{"id":6584,"date":"2017-08-15T16:06:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/events\/?p=6584"},"modified":"2017-08-15T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:06:12","slug":"smart-cities-and-communities-connecting-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/?p=6584","title":{"rendered":"Smart Cities and Communities: Connecting Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>9 November 2017<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>London<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Housing shortages, pollution and sustainability, healthcare, infrastructure, creating opportunities for all \u2013 these are just some of the pressing issues facing our cities and communities. New thinking is allowing city regions to explore solutions and create smarter, more connected places that can enhance service delivery and improve citizen\u2019s lives. With seven billion people expected to be living in cities and communities in the next 30 years, cities need to reinvent themselves in the way they communicate, plan and respond to the complex needs of their people.<\/p>\n<p>Technology, data and information can be a catalyst for change and ensure that our cities and communities are resilient places ready for the future.Using digital innovation to enhance services and policy outcomes is key to allowing leaders to make better decisions for their local areas and for citizens to be better informed. By utilising data, sensors and smart technology city regions and communities are developing new ways to tackle some of the biggest societal problems.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">How can policy makers keep the end user in mind, ensuring citizen\u2019s endorsement and active participation in local decisions?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the event and bookings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openforumevents.co.uk\/events\/2017\/smart-cities-and-communities-connecting-citizens\/?utm_source=OFE+S1.1+SC17+WC+07.08.2017+CHA+3%2FAC+9&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=OFE+S1.1+SC17+WC+07.08.2017\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 November 2017 London Housing shortages, pollution and sustainability, healthcare, infrastructure, creating opportunities for all \u2013 these are just some of the pressing issues facing our cities and communities. New &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/?p=6584\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smart Cities and Communities: Connecting Citizens<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-areas-of-competence-professional","category-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6585,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584\/revisions\/6585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}