PPE materials and have asked that the ICF community consider responding in ways that suit…
Communities from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Russia and Vietnam have become finalists for Intelligent Community of the Year to be named at the ICF Summit in October. To view the video announcing the 2021 SMART21 see: https://youtu.be/PTFHRfWELu8 ICF PRESS RELEASE (New York, USA – 30 June, 2021) – In an announcement today at the conclusion of a virtual conference, the Intelligent…
Eight of the Top 10 “Most Open Cities in North America” as ranked by the Public Sector Digest (PSD) Open Cities Index are recognized and awarded intelligent communities. PSD launched the Open Cities Index (OCI) in 2015 with Canada’s first benchmarking study for municipal open data initiatives. Since that time, PSD has expanded the OCI to include organizations from across…
Eight of the top 10 safest cities in Canada are ICF-recognized SMART21 and TOP7 communities. Quebec City and Markham were recently ranked as the top two safest cities in Canada by Numbeo on its top 10 list released in June. Other cities that made the top 10, in descending order, include Burlington, Ottawa, Oakville, Montreal, Guelph, Victoria, Calgary and Windsor.…
The Broadband NOW Forum will examine two regions in rural Ontario with a panel of P3 and technology experts who will describe how these two areas can use the P3 model to finance and operationalize their own networks efficiently and expeditiously - insight that will be valuable for all communities across Canada. The two regions include Kenora District's DoKURA area…
Blog by John G. Jung, ICF Chairman and Co-Founder At the time of writing, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh was being mourned by the Royal Family and remembered globally as he was being interred in the Royal Vault in St. George's Chapel inside the walls of Windsor Castle. The wonderful pageantry of the day gave me the opportunity to…