Smart Cities Week Podcast

Hear from Jean Case, the first female Chairman of the National Geographic Society in its 130-year history and CEO of the Case Foundation. She is a philanthropist, investor, and internet and impacts investing pioneer who advocates for the importance of embracing a more fearless approach to innovate and bring about transformational breakthroughs.

We were fortunate enough to speak with Jack McDougle, President & CEO of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Listen to his updates on the newly launched The Greater Washington Smart Region Movement. And join us at Smart Cities Week to hear more from Jack and the rest of the GWSRM team!

Clarence Wardell, Director of City Solutions at Results for America, joined us on the latest Smart Cities Week Podcast ahead of his appearance in The Real-Time City session at Smart Cities Week Washington, D.C., next September 30 - October 2, 2019. "Cities are recognizing that they need to be more data smart in terms of program and service delivery." Clarence Wardell

We spoke to Adjunct Professor of Columbia University, San Diego speaker André Corrêa d’Almeida, about how Data can make a city truly smart and also looked ahead to Smart Cities Week San Diego, California which starts next week! "My hope is that we will be able to address inequality and explore economic opportunities better. We know the population living in urban areas is expanding, the urban systems are going through incredible stress, and cities are having huge inequality. My hope is to find smarter ways to use the huge amounts of data available for the benefit of all." says André Corrêa d’Almeida.

Hear from Chris Richardson, Deputy CIO, Arizona State University on how university campuses are transforming into small smart cities. "My role as Deputy CIO is to make data transparent, to bridge the gap between serving our students, our staff, faculty, our alumni and the stakeholders that come to our campus at any time. We are trying to find solutions that make our digital and physical environments merge in ways that were impossible in previous eras."

The Mayor of the City of Chula Vista, Mary Salas joined us on the Smart Cities Week Podcast ahead of her appearance in the Opening Plenary Mayors Roundtable at Smart Cities Week San Diego next April 15-17. "The vision and strategy we've adopted in 2017 is a Smart Cities Strategic action plan. It is a formalization of steps that we have taken progressively to make sure that the future of Chula Vista maximizes technology and data to better serve and engage citizens. We also want to enhance sustainability to improve our public safety and to promote local economic development." Mary Salas, Mayor of Chula Vista

We had the pleasure of hearing from Mayor Serge Dedina from the city of Imperial Beach. Hear Mayor Dedina tell us about Imperial Beach's smart infrastructure projects. "I think the biggest issue with anything in California, and this is wherever if its a technological, housing or infrastructure issue is that its all about equity and equitable investments." Mayor Dedina, Mayor, Imperial Beach, CA

You will hear from Erik Caldwell, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, City of San Diego on how this city has a unique innovation ecosystem and more start-ups than Silicon Valley. "Why we are so excited to have Smart Cities Week coming to San Diego? You will be able to see a lot of the advanced technologies that we often hear about and are in place here in San Diego," says Eric Caldwell.

Today we are delighted to be joined by Eric Gertler, the U.S. News & World Report Chairman. Have a listen to this insightful conversation which covers many topics such as Eric's life and his experiences, the New York City economic development corporation, what is the secret to successful developing, transforming and growing megacities? Some of the major issues cities like New York are facing and much more!

Prayukth K V is the chief marketing officer at Subex, who is a Catalyst group sponsor at Smart Cities Week Washington D.C., Sit back and listen to this interesting discussion about IOT Security for Smart Cities.

Connected transportation is a new reality that has or will impact every city. Hear from state and local transportation officials who will address how they are using IOT to improve the efficiency of public transit systems, strengthen traffic safety and reduce vehicle congestion. Learn these experts’ top 10 priorities for preparing their cities for the future of transportation. This Episode Features: Shailen Bhatt, President, and CEO, ITS America Jeff Marootian, Director Department of Transportation, District of Columbia Sameer Sharma, General Manager, Intel Corporation Robert Cary, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia

Sensors enable cities to gather huge quantities of data, but creating manageable and useful tools remains a challenge for many. Providing data in publicly accessible and secure formats has vexed many local governments. Hear from data officers from a range of cities who are effectively collecting, analyzing, securing and basing decisions on public data. This episode features: Amen Ra Mashariki – Head of Urban Analytics, Esri Derek Prall, Editor, American City and County Barney Krucoff – Interim Chief Technology Officer, Government of the District of Columbia Tracy McKee – Chief Data Officer, City of Baltimore

