Podcasts about smart cities council

"Cities can be the places that were how we do our metabolism as a spieces." Are you interested in ecological design? What do you think about bioregions in our planning? How can we avoid defuturing? Interview with Dr Stuart Cowan, Executive Director at Buckminster Fuller Institute. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, futuring and protopia, Spaceship Earth, reciprocity, experimentation, and many more. Dr. Stuart Cowan is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, advancing design science for systems change. He leads initiatives like the BFI Design Lab, fostering innovation to address critical planetary challenges. With 25 years' experience in regenerative design, finance, and systems, he co-founded Autopoiesis LLC, regenerating communities, ecosystems, and organizations. Stuart was the founding convener of the Regenerative Communities Network, supporting 15 bioregions, and has served as Chief Scientist at the Smart Cities Council. Co-author of Ecological Design, he earned a PhD in Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley, focusing on Complex Systems and Ecological Economics.Find out more about Stuart through these links:Stuart Cowan on LinkedIn Stuart Cowan websiteBuckminster Fuller Institute websiteBuckminster Fuller Institute on LinkedInBuckminster Fuller Institute on YoutubeEcological design - book by Stuart Cowan and Sim Van der RynOperating manual for a Spaceship Earth - book by Buckminster FullerChildren of a modest star - book by Jonathan S. Blake and Nils GilmanDesign for the pluriverse - book by Arturo EscobarDesigning from an abundance perspective - Stuart Cowan on the Ma Earth programConnecting episodes you might be interested in:No.101R - What we owe the future? (book summary)No.186 - Interview with Tom Bosschaert about Orchid CityNo.220 - Interview with Simon Burt about the importance of bees No.309R - Ecological urban planning and designWhat was the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WTF4Cities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wtf4cities.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website where the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sho⁠w⁠notes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are also available.I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lesfm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠

PHARR, Texas - Pharr Mayor Ambrosio Hernandez has explained why his city invested heavily in a blazing fast, citywide, fiber-to-the-home broadband.“Internet companies chose not to service south Pharr, which excluded many families for this critical service,” said Hernandez, during his 2024 State of the City address. The event was held at the Pharr Events Center. In his remarks, Hernandez said the COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the need for reliable internet service. “It went from being just a luxury to an absolute necessity. Without internet service many families lacked the ability to connect to schools, attend to their jobs, seek employment training, or even obtain medical assistance,” Hernandez said.So to address this need, Hernandez said, the City of Pharr created an internal solution, one that developed broadband internet service as a utility. He said the goal was to provide a service that was affordable, reliable, and accessible to all. “We lit a Pharr foundational footprint utilizing fiber optic cable with the goal to connect every family, every household, every business to Pharr Connect, which is powered by our very own TeamPharr.net network.”Hernandez pointed out that Pharr Connect has been highlighted as an innovative solution at the state and national level. He said it now serves “as a model for the delivery of internet service to impoverished communities nationwide.” Hernandez won applause for this line.“In fact, the visionary project has garnered such positive attention that we successfully secured more than $4.2 million in free grant funding from the Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas for the Pharr Connect Regional Digital Connector program. Talk about leveraging our investment with external funds. Congratulations Team Pharr.”Today, Pharr Connect is paving the way as a true community outreach platform, the mayor stated.“Some recent Pharr Connect milestones include monthly double digit growth in subscribers and revenue, with an average 430 new connections per month,” Hernandez said. “And we recently reached the 4,000 customer mark with the ultimate intent of lighting up the entire city of Pharr with high speed affordable and reliable internet connectivity service.”There was more applause. “In 2023 Pharr Connect won a prestigious award for our blazing fast, city wide, broadband service by the Smart Cities Council was recognized Pharr Connect as one of the top 50 projects of its kind in the world, not the state or the Valley, in the world,” said Hernandez, proudly.He said this was in addition to receiving the Cornerstone Award from Broadband Communities Magazine, a national publication. Editor's Note: Go to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service website to read the full story.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.

During the Venturous Session on 12 April 2023, Mr KC Tay, the Executive Director (ASEAN) of the Smart Cities Council, highlighted the four essential aspects of a successful Smart City. He emphasised the need for a citizen-centric approach, where improving the quality of life for citizens should be prioritised over solely focusing on the implementation of technology.KC also stressed the importance of data in the development of Smart Cities. He noted that collecting and analysing data could inform decision-making and help improve city services, making it a crucial component in building successful smart cities.Furthermore, KC argued that public good projects could drive business models by supporting citizens' livelihoods and improving their quality of life. The Smart Citytech industry has created numerous opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs in recent years, making it possible to achieve both social and economic goals.Lastly, KC discussed how developing youth leadership could be a sustainable model for building smart cities. Young people bring fresh ideas and innovative thinking to Smart City projects, making it necessary to invest in youth leadership to achieve long-term success in building citizen-centric Smart Cities.

