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Oct 30, 2008, 12:38 PM
Intelligent Community Forum Announces the Smart21 Communities of 2009
Smart21 Communities are Semi-Finalists in the Coveted Intelligent Community of the Year Awards Process
Published Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Gangnam District of Seoul, South Korea & New York City – The Intelligent Community Forum announced today its list of the Smart21 Communities of 2009 during the e-Government Gangnam Conference, hosted by ICF’s 2008 Intelligent Community of the Year, the Gangnam District of Seoul, South Korea.
The Smart21 announcement is the first stage of ICF's annual Intelligent Community of the Year awards cycle. It is followed by the naming of the Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year, selected from among the Smart21, on January 21, 2009 during the Pacific Telecommunications Council annual conference (PTC'09) in Honolulu, Hawaii. The cycle concludes in New York City on May 15, 2009 during ICF’s annual Building the Broadband Economy Summit, where one of the Top Seven will succeed Gangnam as Intelligent Community of the Year.
The Smart21 of 2009
The Smart21 of 2009 includes communities from 12 nations on four continents with populations ranging from 17,000 to 2.5 million.
Albany, New York, USA; population 94,000
Ashland, Oregon, USA; population 22,000
Bristol, Virginia, USA; population 17,500
Dublin, Ohio, USA; population 40,000
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; population 1,035,000
Eindhoven, Netherlands; population 297,000
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; population 50,535
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia; population 509,000
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France; population 61,000
Kenora, Ontario, Canada; population 17,000
Malta; population 405,000
Manchester, England, UK; population 2,500,000
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; population 125,000
Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa; population 1,200,000
Porto Alegre, Brazil; population 1,400,000
Riverside, California, USA; population 291,000
Stockholm, Sweden; population 795,000
Tallinn, Estonia; population 400,000
Taoyuan County, Taiwan; population 1,950,000
Trikala, Greece; population 52,000
Westchester County, New York, USA; population 950,000
Eight of the communities were on the 2008 Smart21 list and three were named to the 2008 Top Seven. Ten of the 2009 Smart21 are North American communities, seven are from Europe, two from Asia-Pacific, one from South America, and one from Africa. In addition to individual cities and towns, the 2009 Smart21 includes two counties and two multi-city metropolitan areas.
"Each of these communities has demonstrated a commitment to improving their communities through innovative broadband applications," said Louis Zacharilla, ICF Co-founder. "The ingenuity of these communities is exemplified in their investments in the future of the young, the growth and progress of job-creating businesses, and economic security. An overarching theme of the 2009 honorees has been the dedication to putting people first and building a 'talent inventory' that will thrive with technology and innovation."
More information on each community is available at ICF's Web site (www.intelligentcommunity.org/smart21). The Smart21 were selected from hundreds of candidates and submissions from communities large and small with submissions received from every continent.
About ICF
The Intelligent Community Forum (www.intelligentcommunity.org) is a think tank that studies the economic and social development of the 21st Century community. Whether in industrial or developing nations, communities are challenged to create prosperity, stability and cultural meaning in a world where jobs, investment and progress increasingly depend on broadband communications. For the 21st Century community, connectivity is a double-edge sword: threatening established ways of life on the one hand, and offering powerful new tools to build prosperous, inclusive economies on the other. The Intelligent Community Forum seeks to share the secrets of success of the world's Intelligent Communities in adapting to the demands of the Broadband Economy by conducting research, hosting events, publishing newsletters and producing an international awards program.
Smart21 Communities are Semi-Finalists in the Coveted Intelligent Community of the Year Awards Process
Published Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Gangnam District of Seoul, South Korea & New York City – The Intelligent Community Forum announced today its list of the Smart21 Communities of 2009 during the e-Government Gangnam Conference, hosted by ICF’s 2008 Intelligent Community of the Year, the Gangnam District of Seoul, South Korea.
The Smart21 announcement is the first stage of ICF's annual Intelligent Community of the Year awards cycle. It is followed by the naming of the Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year, selected from among the Smart21, on January 21, 2009 during the Pacific Telecommunications Council annual conference (PTC'09) in Honolulu, Hawaii. The cycle concludes in New York City on May 15, 2009 during ICF’s annual Building the Broadband Economy Summit, where one of the Top Seven will succeed Gangnam as Intelligent Community of the Year.
The Smart21 of 2009
The Smart21 of 2009 includes communities from 12 nations on four continents with populations ranging from 17,000 to 2.5 million.
Albany, New York, USA; population 94,000
Ashland, Oregon, USA; population 22,000
Bristol, Virginia, USA; population 17,500
Dublin, Ohio, USA; population 40,000
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; population 1,035,000
Eindhoven, Netherlands; population 297,000
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; population 50,535
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia; population 509,000
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France; population 61,000
Kenora, Ontario, Canada; population 17,000
Malta; population 405,000
Manchester, England, UK; population 2,500,000
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; population 125,000
Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa; population 1,200,000
Porto Alegre, Brazil; population 1,400,000
Riverside, California, USA; population 291,000
Stockholm, Sweden; population 795,000
Tallinn, Estonia; population 400,000
Taoyuan County, Taiwan; population 1,950,000
Trikala, Greece; population 52,000
Westchester County, New York, USA; population 950,000
Eight of the communities were on the 2008 Smart21 list and three were named to the 2008 Top Seven. Ten of the 2009 Smart21 are North American communities, seven are from Europe, two from Asia-Pacific, one from South America, and one from Africa. In addition to individual cities and towns, the 2009 Smart21 includes two counties and two multi-city metropolitan areas.
"Each of these communities has demonstrated a commitment to improving their communities through innovative broadband applications," said Louis Zacharilla, ICF Co-founder. "The ingenuity of these communities is exemplified in their investments in the future of the young, the growth and progress of job-creating businesses, and economic security. An overarching theme of the 2009 honorees has been the dedication to putting people first and building a 'talent inventory' that will thrive with technology and innovation."
More information on each community is available at ICF's Web site (www.intelligentcommunity.org/smart21). The Smart21 were selected from hundreds of candidates and submissions from communities large and small with submissions received from every continent.
About ICF
The Intelligent Community Forum (www.intelligentcommunity.org) is a think tank that studies the economic and social development of the 21st Century community. Whether in industrial or developing nations, communities are challenged to create prosperity, stability and cultural meaning in a world where jobs, investment and progress increasingly depend on broadband communications. For the 21st Century community, connectivity is a double-edge sword: threatening established ways of life on the one hand, and offering powerful new tools to build prosperous, inclusive economies on the other. The Intelligent Community Forum seeks to share the secrets of success of the world's Intelligent Communities in adapting to the demands of the Broadband Economy by conducting research, hosting events, publishing newsletters and producing an international awards program.