The Century of the Smart Community

Bill Hutcheson

Chair, i-CANADA

The Century of the Smart Community

Why the Increased Urgency for Smart Cities?

• Competitionbetweenrival org.’s

• Complexity

What is it?

• A Smart City is any community, large or small, central or remote, that enjoys the economic development, job growth and social prosperity that bloom when software applications are used to engage the energy of all sectors of the community.

Traffic

Healthcare

Education

Government services

Ecology

Community Information

Socialservices

What does it look like?

PLACE: Toronto

WATERFRONT TORONTO

It’s not what’s there (Brownfield waterfront)

It’s what you make of it

John CampbellPresident & CEOWaterfront Toronto

INFRASTRUCTURE: St. Louis Loop Media Hub

• The Loop Media Hub is a multi-sector economic development collaborative centred on 5G fibre optic development of city core

• 90% sociology and 10% infrastructure

David Sandel, Founder, Gigabit City Summit

COLLABORATION: RIVERSIDE, CA• SmartRiverside brought leaders together

• Project Bridge created digital inclusion

• Students are totally online: instant feed-back

Ron Loveridge, Mayor, Riverside CA

COLLABORATION (2): ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN

Astana Mayor AdilbekDzhaksybekov with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev

Solutions: LONDON TfL, U.K.

Vernon EverittManaging Director Customer Experience, Marketing and Communications

SOLUTIONS (2) SUWON, KOREA

• Focused on development of “human software”

Yeom Tae-Young, Mayor of Suwon City

SOLUTIONS (3) BOSTON, MA

• Most energy-efficient city in the U.S.

• Greenovate community engagement program with interactive modules for tracking, reporting, promote online citizen engagement

Marty Walsh, Mayor, City of Boston

LIFE: TAICHUNG, TAIWAN

• Merger of two communities brings diversity, art, and economic efficiency.

Chih-Chiang Hu, Former Mayor of Taichung

LIFE: VIENNA

• “Most Liveable”

• Comprehensive policy focused on life in the city “The Viennese Way”

• Smart City Wien Framework Strategy:• Best quality of life for all

inhabitants of Vienna• Minimize the

consumption of resources.

• Realize through comprehensive innovation.

Michael Häupl, Mayor, Vienna

Looking Ahead: The Progress is in the People

• Technology continues to be astounding: e-cars for Transport that require no drivers; high-speed wireless without conventional carriers…

• The core element is unchanged: organizing and unifying the people within the city.

• Smart Leadership = Smart Community