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Towards a "People-first" Smart City
1. Towards a “People-first” Smart City
smart investment, smart policy and smart technology
Charles Mok
Legislative Councillor (Information Technology)
Keynote @ IET ICT Conference 2017
13 April 2017
6. Problem-solving by
design
Cities across UK, North America
and Europe e.g. Toronto,
Vancouver, Seattle, Boston
Mobile app
Auto payments for road toll
Off-site payment for parking
Value added service (notification,
analytics…)
7. “Can we have better status update
and announcements when
disruption in transit system occur?
11. Urban problems require
nuanced and dynamic solutions
“Out-of-the-box”
technical solutions
Risk obsolescence
and locking-in
Make data open
source, free and
shareable
empower smaller,
innovative ICT
businesses
12. Helsinki: 3D city model offered as open data
sparks creativity of developers
14. Innovating Public-Private Partnership
and franchise agreements
◉ Usual thinking:
identify problem develop framework of solution
◉ Problem-based request for proposal (RFP):
offer best and most innovative solution, not the
lowest price
◉ Develop solutions together:
engage with the industry and technology community
16. “Lack of transparency risks
alienating the very people
smart cities technology
is supposed to serve.
17. London: Government-supported
urban innovation centre crowdsources solutions
Things Connected:
• innovation support programme for Low Power
Wide Area Networks
• Providing UK startups, small businesses and
developers improved access to LPWAN
networks,
• foster the emergence of a strong UK based
LPWAN ecosystem.
18. Compact air quality monitoring and GPS tracking sensor
BuggyAir, London
real-time updates on cyclist and pedestrian exposure to pollutants
19. Singapore: develop truly user-centric services
Tech Kaki:
• "Short polls and mini
surveys
• community page on
Facebook
20. Fresh mindset from government officials: Training
10,000 Singapore public
servants will receive data
science training
improving knowledge and
understanding of data science to
address challenges faced by the
public sector.
27. Smart City As A Platform
Identify real problems
and get stakeholders
involved in design
Policies
Empower citizens as
active agents of
change
Citizens
Solution based and
open source friendly
PPP
Investments
Avoid locked-in,
out-of-the-box
solutions
Technology
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