Smart in the City – The BABLE Podcast

In the third episode of our Smart Dublin mini-series, we focused on  Smart DCU , a collaboration between  Dublin City Council  and partners  Enable ,  Insight  and  DCU Alpha . Smart DCU aims to develop, test and trial cutting-edge technology innovations within the university campus. We thus sat down with Kieran Mahon , the Smart DCU Projects Facilitator, and discussed living labs, autism-friendly...

In the third episode of our Smart Dublin mini-series, we focused on one of the Smart Districts of Dublin located on the east coast of Ireland:  Dún Laoghaire . We spoke about the specific challenges and unique characteristics of this district with   Dr Conor Dowling , the Smart Dún Laoghaire Programme Manager .   Overview of the episode: 02:03 -  Teaser : If Dún Laoghaire were an animal, which ani...

In the second episode of our Smart Dublin mini-series, we spoke with Luke Binns , Smart Dublin Projects Coordinator , and Gabriel Byrne , Systems Analyst & Team Leader in the South Dublin County Council , about the world of open data and data ecosystems .   Overview of the episode: 02:43 -  Teaser : What are things that people get usually wrong about open data? 04:37 - What are Luke and Gay wo...

With this episode, we are kicking off a special podcast series in collaboration with Smart Dublin ,  featuring and digging into some of the most unique aspects of the Dublin ecosystem and what makes Smart Dublin really a strong example at the forefront of Smart Cit ies in Europe and beyond. For this first Dublin Month episode, we sat down with Alan Murphy , Smart Dublin's Regional Manager , and di...

At this new stop on our journey toward a better urban life, we discuss digitalisation, citizen engagement, mobility and more with Claus Ruhe Madsen , former Mayor of the city of Rostock : the German ' Smile City '.   Is your company a leader in sustainability, innovation, or a key player in the Smart City field? Join us for  BABLE's Innovation Market Watch !   Overview of the episode:    02:25 - T...

Our next stop on this journey is in the city of Glasgow, Scotland  with  Gavin Slater , Head of Sustainability at the Glasgow City Council, who discussed sustainability, Climate Plan, innovation districts and urban planning with us. Glasgow is part of the Urbact   Global Goals for Cities Network , working to accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in 19 cities of th...

Let's take a moment on this journey toward a better urban life to reminisce about 5 years of Smart City projects at BABLE with host Tamyn Shimizu , CEO Alexander Schmidt , Senior UKI Consultant Nikita Shetty , Smart Cities Consultant Shannon Macika and Iberia Consultant and Business Developer Héctor Cañas . BABLE Smart Cities was established 5 years ago with the goal of helping cities to become sm...

Today our journey leads us to the Municipality of Gladsaxe   in Denmark, where the lighting design practice Light Bureau has implemented a  red Bat-Friendly LED Street Lighting  along an important traffic artery, and all for the sake of bats! We welcomed  Rune Brandt Hermannsson , Visualizer and Designer at  Light Bureau ,  Philip Jelvard , Lighting Designer and VR Specialist at  Light Bureau  and...

On this new stop on the journey toward a better urban life, we look at Smart Cities through an academic lens with Iris Belle , Professor and Dean of Studies for the international Master's programme for Smart City Solutions at the Stuttgart University of Technology . In this episode, Iris tells us more about the creation of the Master Smart City Solutions at the Stuttgart University of Technology,...

In this episode,  we are talking about testing mobility solutions  and how to accelerate new technology developments with Yves Frère ,  Project Manager at the  Mobility Lab in the Netherlands. Mobility Lab accelerates the development of startups that are ready to set up their first real-life pilot. Their goal is to allow start-ups and organisations with mobility issues to test innovative solutions...

In this episode, we hop on our bicycles to pursue our journey toward a better urban life with  Jill Warren , CEO of the European Cyclists'​ Federation , and  Shannon Macika , Smart Cities Consultant at BABLE . We discussed biking, active mobility, public health and urban planning, as well as ECF's goals and challenges as an umbrella federation for civil society cyclists' organisations in Europe, w...

We continue our journey toward a better urban life in Sweden with Noak Westerberg , Project Manager for Panorama at the Swedish Climate Policy Council . Panorama is a web-based tool powered by ClimateView that visually presents the current state of Sweden's greenhouse gas emissions . It also presents trends with regard to the national targets for emission mitigation as well as relevant actions and...

Today, our journey toward a better urban life led us to the city of Helsingborg, Sweden . In this episode, we sat down with  Åsa Bjering , who works in international relations for the city, and we discussed the main event to come in Helsingborg this summer: the 6 weeks-long  H22 City Expo . From 30 May to 3 July 2022, it will be the culmination and springboard in the city's long-term initiative to...

On our journey toward a better urban life, we talk about cities but also Smart City solutions and trends. In this episode, we discuss Heat Waste Reuse with  Michael Oghia , former Director of External Relations for the  Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA) , and  Miguel Mósca ,  Smart Cities Consultant at BABLE . The SDIA strives to bring together companies, individuals, and governme...

The second stop on our journey toward a better urban life is in Heraklion, Greece with its Vice-Mayor  Yiannis Anastasakis . Heraklion is the administrative capital of the island of Crete and the fourth largest city in Greece.  Yiannis Anastasakis is Vice-Mayor of Technical Works, Daily Life & Greenery for the Municipality of Heraklion since 2019, and was before that Vice-Mayor of Technical Pr...

What better place to start our journey toward a better urban life than in Copenhagen? In this episode, R ikke Peterson and Anders Sloth Nielsen from the investment promotion agency Copenhagen Capacity ,  as well as Martine Reinhold Kildeby from BLOXHUB , a sustainable urbanisation hub, are sharing success and mess up stories from their work with companies and cities in Denmark and around the world...

What exactly is a Smart City? The answer will always be different depending on who you ask. But despite the concept's diversity, it speaks to people from different cities and organisations, all striving to build more sustainable and liveable cities. And soon, you will hear directly from them in our podcast. We hope to see you at the next stop on the journey to a better urban life! Join our Smart C...