the Top 7 Intelligent Communities of
2020 by the Intelligent Community
Forum. “That looks at several eco-
nomic domains such as connectivity,
work and innovation as well as social
and cultural growth such as engage-
ment, inclusion and sustainability. It’s
with the idea of moving from a view of
‘smart’ cities, which might be a little bit
more focused on the technology side
of things, to a more holistic view of the
programmes that a city and partner
institutions deliver.”
Going forwards, Tehrani is focused
on continuing to improve digital
means of service delivery, as people
become accustomed to multimodal
delivery common to tech companies.
“Everything we do is underlined with
the aim of using technology with the
goal of supporting ease of access to
service delivery and the economic
economy,” says Tehrani. “We’ve gone growth of the community,“ he says.
from, historically, a mostly heavy man-
ufacturing-based economy to a mix
of technology, life sciences, creative
industries, goods movement, agribusi-
ness and food processing, tourism and
advanced manufacturing.” Hamilton
has duly been recognised as among
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