Smart Classes Digest #21

Published

Welcome to the latest edition of Smart Classes Digest, our quarterly e-digest for the Smart Classes and Smart City-Region stakeholder communities!

Issue #21 “Insights”:

  • A rising tide of e-waste, made worse by AI, threatens our health, the environment and the economy
  • Why open air quality data is a global health imperative
  • The future of drainage: trends to watch
  • Transport transformed: a journey into the future
  • eScooters: a convenient solution or a growing urban problem?
  • Are cycle lanes sexist? 
  • Were the flagship government-funded automated vehicle projects a ‘GATEway’ to success? Ten years later – from hype to hard reality

…plus thought provoking contributions from our sponsors, Buro Happold and Jacobs:

  • Cities, energy and cybersecurity: the cornerstones of modern urban sustainability
  • How we can unlock the potential of innovation districts

We also:

♦ Keep you posted on the current schedule of Smart Class events;

♦ Look ahead to WATER MANAGEMENT Smart Class 2025 (Leeds, April 2nd), EMISSIONS & AIR QUALITY Smart Class 2025 (Leicester, May 8th), TRANSPORT Smart Class, North of England 2025 (Liverpool, July 3rd) and TRANSPORT Smart Class, Scotland 2025 (Edinburgh, September 11th) – Qualifying delegates can register via the event website pages for a free place. A maximum of 5 innovators/solution vendors can also participate at each of these Smart Classes in an innovation sponsorship capacity. Similar opportunities are available for TRANSPORT Smart Class, London & South East England 2025, PUBLIC REALM & URBAN SPACES Smart Class 2025 and WASTE MANAGEMENT Smart Class 2025. Contact us now if you’d like to discuss further with a member of our team!

♦ Look back at all the keynotes and innovator presentations from TRANSPORT Smart Class, Wales & West of England 2024 (hosted at Cardiff Masonic Hall on December 5th);

♦ Share our final “Retrospectives Round-Up” of TRANSPORT Smart Class, London & South East England 2024 (hosted at Greencoat Place Conference Centre, London, back on October 10th);

♦ Place Aeternum Innovations, Optimatics, Starship Technologies and Velociti Solutions under the “Innovator Spotlight”!

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