Understanding The Opportunities for AI-Cameras and LiDARs for Smart Road Infrastructure
As the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January sparked a new wave of autonomous vehicles (AVs) coming to the automotive market in the next few years, much focus as of late has been on the technology…
Top GovTech Accelerator Expands to Serve the World
QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge Opens Applications April 1-30th Boston, MA, April 4, 2022 – Leading Cities is pleased to announce the launch of the 2022 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge in partnership with QBE North America for…
Q&A: Expo2020 – an entire city managed via one single app
This week, we had a chance, thanks to Siemens, to visit for the second time the Expo2020 site, one of the most connected expos so far, where technology goes hand in hand with sustainability, innovation, and…
An executive guide to the net-zero sustainability journey
For all the pain that 2020 brought on societies and economies around the world, it also brought some positives. Chief among them was the increased awareness for all of us to prioritize climate change and net-zero…
Sustainability Won’t Get Very Far Without Transportation
Transportation now accounts for nearly one-fourth of all global emissions, posing a considerable challenge as governments and businesses look to promote greater sustainability in the battle to combat climate change. Breaking this down further, 45% of…
Prize for Communities to Remove Drugs and Pollutants from Water
AcceliGOV Competition to offer Pilot of Pharem Biotech’s Award-Winning Solution With only 1% of the world’s water available for human consumption, the threat of pollutants entering our water supplies is dangerous to human health and the…
Revolutionary Water Treatment Solution for Cities awarded today
City Solution of the Year Pharem Biotech to Receive $100,000 The 2021 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge, hosted by Leading Cities in partnership with QBE North America, concluded today with the City Solution of the Year awarded…
A “Dumb” Way to Build Smart Cities
In every corner of the country and around the world, leaders are trying to make their cities “smarter.” These projects are often in response to specific and on-going demands — such as parking, overcrowding, noise, and pollution —…
Hamburg Secures Pre-Paid Pilot Through AcceliGOV Competition
As the world begins to make the pivotal shift to renewable energy, solar and wind solutions dominate the industry. Yet these technologies on their own are not sustainable enough to bring us out of the climate…
Finding the Solutions to Create Resilient Cities
QBE North America is launching today the QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge with non-profit organization Leading Cities for the third consecutive year. The global competition accelerates the growth of start-up companies transforming cities worldwide. The Challenge is…