What can you expect at the ICF Matchmaking Day on June 11, 2019?

Vital Information for making the most of meetings with Business Leads and Prospects When you attend the Matchmaking Day event on June 11 in New York City, your meetings will be pre-arranged matching the leads and communities and attendees with each other for meetings that will last for a minimum of 30 minutes each or more, as required. These meetings…

New Additions to ICF Canada’s Speakers Bureau

ICF Canada offers communities and organizations across Canada and abroad access to qualified Canadian and International speakers who can discuss smart city and Intelligent community issues, share best practices and expertise with case studies of successful communities and how they met challenges head on with ingenuity and innovation, leadership and collaboration; how broadband and smart infrastructure technologies helped transform their…

Guest Blog: Abbotsford’s Journey from Smart to Intelligent

By definition to be “Smart” means to be clever or bright, so what does it mean to go from being Smart to being Intelligent? Back in October of 2018, the city of Abbotsford was named one of the Smart21 communities of 2018, by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). The list by ICF was comprised of 10 nations on 6 continents,…

Adventures in Pre-qualifying Leads

ICF has been pre-qualifying leads in smart infrastructure and related applications targeting companies and organizations that may have solutions that your community may be looking for to assist in enhancing mobility efficiencies, parking solutions, LED lighting, or other street and intersection related solutions. Your community may be seeking applications related to a whole host of challenges or investment opportunities. ICF…

New Additions to ICF Canada’s Speakers Bureau

ICF Canada is offering communities and organizations across Canada and abroad to access qualified Canadian and International speakers who can discuss smart city and Intelligent community issues, share best practices and expertise with case studies of successful communities and how they met challenges head on with ingenuity and innovation, leadership and collaboration; how broadband and smart infrastructure technologies helped transform…

Canadian Communities invited to FDI Investment and Business Matchmaking Event on June 11, 2019

Smart Infrastructure Solutions for your Intelligent Communities June 11, 2019, New York City: Mark that in your calendars. Better yet, register to be among those who will be able to benefit from the exclusive all-day economic development program to add real results to your attendance at the 2019 Global Intelligent Communities Forum Summit in New York. Interested in Foreign Direct…

ICF Canada Launches New Guide: “From Connectivity to Community”

Guide to start a SMART21 Intelligent Community in Canada - and then to go from being Smart to becoming Intelligent…  ICF Canada is pleased to launch “From Connectivity to Community”, a new guidebook developed to help Canadian communities turn enabling technology, especially broadband and other digital assets, into economic growth, stronger social and community bonds, and a better quality of…

Technicity 2018

On December 12, 2018, the City of Toronto and ITWorld joined forces to present Technicity 2018, a unique showcase aimed at City of Toronto departments, key partners and others to learn about the leadership role that the City of Toronto has taken to embrace technology in order to transform itself into a modern municipality capable of servicing its citizens and…

Abbotsford Investment Readiness Accelerator Project 2.0

On November 30, 2018, in a unique conference space within the airfield side of the Abbotsford Airport, the City of Abbotsford Economic Development (CAED) held its second Master Class Workshop focused on investor readiness development. ICF Canada and CAED are working together on raising the level of community engagement with the goal of helping the community to become investment ready.…

SMART21Sarnia- Lambton Reports from the ICF Global Institute’s Workshop in Dublin, Ohio

Blog by Chris Gould, Chief Operations Officer at Bluewater Regional Networks Inc. A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of attending my second ICF Institute event in Dublin, Ohio with a small delegation from Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario. Whenever I am lucky enough to represent Sarnia-Lambton at events, and whenever anyone will listen to me….I tell everyone how honoured we…