At the recent ARC Annual Industry Forum, I facilitated a very interesting discussion on Best Practices for Planning Your Smart City.
In addition to a review of the Systems Engineering Process of consensus-based user needs, measurable functional requirements and the benefits of test plans, several city CIOs presented their unique challenges facing smart city projects, from lighting, connectivity, data, and cybersecurity, to interoperability of utilities, transportation, logistics, and systems. Included in the discussion is focused on the 30A Mobility Project, a public and private partnership between the Seaside Institute, Dewberry | Preble-Rish, HNTB, ITIC, and Walton County to globalize a world-changing strategy.
Here are my brief introductory comments:
Next Joachim Taiber of the International Transportation Innovation Center focused on the challenges of an integrated Smart City mobility system:
Rick Severance of the Babcock Ranch planned community then described their many varied successes in building a truly Smart Community.
We concluded the session with a spirited and insightful panel discussion with Joachim Taiber, Rick Severance and panelists, Lee Stogner of the IEEE, Dr. Rahul Razdan of Florida Polytechnic University, Jay Liles of the Seaside Institute and Sid Verma of Siemens Smart Cities.
Thank you to all who participated - and attended.
Would you like to speak at an upcoming ARC Forum? If you possess compelling smart city application stories or if your organization has developed impactful Smart City technologies and business cases, we'd like to hear from you!
If you'd like to speak at our 24th Annual ARC Industry and City Forum in Orlando, Florida, February 3-6, Please complete this brief submittal form online here, or email it to Rob D’Angelo - Director of Strategic Services – Smart Cities rdangelo@arcweb.com. If you have questions about speaking/exhibiting at the conference, feel free to give Rob a call at 781-471-1150 to begin building your session today!
To learn more about the Smart Cities team at ARC Advisory Group and how to engage with us, please visit: https://www.arcweb.com/industries/smart-cities