\u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rapid urbanization and a shift in industry from agriculture to manufacturing and now to information have resulted in an unprecedented population shift from rural to urban areas. Consider the following facts from the UN World Urbanization Prospects Report 2018<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rapid urbanization and a shift in industry from agriculture to manufacturing and now to information have resulted in an unprecedented population shift from rural to urban areas. Consider the following facts from the UN World Urbanization Prospects Report 2018<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Google\u2019s Brand Marketing Evangelist pointed out: \u201cinsights lay the foundation for everything marketers do.\u201d For the Toyota sales team, insights into how Silicon Valley tech is shaping the future of their business have prepared them to embrace the technological disruption occurring within it. With these insights in mind and a personal taste of the pace of Silicon Valley innovation, Toyota Sweden\u2019s top salespeople are ready to steer their business into the future of tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rapid urbanization and a shift in industry from agriculture to manufacturing and now to information have resulted in an unprecedented population shift from rural to urban areas. Consider the following facts from the UN World Urbanization Prospects Report 2018<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toyota is not traditionally a technology company, but by investing into new tech and new partnerships now the company is recognizing that sooner than later, all companies will be technology companies. Toyota Sweden\u2019s salespeople came to SVIC to learn about this fourth industrial revolution and to understand how their company \u2014 a large international automobile manufacturer \u2014 can strategically embrace it. And within the realm of marketing, the sales team learned how trends in data collection and AI-augmented analytics are helping Google engage with their customers in a more meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Google\u2019s Brand Marketing Evangelist pointed out: \u201cinsights lay the foundation for everything marketers do.\u201d For the Toyota sales team, insights into how Silicon Valley tech is shaping the future of their business have prepared them to embrace the technological disruption occurring within it. With these insights in mind and a personal taste of the pace of Silicon Valley innovation, Toyota Sweden\u2019s top salespeople are ready to steer their business into the future of tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rapid urbanization and a shift in industry from agriculture to manufacturing and now to information have resulted in an unprecedented population shift from rural to urban areas. Consider the following facts from the UN World Urbanization Prospects Report 2018<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toyota is not traditionally a technology company, but by investing into new tech and new partnerships now the company is recognizing that sooner than later, all companies will be technology companies. Toyota Sweden\u2019s salespeople came to SVIC to learn about this fourth industrial revolution and to understand how their company \u2014 a large international automobile manufacturer \u2014 can strategically embrace it. And within the realm of marketing, the sales team learned how trends in data collection and AI-augmented analytics are helping Google engage with their customers in a more meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Google\u2019s Brand Marketing Evangelist pointed out: \u201cinsights lay the foundation for everything marketers do.\u201d For the Toyota sales team, insights into how Silicon Valley tech is shaping the future of their business have prepared them to embrace the technological disruption occurring within it. With these insights in mind and a personal taste of the pace of Silicon Valley innovation, Toyota Sweden\u2019s top salespeople are ready to steer their business into the future of tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rapid urbanization and a shift in industry from agriculture to manufacturing and now to information have resulted in an unprecedented population shift from rural to urban areas. Consider the following facts from the UN World Urbanization Prospects Report 2018<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key takeaway from Google:<\/strong>\u00a0traditional businesses can increase their brand awareness \u2014 and sales numbers\u00a0\u2014 by using data and analytics to better understand their customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toyota is not traditionally a technology company, but by investing into new tech and new partnerships now the company is recognizing that sooner than later, all companies will be technology companies. Toyota Sweden\u2019s salespeople came to SVIC to learn about this fourth industrial revolution and to understand how their company \u2014 a large international automobile manufacturer \u2014 can strategically embrace it. And within the realm of marketing, the sales team learned how trends in data collection and AI-augmented analytics are helping Google engage with their customers in a more meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Google\u2019s Brand Marketing Evangelist pointed out: \u201cinsights lay the foundation for everything marketers do.\u201d For the Toyota sales team, insights into how Silicon Valley tech is shaping the future of their business have prepared them to embrace the technological disruption occurring within it. With these insights in mind and a personal taste of the pace of Silicon Valley innovation, Toyota Sweden\u2019s top salespeople are ready to steer their business into the future of tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rapid urbanization and a shift in industry from agriculture to manufacturing and now to information have resulted in an unprecedented population shift from rural to urban areas. Consider the following facts from the UN World Urbanization Prospects Report 2018<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collecting and analyzing data is built into Google\u2019s core, but every business has the potential to leverage technology to better understand their customers. In fact, Toyota has a head start in this game through Toyota AI Ventures<\/a>, its own disruptive tech incubation arm based right here in Silicon Valley. Here, Toyota is gearing up to take advantage of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous mobility by investing early into entrepreneurs and innovative startups. In this way, the company hopes to benefit from new tech across its entire market vertical without interrupting the manufacturing machine that drives its traditional