The City Innovate Summit

Key message, it's not all about tech. They are leading with real solutions to real urban problems--using tech when it makes sense--rather than leading with tech and then looking for a problem

45 Minute Panel:

Panel discussion on the sharing economy as an example of how a disruptive business model came together with changing social trends and new technology to improve the utilization of scarce resources.

1 Hour Panel:

Some of the most significant urban digital infrastructure is being built from revitalized and reconceived legacy infrastructure. New York City’s planned universal WiFi, IoT sensor network and city information kiosks will arise from the old Verizon payphone points of presence, enhanced with 200 [check this fact with control group] miles of new fiber to provide future services. Water and road rights of way become platforms for intelligent services delivery, and sources of real-time data, useful to cites and private interests alike. Legacy energy grids and building control systems serve entirely new purposes as they become the basis for integrated management and control.

There is a lot of talk about a growing divide of race, class, and income in this country. We are also watching a boom of efficiency and technology innovation come at the expense of jobs and the potential elimination of the middle class. Lastly, what does our education system looks like today and what it will need to do to adapt to our ever changing labor needs. Nitzan will explore these themes and talk about some promising solutions.

The proliferation of smart phones with near universal data connectivity and a thriving app ecosystem has set expectations high in the mind of citizens on what their interface to the world should look like and how the objects around them should behave.  Progressive cities are leveraging these technologies such as data analysis, networking and new ways to present data to innovate centuries old systems.  From innovations in transportation to more efficient use of natural resources, the need to universally connect, analyze and optimize city infrastructure is critical to making cities more sustainable, live-able and  to drive economic development.  This panel discussion talks about the progress of these systems through the lens of case studies.  Examples of innovation and hints on how to partner, deploy and fund smarter infrastructure for a smarter citizenry are provided.

• Governance of citizen data: should this data be shared…if so how?
• Customer access and equity: how do we address the problem of exclusion of those without credit cards or smart phones?
• Integration: how should we integrate customer information from different platforms and make sure they work together?
• Scalability: how do we optimize street space
• Partnerships: how we spark the interest of investors who are investing millions in Uber and Lyft but not in bike sharing and scooter sharing services?

Sacramento is a local, regional, and national technology leader that is driven to build a 3.0 City that embraces innovation, develops infrastructure, and ensures inclusion so that everyone can participate. The development of a wide range of infrastructure is an essential component for innovative cities focused on inclusion and access for all. This discussion and panel will focus on how we build infrastructure that is relevant in the new and emerging City. Initiatives that build Municipal Wi-Fi, leverage City Assets and investments, and expand private and public partnerships.

These are steps toward a larger vision of connectivity for our city as a whole, bridging the digital divide, and ensuring that our communities have access to information.

·         Municipal Wi-Fi

·         Small Cell Networks

·         Smart City Fiber

1 Hour Mixed Case Study & Panel:

New technologies and techniques are turning cities into massive invitations for civic participation. Urban prototyping, the maker movement, and activation methods that engage students, urbanites, artists and coders are a hallmark of the new urbanism— and for hope in our cities. Combined with what we are learning about the engagement of everyday Americans there is a great opportunity to drive greater participation.

There is a great deal of activity that's happening in urban environments across the country, often driven by forces such as new urbanism: millennial's prefer to live in cities over suburbs. Correspondingly, there's a burgeoning movement towards education that emphasizes coding or maker skills over traditional liberal arts education. We see making in more and more places: schools, libraries, maker-spaces, museums, etc. Many have come to see these institutions-of-making as part of an ecosystem. New models for small scale and distributed manufacturing are emerging; large enterprise is responding to influence of the maker entrepreneur. Oakland and Brooklyn have remarkable maker and arts cultures, but places like Pittsburgh and Downtown Las Vegas and many smaller cities seem to have a real hunger and aptitude for a maker economy to emerge. This panel will discuss what it takes to foster and sustain a Maker City.

In this hour, we will hear experts talking about

• Congestion pricing: Why don't the most congested cities have congested pricing? What is needed to try it out?

• Traffic data partnerships, and how real-time information and consumer applications are changing the urban traffic management enterprise..

• Parking management: How we address the issue of lack of parking space?

• Managing lanes: How can we better manage the flow of traffic on existing roads?

• Nudging policies: How can we best nudge citizens into adopting more sustainable mobility behaviors?

We will be doing an end-to-end use case that shows the identity, privacy and security concerns it will include a demo of how we are doing this together at the palace of fine arts.

1 Hour Session with Panel, Q&A and Start up Demo,:

Following the city's centennial celebrations in 2009, the Municipality established the Tel Aviv Global Administration, a municipal initiative aimed at positioning Tel Aviv as a global city and specifically as a leading international business center specializing in innovation.  A major cornerstone of the Administration's mission is its Startup City Vision, a long-term strategic plan aimed at leveraging its culture of innovation and entrepreneurship (its USP) by cultivating the city's startup ecosystem and ensuring its long-term viability.  

Although Tel Aviv's technology startup ecosystem developed partly as a result of natural forces, the city recognized that maintaining this ecosystem was critical to the city's global competitiveness as a leading business and cultural center, and that doing so would require a sustained, long-term strategic vision and policies to ensure its continued health and growth.

Memeni Demo: Memeni is a digital platform for the development of online communities and innovation. The company's clients include cities and enterprises that use the technology to support and  engage their external ecosystems.

 

Case Study:

·         Welcome and introduction to Innovation Center Denmark by CEO Søren Juul   Jørgensen

-         How come Denmark is present in the Valley?

·         Introducing Project Copenhagen Connecting.

-         Why is Denmark in front on smart energy and city solutions?

·         Panel discussion with Copenhagen Solutions Lab, Rambøll Management Consulting,             and Technical University of Denmark.

Topics include:

-         How do the different entities work together to create a smart city?

-         How do you engage the citizens?

-         How do you successfully organize triple helix collaborations?

-         What are the hardest part in working together?

Without significant Infra Structure investments in the last 2/3 decades the city has put in place a comprehensive Plan where Technology plays a fundamental role.

After six years of intensive activity most of that Infra Structure has been reshaped by a mult-billion dollar effort coordinated by Mr Marcio Lacerda’s administration.

The Integration of key sectors of the Administration towards a more effective decision making process is a very complex, continuous and evolving target.

Despite all the efforts and investment, networks overhaul and expansion, an Operations Center setup, etc… it seems the challenge will remain while all the Software-Systems cannot interact more intelligently providing live dashboards, helping people to act and better balance resources x demand.

How to build up such a solution and how to combine other cities experiences in order to shortcut the next steps to be taken by our city is the core of our endeavour.