Are you interested in beauty as a sustainability element? What do you think about people being pragmatic for change and transformation? How can we create successful cities? Interview with Corey Gray, engineer and director of the Smart Cities Council by Everyone. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, successful cities in the past and future, human pragmatism in regards to climate change, smartness vs intelligence, and many more. Since 1992 Corey Gray, a qualified Illumination Engineer, has been a prominent figure in the Smart City and IoT space. Founder and now Global Chairperson of LVX Global, Corey is an active member of global industry groups including Australian Smart Communities Association, Institute of Public Works Engineers Australasia and Silicon Valley based global technology industry group LMI, as well as multiple charitable boards. Fuelled by a deep passion for place and our collective future on this planet, Corey currently serves as Global CEO of the Smart Cities Council driving cross-sector collaboration, capacity and capability. You can find out more about Corey through these links: Corey Gray on LinkedIn; Smart Cities Council website; Corey Gray at LVX; Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.015 - Interview with Luke Housego about data, information and knowledge; No.090 - Interview Professor Matthew McCartney about economics and governance; No.117 - Interview with Colin Chee about beautiful living and people as urban strengths; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

Debbie Reynolds, "The Data Diva" talks to Nicole Stephensen, Owner, and Partner, of IIS Partners, Australia. We discuss the importance of privacy in the education sector. Stephensen believes that not enough is being done to protect privacy in this area and that privacy professionals must be more involved in shaping policy and practices. Reynolds agrees, and the two discuss ways privacy pros can make a difference. Nicole describes the duty of care concerning children's safety and privacy in school environments. Companies developing technology in schools must be aware of the many levels of consent required. We discuss Data Privacy issues facing businesses today. Nicole's work includes voluntary roles with the Australian Information Security Association (where she is a Fellow) and she was a founding board member of the Australia and New Zealand region's first privacy industry membership association (iappANZ, which is now part of the global IAPP). She's an active member of the Smart Cities Council for Australia and New Zealand (SCCANZ) and has an advisory role with its Center for Data Leadership.The conversation also covers Nicole's work with the Smart Cities Council for Australia and New Zealand and her advisory role with the Center for Data Leadership. We discuss privacy by design needs to consider human behavior, privacy program culture and management, organizational resistance to privacy and compliance, and the latest privacy developments in Australia and the US national privacy landscape, and privacy requires a proactive strategy, not just reactions, Choice magazine article on facial recognition privacy concerns in Australia over new retail technologies, each change in policy needs to be examined for privacy considerations, 7-11 should be a case study in what not to do, technology and privacy decisions need context and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Andrea Winders is a creative Manchester-based entrepreneur and expert in tech, infrastructure, and smart cities. She is the Executive Director of Smart Cities Council, United Kingdom, and manages the organisation's growth and drive objectives for the expansion of the smart agenda throughout the country.Andrea Winders Interview Areas1. Please start by telling us a little bit about your background2. You have had a significant entrepreneurship career in the past launching  projects, being expert in tech, infrastructure etc, but now you are appointed as the Executive Director of Smart Cities Council of the United Kingdom. Could you please tell us how and why you decided to switch your career from a more corporate area? 3. Could you share more about the vision, mission of Smart cities council in the UK and how you think this new launching will be able to bring the UK citizens closer to innovation and new technologies which are invented to make their lives easier?4. Do you and your team plan to create a set of living standards for citizens in smart cities? And what are the biggest challenges that you think cities in the UK are facing on their ways to approach “smart cities” at the moment?5. What about the future of smart cities?Andrea Winders BiographyAndrea Winders is a creative Manchester-based entrepreneur and expert in tech, infrastructure, and smart cities. She is the Executive Director of Smart Cities Council, United Kingdom, and manages the organisation's growth and drive objectives for the expansion of the smart agenda throughout the country.At Smart Cities Council, she has played a pivotal role in the organisations' different initiatives in the UK, like Manchester's new DiSH (Digital Security Hub), a place for collaboration between Manchester's business and entrepreneurial community, academics, public sector organisations, and the voluntary sector to identify digital security threats and innovative responses to them. This hub offers a co-working space as well as access to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.Prior to that, Andrea Winders has held executive and managerial positions in companies like Spicers and Pink Ladies before joining Sunderland City Council as the Executive Director of Enterprise Investment. From here, she started her career working with organisations that empower cities and citizens.She defines herself as a “an entrepreneurial business leader, with a unique mixture of talents and experience, in both private and public sectors, looking to change traditional thinking and doing to achieve positive change, wherever it is needed.”About Smart Cities CouncilThe Smart Cities Council is an organisation that works to create action and impact around the key challenges and opportunities facing cities and communities today. The organisation already counts Amazon Web Services (AWS), EY, ENE.HUB, Aurecon and GHD among its 100+ international members, and in the UK high profile organisations, such as global engineering services and digital infrastructure giant Valmont, life safety technology company Clevertronics, smart buildings dashboard provider Bueno Systems and digital transformation software innovator, Tr3dent, are foundation members of the UK Organisation, with UCLan, University of Lancaster as supporting academic partners.About Dinis Guarda profile and Channelshttps://www.openbusinesscouncil.orghttps://www.intelligenthq.comhttps://www.hedgethink.com/https://www.citiesabc.com/More interviews and research videos on Dinis Guarda YouTube

