\u201cMen come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Aristotle<\/p>\nCities are all about people\u2019s lives. Big social groups of people living and collaborating together. Whether you are in Hong Kong, London, Shangai, New York, Singapore, Tokyo or Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Barcelona. These cities offer the best in the world. Likewise, they are becoming more and more efficient serving many millions of people because of the adoption of smart technologies which is transforming them into smart cities.<\/p>\n
And there is a need to have an open conversation about how to best deploy these technologies to serve the people they are meant to help. Experts, decision-makers, business, industries and citizens need to be part of that conversation, and the best and most efficient way to have that direct feedback is through the digital. openbusinesscouncil summit aims precisely to make that conversation take place by bringing together top experts and government officials.<\/p>\n
A smart city is all about people and digital twins – creating digital avatars of the city – property, infrastructure & connections which transcend geography with data + governance, emotional architecture serving people, businesses.<\/p>\n
Smart cities – The Fourth Industrial Revolution – 4IR are here to stay. There is no turning back. Because of its ubiquitous reach, 4IR technologies raise all kinds of concerns, but offer also a lot of solutions and nations have to adapt and change. 4IR will enable our society and power smart cities with AI, Blockchain, IOT.<\/p>\n
Smart cities and 4IR technologies are the heartbeat of the XXI century we are living & creating:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Smart cities enable better organisation of society, citizens, innovation, technology and data.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Smart cities are the center of all operations and challenges and opportunities – society.<\/p>\n
What makes smart cities?<\/h2>\n
Smart Cities are the heart of the beating of the best in the world and in the interstice of all challenges, innovation and concerns of humanity.<\/p>\n
A smart city is the next stage of cities – intelligent human centric – sustainable – empowered by the 4IR that provides enormous possibilities for human growth through art, culture, social, architectural, economic, political, environmental, and scientific flowering with the optimal mix of nature, technology, humanity, and arts.<\/p>\n
All cities will become smart cities. Particularly when it comes to organisation of society, citizens, innovation, technology and data, smart cities are the center of all operations and challenges and opportunities.<\/p>\n
Smart cities, like the city states in the past, embed the highest hopes of humanity through the promise of harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) innovative technologies to improve lives and bring social harmony.<\/p>\n
However, smart cities represent & can incarnate the challenges, fears of a dystopian ecosystem of over \u2018controlled lives\u2019 if not planned properly.<\/p>\n
We are however in early stage of smart cities deployments so is up to citizens, each of us, businesses and governments to prepare, create best decisions, directions.<\/p>\n
Smart cities are making society unfold in some kind of panopticon system, governed by the emergence and disruption coming out of AI, IoT, Blockchain + automated devices with augmented tools & software inherent to digital transformation systems.<\/p>\n
Smart cities require planning and special strategy and efforts from all areas of society and economy.<\/p>\n
Smart cities requires the collaboration of many strategic partners, leaders, and special citizens, businesses and government.<\/p>\n
Smart cities are the main stage where 4IR technologies special AI, blockchain, IoT can change and improve cities, businesses government infrastructure, buildings and citizens needs!<\/p>\n