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How Government Innovation Promises to Help Communities Fight Wildfires

IdeaScale

Firefighting agencies are responding with computer modeling, advanced topographic mapping, new fire management techniques, sensors, mobile monitors, infrastructure upgrades, and new government innovation programs. According to a Congressional report , over 17,000 structures burned across ten million acres during 59 fires in 2020 alone.

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Qmarkets Partner with DigitalBasel to Facilitate Crowdsourced Innovation at 2020’s Swiss Digital Days

Qmarkets

Last year DigitalBasel and Qmarkets combined forces to power collaborative innovation as part of the 2020 Swiss Digital Days – a nationwide event that welcomed over 80,000 attendees both virtually and physically across Switzerland.

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IdeaScale Climate Innovation Pledge

IdeaScale

For the first time in 2020, solar and wind were at the top for new power generation. Though many governments and companies are committing to achieving this, it will take help from everyone to reach this level of sustainability. Governments and other organizations will create policies to regulate necessary actions.

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DigitalBasel Launches Open Innovation Challenge on Qmarkets Platform

Qmarkets

DigitalBasel and Qmarkets have combined forces to demonstrate the power of crowdsourcing and collaborative innovation. The campaign was announced during a joint session hosted by DigitalBasel and Qmarkets at the 2020 Swiss Digital Days – a nationwide event supported by leading companies including Swisscom and SBB.

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Make America Innovate Again – Digital Transformation, Citizen Participation, and Government Efficiency

Qmarkets

As a general rule, we hold our governments to a higher standard than that which we hold private businesses and corporations to. Private sector businesses are expected to only look out for themselves, but the government is meant to look out for us. Or, for that matter, any government body at the local, state or national level.

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DigitalBasel Launches Open Innovation Challenge on Qmarkets Platform

Qmarkets

DigitalBasel and Qmarkets have combined forces to demonstrate the power of crowdsourcing and collaborative innovation. The campaign was announced during a joint session hosted by DigitalBasel and Qmarkets at the 2020 Swiss Digital Days – a nationwide event supported by leading companies including Swisscom and SBB.

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The Role of Data in a successful digital transformation journey

Acuvate

Insights-driven businesses are growing at an average of more than 30% each year and by 2020, are predicted to take $1.8 At the crux of digital transformation, however, lies good data, effective governance and an effective data strategy that defines how data is used across the enterprise. trillion in 2023.

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