geosmart cities - 2020 & beyond

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

February 24, 2015.

Future GeoSmart Cities - 2020 & Beyond

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Title Slide image: The Jetsons in their flying car.Credit Warner Bros./Courtesy of Getty Images

2020

- Who Knows …

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50“The Future Starts Now”


Some things we do know today …Aggressive Techies expand Empires

Racingtowards

$1 TRILLION

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Some things we do know today …Big Data & the Cloud here to Stay

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Data, Data, Data

SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, DaaS


Some things we do know today …- Mobile World will soon be Ubiquitous

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www.govtech.com/What-is-the-Internet-of-Everything.html

http://www.govtech.com/What-is-the-Internet-of-Everything.html


Some things we do know today …Open Gov – Open Data Growing Rapidly

65 participating countries

Over 287 Open Data portals


“Issues of ecological destruction, personal health, inequitable distribution of wealth, the power of transnational corporations, and the effects of the global economy are not independent problems.

They are inextricably linked.”

Dr. David Suzuki

Source: Health and Wellbeing UK

Future Context Focus- Local to Global Wellbeing


Wellbeing Future Directions- Community Sustainability

• Community demanding it and politicians responding

• Sustaining community capitalSource: “Toward Sustainable Communities”; Mark Roseland. New Society Publishers

• Natural Capital

• Physical Capital

• Economic Capital

• Human Capital

• Social Assets

• Cultural Assets


Wellbeing Futures- Technology as a Key Impactor

Source: https://importanceoftechnology.net/impact-technology-transforming-society/

“Impact of Technology in Transforming a Society”


Future Directions (happening now)

- Exponential Computing Power

Quantum Computing “Quantum computers have theability to solve problems thatwould take a classical computerlonger than the age of the universe.”Dr. David Deutsch, Oxford University



- Internet of Everything

blogs.cisco.com/ioe/answering-the-two-most-asked-questions-aboutthe-internet-of-everything/

2020 is projected to have over 50 B devices supporting 7.6 B people

http://blogs.cisco.com/ioe/answering-the-two-most-asked-questions-about-the-internet-of-everything/



- A World of Sensors

“System” Sensors Human Sensors



- Artificial & Mechanical Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Digital Libraries

Internet Info

Mechanical Intelligence



- Drones Pervasive

Service Delivery GeoData Gathering



- Technologies Continue to EvolveNano Technologies

3D Printing

Visualization Technologies

Augmented Reality


The Future is Now- Perspectives of a Smart City

Smart Cities

Smarter Cities Smart + Connected Communities

The Industry Buzz



• Sensors for

• Air pollution

• Fire detection

• Water quality

• Smart parking

• Traffic congestion

• Waste management

• Golf course conditions

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… sensor city



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IBM: “Smarter cities of all sizes are capitalizing on new technologies and insights to transform their systems, operations and service delivery.”



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The Future is Now- Continuum of Data & Intelligent Communities

Source: Adapted from www.slideshare.net/JuryKonga/open-government-intelligent-community-in-the-digital-economy , 2012

Needs &Feeds

&ADVOCACY

Government

Data

Science

Data

Corporate Data

OPEN & BIG DATA

Community Data

http://www.slideshare.net/JuryKonga/open-government-intelligent-community-in-the-digital-economy


GeoSmart City- Foundation

Location, Location, Location


GeoSmart City- Connected Intelligence

Source: Deloitte government-2020.dupress.com/category/technology-cyber-physical-systems/

“In 2020, computers evolve into connected systems that sense, monitor, and control human and physical environments.”

http://government-2020.dupress.com/category/technology-cyber-physical-systems/


GeoSmart City- Your commute just changed

Vehicular Situational AwarenessSmart Traffic Control

Self-Driving Cars Commute Working

Source: Government Technology. 8 Ways the Internet of Things Will Improve Your Commute In The Future


GeoSmart City- Emergency Services

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Medical Emergency

Heart Attack Sensed

Auto 911

Social Media(with Subject location)

ETA Data

511 Road & Traffic

Updates

Responders

(Concept)

AED(efib) Data

Transport Info

ETA & Patient Data

Family

Digital HealthRecords

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U.S. Blue Button service

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… what’s stopping us from having this


GeoSmart City - Integrated Service Delivery

Service One (2.0)- The Service

Coordinator

•Products & Services




Provincial Municipal

FederalPrivate &

Non-Profits

Integrated Service Delivery “Engine”

Process C

Process B

Process A

Standardized Processes, Protocolsand Knowledge Base

Business KnowledgeDatabase

Service Requests

Requests from MyGovID(Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter)

Source: From a Social to a Service Web, 2009. www.slideshare.net/jkonga

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GeoSmart Planet- A Global Ecosystem

• Need to address …

• Food

• Education

• Water

• Security

• Global Health

• Energy

• Environment

• Poverty

• Space

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… everything connects to everythingSource: http://singularityu.org/impact/

http://singularityu.org/impact/


GeoSmart Planet- Global Solutions Hub

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Source: NASA

Global SensorFeeds

Source: AutoGuide.comSource: Shore-Designs.com


Now, 2020 & Beyond- “Age of Networked Intelligence”

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Source: Don Tapscott 2012 TED Global


Now, 2020 & Beyond- Our Digital Future

• Logistics optimization

• Municipal “control” centres

• Home energy management

• Smart Grid

• Intelligent roadways

• Factory optimization

• Emergency services optimization

• Environmental sensor networks

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“Smart Cities and the Internet of Everything: The Foundation for Delivering Next-Generation Citizen Services”


Now, 2020 & Beyond- the future Career Landscape

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Data Visualizationist


Now, 2020 & Beyond- life long learning

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Now, 2020 & Beyond- key challenges

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Now, 2020 & Beyond- End State

Digital Infrastructure

Big & Open Data

Culture of Innovation

Leveraging Internet of Everything

Optimizing Technology tools

Sustainable Economics

Building Community Wellbeing

Smart Community

How does your communityand organization alignwith these traits?


Food for thought …

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• Exploit your knowledge of data & geography

• Innovation is an imperative in a digital economy

• Look back, think forward

• “The future depends on what you do today.” Mahatma Gandhi

• Don’t wait for 2020 - Update your 5 Year Plan Now!


final thought …

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Thank You

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

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