1. Smart Cities: What’s in it for the consumer?
ACCANect Conference
 14 September 2016
Paul Budde
ASCA Executive Director

2. Paul Budde International consultant ICT Infrastructure
(strategies and policies) Smart Cities and Smart Grids
Networking Economy
BuddeComm CEO
ASCA Executive Director
Smart Grid Australia &
Global Smart Grid Federation Founding Board Member
United Nations Co-initiator UN Broadband Commission
for Digital Development
Clients International investment houses
Government (Federal, State, Local)
Industry

3. Australian Smart Communities Association (ASCA)
Facilitates, promotes, advises on how communities can build liveable, sustainable, workable smart cities
Puts citizens, local businesses and stakeholders at the core of our activities
Ideally positioned to take up this task – started as collaborative coalition of:
local government, Regional Development Australia (RDAs) committees and Regional Organisations of Councils (ROCs)
Established ourselves as peak industry association in Australia for the rapidly developing digital, sharing and interconnected communities

4. Working collaboratively
150+ local government authorities
represent 8.1 million (1 in 3) Australians
Industry Board represents 30+ national corporations
Assists to develop sustainable business and investment models
Close cooperation with Federal and State Governments on national and state policies
A dozen universities and research institutions
assist with implementation of smart city platforms, living labs, data hubs
Locally - business and stakeholder platform to built smart communities and cities

5. All cities are smart – there is no such thing as a dumb city
A smarter city is consumer-centric
‘A smart city enables its citizens to improve their quality of life and makes the community more sustainable, liveable and workable. Communications and IT technologies can play an enabling role through the creation of self-organising systems to support this. A holistic approach is needed in relation to the organisation of the city, its management and its infrastructure. Key sectors involved include housing, healthcare, education, mobility, government and business.”
All cities are smart – there is no such thing as a dumb city

6. This is a long term process (10-30 years)
How to get there?
While a bottom-up approach is preferable, the challenges facing cities are complex.
Creating smart cities requires significant long-term investment.
Citizen-focused collaboration is needed on a national and state level, between all levels of government, private industry and R&D community.
The collaborative then needs to include citizens, local businesses and other local stakeholders at a local level.
This is a long term process (10-30 years)

7. Why are such structures needed?
Smart city developments need to be led from the top.
Smart cities require significant government transformation on all levels – more power and funding channelled into cities.
Major investments needed in infrastructure to facilitate self- organising systems.
Transparent and open structures.
Isolated community-based smart city initiatives often end up in ‘death by pilot’ (not scalable, not replicable).
Don’t reinvent the wheel – sharing with other cities and communities is more cost-effective.

8. Citizen engagement Process only works when people have trust in it.
Smart communities need to be developed in cooperation with citizens.
End-user problems and solutions – need to involve citizens in every stage of the process.
Different groups can be engaged in different aspects.
Key target groups to engage with innovative solutions and outside- the-box thinking – year olds.

9. Citizen-based outcomes
A more liveable city.
Create peer-to-peer communities, workplaces, marketplaces (sharing economy).
Blockchain and bitcoin allow for delivery of decentralised services.
Empowered people – can make own decisions about their economic and social wellbeing.
Decentralised energy production based on renewables (circular economy).
Big data in the hands of individuals to assist them to improve and enhance their own situations.
Cost incentive for consumers.

10. Summary For citizens: become engaged.
For cities: needs to be citizen driven.
For industry: put the citizens first.
For R&D: practical assistance with social and economic deployment.
ASCA brings all these parties together within a collaborative framework

11. For more information about ASCA www.australiansmartcommunities.org.au
Thank you
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