Intelligent Community Forum

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Intelligent Community Forum

Abbreviation	ICF
Type	Nonprofit organization think tank
Headquarters	New York, NY, United States
Chairman	John Jung
Key people	Robert Bell Lou Zacharilla
Revenue (2016)	$61,322[1]
Expenses (2016)	$57,786[1]
Website	www.intelligentcommunity.org

The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) is a non-profit policy research organization, focusing on job creation and economic development in the broadband economy. It highlights the economic effects of broadband, community-based best practices, and annual Intelligent Community Awards.

Mission[]

The Intelligent Community Forum is a think tank that studies the economic and social development of the 21st-century community. Whether in industrialized or developing nations, communities are challenged to create prosperity, stability and cultural meaning in a world where jobs, investment and knowledge increasingly depend on advances in communications. For the 21st-century community, connectivity is a double-edge sword: threatening established ways of life on the one hand, and offering powerful new tools to build prosperous, inclusive and environmentally sustainable economies on the other. ICF seeks to share the best practices of the world's Intelligent Communities in adapting to the demands of the Broadband Economy, in order to help communities everywhere find sustainable renewal and growth. ICF conducts research, creates conference content, publishes information and presents annual awards, all in an effort to:

• Identify and explain the emergence of the broadband economy and its impact at the local level. This is the new global economy emerging from the deployment of broadband on the international, national and local levels around the world. The broadband economy challenges us all, whether we live in a thriving metropolitan area or a poor rural region. In the broadband economy, adaptability outweighs legacy; skills, not resources, are the key to future; and innovation, not location, creates a competitive advantage.
• Research and share best practices by communities in adapting to the changing economic environment and positioning their citizens and businesses to prosper. There is no "one best model" for economic development in the broadband economy. Each successful community develops strategies based on its unique history and challenges, and overcomes specific local obstacles to put programs into place. But successful strategies share many common elements, and communities can learn enormous amounts from each other's successes and failures, and by sharing with others, speed their own development as well.
• Celebrate the achievements of communities that have overcome challenges to claim a place in the economy of the 21st century. Communities around the world are making huge strides to overcome legacy challenges, develop strategies and put effective programs and policies into place. ICF celebrates leadership through an Awards program that searches the globe for the best models of each year and publicizes their achievements.

For ICF, a "community" is a town, village, city or metropolitan area – or occasionally a state, province or other larger region – that has a distinct identity and the ability to act in a unified manner as a single entity. Its citizens and businesses identify themselves with that community enough to set aside small-scale differences and cooperate for the good of the whole.

Awards[]

Since 1999, ICF has presented annual awards to the Intelligent Community, Intelligent Building, Intelligent Community Technology and Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year. Winners receive an award, a presentation photograph and assistance with promoting the award to their customers, constituents and stakeholders.

The Intelligent Community Awards are presented at ICF's annual Summit conference in New York City, produced in association with Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

Intelligent Community of the Year[]

The Intelligent Community of the Year is selected in the final stage of a 10-month award process that begins with selection of the Smart 21 Communities in November of the prior year. Selection of the Intelligent Community of the Year is based on research by Montreal-based E&B Data, developer of innovative information products for decisionmakers in the institutional, corporate and financial sectors.

Intelligent Community of the Year Award recipients[]

• 2018 - Espoo, Finland
• 2017 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• 2016 - Montréal, Québec, Canada
• 2015 - Columbus, Ohio, United States
• 2014 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2013 – Taichung City, Taiwan
• 2012 – Riverside, California, United States
• 2011 – Eindhoven, Netherlands
• 2010 – Suwon, South Korea
• 2009 – Stockholm, Sweden
• 2008 – Gangnam-Gu, South Korea
• 2007 – Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• 2006 – Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
• 2005 – Mitaka, Japan
• 2004 – Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
• 2002 – Calgary, Alberta, Canada & Seoul, South Korea
• 2001 – New York City, New York, United States
• 2000 – LaGrange, Georgia, USA
• 1999 – Singapore

Building, Technology, Visionary and Founders Awards[]

The honorees for the Intelligent Building, Intelligent Community Technology, Intelligent Community Visionary and Founder of the Year awards are selected by ICF based on nomination from developers, technology companies and experts in the field.

2016 Awards[]

• Rio de Janeiro's Knowledge Squares Program – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year^[2]

2015 Awards[]

• Dr. Chih-Chiang (Jason) Hu, Vice Chairman of the Want Want Group – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year

2014 Awards[]

• Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of DataWind, Ltd. – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year

2013 Awards[]

• Mike Lazaridis, BlackBerry Founder and Vice Chairman – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year

2012 Awards[]

• Stephen Conroy, Senator, Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year
• Mexico’s “Vigilante Taxi Driver” Program – 2012 Founder Award

2011 Awards[]

• Suvi Lindén, former Minister of Communications, Finland and member United Nations Broadband Commission for Digital Development – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year
• Springfield mixed development community, Ipswich, Australia – 2011 Founder Award
• nDanville Medical Network, Danville, Virginia, USA – 2011 Founder Award

2010 Awards[]

• Shawn Graham, Premier New Brunswick, Canada – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year
• Digital Schoolbag, Besançon, France – 2010 Founder Award
• Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project – 2010 Founder Award
• Tianjin Binhai New Area, China – 2010 Founder Award

2009 Awards[]

• André Santini, Mayor Issy-les-Moulineaux, France – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year
• Eric Chu, Magistrate Taoyuan County, Taiwan – 2009 Founder Award
• Andrew Spano, County Executive, Westchester County, New York, USA – 2009 Founder Award
• Dave Carter, Head, Manchester Digital Development Agency, Manchester, UK – 2009 Founder Award

2008 Awards[]

• Scot Rourke, CEO OneCommunity, Cleveland, Ohio, USA – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year
• X-Road, Tallinn, Estonia – 2009 Founder Award
• Gangnam Academic Aptitude Broadcasting, Seoul, South Korea – 2009 Founder Award
• Dundee City Council, Scotland, UK – 2009 Founder Award

2007 Awards[]

• Jimmy Wales, Co-founder, Wikipedia, Inc. & Angela Beesley, Founder, Wikia, Inc. – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year
• Cornell Agriculture & Food Technology Park – Intelligent Facility of the Year
• Sunderland, UK – Lifetime Achievement Award

2006 Awards[]

• MaRS Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Intelligent Building of the Year
• Communications Ministry of Afghanistan – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year

2005 Awards[]

• Ebene Cyber Tower, Mauritius – Intelligent Building of the Year
• New Partnership for Africa's Development NEPAD – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year

2004 Award[]

• Hong Kong Cyberport, Hong Kong SAR, China – Intelligent Building of the Year

2002 Award[]

• International Tech Park, Bangalore, India – Intelligent Building of the Year
• Cable Television Laboratory's DOCSIS Standard – Intelligent Community Technology of the Year
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter – Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year^[3]

Events[]

In even-numbered years, ICF holds the Building the Broadband Economy Conference (BBE), for local government officials and their private-sector partners in telecom, IT, finance, real estate, and consulting.

BBE is produced in association with the Institute for Technology and Enterprise at Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

References[]

External links[]

• Taipei City Government Website – 2006 Intelligent Community of the Year
• Intelligent Community Forum Home Page
• Intelligent Waterloo Article