May 14, 2019

NCSL Smart

Communities Summit

What is US Ignite?

• Public-private partnership

• Launched at White House in 2012 (with strong NSF support)

• 501(c)(3)

• Driving citizen applications/services, jobs, start ups, innovation investment

Adelaide

Salt Lake City

Richardson

AustinLafayette

NC Ignite

Kansas City

Flint

Madison

Urbana-Champaign

Cleveland

Burlington

Washington

Albuquerque

Jackson

ChattanoogaPhoenixSan Diego

Colorado Springs

Eugene-

Springfield

San Francisco

Las Vegas

Lincoln

Lexington

Red Wing Vaughan, CA

St Petersburg

St. Petersburg/Spectrum/US Ignite Case Study

• Launch accelerator steering group

• Set program priorities --"start small/think big"

• Assess network options

• Accelerate develop of local and imported apps/services

• Coordinate best-practice sharing

• Leverage national partnerships and funding

• Develop playbook

Governance Model = Wide Engagement + Co-creation

Communications among Spectrum, US Ignite and St. Petersburg

Program

management level

• Between Program Managers (implementation activities,

schedules, risk, budget)

• Performance issues, detailed planning & timelines, budget

& costs, ….

• Frequency: continuous

Priority Projects and Leads

1. Public Safety/Intelligent Transportation

• University of South Florida (USF)

• Spectrum

2. Inclusive, Immersive Education

• USF College of Marine Science

• Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast

Performance review

committee level

• Between Performance Review Managers

• Performance and Service Level Agreement review,

implementation issues & progress, performance

management

• Frequency: bi-weekly

Partner Leads

• St. Pete Innovation District

• Spectrum

• US Ignite

Steering Committee

level

• Between Senior Leadership & Executive Sponsors

• High-level performance, strategy

• Frequency: monthly

Innovation District Board of Directors

• City of St. Petersburg Economic Development and Traffic

• Foundation for a Healthy St. Pete

• St. Pete Downtown Partnership

• St. Pete Innovation Accelerator

• University of South Florida (USF) St. Petersburg

• USF College of Marine Science

• Healthcare representative

• Local education representative

And Partners

• Spectrum

• US Ignite

Smart communities "menu"Smart Buildings• Automation• HVAC• Lighting

Smart Governance / Education• e-Government• e-Education• Disaster Management Solutions

Smart Healthcare• Telemedicine• eRecords• Connected devices• Stay-at-home careSmart Energy

• Smart Grids• Smart Meters• Intelligent Energy

Storage

Smart Transport• Traffic management / road

pricing• Parking• Public transit tracking

Smart Infrastructure• Digital Water and Waste

Management• Ubiquitous

connectivity• Smart Lighting • Smart Trash

Smart Security• Surveillance• Simulation modelling &

crime prediction

Increased Revenue

Decreased Costs

Government Efficiency

Citizen Experience / Safety

Primary Use Case Benefit

Note: sub-categories / use cases not exhaustive; Source: Frost & Sullivan; Gartner; Cox Communications.

Program #1: Public Safety/Intelligent Transportation

Predictive policing and fire-fighting

Automated emergency apps

Smart street lighting

Visual surveillance & risk assessment

Program #2: Inclusive, Immersive Education

Immersive education

Distance Education

Automation, matching training to skills required

Digitization/MOOCs

Low-latency, gigabit networks (Fixed + 5G Mobile)

IoT/Sensor networks

Data analytics/Local compute

Smart, adaptive, responsive systems

to enhance jobs, growth, quality of life

Public-private Partnership Benefits

• National visibility

• Economic development opportunities

• Incentives to build next-gen apps/services

• National partners and grant funding sources

• Smart community best practices and tool kits

• Smart city playbook

➢ Driving innovation ecosystem to create new citizen services, jobs, startups, and investments

Thank You!

Bill Wallace

Executive Director, US Ignite

william.wallace@us-ignite.org