The document introduces City24/7, a new platform that aims to transform cities through public-private cooperation and smart technologies. City24/7 is an interactive platform that integrates information from open government, businesses, and citizens to provide knowledge on any device. It intends to inform, protect, and revitalize cities by connecting people and improving safety, commerce, and tourism through access to real-time, local information on smart screens and mobile devices. The document outlines challenges cities currently face and how City24/7 seeks to address them through new economic models and technological connectivity between citizens.

1. Transforming the City of New York
New Platform for Public-Private Cooperation
Ushers in Smart Cities of the Future
Jeff Frazier
Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group,
Public Sector Practice
October 2012
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2. Emerging Challenges Making It Difficult
for Cities to Thrive
 Social:increasing number of urban residents placing
tremendous stress on already aging public
infrastructures
 Political:lack of shared goals that benefit all
constituents has kept previous public-private
partnerships (PPPs) from reaching their full potential
 Economic:global economic slowdown has dramatically
reduced government budgets, making it difficult for cities
to meet even basic citizen needs
 Technological:ICT advances have changed traditional
notions of where people work, taking away some of the
“brain power” cities almost exclusively enjoyed in the
past.
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3. Converging Factors Allowing Cities to
Regain World Prominence
 New inhabitants bring ideas, resources, and energy
 Technology is connecting people in urban areas
 New economic models, called “shared economies” have
emerged to create optimum conditions for PPPs
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4. City24/7: A Platform for Informing,
Protecting, and Revitalizing
 Interactive platform that integrates information from open
government programs, local businesses, and citizens to
provide meaningful and powerful knowledge anytime,
anywhere, on any device.
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5. City24/7 Benefits Citizens, Visitors, City
Governments, and Businesses
Inform Protect Revitalize
 Instant  Improves  Increases
connection to safety and commerce,
information that security of investment, and
is relevant to people in the tourism
immediate surrounding
proximity area
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6. City24/7: Information Access for All
 Information displayed on durable, easy-
to-use Smart Screens
 Replace unused / outdated “public
furniture” such as pay phones
 Incorporate touch, voice, and audio
technology to deliver “hyper-local”
information
 Access via Wi-Fi on nearby
smartphones, tablets, and laptops
 Multiple languages / accessible for
people with disabilities
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7. City24/7 Smart Screens Overcome the
Monetization Barrier
 Advertising (outdoor, mobile, online, and Wi-Fi)
 Corporate sponsorships
 Transaction fees
 Promotions
 Data aggregation
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8. Cisco IBSG’s Role
Cisco IBSG has been at the forefront of
smart and connected city thought
leadership. Their insights and vision for
change were critical to ensuring the
successful launch of City24/7.”
— Tom Touche
CEO
City24/7
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9. Transforming the World’s Major Cities
Implementation phase
 Deploy 250 Smart Screens in New York City
Growth phase
 Within 24 months to implement into 20 global cities
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