SMART CITIES 

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Late last year, I was flown to Dubai, UAE to conduct Smart City Interactive Workshops as part of Dubai’s Innovation Week, Tourism and Hospitality Forum, which is being repeated this year in November.

 

In April 2015 I was asked to present a session at BIT's 2nd Annual International Conference of Emerging Industry 2015 in Shenzhen, China, entitled "How an Asian Pacific City converted into a 2050 City", about Adelaide South Australia and its recent public infrastructure and Smart City developments.

I visited an International Expo on Food Sustainability in Milan and Istanbul, following up on a Turkish colleague, who is interested in engaging me to work in Turkey. This trip was in early August and I also stopped over in Singapore, where I visited their Future Cities Laboratory. 

 

I have developed a Smart City Floating Index, measuring Smart City elements (similar to a Balanced Scorecard).

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I have a good grasp of the Smart City concept and have presented on the following topics;

 

- the Smart City concept - new Urban Technologies that help manage cities more effectively, changing people’s and institution’s frameworks, as well as the processes that make cities work better. These include energy, mobility and transport, collaboration between cities, city resilience and security, cultural history preservation;

 

- Examples of Smart Cities / precincts / suburbs around the world;

 

- measurement of Smart Cities factors (the Smart City Floating Index, measuring Smart City elements, similar to a Balanced Scorecard);

 

- evaluation of participant’s cities;

 

- preparation of an enhancement plan, building on a city’s assets and strengths.

 

I have also worked extensively with Local Government organisations and their people.

Please contact me here for further discussion.