Explaining the triggers for launching and even demanding Smart Cities. Smart Cities are NOT an option. It is the next plateau of excellence for all cities, giving birth to a new Renaissance.
2. International Innovation Centers
• Offspring of The National RFID Center
• Focused on providing advice, guidance, and intelligence to aspiring
Smart Cities
• It’s a virtual organization that is made of retired executives that
have “been there, done that”!
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3. Important Upfront Notes
• This presentation is available at a website that will be revealed at
the end of this presentation. No need to take pictures. The PDF file
even has most of the hidden slides.
• Some of the slides are very busy (too much information). You can
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• Get other people excited. This is about our future!
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5. •- The Winds of Change, Turbulence, and & Disruption -
•Globalization, Industrialization,Digitization,...“MotherNature”
6. First, Some Megatrends
(triggering New Eras and Ages)
• Shifting Economic Power
• New Superpower? New currencies?
• Population Growth (>10B people by 2050) (food demand increase by 59%)
• Mass and Rapid Urbanization (80+% of population in urban settings)
• Drastic Demographic Changes
• New Form Of Globalization (Connected Like Minded People, Consumers …)
• Shared Thoughts, Shared Feelings, Shared Dreams … Shared Future
• Technological Breakthroughs
• Speed of Technological Advancements Is Accelerating
• Shifting Energy Market
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11. Sample Of Ongoing Crises
• Political Crisis / Guts and Courage Crisis
• Financial Crisis / Debt Crisis
• Climate Crisis / Environmental Crisis
• Migrant/Refugee Crisis
• Humanitarian Crisis / Homelessness Crisis
• Water Shortage and Water Quality Crisis
• Food Crisis and Food Quality Crisis
• Corruption Crisis (corrupt industries, businesses …)
• Energy Crisis
• Pandemic Crisis … and Other Health Crises
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12. The Silver Lining Behind The New Pandemics
• They accelerate The Digital Era Networld and Netizens
• New Business Models based on online products and
services
• The Digital World requires Digital Transformation
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The Cloud
AI and Analytics
Big Data
IoT/IIoT
AV/CV
Trillion Sensors
Cyber Cash
Flexible Automation
AR and VR …
21. Moreover, We Have To Deal With Several
Undeclared Wars
1. Cultural War
2. Trade/Economic War
3. Cybersecurity War
4. Terrorist War (Permawar -- actually, all of them are permawars)
5. Drug War
6. Ideological War (Sociopolitical War)
7. Tech War (AI, 5G, Sentient Robots, Networld, etc.)
8.Innovation War (incl. Smart Cities War)
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22. Some Of The Consequences Of Those Wars
• Cybersecurity will be paramount is surviving the
craziness of the connected worlds
• Many professions will disappear
• Several new professions will emerge, but most of
them will require college degree(s)
• The ideological wars will force changes in the
sociopolitical system
• The gap between the “Haves” and “Have-Nots” will
increase creating all kinds of new problems
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23. The Smart Cities War Explained
•Smart Cities will thrive; BAU Cities will wither
•Smart Cities will attract the best of the best – they
always did
• Smart People
• Smart Businesses / Smart Factories
• Smart Everything
•Smart Cities are guaranteed to have a
bright (sustainable, resilient, healthy …) future!
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25. Some Facts About The Rust Belt
• Detroit was the 5th largest city in America with bright future and was
considered a key city (the epicenter) of the 2nd Industrial Revolution (2IR)
• 3IR came and Detroit missed the boat Today Detroit is 18th
• Ft. Worth is now bigger than Detroit
• Arlington is now bigger than Cleveland and Pittsburg
• Toledo is no longer the Glass Capital of the World
• Akron is no longer the Tire Capital of the World
• … and Buffalo is now only famous for its Buffalo Wings
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27. Businesses and Cities Suffer The Same
Consequences For Not Transforming
• Here is an excerpt from the Digital
Transformation book written by Thomas Siebel:
“Since 2000, 52% of the F-500 companies have
either been acquired, merged, or have declared
bankruptcy … 40% of the companies in existence
today will shutter their operations in the next 10
years.”
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28. Did You Know?
• Over 85% of the F-500 have disappeared since I graduated from
college in the early ‘70s. Some examples:
• Penn Central, Baltimore and Ohio …
• Pan Am, TWA, Eastern, Braniff …
• Amdahl, Palm, Atari, Compaq, Wang …
• Polaroid, KODAK …
• Blockbuster Video …
• RCA, NCR …
• American Motors Chrysler Fiat
• International Harvester CASE Fiat
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Some of them still exist, but they
are limping along!
