Towards Engaged Cities: Technology and Civic Drivers in the US

Towards Engaged CitiesTechnology and civic drivers in the US

Pierrick BouffaronSenior Strategic AnalystL’Atelier BNP Paribas North AmericaCrowdsourcing Week, BrusselsNov 23, 2016

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Born in Paris in 1978, global reach Focus on new (digital) technologies & services Detect, Educate, Transform, Accelerate

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Towards smart(er) cities?Fine-tuning a set of technological, social and

political innovations allowing citizens

to live better and thrive collectively in safer, cleaner and more sustainable urban areas

Economic challenges

Social challengesPolitical challenges

Environmental challenges

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DIVERSITYDifferent types of populationDifferent needsDifferent city sizes

Different access to knowledgeDifferent level of infrastructureDifferent investment capacities

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Citizens & Governanc

e Mobility & Transportati

on

Urban Planning &

Housing

Resilience

Urban Networks

Communities &

Growth

LA: Swiftly

SF: SynthicityBoston:

CityScore

New Orleans: Future Ground Denver:

CityNOW Chicago:

Array Things

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Smart mobility

Ride Sharing Car Pooling Car Sharing

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Silicon Valley pushes the limits

Morning Afternoon Night

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Virtual supermarkets in Baltimore

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Civic tech and the smart(er) cityThe ease in which cities and their citizens can make mobile applications has generated partnerships between the cities and and its civic minded technology community

Today’s (smart) techno cities, civic hacking and open government

have all created a space for bottom-up innovation

Data and technologies can be transformative, but they can both obscure the needs of marginalized communities as well as elevate them!

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Who uses/pays what in the US

Pays

GovernmentOrganizationCommunityIndividual

GovernmentPhilanthropyIndustry / VC

Consumer/Citizen

Uses

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That’s where crowdsourcing can help

Local issues and concerns

Ideas Citizens projects Uptake

Often known to citizens but

overlooked by authorities

“Wouldn’t it be great if…”

“We will do something about it”

“Continuation and scaling up of

successful projects by businesses, councils, etc.”

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We need engaged (urban) citizens

Please…Lend us your eyes

Please…Help us gather data

Please…Submit your stories

Please… Get involved • Community involvement

• More voices• Transparency• Valuable databases

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Banks as key actors of the smart city?

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Thank you!Pierrick Bouffaron

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Cell : (+1) 415 471 6001

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