business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key takeaway from Google:<\/strong>\u00a0traditional businesses can increase their brand awareness \u2014 and sales numbers\u00a0\u2014 by using data and analytics to better understand their customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toyota is not traditionally a technology company, but by investing into new tech and new partnerships now the company is recognizing that sooner than later, all companies will be technology companies. Toyota Sweden\u2019s salespeople came to SVIC to learn about this fourth industrial revolution and to understand how their company \u2014 a large international automobile manufacturer \u2014 can strategically embrace it. And within the realm of marketing, the sales team learned how trends in data collection and AI-augmented analytics are helping Google engage with their customers in a more meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Google\u2019s Brand Marketing Evangelist pointed out: \u201cinsights lay the foundation for everything marketers do.\u201d For the Toyota sales team, insights into how Silicon Valley tech is shaping the future of their business have prepared them to embrace the technological disruption occurring within it. With these insights in mind and a personal taste of the pace of Silicon Valley innovation, Toyota Sweden\u2019s top salespeople are ready to steer their business into the future of tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rapid urbanization and a shift in industry from agriculture to manufacturing and now to information have resulted in an unprecedented population shift from rural to urban areas. Consider the following facts from the UN World Urbanization Prospects Report 2018<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toyota Sweden sales team gets a crash course in Google's data-driven approach to marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collecting and analyzing data is built into Google\u2019s core, but every business has the potential to leverage technology to better understand their customers. In fact, Toyota has a head start in this game through Toyota AI Ventures<\/a>, its own disruptive tech incubation arm based right here in Silicon Valley. Here, Toyota is gearing up to take advantage of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous mobility by investing early into entrepreneurs and innovative startups. In this way, the company hopes to benefit from new tech across its entire market vertical without interrupting the manufacturing machine that drives its traditional business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key takeaway from Google:<\/strong>\u00a0traditional businesses can increase their brand awareness \u2014 and sales numbers\u00a0\u2014 by using data and analytics to better understand their customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toyota is not traditionally a technology company, but by investing into new tech and new partnerships now the company is recognizing that sooner than later, all companies will be technology companies. Toyota Sweden\u2019s salespeople came to SVIC to learn about this fourth industrial revolution and to understand how their company \u2014 a large international automobile manufacturer \u2014 can strategically embrace it. And within the realm of marketing, the sales team learned how trends in data collection and AI-augmented analytics are helping Google engage with their customers in a more meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Google\u2019s Brand Marketing Evangelist pointed out: \u201cinsights lay the foundation for everything marketers do.\u201d For the Toyota sales team, insights into how Silicon Valley tech is shaping the future of their business have prepared them to embrace the technological disruption occurring within it. With these insights in mind and a personal taste of the pace of Silicon Valley innovation, Toyota Sweden\u2019s top salespeople are ready to steer their business into the future of tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rapid urbanization and a shift in industry from agriculture to manufacturing and now to information have resulted in an unprecedented population shift from rural to urban areas. Consider the following facts from the UN World Urbanization Prospects Report 2018<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One example of a sustainable city is the Chengdu Great City<\/a> in China. Envisioned as a fully smart city, \u201cthe project has been designed to use 48% less energy and 58% less water than a conventional development of similar population (80,000). It will also produce 89% less landfill waste and generate 60% less carbon dioxide.\u201d It is important to note that this prototype city will have a population density of 61,538 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the world. Such a city would meet Dr. Reichental\u2019s threshold of what he believes is a city that balances quality of life with sustainability and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Closer home, the City of Palo Alto built and deployed an open data portal using lean methodologies to provide citizens, vendors, and developers direct access to raw data produced by the city of Palo Alto. By cutting out the middleman (data miners and processors), the city hopes to make it easier for interested parties to access, process and consume government data. Dr. Reichental, who was part of the task force that spearheaded this project, believes that once the project reaches its full potential, the data may result in the development of scalable solutions that help the city better manage resources as well as possibly become an additional source of revenue for government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor government to achieve strong progress in the digital transformation of cities it must attract more talent,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This talent, while currently flowing slowly but steadily, will make it possible for government to attempt more ambitious projects. However, because government is constantly balancing priorities while working with limited resources, the need for political will to move the digital transformation agenda forward is essential. Framing the smart cities conversation as one that revolves around urban human future, the reinvention of the very nature of living by digital technologies and an emergent climate crisis, it is possible to bring all parties to the table to build the smart cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toyota Sweden sales team gets a crash course in Google's data-driven approach to marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collecting and analyzing data is built into Google\u2019s core, but every business has the potential to leverage technology to better understand their customers. In fact, Toyota has a head start in this game through Toyota AI