Upcoming Events

October 10, 2019

Utrecht Region "Get Connected"

Utrecht, The Netherlands

On Thursday 10 October the Utrecht Region Get Connected annual congress will take place in Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht.

A regional festival with a program full of inspiration, creation, collaboration and meeting. Meet the network and contribute to the ambition of healthy urban life.

With fifty sessions in festival style between 12.30 pm and 4 pm. In the sessions (regional) developments are discussed within the themes smart and healthy cities and villages, circular economy, human capital agenda, internationalization, financing and the tasks of Health Hub Utrecht. You can be inspired in five 'squares' in the form of sessions, discussion tables or on the exhibition floor.

October 10 - 11, 2019

Sharing Cities Summit

Lund + Malmö, Sweden

Sharing Cities Sweden is developing world-leading test-beds for the sharing economy in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Umeå. Through test-beds, sharing services and digital solutions will be developed. The opportunities and risks of the sharing economy will be tested and evaluated.

Sharing Cities Sweden is establishing a national node to significantly improve national and international cooperation and promote an exchange of experience on sharing services. The test-beds will be supported by the national node for coordination, national learning and international exchange.

November 17 - 21, 2019

Smart City Expo World Congress 2019

Barcelona, Spain

As the world's leading event for cities, Smart City Expo World Congress provides a unique meeting point for the whole smart city ecosystem. Corporate leaders, public representatives, entrepreneurs, experts and academics from all around the globe come together to learn from each other, share experiences, talk about best practices, and open new paths for international collaboration.

At the famous Dutch Pavilion you will find 5 major tracks like:

Resilience: water, energy, climate
Smart and Green Urban Mobility
Circular Economy
Safety Urban Living

December 4, 2019

City congress what can bring Developments and Possibilities of "Smart City" for the Municipality of Rijswijk

Smart City Rijswijk in practice

The municipality of Rijswijk is encouraging many developments the become more Sustainable and Smarter.

Be present on Wednesday 4th to be part of the City Congress and be updated about the bamboo road signs where less steel is required which saves resources and becomes more sustainable. The bamboo plates are also equipped with sensors that send information about the position in which they are (for example when they are tilted) to the database.

Tracing litter with air intakes ensures that this can be cleaned up quickly, which makes cleaning the city more efficient. Sensors that measure air quality make clear how good or bad the air quality is. On the basis of precise information about this, it is possible to look at exact causes and effective possibilities to do something about it.

Apps that measure the experience, or that show where there are empty parking spaces, are in the works.

Smart trash cans that let themselves know when they are full using sensors.

Do you know all 17 SDGs ?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

International Electric Vehicle Symposium Lyon: World of E motion

The future of sustainable mobility also depends on major changes to infrastructures, such as electrification, connectivity and driverless vehicles.

To prepare for these changes, it is essential to fully understand how new technology will be used for mobility in the future, as well as the related business models and issues surrounding social acceptability.

The Netherlands: Number of all-electric cars has doubled

On 1 January 2019, there were nearly 45 thousand fully electric vehicles (FEVs) in the Netherlands, twice the number recorded one year previously.

source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), based on vehicle licence registration records of the Netherlands Vehicle Authority (RDW).

Natural Swimming Pool

Swimming pool De Peppel in Ede has opened a new swimming pool on April 29th, which is purified by nature itself and to which no drop of chlorine has been added.

Purification of the water is done by plants and bio filters. Although the visitors could immediately take a dive after the opening, the water temperature was still cold The bath cannot be heated like a regular swimming pool. "The plants don't survive that," a spokesperson explains. "At 14 to 15 degrees it is pretty cool, but the intention is for the sun to warm up the water this summer period."

Social issues highest priority at CBS seminar

At the second Big Data Matters seminar last 14th of April, organized by the Center for Big Data Statistics (CBDS, part of the Dutch Statistics Agency CBS), discussed how data-driven management is possible with big data. This was done on the basis of current social issues such as mobility, energy transition, labor market and air quality. Companies, governments at all levels, knowledge institutes and universities were represented.

Air Quality:

Both the social themes and the researched data sources (such as mobile telephone data for making statistics) were very diverse. Sofie De Broe, scientific director of the CBDS: "Large cities are increasingly confronted with the theme of air quality. Citizens are worried and ask for information. For example, Eindhoven is a fairly stony city with many streets where the so-called canyon effect can occur, because fine dust concentrates in the narrow streets with high buildings. For this type of cities it is necessary to develop scenario development and to determine the impact of these scenarios on the health of their inhabitants. As Statistics Netherlands, we can offer added value here by adding data from Statistics Netherlands' RIVM air quality data, such as building data from the Basic Addresses and Buildings Register (BAG). By linking socio-demographic variables to the data on buildings, you can, for example, make clear which population groups are exposed to air pollution. "

Krimpen aan den IJssel and Rijswijk participants at UNECE "Day of the Cities" Geneva

During the Day of the Cities in Geneva at April 8, 33 Countries and 50+ Mayors shared practical insights to ensure approaches for sustainable smartcities and how to use drivers for the SDG's and UNECE tools & experience to support this transition.

Mayor Michel Bezuijen and Ilonka Nagy of Municipality Rijswijk

Mayor Vroom is the first mayor in the Netherlands to use the United Smart Cities KPI's to evaluate and audit urban development policies. He is also the first mayor to embrace the international initiative "Join Smart City", a new digital social platform that engages citizens in various city processes and allows them to communicate their needs and wants.

Spijkenisse opens first Solaroad

8 March 2019 Spijkenisse & Haarlemmermeer: Dutch first Solar Roads which actually works as a solar panel becomes reality in Spijkenisse and Haarlemmermeer. This Solar Road captures sunlight and converts it into electricity to be used for all kinds of purposes like lighting, traffic systems, households and also electric vehicles.

Forbes interview with Mayor Jack Mikkers of Den Bosch:

Mayor Jack Mikkers explains the Smart City Strategy of the city of Den Bosch and also how The Netherlands as relatively small country still have a leading role.

Gondolas as alternative of bridges?

Thinking of Gondolas, one thinks at Winter Sports in Austria. Ever imagined using ropeways as an cheap, sustainable and alternative solution for crossing roads and rivers in modern cities? Isn't it Smart?

Deutsche Telekom and United Smart Cities sign extensive global partnership

September 17th 2018, Organisation for International Economic Cooperation (OiER) and Deutsche Telekom have announced a far-reaching collaboration to join forces in supporting cities to become smarter and more sustainable under the umbrella of the programme United Smart Cities (USC). Read more......

JOINSMART.CITY and Riab telematics signs cooperation agreement for Netherlands

OTT smart city rollout will be accelerated in the Netherlands through this partnership

Amsterdam, 05.June 2018. Riab telematics announces partnership with Your Digital Innovation GmbH to rollout the OTT citizen engagement platform in the Netherlands. Read more......