Interview with Gavin Cotterill, consulting director of the Cohesive Group's Asia Pacific Digital Practice and co-chair of the Smart Cities Council Digital Twin Task group. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the smart cities and digital twins, innovation, and many more. As a Consulting Director within the Asia Pacific Digital practice, Gavin Cotterill helps large private infrastructure and government organisations in transforming them from an analogue organisation to a data driven organisation by adopting Building Information Modelling, Geospatial, IoT and Digital Twin technologies. The results of his work can be seen through better economic returns for taxpayers or shareholders, happier and more empowered employees, improved service delivery and social outcomes. He specialises in transformation strategy development, business case development and large-scale business transformation implementation delivery. Gavin has experience leading teams across multiple regions and cultures including Australia, UK, and Asia. He is increasingly involved in how data as asset can help deliver value to infrastructure owners and governments. Gavin's passion for a digital future for our cities and built environment sees him involved in several initiatives such as co-chairing the Smart Cities Council Digital Twin Task group and assisting Standards Australia Smart Cities standards reference group. He has also directly supported the development of the international standard for Building Information Management. You can find out more about Gavin through these links: Gavin Cotterill on LinkedIn; @gavincotterill as Gavin Cotterill on Twitter; Cohesive Group website; Smart Cities Council website; Digital Built Australia podcast with Gavin Cotterill and Adam Beck; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on twitter @WTF4Cities! I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

This episode was recorded in March 2020, as the global work force began returning to their home countries in response to COVID-19 lockdown measures. On the heels of her return to Australia, Bronwyn Voyce, Europe Lead for the Smart Cities Council and founder of Civic Futures Lab, joined us on the show.

In these tumultuous times where residents can feel unsafe, confused, and uncertain, the capabilities of the smart cities sector can come as a relief to cities around the planet - but how do we get there? And what are the challenges in the way?The US-based Smart Cities Council has launched a free COVID-19 mitigation tool for city planners to access, take inspiration from, or produce for their own city action plan to bring all of a city's resources under one platform: https://scc.smartcitiesactivator.com/shared/3/#/projects/Mzg5MHwwOTQzMmI4YjUyZTYxY2VhZmJh%0AWe spoke with the council's CEO Philip Bane on greatest challenges for cities in times of pandemic, the value of guiding principles, and how you can truly gauge the impact of a crisis of this scale on global cities.Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smart-cities-smart-people/id1488450520…Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H0ZPKrRjrixrlMGY5PiaH…TuneIN: http://tun.in/pjDG5Deezer: https://deezer.com/show/650912?utm_source=deezer&utm_content=show-650912&utm_term=3255017144_1584096686&utm_medium=web

Smart Cities Council, Philip Bane, Managing DirectorWe envision a world where digital technology and intelligent design have been harnessed to create smart, sustainable cities with high-quality living and high-quality jobs. To tap into the transformative power of smart technologies, cities need a trusted, neutral advisor. The Smart Cities Council provides that help. We are a network of leading companies advised by top universities, laboratories and standards bodies.We promote cities that embody our three core values:Livability: Cities that provide clean, healthy living conditions without pollution and congestion. With a digital infrastructure that makes city services instantly and conveniently available anytime, anywhere.Workability: Cities that provide the enabling infrastructure — energy, connectivity, computing, essential services — to compete globally for high-quality jobs.Sustainability: Cities that provide services without stealing from future generations.For full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Guests from Intel and the Smart Cities Council dive deep into how smart cities from 5G to AI - can help improve our lives. GUESTS: Sameer Sharma, Global General Manager IoT (New Markets, Sart Cities, Intelligent Transportation Jason Nelson, Executive Director, Partnership Engagement at Smart Cities Council

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/

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

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

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/

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/

“Press Conference:” Tom and Bill welcome Gazette reporter Billie Stanton Anleu as a special guest in this episode. The Smart Cities Council. Challenge faced by the Coronado High School homecoming parade. City funding challenges. Will the stormwater fee return? Norwood steps up to build apartments for the homeless. The post Council Matters – October 6 2016 appeared first on Studio 809 Podcasts.

“Press Conference:” Tom and Bill welcome Gazette reporter Billie Stanton Anleu as a special guest in this episode. The Smart Cities Council. Challenge faced by the Coronado High School homecoming parade. City funding challenges. Will the stormwater fee return? Norwood steps up to build apartments for the homeless. The post Council Matters – October 6 2016 appeared first on Studio 809 Radio.

“Press Conference:” Tom and Bill welcome Gazette reporter Billie Stanton Anleu as a special guest in this episode. The Smart Cities Council. Challenge faced by the Coronado High School homecoming parade. City funding challenges. Will the stormwater fee return? Norwood steps up to build apartments for the homeless. The post Council Matters – October 6 2016 appeared first on Studio 809 Podcasts.