Hear from the original CIOs and CTOs who launched the smart city movement in Kansas City, San Francisco, New York and Seattle as they look ahead to what’s next for cities. This candid conversation will provide insights into the opportunities and challenges for cities in the evolving and maturing smart cities market. This episode features; Bob Bennett, Chief Innovation Officer, Kansas City Miguel Gamino, Executive Vice President, MasterCard Michael Mattmiller, Director, Government Affairs, Microsoft

The winners of the 2018 Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant shared their experiences orienting their city leaders, community stakeholders and businesses around their smart city programs. Hear from officials from Birmingham, Cary, Las Vegas, Louisville, Virginia and Puerto Rico as they address their plans for advancing their cities as well as their major challenges to date. This episode features: Jennifer James, Global Readiness Program Director, Smart Cities Council Carlos Mercader, Executive Director, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration David Ihrie, CTO, Center for Innovative Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia Terry Yates, Smart Cities Program Manager, City of Cary, NC Josh Carpenter, Director, Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity, City of Birmingham Grace Simrall, Chief of Civic Innovation and Technology, Louisville Metro Government Don Jacobson, Business Partner for Innovation in the Information Technologies Department, City of Las Vegas

Local governments are implementing clean and renewable energy and green building policies. Electric companies are investing in digital technology to improve energy generation and distribution efficiency. This episode will examine how electric companies and cities are collaborating to jointly plan and achieve smart city goals and objectives. This episode features: Ladeene Freimuth, Policy Director, GridWise Alliance President, The Freimuth Group, LLC John Smola, Director of Business Transformation, Alabama Power Bryan Clark, Director, Utility of the Future, Pepco Holdings Chris Seidt, Director of Information Technology, Louisville Metro Government

In order to keep pace with technological and economic growth, cities are looking for new business models to fund their smart city programs. Hear from CIOs and CFOs about their creative procurement and finance strategies such as city-wide RFPs, performance contracting, infrastructure as a service, green bonds and more. This episode features: Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President, Deltek Lindsay Wines, Chief of Staff at Baltimore City Office of Information & Technology Ruth McMorrow, Executive Vice President, Parsons George Karayannis, Executive Director, CityNOW Smart District Solutions, Panasonic

Learn about initiatives in Maryland and Georgia as well as innovations by non-profits to educate, develop, recruit and retain the smart city workforce of the future. Find out how you can create a ready workforce and provide job opportunities for difficult-to-employ populations. This Episode features: Shlomy Kattan, Executive Director, Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE Kelly Schulz, Secretary of Labor, State of Maryland Anthony Amato, Vice President of Business Services, Workforce Opportunity Services Anthony Hood, Director of Civic Innovation, Office of the President, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Hear from leading practitioners as they discuss their successes to date and plans for the future in their local and state smart cities programs. This episode features: Wendy Gnenz - Chief Information Officer, City of Edmonton, Canada Frank Johnson - Chief Information Officer, City of Baltimore Adam Beck - Executive Director, Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand Barney Krucoff - Interim Chief Technology Officer, Government of the District of Columbia

Executive Director of the $7M Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE, Shlomy Kattan joined us on the Smart Cities Week Podcast ahead of his appearance at this week's Smart Cities Week. Shlomy and his team work directly with the field-testing cities of Dallas, Los Angeles and Philadelphia to help invest in the lives of their residents by addressing adult low-literacy and the burdens it places on job growth, medical costs and a child’s future educational success.

We had the pleasure of hearing from Secretary Kelly Schulz of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. Secretary Schulz told us about Maryland's apprenticeship programs and competitive grant program, EARN. As well as, some of the challenges and achievements that she has encountered in her role so far. We also spoke a little bit about Smart Cities Week Washington, D.C. where Secretary Schulz will be joining us for our panel session 'Training, Recruitment, and Retention for the Smart City Workforce' Find out more at smartcitiesweek.com

We spoke to Executive Director of Cities of Service & Smart Cities Week Washington, D.C. Keynote Speaker Myung Lee, about the achievements and goals of Cities of Service, the challenges Mayors and CIOs face today in cities and also looked ahead to Smart Cities Week Washington, D.C. which starts next week! Find out more at www.smartcitiesweek.com

