Smarter Cities and Digital Placemaking Dr Rick Robinson

Executive Architect, Smarter Cities, IBM Member, Academy of Urbanism

rick_robinson@uk.ibm.com @dr_rick

http://theurbantechnologist.com/ http://ibm.com/smartercities/

Analysis of bus movements in Dublin http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41068.wss

Birmingham’s Social Media Cafe by Meshed Media http://www.flickr.com/photos/meshedmedia/5475858313/

Pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UK http://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/

3D printer by Media Lab Prado http://www.flickr.com/photos/medialab-prado/5839088528/

Smarter Cities:

Why?

7 Steps

Leadership

Photo of Dhaka, Bangladesh by Joisey Showa http://www.flickr.com/photos/joiseyshowaa/2402764792/

Cities Outlook 1901-2001, Centre for Cities

http://www.centreforcities.org/research/2012/07/12

/outlook1901/

Images captured by MRI scan by Shinji Nishimoto, Alex G. Huth, An Vu and Jack L. Gallant, UC Berkley, 2011 https://sites.google.com/site/gallantlabucb/publications/nishimoto-et-al-2011

3D printed prosthetic leg by Bespoke Innovations http://www.bespokeinnovations.com/content/gallery

The IBM Watson Computer: http://www.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson/index.html

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/uk/en/pressrelease/41097.wss https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/ibmireland/entry/innovative_new_data_sharing_network_to_create_commercial_opportunities1

http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/smarter-computing/smarter-cities-rio/ http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/deepthunder/

1. Define what a “Smarter city” means to you

2. Convene a stakeholder group to co-create a specific Smarter City vision; and establish governance and a credible decision-making process

3. Structure your approach to a Smart City by drawing on the available resources and expertise

4. Establish the policy framework

5. Populate a roadmap to deliver the vision

6. Put the financing in place

7. Enable communities and engage with informality: how to make “Smarter” a self-sustaining process

7 Steps to a Smarter City

Analysis of bus movements in Dublin http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41068.wss

Birmingham’s Social Media Cafe by Meshed Media http://www.flickr.com/photos/meshedmedia/5475858313/

Pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UK http://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/

3D printer by Media Lab Prado http://www.flickr.com/photos/medialab-prado/5839088528/

A Smarter City systematically creates and encourages innovations in city systems that:

• Are enabled by technology;

• Change the relationships between the creation of economic and social value and the

consumption of resources;

• Contribute in a coordinated way to achieving a vision and clear objectives that are

supported by a consensus amongst city stakeholders.

1. Define what a “Smarter city” means to you

Birmingham City Council’s Smart City Commission http://birminghamnewsroom.com/2012/07/smart-city-commission-to-lay-future-foundations/

Photo: Stories of Mumbai by BMW Guggenheim Lab http://www.flickr.com/photos/bmwguggenheimlab/

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2. Convene stakeholders to co-create a vision and establish governance

Photo of Jane Jacobs by Michèl Champagne

http://www.mediamatic.net/104796/en/jane-jacobs-ideas-that-matter

Photo of Christopher

Alexander by Eugene Kim

http://www.flickr.com/photos/

eekim/5686194142/

3. Structure your approach by drawing on the available expertise

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election campaign, delivering fake messages to 166,766

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Photograph of 3D-printed gun mechanism by Nicholas Nova

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nnova/

http://theurbantechnologist.com/2012/09/26/the-new-architecture-of-smart-cities/

http://theurbantechnologist.com/design-patterns/

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Infrastructures

Spaces and buildings

Transport and Utilities network

Information and Communication Technology

Soft

Infrastructures

Networks and Community organisations

Innovation forums

Leadership and governance

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SMEs

Retailers

Employers

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Neighbourhoods

Cultural & Religious

Goals

Citizens, Employees, Innovators, Visitors ...

People

Ecosystem

Family & Social

Wealth Health Opportunity Safety

Independence Choice Sustainability Others?

“Private investment shapes cities, but social ideas (and laws) shape private investment. First

comes the image of what we want, then the machinery is adapted to turn out that image. The

financial machinery has been adjusted to create anti-city images because, and only

because, we as a society thought this would be good for us. If and when we think that lively,

diversified city, capable of continual, close- grained improvement and change, is desirable,

then we will adjust the financial machinery to get that.”

Jane Jacobs, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, 1961

4. Establish the policy framework

http://www.boa-academy.co.uk/

Regional Priorities

Public Safety

Health

Economy

Environmental Sustainability

Social Care

Property

Transport

Skills

City Components

Utilities

Evolving ‘Smart’ Governance

Information, Integration &

Infrastructure

Enterprise

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.... Inward Investment

.... Skills for Growth

.... Strategic Sectors

.... Economic success

.... Sustainable

communities ....

Reduce inequalities ....

Promote a better quality of life

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5. Populate a roadmap that can deliver the vision

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34575.wss

6. Put the finance in place: make business sustainable

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/business-brains/predictive-analytics-at-work-predicting-traffic-jams-before-they-occur/10543 http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21971.wss

6. Put the finance in place: information-based service innovations

http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/leadership/uofbari/assets/pdf/IBM_UofBari.pdf

http://malaria.novartis.com/innovation/sms-

for-life/index.shtml

Photo of 3D-printed objects by Shapeways,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51579195@N02/5523472239/

6. Put the finance in place: collective infrastructure

Photo of Masshouse Circus, Birmingham, before its redevelopment, by

Birmingham City Council

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Planning-

Management%2FPageLayout&cid=1223092740947&pagename=BCC%2FCom

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Photo of pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UK

http://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/

7. Enable communities and engage with informality

Hendon, Sunderland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendon,_Sunderland /

Photo of Enrique Penalosa (Bogota) by Dodo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodoorg/2898599740/

Photo of George Ferguson (Bristol) by PaulNUK:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulnew/

Photo of Eduardo Paes (Rio) by Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos

Presidência da República http://www.flickr.com/photos/saepr/

Photo of David Green (Isle of Wight) by Abigail Cooke:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/97429290@N02/

Leadership

Thankyou Dr Rick Robinson

Executive Architect, Smarter Cities, IBM Member, Academy of Urbanism

rick_robinson@uk.ibm.com @dr_rick

http://theurbantechnologist.com/ http://ibm.com/smartercities/

Analysis of bus movements in Dublin

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41068.wss Droplet smartphone payment service

https://dropletpay.com Pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UK http://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/

3D printer by Media Lab Prado http://www.flickr.com/photos/medialab-prado/5839088528/