Future of Living

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Luke Norris - Designing User Centered City Services Sep 06, 2018

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Luke Norris (@norrisluke) believes that if leveraged properly, smart technology and data can be used by governments for more than reporting potholes. As Managing Director of Strategy and Government Relations for Open Cities (OpenCities.com), Norris works to facilitate better, more efficient communication between citizens and local government.

Over the past eight years, Norris has become a recognized thought leader in digital government through his work at PayIt (PayItGov.com) and Code for America (CodeForeAmerica.org) where he's been tapped to address the nation's Mayors and city/county managers. Luke has 12 years of experience in executing growth strategies for start-ups, including not-for-profit and Fortune 500 companies and that work, in addition to his role at CWC-KC landed him on the Top Connectors list in the Kansas City education and entrepreneurship community.

In this conversation, Luke & Blake discuss the importance of local governments providing better data to citizens, providing smart technology to affordable housing, and why user-centered design must be used to build better cities and neighborhoods.

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Rob Martens - Unlocking What's Next with Allegion Venture's Futurist & President Aug 30, 2018

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Rob Martens (@schlagefuturist) is a legit Futurist. He uses his in-depth knowledge of technology and how it works to look at the big picture and determine how that tech will most benefit people going about their day in the real world. He spends his days looking for patterns and associations in tech advancements, identifying trends and determining how they can be applied to everyday people to make their lives easier.

As the former Corporate Chief Information Officer for Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE: CRS), and CIO for Ingersoll Rand's Security Technologies Sector (NYSE: IR), Martens is in tune with the challenges and opportunities that today's technology executive faces.

Currently, Martens serves as Allegion Futurist and President of Allegion Ventures. He's recognized as one of the 20 Most Influential People in IoT and published in the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Twice, Venture Beat, The IoT Agenda and many more. In addition to his Twitter account linked above, you can learn more about Rob at http://allegionventures.com.

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Joe Colistra on Community, Senior Living, and Sustainability Aug 23, 2018

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Joe Colistra believes in the power of community and that if we could share more meaningful data, instead of trying to steal it, we might see advancements beyond our wildest imaginations.

Colistra is Associate Professor of Architecture, Design, and Planning at the University of Kansas. In addition to his work with KU he is the founder of In Situ Design, an international architecture and urban design firm. In Situ has won multiple awards and been published even more. The firm is obsessed with finding ways to use architecture as an instrument for transforming communities.

Joe is uniquely interested in merging new technology into senior living communities. An area often ignored. This conversation covers a lot of ground, from floors equipped with accelerometers, to the potential of population health data.

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Andrew Thomas on Smart Home, Blockchain, and Connected Life Aug 16, 2018

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Andrew Thomas (@andrewthomas) sees a massive paradigm shift in the making. Things like the blockchain will not only make our connected lives more secure but also more accountable. He hopes that this shift will give way to greater diversity in technology leadership, rather than the patriarchy that runs things currently.

Thomas is co-Founder and CRO of SkyBell, a leading smart video doorbell that is partnered with Comcast, Honeywell, and Alarm.com. Inc.com listed him #3 on their list of Internet of Things Influencers and Entrepreneur Magazine named him one of the top IoT entrepreneurs. He has vivid ideas of what the future of living will actually be.

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Nick Bowden on Making Smart Cities Smarter Aug 16, 2018

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Nick Bowden (@njbowden) believes that Smart Cities should and can be more than just a network of sensors transmitting data that may or may not be useful. If anyone knows what is possible on the Smart City front, it's Bowden.

Nick has spent his entire career at the intersection of cities and technology. From public servant to tech company founder, he has seen the impact of technology on and in cities from all perspectives. Along the way, his work and products have touched more than 10,000 public agencies and four million citizens. Most recently, Nick joined Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet company, to help build Replica, a product designed to change the way cities monitor and plan for transportation and land use.

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Kevin Honomichl on Mobility and Connectivity Aug 16, 2018

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Despite reports of urban growth, Americans are still spreading out into suburban, ex-urban, and rural communities. Kevin Honomichl sees both big challenges and opportunities for the future of mobility and connectivity in these communities.

Honomichl is President of BHC RHODES, a civil engineering and surveying firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas that he co-founded in 1992. He is active in community planning roles, university development activities, professional organizations and serves on the City Council of DeSoto, KS where he is at the forefront of addressing the challenges discussed in this episode.

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Ashley Z. Hand on Cities and Mobility Aug 13, 2018

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The average commuter in Los Angeles spends over 100 hours a year in traffic. Ashley Z. Hand (@azhandkc) creates solutions for big problems just like this.

Hand is a co-founder of the urban change management network CityFi, where she advises cities and the private sector on a more human-centered approach to smart cities. Previously, Ashley served as the Transportation Technology Strategist for the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation where she authored Urban Mobility in a Digital Age that includes recommendations for public policy, strategic actions and pilot initiatives to enable the city to shape a vision of the future that works for all Angelenos in an era of shared mobility and autonomous vehicle technologies.

Prior to her work in LA, Ashley served as the first Chief Innovation Officer for the City of Kansas City, Missouri, creating the most comprehensive smart city in North America among other civic innovation projects. Ashley is a registered architect and green building professional. She currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Carnegie Mellon University Traffic21/T-SET University Transportation Center and Open Architecture Collaborative and was recognized as a national change maker by 2018 Grist 50.

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