Cities

As freelance workers proliferate, the “gig economy” gathers pace and project-based working becomes the norm, the real estate and office management industry is reinventing the traditional workspace for the digital age.

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, SEAT released a concept car that represents a radical new answer to the challenges of urban reinvention. The Minimó, combines the safety and comfort of a car with the agility and easy parking of a motorbike.

Few people are aware that nestled within the walls of Barcelona's beautiul 19th century Torre Girona chapel, is one of Europe's most powerful supercomputers, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center's MareNostrum.

"Smart grids are the necessary support to the rise of renewable energy and the emergence of consumers who generate their own electricity." Livio Gallo, Head of Global Infrastructure and Networks, Enel

As the gateway to Mecca, every year the city of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast receives millions of Muslims undertaking the hajj and umrah pilgrimages. To cope with rising numbers of pilgrims and international tourists as well, last year Jeddah completed the first phase of one of the most ambitious airport expansions anywhere in the world.

Earlier this year, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) inaugurated a Digital Command Center that uses AI to monitor and manage the company’s ever-expanding...

Happiness impacts on so many things. If you want to promote innovation in a city, happiness can be the vehicle you use to achieve this.

SEAT is completing a digital transformation to transform from a car manufacturer into a mobility company, where software will be one of their core competences. Having their own software house in Barcelona will help develop new business models and mobility services.

"For me, this aspect of the tower resonates with the rise of Dubai which has risen above its humble origins and now towers over other cities in the region", Mike Rosenberg, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, IESE Business School.

Thousands of years after the world’s first great cities emerged in the fertile lands of the ancient Middle East, the region is playing a starring role in a new chapter in urban civilization.