Tag: Barcelona
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Online panel: 3 ways to face the Covid-19 crisis
This week, we had the opportunity to talk to three experts, from three different cities, about how they are handling different challenges to help cities and communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. From Israel, we had Dr. Hila Oren, CEO of the Tel Aviv Foundation. She told us the different programs of the foundation and Tel […]
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Barcelona won’t have large technology shows this year
Don’t delude yourself. The likelihood that we attend tech conferences this year in the same format as before are slim to none.
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Traffic patterns are going to drastically be very different, says Micromobility expert
While some bike-sharing systems are being shut off to reduce mobility, others are experiencing a sudden increase of demand as people avoid mass transit Bico AI, a British company founded in 2018, provides intelligence solutions for the micromobility industry, directly to operators of scooter and bike sharing systems. Today provides business intelligence to some of […]
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To Map the City’s Retail Health You Need to Walk the Streets
Barcelona and Manhattan, two municipalities with the same population and retail model, share many similarities and a couple of things they can learn from each other. Municipalities, facing the need to understand the real economic activity of the city, and its retail composition, can’t rely on registration data, they need to do fieldwork and keep […]
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Mobile World Congress Cancelled by GSMA
The organization made this unprecedented move as over 30 companies decided to pull out, including big names such as Amazon, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Intel, LG, Nokia, Nvidia, NTT DoCoMo, Sony, and Vodafone. The presence of many travelers from China, and the possibility that some of them could carry the coronavirus, is the main reason […]
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Will MWC Barcelona be affected by Coronavirus?
About 250 Chinese companies are registered to exhibit in the Mobile World Congress, including some from the city of Wuhan, where the Coronavirus outbreak first originated. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The outlook for the Chinese exhibitors and delegates to attend MWC20 is not promising, as […]
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Mayors of Milan, Athens, and Barcelona Urge Action to Protect Climate
Mayors call on European Commission to commit to keeping global warming below 1.5°C The mayors of Barcelona, Milan and Athens pledged to tackle inequality and deliver social justice as part of their efforts to achieve the aims of the Paris Agreement, and called on the European Commission, European governments and all EU citizens to do […]
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Barcelona is NOT joining cities taking EU Commission to Court over “License to Pollute” Diesel…
Mayors of Paris, Brussels, and Madrid fight for cleaner air for their citizens. Barcelona has not yet joined the plaintiffs. The European Court of Justice (ECJ)will hear arguments this week to determine whether three European cities can challenge vehicle emissions regulations set by the European Commission and agreed by national governments. The cities of Paris, […]
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Smart Island Congress to Return to Majorca with Impressive Speaker Lineup
The leading world congress on smart islands will feature 95 speakers, mostly with international profiles, who will discuss how to enhance relations between island territories while addressing challenges such as tourism, climate change, competitiveness and innovation. Calvia, Majorca The event, organized by Fira de Barcelona will be held for the second time on 23 and […]
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Uber GM for Spain argues driverless model will create jobs
Despite the fatal crash in Arizona and growing fears that taxi drivers will lose their livelihood, Juan Galiardo says he is optimistic that the transition to driverless will “ultimately be beneficial.” Dllu/Wikimedia Commons Back in 2014, Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick explained during the Code Conference in Palo Verdes, Calif., the company’s plans to […]