Bob Bennett, the former Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of Kansas City talked in our Smart City Leader Interview Series - while he still was the CIO of Kansas City - about the importance of smart cities and smart citizens. He emphasized the role of technology and the benefits for citizens.
Topic: smart-citizens
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Bob Bennett on the Role of Technology in Smart Cities and the Benefits for Citizens
By Lily Maxwell on Jul 10, 2019 10:46:02 AM
Topics:
Broadband Connectivity
Innovation
Smart City
Public Private Partnership
Smart Citizens
Digital Inclusion
Blockchain
Future Cities
Civic Participation
CIO
Infrastructure
Smart City Initiatives
Knowledge Sharing
New Technologies
Urban Infrastructure
Smart Water
Kansas City
PPP
Urban Data Platform
Sensors
Data Privacy
13 MIN. READ
Boyd Cohen on the Future of Smart Cities: Sustainability, Technology & Citizen-Centricity
By Lily Maxwell on May 28, 2019 12:56:28 AM
The importance of smart cities & smart citizens: In our interview series, smart city leaders comment on the future of smart cities, the role of technology, and the benefits for citizens. In our second interview of the series, we have asked urban strategist and smart city expert Boyd Cohen to share his expertise, thoughts and insights with us on a number of important smart city topics.
Topics:
Co-Creation
Smart City
Internet of Things (IoT)
Sustainability
Renewable Energy
Smart Citizens
Urban Innovation
Blockchain
Blockchain Cities
IoMob
Urban Mobility
Regulation
Citizen-Centric
Smart City Initiatives
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Jonathan Reichental on the Importance of Smart Cities & Smart Citizens
By Lily Maxwell on Oct 10, 2018 12:00:29 PM
The importance of smart cities & smart citizens: In our new interview series, smart city leaders comment on the future of smart cities, the role of technology, and the benefits for citizens. In our first interview of the series, we have asked Jonathan Reichental, CIO of Palo Alto, California to share his expertise, thoughts and insights with us on a number of important smart city topics.
Topics:
Smart City Strategy
Smart City Solutions
Energy
Innovation
Smart City
Smart City Technology
Smart Citizens
Smart Cities
Mobility
Future Cities
Palo Alto
PaloAlto311
Jonathan Reichental
Citizen Empowerment
Local Government
Regulation
Procurement
Public Transport
Leadership
Urban Challenges
CIO
Environment
Transportation
Housing
Quality of Life
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The Need to Redefine the Smart Home and its Link to Smart Cities
By Lily Maxwell on Jun 10, 2018 2:01:45 AM
If the smart city is one that is hyperconnected, energy and cost-efficient, and sustainable, aiming to improve the lives of all by leveraging existing resources and infrastructure, then the smart home should theoretically be a microcosm of this. Like many emerging concepts in the smart cities sector, including the very ‘smart city’ itself, most official definitions of the ‘smart home’ tend to center around new technologies:
Topics:
Smart Living
Smart City
Smart Citizens
Accessibility
Smart Home
Smart Home Technologies
Inclusivity
People-Centric
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The inclusive smart city: 7 steps to tackling digital exclusion
By Lily Maxwell on Apr 23, 2018 11:24:00 PM
Although the quantity of people using technology in their everyday lives is constantly rising, a relatively high percentage of the world’s population remains digitally disengaged or even technologically illiterate. In the European Union alone, nearly a third of people don’t use the internet on a daily basis; only half of all Europeans aged 16 - 74 use social networks or e-government services, and in some European countries up to 25% of people don’t have access to a computer from home.
As smart cities render our world more and more digital, and Information and Communications Technology (ICTs) play an increasingly important role in our daily lives, the ‘digital exclusion’ of certain population groups - notably those from low-income backgrounds, the elderly, and the disabled - is morphing into total societal exclusion.
Topics:
Broadband Connectivity
Smart Citizens
Citizen Participation
Smart People
Digital Exclusion
Digital Equity
Digital Inclusion
Inclusive Smart City
Accessibility
Digital Skills
Citizen Engagement