Here’s your opportunity to listen to an exclusive interview with Bob Bennett, Chief Innovation Officer at City of Kansas City, MO. Bob, an ex-US Army Chief Operations officer, is using his skills of collaboration and information sharing to change Kansas City, Missouri for the better. He’s also an advisory member of the Internet of Things Consortium as well as named one of GovTech’s 25 Top Dreamers, Doers and Drivers. Listen to Bob's story, and then join him at Smart Cities Week Washington D.C. 2018 - smartcitiesweek.com/2018-washington/

Jesse Berst, Chairman of the Smart Cities Council extends a warm welcome to Smart Cities Week Washington D.C., taking place October 2-4 2018. Conference tracks include: - Re-imagining Transportation - Enlightened Financing - The Smart Workforce - Data for Civic Good - Smart Infrastructure Find out more at https://www.smartcitiesweek.com/2018-washington/

Cities depend on mobile networks for day-to-day operations and delivery of citizen services, and this dependence is growing rapidly. In this episode, mobile operators and local government officials address the critical role of IoT applications for not only transportation, public safety and sustainability, but also for stimulating entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. Featuring: David Witkowski – Executive Director of Civic Technologies, Joint Venture Silicon Valley Peter Murray – Executive Director, Dense Networks Geoff Arnold – CTO, Verizon Smart Communities

Open data systems provide a foundation for civic innovation. While cities collect vast quantities of data through sensors and other means, many struggle to compile data into useful and publicly available formats that can be accessed not only by local government decision makers, but also to the public, while ensuring privacy and security. By making public data available to city staff, developers, non-profit organizations, and the public, cities can streamline service delivery and operations, stimulate partnerships, and empower and engage residents. Learn from data officers from Los Angeles and others about how they are leveraging data to advance city and regional goals. Featuring: Sari Ladin Sienne – Chief Data Officer, City of Los Angeles Graham Walker – Product Marketing Director, Allied Telesis Stonly Baptiste – Co-Founder, Urban US Rachel Han – Director of Business Development, OpenDataSoft Kathleen O’Dell – Principal, Deloitte

Hear from the leaders using the "Science of Wellbeing to Guide Your Smart City,” to find out how cities are using data to understand the needs of residents and to identify the most effective ways to improve outcomes. Specifically, learn about how data on civic well being has changed the policies and priorities of the City of Santa Monica. Featuring: Julie Rusk - Chief of Civic Well Being, City of Santa Monica, CA Anthony Sardella - CEO of Evolve24 Lisa Parson – Project Manager of The Wellbeing Project City, City of Santa Monica, CA Jason Haber - Assitant City Manager, City of Carlsbad Adam Beck - Executive Director, Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand

Hear about the coming mobility revolution from Daniel Sperling of UC Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies. He addresses the need for policies to ensure that electric, automated, and shared vehicles provide for improved traffic conditions, reduced carbon emissions and increased accessibility and affordability. Featuring: Daniel Sperling, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director, Institute of Transportation Studies - UC Davis

2018 Readiness Challenge Grant Winners What’s Next for The Winning Cities (and How Do They Get There?) Featuring: Randall Woodfin – Mayor, Birmingham, Alabama Terry Yates – Smart Cities Program Manager, Cary, North Carolina David Ihrie – Chief Technology Officer, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology Chris Seidt – Director of Information Technology, Louisville-Jefferson County Don Jacobson – Business Partner for Innovation, City of Las Vegas Jennifer James – Readiness Program Director, Smart Cities Council

Cities are complex and dynamic environments, which present many opportunities for new uses of merging technologies and data. In this episode, Luis Bettencourt will address many features that are common to all cities as complex ecosystems of people interacting over the built environment. In this light, he will presesnt opportunities to make cities smarter in terms of the efficiency and quality of underlying infrastructure, as well as the creation of informational signals and better markets that can reduce transaction costs and promote connectivity and exchange. Finally, he will highlight the need for smarter cities to integrate engineering solutions with a new logic of design that incorporates open-ended human development and synergies with evolving natural environments.

