The Digital Twin Consortium and the Smart Cities Council have announced a “significant expansion” of their global partnership
The Digital Twin Consortium brings together industry, academia and government expertise to drive the awareness, adoption, interoperability and development of digital twin technology.
Its working groups cover areas including AEC/O, manufacturing, transportation, aerospace and agriculture.
Based in Washington DC, the Smart Cities Council is the world’s largest and longest-running social impact organization focused on building positive, self-sustaining impact for smart cities, buildings and technologies.
Its task forces develop policies, tools, training assets and interoperable vendor ecosystems for areas such as digital twin maturity, smart buildings and the Future of Place Framework.
The organizations said the expanded partnership will significantly enhance the capability and capacity being brought to common domain verticals.
These include:
- Smart airports & intelligent transportation hubs.
- Smart tourism.
- Regional communities.
- Indigenous communities.
- Healthcare & aged care.
- Intelligent buildings & infrastructure.
‘Dramatic acceleration’
Digital Twin Consortium CTO Dan Isaacs has been appointed Smart Cities Council global thought leader – digital twins. This role will “dramatically accelerate” the partnership between the two bodies.
In addition, Smart Cities Council president Corey Gray will address the DTC membership at its quarterly members’ meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 11-13 June.
Furthermore, Isaacs and members of the DTC will lead Digital Twin Day and participate in related tracks at the Smart Cities Week APAC event in Adelaide, Australia, from 5-9 August. This will make it the region’s largest and highest-profile digital twin program ever.
The event is backed by the South Australian Government, trade and investment agencies from nearly 20 countries and private sector sponsors including NCS, Messge and Delos Delta. It will feature thought leadership from academia, industry and the public sector.
The expanded partnership is also expected to bring benefits in education and training via the Smart Cities Academy and reciprocal membership agreements.
Recent research forecast that the global market for smart cities engineering and construction services is set for an unprecedented boom.
The study by Astute Analytica predicts that revenues will jump from $114.3bn in 2021 to $453bn by 2030.
