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IWD Smart Champions pt 2: Sophie Mason

Sophie Mason, visionary Founder and CEO of Thinkedi, a trailblazing tech company at the forefront of reshaping workplace inclusion, shares her IWD message with Smart Towns 

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Celebrating International Women’s Day with our Digital Champions

Alison Davies is one of the key driver's of Welshpool's Smart Towns project- despite having no previous experience in the 'tech world' - Here Alison shares her journey to becoming a 'Smart Champion' 

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Smart Towns Wales Celebrate National Tree Week

This National Tree Week, we are thinking a lot about how trees are an integral part of Smart Towns.

I know what you’re thinking, ‘trees? You’re usually banging on about LoRaWAN’ (don’t worry, we’ll get to that in a minute!)

Smart Towns, at their core, are all about ways of making our towns more pleasant for the people who live there. This means different things to different people- and each town has their priority, from boosting footfall to managing traffic, and improving air quality…


[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37813709

5 Ways SMART Towns Technology Will Transform Highstreets Across Wales

In recent years, technology has transformed day-to-day life for many of us, but how can it be harnessed to solve key issues in our communities and to breathe new life into our highstreets?