[Newsletter Vol.35] Korea’s smart city progressing step by step
2024. 5. 31.
[Newsletter Vol.35] Korea’s smart city progressing step by step
📰 VOL.35 I 2024.05.31
📌Smart City Initiatives: Policies and Vision
[The 4th Comprehensive Smart City Plan (draft) (’24 – ’28)] Confirmed
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT, Minister Park Sangwoo) confirmed [The 4th Comprehensive Smart City Plan (draft) (’24–‘28)], following a deliberation by the National Smart City Committee* on April 30.
Demonstrating Korean Smart Services in Overseas Cities
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT, Minister Park Sangwoo), through the selection deliberation committee, selected six cities* this year for the Overseas Demonstration Project of K-City Network Overseas Demonstration Project held on April 16.
The Government, the Region, and the Private Sector Join Forces to Create “Smart Cities”
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT, Minister Park Sangwoo) will hold a contest for the “2024 Smart City Establishment & Expansion Project,” in which citizens, businesses, and local governments will be teaming up to discover and create groundbreaking services that are tailored to regional characteristics in solving various urban issues.
📌Insights from Smart City Experts: Smart City Top Agenda
The Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology
Advancement (KAIA) has published "Smart City Top Agenda 2023",
a collection of 14 exceptional articles
written by global experts on the theme of "Urban Competitiveness through Digital Transition and Climate Action". These articles provide valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities faced
by cities in the era of digitalization and climate crisis.
✍️We are excited to present the seventh article in this publication.
Ulrich Ahle
Following his extensive experience in the industrial sector (including Vice President at Siemens and Atosin Germany), helping clients to digitize their business, Ulrich joined the FIWARE Foundation ias CEO in January 2017.
Abstract :
Abstract : Smart City realizations are driven by urgent and complex needs. Making a city “smart” means performing a more efficient and inclusive management of services and turning the city into an ICT enabler for innovation, economic growth and well-being. “Smartness” is also about using the right technology to exploit data purposefully, enabling better decisions and automating processes, to ultimately improve the daily life of citizens, ease business operations, and grow life and business opportunities.
