Speaker: Ricardo Tavares Algiers, June 2018

1. What’s a Smart City?
Technology, Policy and Compassion
Ricardo Tavares
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2. The Future
Planet Earth is now home to nearly 7.5bn people, 55% of whom will live in urban
areas. By 2050, the planet will have to support 9.8bn people, 70% of them living in
cities. This is the world we must plan for, starting right now.
Data Source: UNDP, 2018.
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3. What makes a city ‘smart’?
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4. “The Economist Nathan Nunn
prooved that Good Governance
with strong institutions could
improve GDP Per Capita by roughly
50%.
Nunn, Nathan. “Relationship-Specificity,
Incomplete Contracts, and the Pattern of
Trade“. Harvard Business Review, 2007.
Smart City Governance
Andrew Mukono, “Good governance answer to corruption,”
The Herald, 06-20-18, Harare.
Good
Governance
EQUALITY AND
INCLUSIVEVENESS
RESPONSIVENESS
ACCOUNTABILITY
STRATATEGIC PLAN
LEADERSHIP
VISION
PARTICIPATION
DATA PRIVACY
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5. Connectivity
Urban Infrastructure & Quality of Life
The Enviroment
Innovation
Open Data
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6. Riots in Brazil
“If the fare price does not go down, we will stop the city”
Mobility
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7. Smart Mobility Ecosystem – San Francisco, California
Mobility
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8. It’s more than technology. How a city treats the
poor defines how smart it is
Compassion
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9. Thank you, Algiers!
ricardo.tavares@techpolis.com
+1-858-945-6309