SEOUL SMART CITY SUMMIT 2019

Tallinn has a 800 years of history in developing and modernizing city as the capital of Estonia. Nowadays, Tallinn (population 441’709 as September of 2019, 4,6 million visitors, Fitch AA- stable, Seaport with 400 Start-ups) has become a leader in providing digital services globally and have used them in everyday life for more than 20 years. The city’s vibrant Start-up communi- ty has experienced the birth of tree unicorns (World number one per capi- ta) and continuous progress. The intelligent gov-tech solutions are widely known as part of e-Estonia concept where our success relies on a clever in- frastructure that has made it possible to build a safe e-services ecosystem. An important part of this ecosystem is flexibility and the ability to integrate its different parts, while providing the citizens of the city more hazzle-free services. Tallinn is also a great testing ground for novel solutions: we have self-driving buses and delivery robots on streets already for two years now, Estonian e-residency programme offers easy access to establish a virtual company in Tallinn. Our approach –“Think global, Test in Tallinn” is used in the Tallinnovation concept to develop Smart City activities and cooperation between the stakeholders. Tallinn is the City where future is now.

Zurich is growing, Zurich is transforming. Progressing urbanization and technological transformation pose challenges for policy makers and city planners. With the smart city strategy, the City of Zurich has drafted an ap- proach to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow. For Zurich, smart does not only mean investing in new technologies, but also facilitating civic engagement and collaboration. With the concept of smart city the City of Zurich wants to improve quality of life, foster sustainable development and enable innovation.

The City of Los Angeles has over 4 million residents spread across 469 square miles. As Chief Information Officer, Ted Ross, has the challenge of coordinating technology and data projects across 42 city departments to ensure the most value for L.A.’s businesses and residents (L.A. as a “Smart City”). In this presentation, Ted will discuss how L.A. defines a Smart City, L.A.’s strategy for Smart City projects, the current transition to “Smart City 2.0”, and L.A.’s preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics.

Most of the discussion around “Smart Cities” centers on the implementation of new technologies, ie hardware,that assists local governments in the man- agement of their municipalities (and which are highly touted by the companies that make, install and manage these systems). These discussions ignore that cities are more than just new machines and gadgets and don’t focus on using new technologies, new processes and new thinking to increase the services and delivery of services to our citizens. These discussions ignore the importance of sustainability its importance to the quality of life. And these discussions ignore the need to ensure that all city services and programs be inclusive to all citizens. San Francisco, one of America’s “Smartest Cities” has a variety of programs including our Sustainability Plan, our Digital Gov- ernance Structure, our Big Data project and our Innovation Office programs that look to make government “Smart” and provide enhances and inclusive services to all citizens. In this presentation I will briefly touch on a variety of these “non-machine (non tech)” innovations that show that being a “Smart City” is much more than installing fancy machines or technology.