Presentation Videos from Global Tech Jam on Smart Cities

We are pleased to bring you 38 presentation videos from the 2018 Global Tech Jam on Smart Cities. Welcome to the Video Gallery of presentations from the 2018 Global Tech Jam in Portland. Bringing together forward-looking research institutions, federal agencies, leading private sector companies, and municipalities interested in preparing their … [Read more...]

Global Tech Jam: Smart Buildings Action Cluster

 In this video from the Global Tech Jam 2018, Jean Rice from NTIA and Limor Schafman from the Telecommunications Industry Association presents: Smart Buildings Action Cluster. The Smart Buildings Action Cluster (SBAC) will focus on smart buildings within the environment of communities on a local and regional level. There are a number of issues … [Read more...]

Intel Connected Logistics Platform: Farm to Fork Crop Tracking

In this video from the Global Tech Jam 2018, Shawn Irvine from the City of Independence and Laura Rumbel from Intel present: Intel Connected Logistics Platform. Service providers in the logistics and transportation industry operate at low margins—three to five percent—which they can improve by using this platform to boost efficiency. Intel is … [Read more...]

Global Tech Jam: BroadbandUSA

 In this video from the Global Tech Jam 2018, Jean Rice presents: BroadbandUSA. In 2016, the U.S. had 2.1 million farms covering 911 million acres of land. These had an average size of 442 acres and about 99% of them were operated by families, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics (NASS). The FAO (Food and Agriculture … [Read more...]

Global Tech Jam: Fiware Action Cluster

In this video from the Global Tech Jam 2018, Jose Gonzalez presents: Fiware Action Cluster. The Fiware mission is to develop an open sustainable ecosystem around public, royalty-free and implementation-driven software platform standards that will ease the creation of Smart Applications in multiple sectors. Sign up for our insideBIGDATA … [Read more...]

Global Tech Jam Video: I3 Intelligent IoT Integrator

In this video from the Global Tech Jam 2018, Jerry Power from the USC Marshall School of Business presents: Global Tech Jam: I3 Intelligent IoT Integrator. The goal of the I3 system is to create IOT communities including smart cities, where device owners are an active part of the community. These IOT communities can link themselves together to … [Read more...]

ATIS offers New Smart Cities Data Sharing Framework for Download

Today ATIS announced release of its Data Sharing Framework for Smart Cities, which provides recommendations to help Smart Cities develop the robust data sharing ecosystem needed to deliver value from their Smart Cities data. The release marks the launch of an ATIS initiative to engage cities, towns, counties or municipalities of any size in … [Read more...]

Global Tech Jam Event for Smart Cities returns to Portland in June

The Global Tech Jam conference is coming up June 20-22 in Portland, Oregon. This symposium will provide a leading venue for the presentation of the highest-quality original research, groundbreaking ideas, and compelling insights on future trends in Smart City Technology and Deployment. The Second Annual Global Tech Jam returns to Portland to … [Read more...]

Call for Papers: Global Tech Jam on Smart Cities in Portland

The Global Tech Jam conference on Smart Cities has issued its Call for Papers. The event takes place June 20-22 in Portland, Oregon. In collaboration with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Emerging Interest Group (EIG) on Smart Cities and Communities (SCC), we will be hosting a Technical Papers Symposium as part of Tech Jam. This … [Read more...]

Video: Why Build a Smart City?

In this video, city planners describe the challenges facing ever-growing urban centers and how the Smart Cities approach will benefit everyone. What if a street light was capable of more than simply illuminating the street? Imagine a lamp post that could help lower civic costs, increase efficiencies, drive economic growth, engage citizens, and … [Read more...]