
A Global Observatory
Emerging Smart City innovations, experiments and practices, spotted in over 100 cities worldwide, Interviews and analyses with 70 Smart City inventors and thinkers (researchers, technologists, urban planners, architects, sociologists, etc.
Interviews and analyses with 50 decision-makers (mayors, presidents of regions & provinces, Smart City managers, movement members, councillors, etc.) from 15 key cities.
AN ONLINE PUBLICATION GIVEN OUT TO ATTENDEES IN SEPTEMBER 2020 IN ENGLISH
A Certified International Training Program
In response to the challenges raised by Smart Cities, ESCP Europe business school, the Netexplo Observatory, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Telecom ParisTech are setting up, with the support of UNESCO, a certification training program, “Netexplo Smart Cities Accelerator”.
18 & 19 MARCH 2020 : A CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM held at UNESCO, Paris and designed in partnership
with leading Chinese and European schools and universities: ESCP Europe, Peking University, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University and Telecom ParisTech. A thousand international decision-makers and experts on Smart Cities are expected at UNESCO for the Netexplo Smart Cities Accelerator Summit.
3 subject areas
• Liveability: Habitat, Infrastructure, Energy, Environment, Health • Connectivity: Telecom, Communications, Cybersecurity
• Mobility: Public transport, Automotive, new forms of Mobility
3 cross-disciplinary fields
• Funding models and emerging financial practices
• Comodernisation of cities, citizen cooperation & participation methods • Attractivity: identity, culture and global brand development


A Global Community Of Decision-Makers
AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF ALUMNI THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE PROGRAM AND ARE IN CHARGE OF SMART CITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
GOAL: Bringing a range of audiences together in a global network to share experiences and visions.