Vijayawada: The Happy Cities Summit will be held from April 10 to April 12, at A-1 Convention Center and will follow the theme ‘Urban Transformation to Global Living’. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu reviewed themes, designs and plans for the organization of the Happy Cities Summit at the Secretariat on Monday.
The Chief Minister also reviewed the status of the construction of roads around the capital region and directed officials to complete all the works on road constructions by monsoon.
Officials from Dassault Systems, whom the chief minister met during the World Economic Forum in Davos also presented their Virtual 3D city proposal.
The chief minister was informed that the implementation of the Virtual 3D system would help in providing live data of all the happenings in the city to the Government database and can be used to show real-time visuals.
The chief minister also asked officials from Dassault Systems to prepare a demo of Virtual 3D City so that it can be demonstrated at the Happy Cities Summit in April.
What is Happy Cities Summit?
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) has conceptualized the “Happy Cities Summit: Amaravati 2018”, the first of an annual global event on urban innovation and best practices, focused on new and emerging cities in the developing world. The “Happy Cities Summit: Amaravati 2018” will be centered on the foundational principles of “happy cities”:citizen-centricity, livability, and sustainability. As part of the Summit, we will cover important sub-themes within each of these.
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