Today we talk with Alice Charles. Alice works at the World Economic Forum and is the Lead, Cities, Infrastructure & Urban Services See us on youtube here: https://youtu.be/jV09X14AOxw  In this episode Alice share with us some World Economic forum insights on Cities, as well as shares some conclusion from a report recently published by the City of Belfast that Alice and the World Economic forum contributed to. With Alice I also discuss some Smart Cities best practices from Amsterdam and Helskinki. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

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World Economic Forum - Alice Charles

Today we talk with Cristina Bueti. Counselor at the International  Telecommunication Union in Geneva. When the United Nations defined its Sustainable Development goals in 2015, one of these goals was set to focus on Cities: The SDG  11. “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”.   The ITU and Cristina have been a key driver to enable progress against the goals set in this SDG11, providing a framework used by over 150  cities around the world, all aspiring to become smarter & more sustainable. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

ITU: Cristina Bueti - United 4 Smart and Sustainable Cities

In this episode, I talk with Andres Guevara, BP vice president for City  Integrated Solutions. It is great to hear, a historical Oil and Gas company, that restructures itself, and pivots to becoming an energy company. In doing so that aims to help its customers, Cities, in particular, become net zero by 2050 or sooner. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

Smart Cities & Energy - BP Vice President: Andres Guevara

Today we talk with Chris Shannon the CEO of FOTECH, a company that was  recently acquired by BP, as part of their Launchpad Initiative.   FOTECH has developed some unique sensing technology, based on Fiber  Optic Sensing, which was initially developed for the energy industry,  and is now being applied to Smart Cities. With Chris, we explore many smart city use cases, whether cities are  trying to better control water pipe leaks or improve their Mobility or  Security. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

Sensing your Smart City - FOTECH CEO: Chris Shannon

Today we talk with Marc Elian Bégin, CEO of a sixsq, a company that develops a technology which enables cities to become smarter by better taking advantage of  their vast amount data they produce at “the Edge”.  we talk about the evolution of technologies which enable cities to  become smarter, in detecting & responding to events, and even in  developing an analytics & forensic capability similar to the black  boxes which can be found on planes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

The Smart City "Edge" - sixsq CEO: Marc-Elian Bégin

In the European Commission, the Directorate General focused on Information technology is called DIGIT. Today we talk with Joao RODRIGUES FRADE head of sector for the Building Blocks in DIGIT. A Building Block is an open and reusable digital solution that can be used by a SmartCity or a smart government. Smart cities such as Vienna Austria or Caragena Spain and Smart Governments such as Estonia or Italy, use the DIGIT building blocks. These Building Blocks are of course endorsed by the European Commission and are very helpful to enable a smart city to accelerate its digital services. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

European Commission: Joao Rodrigues Frade

In this episode, we look at a startup company called Makemydayapp.  When Electric vehicle drivers start their journey, they wonder how long and how far they will be able to drive without a recharge; and when they need to recharge, they wonder if they will be able to find a charging station available on their way. That is called “Range anxiety”. This is precisely the problem that MakeMyDay addresses and that we discuss with Cnaan Aviv, the CTO and co-founder of "Make My Day". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

URBAN MOBILITY (part 3): "Make My Day" - Cnaan Aviv

In this episode, we look at a startup company called Waycare. Since  2016, Waycare has been trying to solve one of the world’s biggest  problems - preventing fatalities due to traffic crashes. The Waycare platform serves as a tool for government agencies to break  down data silos, open new channels of communication, and strategically manage resources. They’ve won multiple awards this year and are cherished by venture capitalists as a promising investment. Today we talk with Noam Maital,  founder and CEO of Waycare tech. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

URBAN MOBILITY (part 2): Waycare Tech - Noam Maital

22 million vehicles around the world use Otonomo’s and its partners'  technologies. Together they enable many use cases and services to feed  real-time Live Cars data into data platforms. These data platforms are  then used by cities and fleet owners to manage and improve their  operations. With Asaf, we talk about the creation and rise of Otonomo, we discuss the Urban  Mobility challenges the company addresses, data governance, data  security, consumer privacy, and data Sovereignty. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

URBAN MOBILITY (part 1): Otonomo - Asaf Weisbrot

On this episode we talk with the Smart city program director for Copenhagen, Marius Sylvestersen. Together we discuss the Smart Steps taken by Copenhagen to address Denmark's capital city main challenges. We talk about the value of Experimentation in Copenhagen's downtown CityLab,  and about the value of Public-Private-Partnerships to accelerate  a city's resilience and sustainability. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

COPENHAGEN: Smart City

The Wi-Sun Alliance is an industry consortium of 250 members of Global  Corporations and World Leaders in Smart Utility, Smart City and Internet  of Things Markets.  In this episode Phil Beecher, Wi-Sun Alliance CEO,  and I discuss Smart & sustainable Cities use cases, Internet of things, Edge computing and LED lighting, as offered by some of its members. More information on Wi-SUN can be found at https://wi-sun.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

Wi-SUN Alliance: Phil Beecher, President & CEO

The European Network of Living Labs  ( www.enoll.org ) is the international federation of benchmarked Living Labs in Europe with a global reach. Living Labs are all about user-centric  open innovation and co-creation. Our guest today is Koen Vervoort. Koen is the Network Builder @ ENoLL. If you are interested to create a Living Lab in your city or accelerate your existing one, Koen shares some recipes to accelerate innovation in a multi-stakeholder environment.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

ENoLL - The European Network of Living Labs: Koen Vervoort

The OASC is a cities network which gathers over 150 Small and large Smart cities. The OASC ensures best practices and applications get shared for some of our cities' biggest challenges. My guest today is Davor Meersman, the CEO of the Open and Agile Smart City network. We talk with Davor about the OASC Synchronicity common operating Framework and his vision for Cities's Smart future.  you can find more information about the OASC here : https://oascities.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

OASC: The Open and Agile Smart Cities network - Davor Meersman - CEO

Our guest today is Cristina Martinez from the European Commission.  Cristina is the Deputy Head for Smart Mobility and Living at DG Connect.  Cristina and I discuss the sustainability challenges European cities face, and some of the initiatives the European Commission is taking to address them. Thanks for listening! If you want to contribute to an episode, you can send a mail to pierre.mirlesse@partner360.net --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

Cristina Martinez: European Commission

 Pully is a small and quiet town along lake Geneva in Switzerland. This little town surprised the smart city community recently by announcing a major milestone achievement: It had verified and validated itself with the United Nations as the first Swiss “Smart City”! We talk with Alexandre Bosshard a member of the board and technical coordinator in the Utility Department at the City of Pully. Alexandre gives us some perspective on the work Pully has done to go through this verification process and shares some tips for other cities wanting to embark on the journey. More information can be found on www.pully.ch  If you are interested to feature your city in this podcast, you can contact pierre.mirlesse@partner360.net  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pierremirlesse/message

Pully: Smart City

This podcast is for everyone living in a City or thinking to move in one. Pierre Mirlesse interviews the women and men that strive to make their city a better place, to develop a better quality of life for their fellow residents, citizens and visitors, they are helping their city to become smarter and more sustainable, leaving no one behind.

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