Check out the following Global City Teams Challenge Updates
Global Tech Jam 2018
Bringing together forward-looking research institutions, federal agencies, leading private sector companies, and municipalities interested in preparing their infrastructure for the latest technologies to provide better, more equitable services. This three-day conference will feature Transportation/Mobility with participation from other policy areas including Energy/Water/Waste Management, Public Safety, Wireless, City Platform/Dashboard, Data Governance and Exchange, and Agriculture and Rural.
- When: June 20-22, 2018
- Where: Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97232, USA
- More Information: See this website
U.S. DOE’s $20M Funding Opportunity for Transportation Technology Integration
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office has announced a new funding opportunity. Concept papers are due May 29, 2018. The GCTC community may be especially interested in Topic 3, Technology Integration (up to $20 million). It reads as follows:
Technology integration brings together key stakeholders in partnerships that can provide data, modeling and proof-of-concept to inform early-stage research priorities and increase overall transportation system efficiency, including:
- High-performance computing for transportation system optimization.
- First/last mile solutions for people and/or goods movement.
- System-level data for more energy-efficient, affordable mobility.
- Fuel efficient platooning for improved and affordable goods movement.
- Innovative models and technologies for multi-unit dwelling electric vehicle charging.
- Open topic—Innovative approaches to increase overall transportation system efficiency.
For the full story, visit this website.
Ag & Rural SuperCluster (ARSC) to Host a Webinar to Update Its Progress
On May 17 the new GCTC Agriculture and Rural SuperCluster will host a webinar. The supercluster will tackle important topics in rural communities, including connectivity (broadband) to support agriculture, healthcare, transportation, education, community life and other industries that support rural economic vitality and prosperity. The webinar will showcase some early action cluster projects in smart agriculture for plants and livestock, innovative rural connectivity projects, telehealth programs, and food hub efforts across the United States. The goal is to entice listeners to join the action cluster either as a contributor or an implementer who may be working on similar topics so they can help contribute and expand the use-case.
- When: May 17, 2018 at 12-1 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time (9-10 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time)
- Login: https://www.gotomeet.me/Sokwoo; Phone: +1 (646) 749-3112 and enter passcode: 155-985-853#
- For future updates, join the ARSC group here.
