Dentons Smart Cities Chat Series

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Dentons Smart Cities Chat Series is a podcast that aims to help cities, communities, and stakeholders modernize digital, physical and social infrastructure to take advantage of technological developments that enable the integration of essential services. We share stories on the latest technologies and smart city development from industry professionals and legal thought leaders. What makes a community ‘smart’? Why is everyone obsessed with data? How do municipalities integrate 5G infrastructure into their urban design, and how do carriers ensure that local concerns are addressed? From a socio-economic standpoint, what does the future hold for smart cities? Learn about all these topics and more.

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    • Aug 24, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Why are public-private collaborations important to smart cities?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 27:45


    In this episode, Amer Pasalic speaks with William Muller, Vice President of Business Development at Seoul Robotics, to explore emerging traffic technologies smart cities are using to enhance efficiency and safety for their communities.

    What comes first for implementing a smart city; The chicken and egg problem in broadband

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 29:09


    In this episode, Monica Song has a policy discussion on broadband with Ian Scott, former Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). They discuss barriers, opportunities and topics like how well prepared Canada is for scaling up to seamless online access across cities and metropolitan regions. If you would like to watch the video recording of this podcast, please click here.

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    Why every smart city needs smart density

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 22:31


    In this episode, Diana Doracin speaks with Naama Blonder who is an architect and urban designer and the co-founder of the architecture firm Smart Density, about how smart density contributes to smart mobility.

    Bridging the digital divide

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 18:07


    In this episode, Katarzyna Sliwa speaks with Larry Williams, President and CEO of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), about some of the key challenges in bridging the digital divide between urban and rural cities, with a focus on Georgia.

    How geothermal energy systems contribute to sustainable development

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 8:10


    In this episode, Diana Betlej speaks with Kevin Beaudette, Director of Mid-Rise at Caivan Communities, to discuss the benefits of implementing geothermal energy into new development projects from a developer and consumer perspective.

    Bringing communities along on the smart city journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 19:05


    In this episode, Katarzyna Sliwa speaks with Shannon Brushe, Partner at Dentons Global Advisors, to discuss the communications challenges companies and consumers are facing in the transition to smarter cities and the forward thinking needed to ensure key stakeholders are engaged throughout the process.

    Dentons joins IBI Group-led Smart City Sandbox

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 23:07


    In this episode, Kat Sliwa speaks with Rahul Mehra , Director, Senior Practice Lead Intelligent Systems at IBI Group to speak about Dentons becoming the newest member of IBI's Smart Cities Sandbox. They touch on some of today's hot topics like gas prices and electric vehicles, broadband requirements for a smart city and digital twinning.

    Using technology to improve the development process

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 37:10


    In this episode, Dentons counsel, Mary Ellen Bench sits down with Arash Shahi, CEO at AECO Innovation Lab and Ralph Kaminski, CBO at the Town of Oakville to talk about using standards, policy and technology to reduce red tape and improve the development process.

    Expanding high-speed internet across Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 29:45


    In this episode, John Casola, CIO of Canada Infrastructure Bank joins Dentons Partner, Michael Ledgett to discuss how rural municipalities and indigenous communities are partnering with private sector telecom developers and investors to build and operate fiber optic cable backbones to bring high speed internet to public and private users.

    Smart sustainable communities from the ground up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 47:48


    In our latest episode, Kat Sliwa sits down with Tim Cane, Director of Growth, Mike Melinyshyn, CFO/Director of Corporate Service at the Town of Innisfil and with Nathalie Waelbroech, Project Designer at IBI as they discuss Canadian municipalities changing the way things are done.

    Waterfront Toronto and what makes a city "smart"?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 48:41


    In this episode, Katarzyna Sliwa sits down with Chantal Bernier, National Practice Leader Privacy and Cybersecurity, Dentons, and Kristina Verner, Vice President, Innovation, Sustainability & Prosperity, Waterfront Toronto to discuss what makes a city 'smart'. On the Sidewalk Labs Quayside project, Chantal acted as privacy counsel to Waterfront Toronto, alongside Kristina, who led the project. They provided an overview on how they worked together to design Waterfront Toronto while ensuring privacy rights are respected.

    Proptech, smart buildings, and digital twining

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 26:15


    How will proptech impact the future of construction? How can a digital twin assist with identifying and optimizing the static and active assets within a building? What is a digital twin? How is construction technology reinventing the relationship between the physical space and unseen assets. Learn more about these questions and more as Katarzyna Sliwa (Dentons Canada LLP) discusses opportunities around smart building with Terry Olynyk (President and Managing Director, Multiplex Canada).

