The First Ever Dynamic Smart City Index: citiesabc indexDNA Framework for Smart Cities Whitepaper Produced with citiesabc and openbusinesscouncil will be officially released at the openbusinesscouncil summit. indexDNA Framework for Smart Cities is the name given to the smart city index developed by citiesabc in...
120+ top experts and government officials will speak during the 3-day openbusinesscouncil summit and awards event on April 20th to 22nd. From government officials to top industry experts, the collective expertise of the speakers makes this an unmissable event. The openbusinesscouncil Summit and Awards, in partnership with citiesabc and World...
Glenn Parry is a professor of Digital Transformation and Head of Department of Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Surrey. Professor Glenn Parry is the new guest in this Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil YouTube Series. Hosted by Dinis Guarda. Prof Glenn Parry Interview...
[caption id="attachment_94600" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Women Empowerment, Fintech Innovation, Digital Transformation, Decentralization: The Biggest Digital Trends of 2021 At Digital Week Online[/caption] In times of uncertainty, building trust and coming together with ideas and best strategies is more important than ever. There are many challenges to...
Covid-19 pandemic has changed and disrupted all businesses. Covid-19 is also the major digital transformation accelerator, taking the digital economy to new heights. Let's take a look at the major business challenges with covid and digital transformation and how businesses can get better prepared...
· Learn how Digital Transformation, 4IR and Society 5.0 can be achieved from top ministers including Minister of Technology of Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and top industry leaders like Eric van der Kleij, former UK Smart Nation Director; Michael Stanley Jones from United Nations and Ben...
· The concept of Industry 4.0, Intelligent Industry or 4th Industrial Revolution involves the digitalization of production processes in industry, either through sensors or through information systems, transforming these processes to make them more efficient. · The concept of Society 5.0 was promoted by the...
Amidst the pandemic, the tech sector is seeing growth and has the second highest number of jobs advertised following the healthcare sector. Online digital skills courses provided by IoC partners have enrolled more than 600,000 learners to date, boosting their employability (almost 20% of learners...
Delve into the future of business and finance at the openbusinesscouncil Summit Masterclass Day. The masterclass will take place on day 3 of the openbusinesscouncil summit led by mentors Babak Behboudi, CEO of Synchronium, a blockchain ecosystem framework to accelerate innovation, and Dinis Guarda, Founder...
Digital Transformation Why Businesses Governments Must Change with Smart Cities, 4IR, AI, Blockchain There is no alternative to digital transformation. The challenge and opportunity is: how to do it? As per George Westerman, MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy: “When digital transformation is done...
Digital Week Online's Global Digital Transformation Day gathers top experts and industry leaders and showcase 4IR solutions in real case studies from around the world. The day was curated by citiesabc, openbusinesscouncil and intelligenthq, Digital Week Online's official partners. Society 5.0 and 4IR have been...
COVID-19 is accelerating the digital shift in Malaysia. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation has announced the Malaysia 5.0 project while the latest research by GlobalData shows the rapid adoption of digital payments and e-Commerce. Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (“MDEC”) is tasked with organising and leading...
Interview Simon Cocking, Editor-in-Chief at Irish Tech News & Technology Blockchain Leading Personality Simon Cocking is the Chief Editor of Irish Tech News and Editor in Chief at Crypto Commonwealth. Simon has been working as an advisory board member for several other successful ICO launches...
Early adoption will be a key differentiator in the race to lead South East Asia in regulated digital asset exchanges and associated digital financial products and services - offering services such as primary listing of securities, listing of alternative assets and secondary-market trading of security...
E-Residents of Estonia, who have established 13,000 Estonian companies worldwide since the launch of the e-Residency programme in December 2014, have now accumulated a total turnover exceeding £1.5 billion. The growth has been fuelled by a recent substantial increase in Estonian companies established by e-Residents...
Muhammad Chbib is a serial entrepreneur, global thought leader and CEO at tradeling.com. Muhammad Chbib has international experience as a manager who has served several successful startups as well as large corporate organizations in Europe and the MENA region since the late 1990s. Throughout his...
One of the UK’s leading providers of digital care systems is calling on the sector to be better prepared for the future by utilising agile technology that has been tried and tested throughout the pandemic - with 94% of users finding its coronavirus-specific features beneficial....
The Republic of Estonia, in conjunction with e-Residency, the internationally-renowned Estonian digital ID programme, has finally launched Estonia’s Digital Nomad Visa (DNV). Authorised by the Estonian parliament on June 3rd 2020, the visa will be available to citizens worldwide who want to take advantage of...
Dinis Guarda interviews interviews Helen Yu CEO, Founder At Tigon Advisory, CXO, Top 10 Global Influencer In Digital Transformation Helen Yu is CEO and founder of Tigon Advisory. Ms. Yu helps start-up technology founders accelerate growth through CXO as a service offering. Ms. Yu has...
Dinis Guarda interviews Rajat Prakash, an experienced lawyer in India, MD at Athena Legal about the Future of Law / Legaltech Rajat Prakash is an experienced Lawyer with a demonstrated history of working in the law practice industry. Rajat Prakash is a MD at...
Anil Singh, Vivek B. Singh, Founders Procam - The Fast Growing Sport Ecosystem & Industry in India “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” Gandhi Anil Singh and Vivek B. Singh are brothers, entrepreneurs and the...
Miguel Amaral Professor at Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon is the new guest in this new video interview series hosted by citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda. Both expert talk about the current business and entrepreneurship ecosystem worldwide while highlighting the importance of Digital transformation and...
Kai Grunwitz is an innovative and established executive with a high impact career in conceptualizing, developing and driving business strategies on behalf of dynamic enterprises. A key driver of business performance with 25 years experience in developing and managing a solution, consulting and/or professional services...
Interview with Mamadou Toure, Founder Africa 2.0 And Ubuntu Group about the challenges facing Africa, digital transformation and how it can help changing structure of communities with Ubuntu. Mamadou Toure Introduction Mamadou Toure was born and raised in Cameroon. His school had over 100 students...
Edwin Diender, CDTO and Vice President, Global Government Business Unit, Huawei Enterprise joins Dinis Guarda in this new series of interviews for citiesabc to discuss his profile and background, his work in Huawei and what this tech leading global player is doing in Digital Transformation,...
Professor Kiran J. Fernandes, Dean for Internationalisation at Durham University Business School and Vice-chair of UK National Commission for UNESCO - among others, joins Dinis Guarda in this interview for citiesabc interview series. Both experts speak extensively about major challenges worldwide, including the Covid-19 pandemic,...
[caption id="attachment_778" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Tracing Apps and the Stockholm Syndrome[/caption] As Europe is preparing to go live with a pan-European Tracing app, which is designed on the same principals of Singapore’s TraceTogether app; we all realize that technology can actually be launched and go to...
Marc Buckley, ESG Sustainability Advisor, Activist, WEF Expert and Resilient Futurist is interviewed by Dinis Guarda in this new series for citiesabc. In their dialogue, sustainability, environment and the role of technology collides as the answers to make the world a better place for future...
Technology can be seen as a means for innovation and improvement. And as Antonio Santos points out in this interview, technology can have a great impact on people's lives for the better. From creating more inclusive work environments to moving to more sustainable business models,...
[caption id="attachment_261" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Coronavirus And School Closures: 3 Ways The Global Pandemic Can Transform Education[/caption] Over a billion students worldwide are unable to go to school or university, due to measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. The pandemic is expected to have a...