The concept of smart city is not new. It has been around for a number of years now as the world pursues sustainable development. In the UN-SDGs, sustainable cities come as the goal number eleven. Many…
Cities 4.0
3rd Cities 4.0 Opening Ceremony by YB Zuraida Binti Kamaruddin, Minister of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia
3rd Cities 4.0 Opening Ceremony by YB Zuraida Binti Kamaruddin, Minister of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia The 3rd Cities 4.0 Conference and Exhibition was successfully launched on 12th Octobe…
Lao Telecom officially launches 5G system
Lao Telecommunications Pcl (Lao Telecom) has officially launched its 5G network, the first of its kind for Laos. The ceremony commemorating the launch was held on Monday in the Lao capital of Vientian…
Three Reasons Why You Should Start Your Smart City Adoption Now and How You Can Do It? | 21 July | 2:00 pm | (GMT+8)
Three Reasons Why You Should Start Your Smart City Adoption Now and How You Can Do It? The world is at an unprecedented level of urbanization. It is projected that over 40 global cities will come up a…
How Smart Cities Can Fight Future Pandemics | 9 July | 2:00 PM (GMT+8)
How Smart Cities Can Fight Future Pandemics The coronavirus pandemic can be seen as a wake-up call to society at large, specifically the cities leaders whether they had enough protection in place to d…
Life after COVID-19: How and why smart cities need to focus on sustainability
COVID-19 has brought new insights into the long-term sustainability of our smart cities and frenzy urban lifestyle. While countries around the world are investing in boosting their healthcare sector a…
ASEAN Smart Cities: Balancing 5G And Geopolitics – Analysis
The ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) is now in its second year running. Yet smart city goals, such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), have been overshadowed by concerns of geopolitical tensio…
Cities 4.0 2020 | 12 – 13 October 2020 | Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Towards a Sustainable, Competitive and Wellbeing City As urban populations continue to expand and citizens’ expectations grow, the development of smart cities – enabled, powered and integrated by digi…
Doing office at home, digitally
As part of a new development in response to the impact of corona virus, a number of large global and private offices in the capital have recently asked its officials to work at home, and send their fi…
5G Matters: (Geo)politics And Critical National Infrastructure – Analysis
Few people would have guessed that the ‘topic du jour’ for 2019 would be 5G. While telecommunications companies have long had their eye on the prize as the chief deployers of fifth-generation telecomm…