The Smart and Sustainable City podcast

In this conversation with Tom Dodd from the European Commission, I deep dive into the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Tom is the team leader for sustainability reporting at DG FISMA in Brussels, and shares with us some very interesting insights about CSRD and its key metrics. View this episode on youtube here: https://youtu.be/ASUuBZWaWmU

Today we talk with Alice Charles. Alice works at the World Economic Forum and is the Lead, Cities, Infrastructure & Urban Services

See us on youtube here: https://youtu.be/jV09X14AOxw  In this episode Alice share with us some World Economic forum insights on Cities, as well as shares some conclusion from a report recently published by the City of Belfast that Alice and the World Economic forum contributed to. With Alice I also discuss some Smart Cities best practices from Amsterdam and Helskinki.

Today we talk with Cristina Bueti. Counsellor at the International  Telecommunication Union in Geneva. When the United Nations defined its Sustainable Development goals in 2015, one of these goals was set to focus on Cities: The SDG  11. “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”.   The ITU and Cristina have been a key driver to enable progress against the goals set in this SDG11, providing a framework used by over 150  cities around the world, all aspiring to become smarter & more sustainable.

In this episode, I talk with Andres Guevara, BP vice president for City  Integrated Solutions. It is great to hear, a historical Oil and Gas company, that restructures itself, and pivots to becoming an energy company. In doing so that aims to help its customers, Cities, in particular, become net zero by 2050 or sooner.

Today we talk with Chris Shannon the CEO of FOTECH, a company that was  recently acquired by BP, as part of their Launchpad Initiative.   FOTECH has developed some unique sensing technology, based on Fiber  Optic Sensing, which was initially developed for the energy industry,  and is now being applied to Smart Cities. With Chris, we explore many smart city use cases, whether cities are  trying to better control water pipe leaks or improve their Mobility or  Security.

In the European Commission, the Directorate General focused on Information technology is called DIGIT. Today we talk with Joao RODRIGUES FRADE head of sector for the Building Blocks in DIGIT. A Building Block is an open and reusable digital solution that can be used by a SmartCity or a smart government. Smart cities such as Vienna Austria or Caragena Spain and Smart Governments such as Estonia or Italy, use the DIGIT building blocks. These Building Blocks are of course endorsed by the European Commission and are very helpful to enable a smart city to accelerate its digital services.

In this episode, we look at a startup company called Makemydayapp.  When Electric vehicle drivers start their journey, they wonder how long and how far they will be able to drive without a recharge; and when they need to recharge, they wonder if they will be able to find a charging station available on their way. That is called “Range anxiety”. This is precisely the problem that MakeMyDay addresses and that we discuss with Cnaan Aviv, the CTO and co-founder of "Make My Day".

In this episode, we look at a startup company called Waycare. Since  2016, Waycare has been trying to solve one of the world’s biggest  problems - preventing fatalities due to traffic crashes. The Waycare platform serves as a tool for government agencies to break  down data silos, open new channels of communication, and strategically manage resources. They’ve won multiple awards this year and are cherished by venture capitalists as a promising investment. Today we talk with Noam Maital,  founder and CEO of Waycare tech.

22 million vehicles around the world use Otonomo’s and its partners'  technologies. Together they enable many use cases and services to feed  real-time Live Cars data into data platforms. These data platforms are  then used by cities and fleet owners to manage and improve their  operations.

With Asaf, we talk about the creation and rise of Otonomo, we discuss the Urban  Mobility challenges the company addresses, data governance, data  security, consumer privacy, and data Sovereignty.