Teena Maddox is a VP at Brodeur Partners. She is a former Associate Managing Editor at TechRepublic. Teena's lifelong journalism career has included writing on staff for publications including People magazine, W magazine and Women's Wear Daily.
The city of Toronto is dedicated to smart city tech, including the development of the 800-hectare Waterfront Toronto project. Digital inclusion is key to the city’s mission to provide services to citizens.
Carto is a location intelligence company that turns location information and data into business outcomes. Cities can use this technology to make sense of the data they collect.
Every city should have a chief accessibility officer to ensure inclusiveness for people with disabilities, according to Victor Pineda, president of World Enabled, which partnered with Microsoft for the creation of the Smart Cities for All Toolkit.
At Smart Cities NYC ’17, Microsoft displayed a new prototype patrol vehicle with an array of smart city features, including the capability to send out a drone, body-worn cameras, and license plate readers.
In Brooklyn, New York, URBAN-X is making waves with its groundbreaking tech incubator at A/D/O where entrepreneurs work with BMW’s MINI engineers on technology and design for urban environments.
Microsoft’s Smart Cities for All Toolkit is to help cities build accessible and inclusive cities. The toolkit is the result of an initiative led by G3ict and World Enabled.
Wyzerr creates surveys designed as games to encourage responses. CEO Natasia Malaihollo talks about how Wyzerr works with city governments to use survey data to improve services for a smarter city.
Brandon Crowley, chief data officer for the city of Cincinnati, talks about the city’s open data portal and the data types that can be downloaded and used for deep dives.
Cincinnati is focused on building a structural backbone for its data analytics infrastructure. Leigh Tami, the city’s chief performance officer, talks about how the city is using the data to assess problems and measure progress.
Cincinnati City Manager Harry Black shares how the city has changed its focus from internal to external in order to work with the enterprise on smart city tech.
