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Published inSep 2019
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Romain Tormen
Romain Tormen
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Romain Tormen

Romain Tormen is a senior consultant for PwC, a worldwide consulting firm. He has experienced digital transformation within several industries and different business units. Specialized in emerging technologies, he promotes to his clients the use of blockchain for better transaction security, transparency, disintermediation, and third-parties authentication. As a contributing writer for one of the most-read tech-oriented website hackernoon, Romain gives business insights and provides use-cases for a broad range of industries.
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Smart cities and public issues

Economic, social, technological, and political shifts are reshaping the world very quickly and new challenges arise for nations and particularly for cities. As governments are seeking to incorporate innovations within their cities, blockchain can offer something more.

According to the World Bank, more than 54% of the global population now lives in cities and contributes to more than half of the world's GDP. Because of this, cities are deeply concerned by global shifts set out previously: urbanization, demographic change, aging workforce, and environmental issues.

As a primary environment for a nation's development and wealth, cities must be able to embrace these changes to become a better place to live by becoming smarter, more collaborative, more inclusive, more sustainable, and more connected to provide enhanced services and a high quality...

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Published in: Sep 2019Publisher: ISBN-13: 9781838552275

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Romain Tormen

Romain Tormen is a senior consultant for PwC, a worldwide consulting firm. He has experienced digital transformation within several industries and different business units. Specialized in emerging technologies, he promotes to his clients the use of blockchain for better transaction security, transparency, disintermediation, and third-parties authentication. As a contributing writer for one of the most-read tech-oriented website hackernoon, Romain gives business insights and provides use-cases for a broad range of industries.
Read more about Romain Tormen