Smart Cities: Present and Future

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Smart Cities: Present and FutureLuxembourg. October 14, 2015

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Alberto Martín TorrasSmart City Expo World Congress

THE “SMART” LABELA slippery, debatable conceptMasdar: smart from scratch?An underlying trend

EFFICIENCY FIRSTBetter urban services at a lesser costIoT, Big Data, information monitoringPrivacy and the human element

SUSTAINABILITY, BY DEFAULT Cities lead environmental chargeEfficiency synergiesFrom Kochi to Reykjavík

WHO SAID LIVABILITY?Care about the planet – and its peopleFrom resilience to pedestrian streetsTechnology as an enabler

BREAK THE SILOSThe unity of the polisA holistic approachThe Agora as a metaphor

THE ETHOS OF EUROPEFrom the streets to the coffee housesVibrant city centres – at night, tooUtilitas, firmitas, venustas

A CONSTELLATION OF CITIESEurope is walkable – throughoutDensity and diversityCultural heritage – our greatest asset

STILL AT THE FOREFRONTWHS: one of many metricsAll forms of capital may depreciateEuropeana’s precious contribution

A DEFINITION OF CULTUREIt’s selective and hierarchicalIt’s dialectical, values traditionWhat is not culture

IN BENJAMIN’S FOOTSTEPS

Risks of sheer ubiquityTrivialization and uniformizationEuropeana: selects and structures

EMBRACE THE SHIFT

A driver to transform our citiesCultural heritage is hard to delocalizeInvolve all stakeholders

A DUTY – AND AN OPPORTUNITY

There is no dichotomyFrom research to tourismHealthy growth and high-value jobs

CITIES ARE OUR HOMES, TOO

National and international brandingIdentity matters to all citiesA place that is worth living in

Alberto Martín TorrasHead of Asia Pacific & Middle Eastamartint@firabarcelona.com

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