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FOLLOW US We are in full swing! Make sure to come down to  Calvert 22 Space  today for our  Day of Diversity ! We have panels and screenings on from 1:30PM-10PM, so don't miss out! If you fancy something different for your #SMALLSFF17 experience, check out the below! Join us in delving into worlds of dimension and illusion, mystery and digital art at our  Animation screening  this year! Honouring the beauty of the medium at its crux, come through the peephole of an apartment door, across deserts with an anteater, brewing tea at a Turkish country house and living in a virtual reality, and be across whole universes of experiences. 3rd September, 1:30PM-3PM Calvert 22 Space GET TICKETS Join D&AD for an  exclusive screening  of this year's  Next Director Award shortlist . From music videos to animation and shorts to documentaries, this is your chance to get up to speed with work from the next ...

  Insights :  September 1, 2017 G.Fast Is this the fix for ubiquitous gigabit speeds? In a perfect world, fiber networks would be ubiquitous by now. After all, deployments grew substantially over the past decade and show no signs of slowing. But this is not a perfect world, and the reality of high costs and complex deployments is chipping away at the gigabit-everywhere vision. Is G.Fast the answer?   More from the community site for the global broadband industry Hurricane Harvey: The Industry Responds Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will visit Texas on September 5 to see the damage Hurricane Harvey caused the region and to meet with those working on recovery initiatives. UBB2020 editor  Alison Diana  reports. Smart Cities: Data Is Lifeblood, Telcos King Every city will soon be smart city, gathering data from most services and users, empowering citizens, a...

First-Ever 'U.S. Cities SDG Index' Ranks American Cities Based on Sustainability SDSN released the first ever U.S. Cities SDG Index which ranks the 100 most populous U.S. cities, using Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), based on their performance on the SDGs. A list of the global media coverage is available  here . SDSN Malaysia has Published the Second Edition of  Rising to the Challenge The book showcases promising initiatives that align the SDGs with the country’s current development plan, the Eleventh Malaysia Plan (2016-2020). The featured initiatives were selected based on their impact, scalability, and transferability, as well as their contribution and relevance to the Eleventh Malaysia Plan and the 17 goals.  New SDG Academy Course! How do we future-proof the global economy? Sustainable development is the investment our global economy needs to weather geopolitical instability now and ...