Yinhai Wang - IEEE Smart Cities Initiatives - GCS16

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The IEEE Smart Cities Initiative
http://smartcities.ieee.org/
Yinhai Wang, PhD
yinhai@uw.edu (206) 616-2696
IEEE Smart Cities Steering Committee
May 17, 2016 Kansas City

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IEEE Smart Cities Steering Committee
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Who Are We?
IEEE Smart Cities Initiative Working Group
Working Group Lead:
Gilles Betis, gilles.g.betis@ieee.org
Steering Committee:
Stefano Bregni
Gustavo Giannattasio
Yacine GHAMRI-DOUDANE
Yinhai Wang, yinhai@uw.edu
Rosaldo Rossetti
David Alan Grier
Roberto Saracco

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The IEEE Smart Cities Initiative
A global and multi-disciplinary effort
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Our Initiative
Started in 2013, with objectives to
 Create a vibrant and worldwide cities
network
 Share knowledge, experience and good
practices
 Involve local governance, universities,
industries and at first, local IEEE volunteers
 Manage the transition to urbanization
 Raise awareness of the benefits and
downsides of technology
 Help guide the appropriate uses of technology
 Collaborate with other international
organizations

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Our IEEE Smart Cities Activities
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Our City Network

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Our IEEE Smart Cities Activities
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What Each Core City Has Been Working on?
Guadalajara Example: 6 Working Groups – 60 Volunteers
Whitepapers to share the experience & Knowledge

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Our IEEE Smart Cities Activities
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Our
Workshops
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Kick-Off on 8-9 February 2016

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Our IEEE Smart Cities Activities
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Our Conferences
http://events.unitn.it/en/isc2-2016

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Our IEEE Smart Cities Activities
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We Are Committed to a Lot More
Education
 MOOCs, eLearning modules
Collaborative events to disseminate content
Virtual Smart Cities Conference
 Recorded presentations supplemented with live chat
 Pre and post conference webinars
Standards, norms, methodology
framework
 Associate metrics, standards and
educational material
 Methodological tools for design and
consultancy

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