Robert Bell presentation for smart cities session at Redevelopment Forum 2019.

1. Intelligent
Community
Forum

2. Global
Network
Think
Tank
Of cities, metro
areas and counties
recognized as
Intelligent Communities,
collaborating on
economic and social
development
Studying how
Intelligent Communities
use ICT to grow their
local economies, their
societies and their
cultures in a global,
digital marketplace

3. Making cities
Making
BETTER CITIES
SMARTER

7. Buy
Unlimited selection,
lower prices

8. Buy Sell
Across the street,
around the world

9. Buy Sell
Work
From anywhere,
to anywhere

10. Buy Sell
Work Learn
Anything you
need to know

11. Good infrastructure is just the beginning.
How do you turn it into value?

12. Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA Population: 180,000
ECONOMIC GROWTH

13. Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA Population: 180,000

14. Chaiyi, Taiwan Population: 270,000
SOCIAL GROWTH

15. Chaiyi, Taiwan Population: 270,000

16. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Population: 1,650,000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7Bo5X0JAA
CULTURAL GROWTH

17. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Population: 1,650,000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7Bo5X0JAA

18. How do you turn broadband into value?
• Leverage the economic, social and cultural assets you
already have or are ready to develop
• Put broadband to work –
• Making your labor force better suited to today’s higher-skilled jobs
• Educating your kids for tomorrow’s even higher-skilled jobs
• Attacking social challenges and deploying local culture online
• Build powerful partnerships with community colleges and
universities to incubate tomorrow’s employers
• Fight to make your community an “ecosystem” of innovation