Center for Smart City

IREU definition of Smart Cities - "Applying all interconnected information to a better understanding and control of its operations today as well as optimising the use of limited resources". The Center's mission to foster an open dialogue around the development of Smart city, landlord/tenant issues, co-ops and condominium development, financing and management, and intensive development of land resources, the center also addresses the critical importance creation of Smart City hub.

Vision

• Create the cities and place of living into the best lived place for families, community and Society at large

Mission

• Connect to universities all over the world which work and share experiences in living laboratories
• The “Live-Living’ lab is a research/students platform for research on projects driven by industry that are relevant and for connecting students directly to the ecosystem
• Creating a viable ecosystem of innovation and demand in universities and Higher Education Institute and Colleges
• Support to startups in concept proof, local and global scaling and marketing

Methodology

• Top-down or technology-centered approaches are linked to defined offerings for better living
• Emphasises the use of new technologies (for example, social media, websites, mobile applications or censoring technologies) as a means to enable citizens to devise solutions, acquire new skills through online learning and improve their interaction with public authorities
• IREU team along with community organisations and social entrepreneurs to find solutions for better living and space for enhancement of live

Outcome

• Projects and Report in Smart Cities Initiatives
• Knowledge Series and Talk on What makes Living better and How do Cities gear up