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Smarter Cities: design thinking and market forcesDr Rick Robinson AoU CITP FRSA, Executive Architect, IBM Smarter CitiesOpen Group Distinguished Certified IT Architect

@dr_rick http://theurbantechnologist/com/ rick_robinson@uk.ibm.com

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Images captured by MRI scan by Shinji Nishimoto, Alex G. Huth, An Vu and Jack L. Gallant, UC Berkley, 2011 https://sites.google.com/site/gallantlabucb/publications/nishimoto-et-al-2011

Photo of Jan Scheuermann controlling a robot arm: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20731973

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The consequences of over-reliance on satelite navigationhttp://www.insuranceclaims.co.uk/news/freaky-car-crashes/

CCTV cameras installed to pry on residents of Sparkhill, Birmingham

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/17/birmingham-stops-muslim-surveillance-scheme12

Packages from Amazon delivered to Google employees https://www.flickr.com/photos/9880707@N02/

A 3D-printed gunhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22421185

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Kelvin Campbell’s “Massive / Small”http://engagingcities.com/post/5012064472/massive-small-the-operating-system-for-smart-urbanism Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archivehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/ Photo of pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UKhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/ Photo of Masshouse Circus, Birmingham, before its redevelopment, by Birmingham City Councilhttp://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Planning-Management%2FPageLayout&cid=1223092740947&pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FWrapper

“Massive / Small” and smart digital urbanism

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Photo of Jane Jacobs by Michèl Champagnehttp://www.mediamatic.net/104796/en/jane-jacobs-ideas-that-matter

Photo of Christopher Alexander by Eugene Kim http://www.flickr.com/photos/eekim/5686194142/

1. Broadband connectivity

2. Cloud computing3. Mobile and

smartphones4. Social media5. The touchscreen6. Open source software7. Intelligent hardware

8. Open APIs9. Open data10. Open standards11. Mundane interfaces12. Identity stores13. Maps and geolocation14. Social enterprise

15. Alternative currencies16. The “sharing economy”17. Information partnerships18. Regeneration & incubation19. Sustainable business20. Intelligent infrastructure21. Local energy22. Insight without certainty

Smarter City Design Patterns: http://theurbantechnologist.com/design-patterns/ http://theurbantechnologist.com/2014/07/01/12-simple-technologies-for-cities-that-are-smart-open-and-fair/

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http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2013/05/inspiring-social-sustainability-one-village-at-a-time.html

http://www.syngentafoundation.org/index.cfm?pageID=562

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/sport/rugby-trytracker/10630406/ibm-big-data-analytics-dublin.html

Smarter cities “as if people mattered”

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http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/06/27/montpellier-france-invites-citizens-author-smart-city

Paving Stone

Montpellier: citizens as the authors and sensors of a Smarter City

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Data from parking, traffic, events, etc. enables future conditions to be predicted.

The effectiveness of “what-if” responses can be explored.

Parking Sensors & Meters

Cross-agency work can be planned and optimised.

Traffic Information Weather Events

Citizens and businesses can be updated and respond; travellers provided with predictive route and parking

services; shops able to respond dynamically and interactively.

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=PM&subtype=SP&htmlfid=GVS03037USENPhoto of York Road, Kings Heath, in the 2009 Kings Heath Festival by Nick Lockley http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicklockey/

Smarter parking on a smarter high street

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Administration

Environment

Culture

Economy

Transportation

Social Services

Public Safety

Energy

InfrastructureCommunities

Planning and Management

The city council which governs & provides public services?

The energy, utility & infrastructure companies who build, manage & support the urban environment?

The shops & farmers who feed us?

The businesses who employ us, & the property developers who house us?

Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/

The urban lifestyle that we enjoy?

The transport systems that move us?

Who will build a Smarter City?

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Administration

Environment

Culture

Economy

Transportation

Social Services

Public Safety

Energy

InfrastructureCommunities

Planning and Management

Local Government• Drivers: finance, demographics, inequality• Barriers: financing autonomy, capacity

Infrastructure & utilities• Drivers: resilience, outcomes-based

procurement criteria• Barriers: national nature of ESCO licenses

Food & consumer goods• Driver: sustainability as a business driver• Barrier: local transport models

Business & development• Drivers: sustainability as a

business driver• Barriers: public / private

understanding of risk / reward, planning policy

Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/

Culture• Limiting factor:

consumer adoption

Transport• Barrier: cross-modal

business models

Market drivers and barriers

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Thankyou

Dr Rick Robinson AoU CITP FRSA, Executive Architect, IBM Smarter CitiesOpen Group Distinguished Certified IT Architectrick_robinson@uk.ibm.com @dr_rick http://theurbantechnologist/com/