Every city, town, municipality, gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse has one ubiquitous thing in common: the lighting. More and more, cities have the opportunity to leverage those lighting stations as centers of connectivity, hubs for information and points of reference for Smart City Activations throughout the area. In this panel, we will examine how these can and do work, and what that can mean for businesses and citizens who live and work nearby.
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The IoT can and should play a major role in a modern Smart Community’s public safety planning, working hand-in-hand with police, fire and other emergency services to provide the best possible results for citizens’ protection. Here, panelists will discus some of the best ways to leverage smart security cameras, AI, and water, heat, noise and other sensors for the prevention and amelioration of emergency situations.
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Digital Twin technologies have been proving their usefulness and effectiveness in the IIoT for years, but in a system as complex as a Smart City or municipality, there could be so much value and function to be found in a Digital Twin strategy. This panel will explore how such a Smart City Digital Twin might function, and how it could be used to improve citizen experience, economic growth, and municipal operations.
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When the concept of Smart Cities first took off some government funding became available for investing in solutions, that made the City the boss. Then various utilities started enabling solutions and the companies were driving decisions. How can smart cities be a win / win for enterprise and government? What are realistic goals to be made between the partners? Do smart cities have to have visible results for the politicians to have public support?
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A politician is used to seeing poll numbers, but smart city solutions are not always visible to the public. The implementations of Smart Cities show a wide range of opportunity. How can analytics be used in a smart city? Do analytics make for better decisions? What are the metrics a Smart City should be judged by?
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This spotlight session will explore the unique concerns in securing a Hyper-connected Smart City.
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Most cities have centralized systems; the board of Ed, the Municipal services, the mayor’s office. The edge, on the other hand, is where the smart cities “things” are being deployed; street lighting, parking systems, schools. What are the implications for city IT departments to support edge solutions? Find out how the can the edge be integrated into existing systems and what new services are enabled by deploying at the edge.
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A city is a font of useful and actionable data. To be a Smart City, municipalities must learn to capture and capitalize on that data. In this session, our panel will discuss the power and uses of Data and Analytics to make cities smarter.
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