Innovation is the key to Smarter Cities
Today we are announcing a new Smart Cities for All project to target one of the primary drivers of the urban digital divide for persons with disabilities — the innovation process. With support of AT&T and in partnership with the cities of Chicago and New York, we are launching the Inclusive Innovation for Smarter Cities […]
Launching our Inclusive Smart City Tools in Hebrew!
James ThurstonBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Vice President for Global Strategy & Development at G3ict — The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs Apr 29 Launching our Inclusive Smart City Tools in Hebrew! We live in an increasingly digital and urban world. Unfortunately, it is not yet an increasingly inclusive world for persons with disabilities and older persons. We want to fix that. […]
Building a global movement for Inclusive Smart Cities…
The theme of today’s United Nations International Day of Disability is “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all”. At the Smart Cities for All global initiative, we see “Transformation” and “For All” as critically important. In June of 2016, Dr. Victor Pineda and I brought together our two organizations, G3ict and World Enabled, to launch a joint effort to ensure that increasing global […]
Now is the Time to Build Smarter and More Accessible Cities
Dr. Victor PinedaBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Global Access Expert. Creating @WorldEnabled through transformative research, policy. Fostering innovation & inclusion. Directing @12Bends. Nov 11, 2017 Now is the Time to Build Smarter and More Accessible Cities High-Level Side Event organized by World Enabled, G3ict, and the UAE and Indian Missions to the United Nations during the United Nations […]
Ciudades de Argentina: herramientas para ciudades mas inteligentes y mas inclusivas
James ThurstonBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Vice President for Global Strategy & Development at G3ict — The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs Sep 27, 2017 28 de Septiembre, 2017 Hoy, desde la iniciativa global Ciudades Inteligentes para Todos, una colaboración liderada por G3ict y World Enabled, estamos complacidos de anunciar el lanzamiento en Argentina de nuestro Kit de herramientas Ciudades Inteligentes […]
Argentina’s Cities — Tools for Getting Smarter and More Inclusive
James ThurstonBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingVice President for Global Strategy & Development at G3ict — The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTsSep 27, 2017Argentina’s Cities — Tools for Getting Smarter and More InclusiveSeptember 28, 2017Today the Smart Cities for All global initiative, a collaboration led by G3ict and World Enabled, is pleased to announce the Argentina launch of our Smart Cities for All Toolkit.Wismar […]
Collaborating for Inclusion in Smart Cities
James ThurstonBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Vice President for Global Strategy & Development at G3ict — The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs Jun 11, 2017 Launching a new Smart Cities for All resource! One year ago, at the m-Enabling Summit, G3ict and World Enabled launched the Smart Cities for All global initiative. Our goal was to understand how Information […]
Smart Cities Buy Accessible Technology
James Thurston ICT Accessibility Subscribe to Newsletter Tell a Friend Print this Page 04/24/2017 Laura Ruby, Director of Worldwide Accessibility Policy & Standards at the Microsoft Corporation, believes that one of the smartest things cities can do to ensure the digital inclusion of persons with disabilities and older persons is to make sure they are buying […]
Smart Cities For All Paves The Way To Digital Accessibility In Cities
James Thurston, Vice President of G3ict and Dr. Victor Pineda, President of World Enabled lead a discussion at the NextCity World Stage in Quito, Ecuador. City leaders, IT managers, and entrepreneurs that embrace Smart City solutions care about ICT, not for its own sake, but instead for the ways these solutions can help governments, communities, and […]
