Along with other partners and participants at IoT Week Geneva 2017, Martin Brynskov, Chair of OASC and Christina Bueti, Counsellor of ITU-T Study Group 5 “Environment, climate change and circular economy” and of ITU-T Study Group 20 “Internet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C)” presented a list of declarations focused on smart and sustainable cities.

Aarhus University has announced a €1M ‘OrganiCity’ Open Call to solve city challenges in London, Aarhus, and Santander using urban data. Application deadline: 31 August 2017.

EU issues major grant to associate professor Martin Brynskov and the beacon project SynchroniCity. This gives Aarhus University a leading role in developing the Internet of Things in cities, and a unique opportunity to work with a global consortium to influence the current process of digitalisation.

The Connected Smart Cities Conference 2017 took place on January 12 in Brussels under the headline

"Making IoT Work for Cities and Citizens". See photos and selected tweets from the conference below.

During the annual Smart City Expo in Barcelona, five European cities launched the Creative Ring. The Creative Ring is a new initiative targeted to developing vibrant creative eco-systems in order to generate societal and economical impact. Creative Ring will build eco-system intelligence and accelerate the development and uptake of innovative solutions created by cross-overs with Cultural and Creative Industries.