The City Innovate Summit

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.

A few years ago smart digital infrastructure  was thought to be an entirely new landscape and layer of the city. Instead, ancient rights of way and century old utility grids now form the foundation of the Smart City 2.0

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.

 

1 Hour Session - Presentation and Audience Q&A:

Cities are the hub of innovation and entrepreneurship. We are in an era where cities like Sacramento are driving forward new ideas and ways of doing things that will build our next generation of cities, Cities 3.0.

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

30 Minute Keynote:

Smart by Design: Amar Hanspal, discusses how informed design optimizes the building of Smart Cities. He demonstrates why today’s designers, engineers and urban planners must exploit the next generation of visualization and analysis tool, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things to develop a future where world-class cities are safe, efficient and resource-efficient. With the increase of expanding and new cities, the role of pre-planning and design has never been more important; cities must be Smart by Design

TALK

Cities are changing rapidly. Citizens and consumers are relying on their mobile devices for more services and have higher expectations from their governments. Brands and businesses are looking to engage with consumers in new and meaningful ways - merging digital and physical lines of business.

There is a new wave of technologies that will support these changing relationships and expectations. Instrumented infrastructure, such LinkNYC in New York City, will support a more frictionless user experience, inform a more responsive government, and create new opportunities for commerce.