阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's research and innovation week hosts ibm's smarter cities
ibm's john longbottom talked about smarter cities at a breakfast sponsored in part by thunder bay ventures.
(thursday, feb. 7, 2013 - thunder bay, on)
ibm canada's smarter cities executive, john longbottom, will talk about smarter cities as part of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's research and innovation week. the breakfast event will take place in the university's faculty lounge, monday, feb. 11.
"smarter cities take advantage of a growing amount of data that provides insight which allows planners to make better decisions about traffic, roads, water, health care, social services, buildings and more," longbottom said.
"we declared the idea of smarter cities about four years ago and we're starting to see smarter city events being run by all kinds of people," longbottom said. "it's evolved far and wide with participants in new york, rio de janeiro, cambridge, on, and there are always varying degrees of smartness.
"ibm went through a transformation a few years ago " that's where the idea of smarter cities came from," longbottom added. "we have a large research organization that saw immense potential for cities around the world to get better and be more efficient."
bruce holm, lakehead's manager, industry liaison, economic development and innovation office, said: "this will be an informative discussion about creating smarter cities using data that is already being collected. cities are getting bigger and more complex. intelligent use of data is a way to uncover problems and find solutions to make cities more efficient."
longbottom explained, "before smarter cities, ibm had declared the idea of a smarter planet " cities are a more concentrated focus, with real people and real services."
cities can jump on board by deciding to become smarter and exploiting certain aspects for improved living. "there isn't a particular way to be smarter " it's everything from hospitals, the water system, transportation, electrical; all the domains a city is responsible for," longbottom said.
the breakfast is sponsored in part by thunder bay ventures.
attendees should rsvp for the free breakfast to kafettes@lakeheadu.ca. the breakfast will be held at 7:30 am on monday, feb. 11 in 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's faculty lounge.
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