Glasgow is the UK's Future City Demonstrator city and has developed considerable expertise in the design, development and application of future city solutions across a range of urban challenges.
These are to be found in big data, open data, transportation, energy, public safety, health, environment, communications, demography and climate change.
On the 24th July , Glasgow University will host an event which will showcase the best practice emerging from Glasgow in order to stimulate new civic, commercial and academic collaborations with commonwealth partners interested in the technology and practices developing across Scotland’s universities, cities and businesses.
Further event details and registration instructions can be found here [2] or further information can be obtained from Michael Burns [3], Research Strategy Office, Glasgow University
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Urban-Rural Dynamics
I'm keen to attend the event and from the 'seat' of Crichton Institute here in Dumfries have started to explore/network around the issue of rural-urban dynamics/interface. Basically, if there is such a thing as a Smart City, what would Smart Countryside look like ? Happy to hear from any fellow travellers.
A connection to Pascal initiatives
Dear Tony, a very apposite comment, which we'll respond to within pascal since we are amongst other things aiming to build up a network connecting city and rural initatives in the context of learning cities. Peter Kearns is leading on this and I shall ask him to contact you. Best wishes Mike
Urban-Rural Learning
As Mike indicated, PASCAL Learning Cities 2020 Newtwork has a Network on Connecting Urbaqn and Rural Learning. See the Networks site for information (http://lcn.pascalobservatory.org [5]) We would welcome your participation . Perhaps you might email me so we can discuss.
Kind regardsw
Peter Kearns