Local government leaders seek to mitigate climate change by reducing carbon emissions in all sectors from transportation to procurement to resource conservation and reuse. At the same time, they are preparing for and responding to climate change impacts such as extreme weather events, droughts, flooding and wildfires. Hear from government sustainability leaders who are on the front lines of creating sustainable and resilient smart cities. Featuring: Gordon Feller – Founder, Meeting of the Minds Daniel Hamilton – Sustainability Manager, City of Oakland Debbie Raphael – Director, San Francisco Department of the Environment Dennis Gakunga – Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chula Vista

Through governance, regulation and investment, the public sector can create an environment in which innovation occurs. Cities, counties, states and other units offer access to technology and data, set policies that support startups through simplified regulations and licensing, and host incubators and accelerators. In this episode, you will hear from practitioners from the San Diego region, the state of California and an Australian NGO about their efforts to create a climate of innovation and entrepreneurship. Featuring: Emma Hendry – CEO, Hendry Marty Turock – Strategic Projects Consultant, Clean Tech San Diego Erik Stokes – Manager, Energy Deployment and Market Facilitation Office California Energy Commission Johanna Pittman – Program Director, CityConnect

Hear from transportation officials as they address the progress city, regional and state agencies are making towards planning for the future of mobility through investments in transportation infrastructure. With objectives such as increasing transportation options, enhancing the quality of life and improving sustainability, practitioners will address how planning, coordination with other departments to bring a range of services, creative financing and public-private partnerships that modern mobility possible. Featuring: Jason Goldman – Vice President, ITSA Roger Millar – Secretary, Washington State Department of Transportation Stefano Landi – Global Sales, Business Development & Partnerships, Verizon Dan McElhinney – District 4 Chief Deputy District Director, CalTrans

Building an Innovation Economy–Secrets from America’s Leading Cities The same technologies that make a city smart also make it an ideal place to launch innovative new businesses. Hear from some of Silicon Valley’s most vibrant cities about their biggest successes; their biggest challenges; their biggest lessons learned; and the economic development aspects of their smart city efforts. Featuring: Lily Mei – Mayor, City of Fremont Jonathan Reichental – CIO, City of Palo Alto Joy Bonaguro – Chief Data Officer, City of San Francisco Shireen Santosham – Chief Innovation Officer, City of San Jose Jesse Berst – Chairman, Smart Cities Council

Julie Rusk, first Chief of Civic Wellbeing for the City of Santa Monica illustrates the revelation governments around the world are starting to recognize that economic growth alone does not determine a community’s success. True measures of progress take into account the wellbeing of people. https://www.smartcitiesweek.com/2018-Silicon-Valley/

Citywide Communication Networks are crucial for transportation, public safety, sustainability and growing your innovation economy. In the 21st Century, we are going to be spending decades building up our communications infrastructure and any city that falls behind will suffer economically.

Interview with Kristin Musulin an editor from Smart Cities Dive, on the topic of Open Data. In the interview we discussed the following questions: 1. How are data and analytics used for the good of the public in a city? 2. Cities are becoming ever more data-driven, citizens & governments are more connected than ever before. But what about the security risks? 3. Why do you think future smart city developments will have to reconsider their use of data? 4. How does data play into overcoming mobility challenges? 5. Why are networking/educational gatherings important for both public and private sector? 6. What did you gain from your time at Smart Cities Week in October? www.smartcitiesweek.com/2018-Silicon-Valley/ www.smartcitiesdive.com/

Jesse Berst, Chairman of the Smart Cities Council on how Smart Cities are using technology to improve not just their sustainability, and livability, but also their workability - their appeal as a place to do business. Connectivity, electric power, and open data are all highlighted. https://www.smartcitiesweek.com/2018-Silicon-Valley/

The key role that Electric Companies must play, in making our cities smart, highlighted by Jesse Berst, Chairman of the Smart Cities Council. https://www.smartcitiesweek.com/2018-Silicon-Valley/

Global perspective of Smart Cities discussed by Adam Beck, Executive Director of Smart Cities Council Australia & New Zealand. In this episode, Adam shares his thoughts in the lead up to Smart Cities Week Silicon Valley in May (7-9). Adam also gives a global perspective on Smart Cities, with examples from India, Europe and Australia & New Zealand.

Program Manager, Danielle Miller Wagner, introduces several new formats that we are bringing to the conference and exhibtion at the Santa Clara Convention Center, May 7-9 2018.

"There's nothing more important to a modern city than mobility, moving people and goods in ways that are efficient, cost-effective and sustainable". Jesse Berst, Chairman, Smart Cities Council www.smartcitiesweek.com/2018-Silicon-Valley/

Jesse Berst, Chairman of the Smart Cities Council, outlines what to expect at this year’s Smart Cities Week Silicon Valley. https://www.smartcitiesweek.com/2018-Silicon-Valley/