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Jan 2020
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2. EN. Smart City Helsingborg H22 - Micc...

Mustafa Sherif
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Micco Grönholm (Head of future, Helsingborg City, Sweden) is talking about what is smart city? What is applied Artificial Intelligence in urban planning and design? How does smart city enhance the quality of everyday life for people?

Micco explaining #H22 the new smart city project to reach Helsingborg’s goal to be one of Europe's most innovative cities by 2022.

Hear more about how Helsingborg Municipality is changing the mindset and the working philosophy within the organisation.


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