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29. Winners Gain All The Benefits
Smart Business Leaders
Great Inventions and Innovations Smart
Products
Great Economic Development Great Jobs and
Salaries Great QoL Sustainable Communities
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30. Key Realization #1
However, great businesses
and jobs are not enough for a
bright future!
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31. Key Realization #2
Cities must have the right
“magnets”
in order to grow and thrive
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This applies to
people, as well for
cities!
What is your city’s
vibe?
Intellectual?
Cosmopolitan?
Sin?
Old West?
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33. Las Vegas Got Part Of It Right!
(Great Architecture, Exceptional Urban Planning, Great Entertainment)
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34. What Are Some Of The Key Magnets?
• Smart People
• Best Doctors, Professors, Thought Leaders, Strategists, Poets, Artists …
• Exceptional Urban Planning
• Parks, Fountains, Gardens, Roads, Highways, Infrastructure, Amenities …
• Great Architecture, Great Art
• Great Entrepreneurial and Innovation Culture
• Mentality/Attitude, Events, Celebrations, Festivities, Monuments, Shrines,
Temples, Museums …
• Great Entertainment (Theaters, Restaurants, Sports …)
• Innovative Businesses (High Employment, Great Growth)
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35. It’s A Closed Loop System.
It’s An Engine for Smart Growth!
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The challenge is how to make this
engine going at full power because it
fuels and stimulates:
• The overall economy
• New industries
• New jobs
• The entire city
• Better schools
• Better health care
• Better transportation
• Better services
• Better everything
• The entire Society
• Better infrastructures
• Better architecture and art
• Better entertainment …
The faster this engine works the more benefits and
rewards the Smart City realizes!
Right Magnets
Smart
People
Smart
Cities
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Brain Drain was real in previous decades
and centuries … and it is still real today!
Smart people go where there is “action” … and
potential to become even smarter.
It’s a basic human need.
That’s how smart people find Self-Actualization
and feed their self-esteem!
A popular seminar for the leaders of Economic Development
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People consciously or subconsciously know that
the best people are attracted to the best places
on Earth! That’s the essence of this song:
BTW, NYC is NOT the only great place!
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38. Smart Attracts Smart!
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From Frost & Sullivan
Note: This is NOT an
all-inclusive depiction
of all that is involved!
Add:
Smart Education
Smart Businesses
Smart Culture/Arts
…
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The Countries
With The Best
Magnets The Last
50 Years
(Besides the US):
• Ireland
• UK
• UAE
Now China, South
Korea, and other
Asian Countries are
creating their own
super-magnets
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Let’s take a look at Greece.
No new magnets!
Same old, same old!
Result: More Greeks live and
work outside Greece than inside
Greece!
Greece was a big loser in the first
three Industrial Revolutions and
she will be a big loser in the 4th IR
as well!
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Ancient Rome
Ancient Babylon
Ancient Alexandria
“Smart
Attracts
Smart” is
NOT new!
This was true
thousands of
years ago
and it will
remain true
thousands of
years from
now!
It’s a basic
human need!
Ancient Athens
43. Key Argument
• All Cities will become Smart Cities by default because they all
are going to have 5G, Wi-Fi, Sensors galore, Face
Recognition, Smart Mobility, Smart Roads and Signs, Smart
Parking, Smart Energy, Smart Water, etc. …
True!
• But there is “Smart” … and then there is “Smarter”
• Like people --- 110 IQ vs. 160 IQ! Smarter wins (well, usually)!
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A New Future Is Emerging
For those that understand it!
We have a special presentation that helps you understand the future!
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A new
bright future
is straight
ahead!
And it is
dramatically
different
from today!
The Post-Industrial Age
The Service-Based Economy
4IR and 5IR …
The Digital Age
The Technological Age
The Conceptual Age
The Post-Capitalist Era
The Trillion Sensor Economy
The Petabyte Era
The Sharing Economy
The Exponential Age
The Age Of Transitions
The 2nd Renaissance
The Age Of Sustainable Development
The Age Of Opportunity
The Age Of Regeneration and Reinvention
…
48. •“We stand at the precipice of a bold social,
cultural, and technological transformation
that many pundits respectfully refer to as
an “industrial revolution!”
•Klaus Schwab, Founder and Chairman
•The World Economic Forum
•www.weforum.org