    Top 5 Things Privacy Officers need to know about the CPPA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 14:19


    The introduction of Bill C-11, the new Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), could change the privacy landscape in Canada leaving many chief privacy officers wondering what the next steps are and should be. In this episode of Smart Cities Chat Series podcast, Chantal Bernier, National Practice Leader, Privacy and Cybersecurity, outlines the top five considerations every privacy officer needs to know about the CPPA.

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    From autonomous vehicles to smart cities: privacy implications

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 24:03


    Description: In this episode, Karl Schober and Kelly Osaka sit down with Mary Ellen Bench and Anca Sattler and discuss how smart cities harness advances in sustainable technology and give rise to autonomous vehicles, as well as exploring the privacy implications of modernizing digital, physical and social infrastructure.

    A fireside chat with AirMatrix: How drones fit into the smart city ecosystem

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 24:16


    Drones offer the ability to go where people aren't, and do things that people can't. This gives rise to countless opportunities to increase connectivity and modernize infrastructure in urban environments. In this episode, Bashir Kahn (Founder and CEO, AirMatrix) joins Kathryn McCulloch (Dentons Canada LLP) to discuss some of these use cases, as well as the regulatory and technological challenges to driving drones forward in Canada.

    Intellectual property issues at the heart of smart cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 19:57


    IoT as well as third party collaboration and co-development are central to Smart City technologies.

    Smart cities roadmap to recovery

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 28:12


    Cities have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis. Online shopping and teleworking are now the norm, and digital infrastructure is more important than ever. The pandemic has highlighted the massive equity challenge faced in our Cities and across the country. From a socio-economic standpoint, what does the future hold for Cities? Chris Murray (City Manager, City of Toronto) joins Michael Ledgett (Dentons Canada LLP) to discuss the City of Toronto's strategies for building a renewed Toronto out of the pandemic.

    The power of data for smart cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 28:10


    The Smart Cities space moves fast. Intelligent infrastructure is becoming essential. Data is helping to innovate in the Smart Cities space, but also gives rise to new legal issues which need to be handled with care. In this episode, Jody Becker (Chief Strategy Officer & EVP Infrastructure Services & Technology) joins Kirsten Thompson (Dentons Canada LLP) and Karl Schober (Dentons Canada LLP) to discuss developments in the Smart Cities space, issues regarding data transparency and ownership of data, cross-border transfers of information, and futureproofing future projects.

    Smart mobility

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 29:25


    As zero emission and autonomous vehicle technology becomes increasingly commonplace, how can transit agencies and governments use these technologies to move more people via low carbon, smart modes of transportation? Where does Canada fall among early adopters of these technologies?

    Communities from the ground up

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 21:04


    What makes a community ‘smart'? How do planners, developers, and municipalities leverage smart technologies to plan for and create communities based on principles of healthy, sustainable development? In this episode, Agnes Koc (Manager, Marketing and Communications, Dorsay Development Corporation) and Mary Ellen Bench (Dentons Canada LLP) discuss Veraine, the smart, healthy and sustainable community planned in Northeast Pickering.

    5G Network deployment - Enabling an essential driver of smart city solutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 27:39


    In this episode, Shawn Slack (Director, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, City of Mississauga) and Paul Cowling (Senior Vice-President, General Counsel & Regulatory Affairs, Shaw Communications Inc.) join Monica Song (Dentons Canada LLP) to discuss the challenges and opportunities that 5G networks present to municipalities. How do municipalities integrate 5G infrastructure into their urban design, and how carriers ensure that local concerns are addressed?

    Smart cities in Canada: The role of Infrastructure Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 22:08


    In this episode, Kelly Gillis (Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada) joins Dentons Partner, Michael Ledgett to discuss the role of Infrastructure Canada in the Smart City space. Kelly and Michael discuss the need to be inclusive of communities of all sizes, the Federal Government's approach to community engagement, and optimizing private sector innovation and engagement.

    Securing social license from the start: Identifying privacy challenges and strategies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 21:06


    As the administrator and implementer of a vast number of programs and services, municipalities are the keepers of large amounts of their constituents' personal information.

    Understanding the role of drones in a smart city's ecosystem

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 10:49


    What roles will drones play as cities modernize? How will drones support the development and connectedness of smart cities? Listen in as Bashir Khan (Founder and CEO, AirMatrix) joins Kathryn McCulloch (Dentons Canada) to discuss the opportunities drones present.

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