This story was first reported on eastcoastconnected.ca a few months ago. Both Moncton and Fredericton have been shortlisted by The Intelligent Community Forum for the most intelligent community in the world award.

The Intelligent Community Forum takes place this week and each of the finalist cities is making a 30 minute presentation.

Along with city officials from Moncton and Fredericton, the New Brunswick government is sending a delegation to New York for the conference.

Many of the companies that sponsor the forum, such as Research In Motion, Atria Networks, Globecomm Systems, Intelsat, Skylogic and Cisco Systems, also sell many of the services that help cities rank high in the scoring system.

The rest of this story is an equally intelligent read at cbc.ca