You have probably heard about the $50M smart cities grant awarded to the City of Columbus OH. But have you heard what then happened? In this episode we chat with Jordan Davis from the Columbus Partnership, who is leading the partnership work for this significant smart cities program of work.

In a milestone for the Chronicles we interview our first city Mayor - Councillor Khal Asfour of the City of Canterbury Bankstown, in New South Wales Australia. Of all the cities in the nation, why Canterbury Bankstown? For starters, its the largest local authority in New South Wales, one of the most culturally diverse, is the eighth largest economy in Australia, and has just finished a year long consultation period with its community about how the city will be using technology and data to lift up opportunity and create greater value for its citizens.

In another installment of the PropTech Project, we sit down with Ari Gati, Founder of one6zero, to talk about technology fueling the sustainable modular housing sector. A serial entrepreneur, Ari takes us on his journey through the PropTech industry and how its opportunity to catalyse meaningful sustianability outcomes is primed.

In this episode we dive into another case study from the Australian Government Smart Cities and Suburbs program, as we hear from Georges River Council. Their funding was directed to a range of experiments on building a set of internet-connected street furniture products that could support the city's work in master planning important places and places to enhance visitor experience and improve decision making from the city.

In this Episode of the Chronicles we sit down for a discussion with Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation and the first female Chairman of the National Geographic Society. This discussion touches on the idea of 'inclusive entrepreneurship' and unpacks the five 'Be Fearless' principles. This podcast episode was recorded as part of the Smart Cities Week series.

This episode unpacks the opportunity of the emerging capability of conversational AI. We speak with Digital Director at Deloitte Consulting in Sydney, Simon Cooper, who is an advisor and author in the digital transformation of government agencies. In this discuss we provide cover the definition of conversational AI, what its benefits are to government and citizens, and some potential use cases for cities.

Join your host of the Chronicles, Adam Beck, as he walks around the bustling market hall of the 2019 Asia Pacific Cities Summit in Brisbane. He chats with cities, consultants, and technologists on what they are doing to shape smarter and sustainable cities.

Happy birthday to us! In this episode (celebrating our third anniversary in the region) our Executive Director Adam Beck shares the key milestones, activities and discussions the SCC has stewarded in Australia and New Zealand in its very short history. We hope you enjoy this short reflection on what we have been doing to help catalyse action and investment in the smart cities movement.

OnDijon is the Project. Suez is one of many partners, with the City of Dijon in France. And performance is the underpinning condition that drives this public-private partnership. In Episode 39 of The Chronicles we speak with Justin Frank (Suez, Australia New Zealand) on the company's continued efforts to build creative partnership models with government to deliver action and investment in smart infrastructure.

In this episode on the Chronicles we feature another organisation participating in the Asia Pacific Cities Summit (Brisbane, 7-10 July 2019). Our discussion is with Katrina Donaghy, CEO of CivicLedger, who are in the business of helping governments to be more accessible, efficient and effective by using smart contract and blockchain technology. In the discussion we unpack the fundamentals, whilst also exploring the benefits to cities and some easy use cases to help get your administration blockchain ready.