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Kingston, Ontario has made the Intelligent Community Forum’s Top7 list for the third time, the only Canadian city on the 2026 list, joining communities in Brazil, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United States, Spain, and Taiwan.

One of the elements of the year-long process of bringing forward an annual list of Intelligent Communities is the physical evaluation of each of the Top7 Intelligent Communities. This is an important part of the selection of the Intelligent Community of the Year and is taken very seriously by the evaluators, the Jury and the communities being evaluated. It is important to physically validate each community’s application, make eye to eye contact with the authors of the submiss

The towns, cities, and regions of the Smart City and the Intelligent Community Movement As I stood at each one of the announcements this year of the Intelligent Community Awards program, I thought to myself, “What an extraordinary moment it is to stand at the intersection of innovation, inclusion, and global community-building”.The past year has shown us, once again, that the Intelligent Community movement is not merely an idea—it is a living, evolving force powered by cities

John G. Jung delivered a keynote address in Taiwan on August 4, 2023. Unfortunately, due to a major typhoon, the event that day was cancelled. But it was nevertheless recorded for a future virtual presentation. In summary, here are some of the points covered: The topic of Artificial Intelligence is on everyone’s minds, especially since Open AI’s ChatGPT came online. What are the challenges and advantages of AI? We understand that there may be job displacement as a result of t

Can global “No-Name” cities act as some of the world’s best models as smart and Intelligent communities? You bet! Look at the current list of the SMART21 cities and the TOP7 Intelligent Communities this year to get a clue. Among the world’s smartest examples include cities you may never have heard of before such as those listed in the images above. Each one of these cities offers initiatives, programs and governance examples that exhibit best practices that communities around

“According to global scientists, we are in a race against time to lower greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). But there is a potential solution on the horizon. According to the UN’s Environmental Program (UNEP) Executive Director Inger Andersen: “Only digital technologies move at the speed and scale necessary to achieve the kind of dramatic reduction in emissions that we need to see in the next 10 years.” Experts have warned that we have entered a looming climate crisis and unless

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 reflect on my time with him during several of his visits to Canada. In 1980, I was invited to join the Commonwealth Study Conference which brought together 300 of the world’s most promising em