Ventures<\/a>, its own disruptive tech incubation arm based right here in Silicon Valley. Here, Toyota is gearing up to take advantage of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous mobility by investing early into entrepreneurs and innovative startups. In this way, the company hopes to benefit from new tech across its entire market vertical without interrupting the manufacturing machine that drives its traditional business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key takeaway from Google:<\/strong>\u00a0traditional businesses can increase their brand awareness \u2014 and sales numbers\u00a0\u2014 by using data and analytics to better understand their customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toyota is not traditionally a technology company, but by investing into new tech and new partnerships now the company is recognizing that sooner than later, all companies will be technology companies. Toyota Sweden\u2019s salespeople came to SVIC to learn about this fourth industrial revolution and to understand how their company \u2014 a large international automobile manufacturer \u2014 can strategically embrace it. And within the realm of marketing, the sales team learned how trends in data collection and AI-augmented analytics are helping Google engage with their customers in a more meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Google\u2019s Brand Marketing Evangelist pointed out: \u201cinsights lay the foundation for everything marketers do.\u201d For the Toyota sales team, insights into how Silicon Valley tech is shaping the future of their business have prepared them to embrace the technological disruption occurring within it. With these insights in mind and a personal taste of the pace of Silicon Valley innovation, Toyota Sweden\u2019s top salespeople are ready to steer their business into the future of tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rapid urbanization and a shift in industry from agriculture to manufacturing and now to information have resulted in an unprecedented population shift from rural to urban areas. Consider the following facts from the UN World Urbanization Prospects Report 2018<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dramatic rise in urban populations has resulted in the growth and expansion of cities. Today, a conversation about the future of the planet involves discussing the future of cities, which are poised to play a central role in creating a sustainable future for humanity. We spoke with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, chief information officer of the City of Palo Alto about the future of cities. As a technology expert with experience from both the private sector and government, he shared his thoughts on the future of smart cities and what governments, the private sector, and citizens ought to focus on to make the dream a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, an International Telecommunications Union working group distilled the definition of a smart city<\/a> into one statement: \u201cA smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.\u201d Dr. Reichental distills this definition further, \u201cSmart cities are the application of digital technologies for improved livability, sustainability, and workability.\u201d However, with this integration of digital technologies, especially through the application of smart sensors and smart devices like smartphones, comes the inevitable discussion about data collection and privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a post-privacy world,\u201d says Dr. Reichental, \u201cone where everyone must give up a certain level of privacy in a tradeoff for increased convenience and utility.\u201d For smart cities to thrive, he says, the conversation about data and privacy must be framed as a tradeoff and not an all-or-nothing situation. While today the conversation rages on because of the monetization of personal data by large corporations, this conversation can take a different turn when government and civic participation is looped in. Due to the nature of public participation in government, this impediment to the emergence of truly smart cities can be overcome. But for this to become a reality, a second aspect must be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We asked Dr. Reichental where he sees the momentum for the establishment of smart cities coming from. \u201cThe push for smart cities will come from three areas; citizens, government and the private sector.\u201d As citizens live more digitized lives and demand more convenience and efficiency in service provision, government will be compelled to take steps, both regarding investment and in legislation, to support this trend. One example of such legislation is the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017<\/a> which is currently before Congress. While legislation may be slow to catch up with technological advances, it holds the key to unlocking the potential of smart cities by regulating technologies like self-driving cars, clean energy generation, smart grids, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To achieve this, Dr. Reichental explains, government relies on the private sector to come up with tried and tested innovations that can be deployed at scale. Considering smart cities are a trillion-dollar opportunity, there is enough incentive for the private sector to push for smarter cities. However, he says, this push from the private sector must include government interest for it to scale to a sizeable urban population. Recent experiments like Google\u2019s plans to build a smart city in Toronto<\/a> while laudable, fall short of what is needed to create the sort of momentum needed to drive the smart cities agenda. The right approach to smart cities should include government, citizens and private sector with an outlook, not of generating consensus, but rather having the difficult conversations involved with moving today\u2019s cities into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the heart of the push for smart cities is the need to establish sustainable cities. Due to the massive numbers of buildings, vehicles and other machinery and equipment in cities, quality of life tends to get eroded through noise and air pollution, carbon emissions, and others. This is seen, for instance, in some Chinese cities, where air pollution has become a major challenge. \u201cIf we are to achieve the dream of smart cities, we must have the focus of creating sustainable cities that help solve the climate challenge,\u201d says Dr. Reichental. This will involve the large-scale adoption of clean energy, as energy is at the core of everything that makes a modern city run. This adoption of clean energy will have to span transportation, lighting and heat generation as well as powering smart IoT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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