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The built environment’s Scope 3 emissions conundrum

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City Lights is a Q&A series where we ask city leaders and experts a series of questions across a range of topics. If you would like to contribute and you work for a city authority then please contact our editor Luke Antoniou on lukea@smartcitiesworld.net

How sensors and digital twins are shaping Geelong smart priorities

How sensors and digital twins are shaping Geelong smart priorities

Digital twins15 Jun 2023

Adam Mowlam, head of the smart city office for the city of Greater Geelong, explains how digital technology, including IoT sensors and digital twins, are supporting decision-makers and local initiatives to improve liveability for citizens – and even wildlife.

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Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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Interview: Jason Sankey, Chief Information Officer, City of Atlanta

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Luke Antoniou talks to City of Atlanta’s CIO about staying resilient, climate action and why every smart initiative must begin by focusing on the opportunities of citizens and what they need from technology.

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Troy Moon, sustainability coordinator for the City of Portland, Maine, details the city’s approach to sustainability, including engaging with citizens, making equitable and inclusive climate action a community activity and collaboration across city government.

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Podcast: In conversation with Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney

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The first episode of the SmartCitiesWorld podcast for 2022 take a deep dive into Sydney’s world-leading environmental strategy with city CEO, Monica Barone.

Interview: Theo Blackwell MBE, Chief Digital Officer for London

Interview: Theo Blackwell MBE, Chief Digital Officer for London

City Lights20 Oct 2021

London’s chief digital officer, Theo Blackwell MBE, tells SmartCitiesWorld how the city’s Emerging Technology Charter is empowering businesses, local politicians, and communities to ask the right questions about next-gen technology.

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Eduard Lysenko: Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of the Department of Information Technologies

City Lights26 Aug 2021

Eduard Lysenko is a driving force behind Moscow’s smart city journey. He explains why cities must develop beyond being simply an administrative machine and into a partner and helper to the citizen.

City Lights: Michael Guerin, Programme Manager, Smart Docklands

City Lights: Michael Guerin, Programme Manager, Smart Docklands

City Lights05 Apr 2021

On being an ’honest broker’, avoiding death by pilot and data driven smart cities.

City Lights: Liz St Louis, Sunderland City Council

City Lights: Liz St Louis, Sunderland City Council

City Lights27 Oct 2020

Liz St Louis, Assistant Director for Smart Cities at Sunderland City Council, on the importance of connectivity for all, engaging with kids, and snoring dogs.

City Lights: Piero Pelizzaro, Milan's Chief Resilience Officer

City Lights: Piero Pelizzaro, Milan's Chief Resilience Officer

City Lights29 Sep 2020

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Piero Pelizzaro, Chief Resilience Officer of Milan, about the city’s digital transition, urban forests and the ongoing woes of a football fan.

City Lights: Thomas Madreiter, Director of Urban Planning, City of Vienna

City Lights: Thomas Madreiter, Director of Urban Planning, City of Vienna

City Lights17 Aug 2020

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Thomas Madreiter, Director of Urban Planning, City of Vienna, about the city’s climate change focused strategy and how the term "smart cities" should be replaced with "sensible cities".

City Lights: Ahmed bin Saeed Al Sayyah, General Manager of Ras Al Khaimah Electronic Government Authority

City Lights: Ahmed bin Saeed Al Sayyah, General Manager of Ras Al Khaimah Electronic Government Authority

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SmartCitiesWorld talks to Ahmed bin Saeed Al Sayyah, General Manager of Ras Al Khaimah Electronic Government Authority

City Lights: Peter Dommermuth, head of office, Environmental Agency, City of Frankfurt

City Lights: Peter Dommermuth, head of office, Environmental Agency, City of Frankfurt

City Lights20 Jul 2020

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Peter Dommermuth, Head of office, Environmental Agency, City of Frankfurt, about placing technology at the heart of its green strategy

City Lights: Mark Patton. Vice President, Smart Cities, Columbus Partnership

City Lights: Mark Patton. Vice President, Smart Cities, Columbus Partnership

City Lights07 Feb 2020

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Mark Patton, vice president, Smart Cities, Columbus Partnership, about the Ohio city’s journey so far.

City Lights: Dr Chen-Yu Lee, Director, Taipei Smart City Project Management Office

City Lights: Dr Chen-Yu Lee, Director, Taipei Smart City Project Management Office

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SmartCitiesWorld talks to Dr Chen-Yu Lee, director of Taipei Smart City Project Management Office.

City Lights: Lea Eriksen, CIO, City of Long Beach

City Lights: Lea Eriksen, CIO, City of Long Beach

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SmartCitiesWorld talks to Long Beach’s CIO, Lea Eriksen.

City Lights: Gunnar Edwin Crawford, Head of Stavanger Smart City

City Lights: Gunnar Edwin Crawford, Head of Stavanger Smart City

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SmartCitiesWorld talks to Gunnar Edwin Crawford about his role as head of Stavanger Smart City, Stavanger kommune in Norway

City Lights: Laura Robertson-Collins, Climate Champion, Liverpool

City Lights: Laura Robertson-Collins, Climate Champion, Liverpool

City Lights30 Jul 2019

Laura Robertson-Collins, Liverpool’s first ’Climate Champion’, talks to SmartCitiesWorld about her new role and its remit.

City Lights: Sabrina Dorsainvil, Director of Civic Design, Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, Boston

City Lights: Sabrina Dorsainvil, Director of Civic Design, Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, Boston

City Lights10 May 2019

SmartCitiesWorld finds out more about the role of a civic designer and Boston’s Office of New Urban Mechanics.

City Lights: Khal Asfour, Mayor, City of Canterbury Bankstown, New South Wales

City Lights: Khal Asfour, Mayor, City of Canterbury Bankstown, New South Wales

City Lights25 Apr 2019

Khal Asfour, Mayor for the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, talks to SmartCitiesWorld about the importance of consulting the community at the start of a smart city journey.

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