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How Connected Communities Work Is Strengthening the Community in Cary, NC

Nicole Raimundo, Chief Information Officer for the town of Cary, North Carolina, prefers the term ‘connected communities’ over the buzzword ‘smart cities.’ “Connected community is a broader term because it’s not just about the technology,” she says. “When you say smart cities, people start to talk specifically about technology when really you need to be […]

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Forming Innovative Partnerships: Fireside Chat with Carlos Menendez from Mastercard

Carlos Menendez, President of the Enterprise Partnerships Group at Mastercard, sat down with Dr. David S. Ricketts, Harvard Innovation Fellow, for a fireside chat about innovative ways companies can find partners and make an impact globally. Carlos shared two example cases on the way Mastercard has approached innovative partnerships and their resulting impact. Helping Micro-Entrepreneurs

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Collecting Focused and Specific Data for Better Data-Driven Decision Making in the Smart City

Ask any person involved in the smart city process and they’ll tell you that there are two major components at the base of what a smart city is: the community and data. The challenge for most cities on the smart city journey is how to collect the right types of data and utilize them in

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The Importance of Not Being Outpaced by Technology and the Community on the Smart City Journey

Jessie Adcock, Chief Technology Officer for the City of Vancouver, believes that a smart city is one that is able to strategically use data and technology to solve real-world problems. She also believes it’s an evolution, and by the end of next year, her definition may completely change. But according to her, right now ‘smart

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Blockchain and Smart Cities: Is This Emerging Technology for Real?

Blockchain is a buzzword in the smart city space, but is it just hype, or does it have real beneficial applications? This article draws on insights from David Graham from Carlsbad and Shuya Gong, a designer at IDEO CoLab. Together they explain what the latest technology is, how it is being used, and the potential

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Health and Smart Cities: Why Place Matters

What if I told you that cities were the important unit for health, and there’s $3 trillion coursing through the veins of the healthcare industry and none of that today is rolling through cities in any meaningful way? In a discussion about smart cities and health, Ted Smith, a former CIO for the city of

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Data and Privacy Challenges for Smart City Leaders

The excitement of smart cities projects comes from their infinite and exciting possibilities. By using technology to make the city smarter, more efficient, and more streamlined, one can begin to envision a future city that looks completely different from the one existing today. Before jumping into any smart city project, leaders must consider how the

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The Many Angles of Sustainability: Waste Management, Trees, and Traffic

The Smart Cities Innovation Accelerator at Melbourne included a Sustainability and Environment Panel that was deliberately vague in scope. Sustainability is a huge area for smart cities, and although a particular topic could have been chosen, it is also valuable to go into the discussion without bias. What does sustainability mean to each city? What

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7 Elements of a Successful Smart City Strategy

Smart Cities around the world are all facing similar pressures: Rapid urbanization The pressure that growing populations have on systems, infrastructure and housing Mobility challenges and congestion Climate change Air pollution, water, and sanitation Energy and sustainability Rapidly changing technology Competitiveness and ability to attract global talent A smart city strategy can help solve and

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Tackling a Once-in-a-Generation Infrastructure Uplift in New South Wales

New South Wales has been doing smart city mobility projects since around 2012, but all of that accelerated in 2016 when the government put together a program called the Future Transportation Program, created in order to plan out a once-in-a-generation infrastructure uplift. With a $100 billion investment on the line, they did not want to

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