Smart Cities Chronicles

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Episode 56: The week in data, with Priscilla Short of Deloitte Mar 05, 2020

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In this second episode of 'the week in data' we sit down with Priscilla Short from Deloitte to discuss what we heard, saw and read on everything on data over the past week. We discuss business intelligence in the context of smart cities, what data fabric is, and investment in 'small' smart cities. We reflect on why cities are not making decisions on smart cities solutions based on data, and why a business case is still an underutilised tool for guiding actions.

Episode 55: The week in data, with Eric Louw of Aurecon Mar 05, 2020

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We kick off our first episode in a new series called 'the week in data', with Director of Data Analytics at Aurecon, Eric Louw. We discuss data and its role in the digital transformation in the built environment, where data processing happens and its comparison to human systems and the market demand for AI. We share mutual concerns and observations around privacy and facial recognition, yet agree the benefits of 'sensing' and 'tracking' can have significant benefits when appropriately deployed.

Episode 54: The alliancing approach to smart cities Dec 19, 2019

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What tried and tested methods from other sectors can we use for our smart cities projects? In this episode we sit down with Deloitte's Steven Hamilton from Boston MA to explore further their work on bringing 'alliancing' approaches from the infrastructure world into the smart cities agenda. Governance, partnerships, financing and procurement can't be 'unstuck'. Lets embrace that and catalyse more action and investment in smart cities.

Episode 53: Privacy impact assessment for smart cities - the essentials Dec 13, 2019

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One of Australia's leading privacy experts - Nicole Stevensen - introduces us to the Privacy Impact Assessment, and why its your best friend when it comes to your smart cities work. In this episode Nicole gives us the essentials on privacy impact assessment - why, what and how. It is critical listening at a time when privacy is such an important topic for policy makers and the community alike.

Episode 52: Where it all began. Reflecting on the origin's of the smart cities movement (Part 3) Oct 28, 2019

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In Part 3 of our 'Where it all began' series we go back to 2006 (and a little further) to unearth the urban informatics agenda, with one of the research sectors greatest contributors to smart cities, Professor Marcus Foth from the Queensland University of Technology Design Lab. In this discussion we talk about the 'connective tissue' between technology, people and place, and how the complexities and opportunities of this convergence have changed over the years, and what it means to 'be digital' in the public realm today, with the proliferation of sensing and data gathering.

Episode 51: Behind the scenes on how one global giant delivers services for future cities Oct 27, 2019

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We sit down with Amy Baxendale, Regional Human Resources Director for consulting firm Acadis, to chat about building the workforce of the future. From culture and recruitment to capacity building and new partnership models, Amy gives us a glimpse into what a global 27,000 person consulting firm does to keep up with digital transformation.

Episode 50: Lets see what IoT can do, in our community, says City Oct 27, 2019

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In this, our 50th episode of the Chronicles, we talk IoT deployment. A problem, an idea, and a partnership. That's what it took for the City of Marion in South Australia to successfully execute on an IoT pilot project that would provide the learning to scale solutions for their 160+ public park assets across the city. Join us as we sit down with Fiona Harvey (Manager of Innovation and Strategy) and Georgie Johnson (Smart Cities Project Officer) from the City of Marion, and Ashby Martin (Smart Cities Lead) from Sage Automation to discuss the Jervois Street Park project.

Episode 49: Where it all began. Reflecting on the origin's of the smart cities movement (Part 2) Oct 21, 2019

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In this second interview in our multi-part series on "Where it all began", I sit down with the Founder and Chairman of the Smart Cities Council, Jesse Berst, to explore the organisations eight year journey, and where it all started. Jesse provides the context to why he founded the organisation, and what was happening in the market at the time. We touch on the major advancements for the smart cities movement in the last five years, and muse on the hills we are still yet to climb. Jesse reflects on the work and influence of the Council, and where its trajectory looks like heading. Join us as we look back, to look forward

Episode 48: Where it all began. Reflecting on the origin's of the smart cities movement (Part 1) Oct 17, 2019

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In some way's this is a milestone episode for the Chronicles. In this interview we speak with Yasser Helmy, Smart Cities Lead for Asia Pacific with Cisco, one of the global titans in smart cities history. Yasser reflects in this episode where it all started for the company, takes us on a journey through the first decade of the smart cities movement and shares his thoughts on what's next for the agenda.

Episode 47: Leveraging your smart cities dollars - How Columbus Ohio turned $50M into $700M through partnerships Sep 25, 2019

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You have probably heard about the $50M smart cities grant awarded to the City of Columbus OH. But have you heard what then happened? In this episode we chat with Jordan Davis from the Columbus Partnership, who is leading the partnership work for this significant smart cities program of work.

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