043: SMART CITIES 2020: Unblocking the MEGA-BLOCKERS

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we approach the end of 2021, we enter into one of the tech industry’s favourite seasons - 2022 Predictions. While all the industry evangelists will be predicting what mega-trends are going to transform our cities next year, I’m going to take a different approach. I’m going to focus on the mega-blockers that we need to overcome in order to live up to the industry hype. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And to do this, I am joined by 3 guests who sit in different areas of the Smart Cities ecosystem. </span></p> <p>- <span style="font-weight: 400;">Josh Sattler, A/CEO - General Manager Innovation, Growth and Development Services at City of Darwin in Australia</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Tim Kobe, Founder & CEO of the global strategic design firm Eight Inc.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Zachary Wang, the Founder & CEO of Neuron Mobility, a leading rental e-scooter company and micro-mobility technology developer operating in cities across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South Korea and Canada.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For simplicity’s sake, view it this way. Zach represents the tech innovator’s supplying Smart City solutions, Josh represents the market demand, and Tim the planning and design side that has to liaise between the supply and demand side. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">01:20 Guest Intros</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">03:40 Smart Cities have not lived up to the hype. What types of challenges have you encountered that are holding back innovation?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">07:35 Mega-blockers for the adoption of AI / Facial Recognition: how to overcome citizen’s concerns over data privacy</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">15:00 Mega-blockers for the adoption of Urban Mobility: eScooters, eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft - aka Flying Taxis), etc.</s