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20 May 2015
This presentation discusses the interoperability challenges everyone faces in times of crisis and disaster. It explains how Wave, an innovation of Motorola Solutions, Inc., responds to the challenge by providing effective communication and collaboration through secure, reliable, and real-time voice…
20 May 2015
This presentation introduces R!SE, an alliance between six collaborating communities, with the goal to unlock public-private disaster risk management (DRM) potential. The initiative is created based on the results of a survey seeking to understand why the private sector has not engaged in DRM…
20 May 2015
This presentation explains how Battelle Memorial Institute builds on experiences of the US Department of Energy’s smart grid activities. It also suggests approaches to possible challenges, where communities should work closely together. The Grid Command Distribution tool offered by Battelle…
20 May 2015
This presentation discusses the importance of bringing innovation to markets. It explains how Battelle Memorial Institute, through its creation of a Commercialization Council, has allowed Battelle-managed labs and related affiliates charged with commercialization to share information and coordinate…
20 May 2015
Committed to assisting companies in solving the energy trilemma, energy technology powerhouse DN VGL combines utility experience with technical expertise to serve clients across the entire utility and power system value chain. The company has been working on more than 40 cases in Smart Green Cities…
20 May 2015
This presentation discusses the drivers for growth, including challenges and barriers to the development of electric vehicles (EV) in India. The Government of India’s “Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME)” scheme, as part of National Electric Mobility Plan 2020,…
20 May 2015
This presentation discusses why public transport is the driver of urban development. It also explains Asian Development Bank's Lumbini Clean Public Transport scheme under the South Asia Tourism Infrastructure Development Project. Electric vehicle projects in Bangladesh and Nepal are used as case…
20 May 2015
Asia’s developing countries continue to face challenges in meeting energy security, environmental sustainability, and community resilience. The smart grid integrated vehicle concept, according to the presentation, is an option to be considered that can possibly help cover incremental costs and…
20 May 2015
This presentation explains the common understandings of what is required of disaster-resilient solutions. What it takes to build potential knowledge partnerships with the private sector and Asian Development Bank's potential role in facilitating these partnerships are also discussed.
20 May 2015
Developing member countries of Asian Development Bank (ADB) have expressed the need for better knowledge solutions. ADB is increasingly optimistic about using knowledge partnerships to expand its knowledge base, as well as to boost its operations, through the unlimited possibilities presented by…