SmartCitiesWorld Podcast

In this final episode of Cities Thriving on Lighting mini-series, host Luke Antoniou is joined by Valentina Taddeo, Marketing & Communication Leader and Strategic Relationship Coordinator, and Fabio Mauri, Head of Technology Operations and Cyber Security at Paradox Engineering. Building on the first two episodes, this conversation moves from theory to real-world deployments. Valentina shares i...

In this episode of Cities Thriving on Lighting, produced in partnership with Paradox Engineering, host Luke Antoniou moves from theory to practice, exploring how cities actually make smart lighting work on the ground – and keep it working for decades. Luke is joined by Julia Arneri Borghese, CEO at Paradox Engineering, and Matteo Semmoloni, Head of Solution Design, to unpack what it really takes t...

In the first episode of the Cities Thriving on Lighting mini-series, SmartCitiesWorld’s Luke Antoniou is joined by Julia Arneri-Borghese, CEO at Paradox Engineering, and Carlo Bernocco, who leads product portfolio, customer success, and business development at the company. Together, they unpack how city lighting has evolved from a basic utility into a strategic platform for smarter, safer, and mor...

In this episode of the SmartCitiesWorld podcast, SmartCitiesWorld's Luke Antoniou is joined once again by Youssef Nadiri from PNY Technologies to explore what sovereign AI really means for cities – and why it’s becoming such a critical topic for urban leaders. Building on their earlier conversation about edge AI , this episode looks at sovereign AI foundations: how cities can develop, deploy, and...

Join SmartCitiesWorld's Luke Antoniou as he welcomes Ralf-Peter Schäfer, VP of Product Management, Traffic and Travel Information at TomTom, to share insights from his two decades at in mobility. Listeners will hear about TomTom’s strategic pivots – from consumer electronics to B2B services, industry partnerships, and the bold step into open mapping consortia – all while maintaining the company’s...

Join senior editor Luke Antoniou for a special SmartCitiesWorld podcast episode, recorded live at the Bentley Systems' Year in Infrastructure (YII) Conference 2025 in Amsterdam. In this thought-provoking instalment, we welcome two expert guests from Bentley: Zubran Solaimon, Director for Industry Strategy, and Dorothea Manou, Solution Manager for Cities and Urban Infrastructure. Together, they ref...

In this special episode of the Smart Cities World Podcast, host Luke Antoniou welcomes Youssef Nadiri, Product and BDM Smart Cities & Spaces for PNY Technologies, to explore one of the most exciting frontiers in urban innovation: edge AI. As cities around the globe race to become smarter, safer, and more responsive, understanding the role of edge AI has never been more important. The conversat...

In this episode of the SmartCitiesWorld podcast, we’re dive into the smart city work of Sunderland. Our guests, Liz St. Louis, Director of Smart Cities at Sunderland City Council, and David Conway, Director of Technical Services at Sunderland University, give us an exclusive look at Sunderland's journey to create ubiquitous connectivity across the city. Sunderland's primary goal as a smart city is...

In our latest episode of the SmartCitiesWorld Podcast, senior editor Luke Antoniou speaks with Hong-Eng Koh, Global Chief Public Services Industry Scientist for Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group. With more than 30 years of knowledge and experience in public sector operations and ICT applications, Mr Koh is particularly well placed to explain how digital transformation at government level can driv...

What is a smart city? It’s a question that has been asked time and time again, and with a definition that has shifted significantly in recent years, it’s one that doesn’t always have a firm answer. In this episode of the SmartCitiesWorld Podcast, we’re joined by Chris Dymond, Founder and Director of digital capacity-building agency Unfolding, and Academic Director of the Smart Cities Management Pr...

Marc talks about why Ofwat introduced the Innovation Fund and its aims to accelerate innovation in the water sector, which has historically been more risk-averse and slower to innovate than others.  He explains how a central pillar of its efforts to drive innovation are Ofwat’s competitions and challenges, which have seen the regulator invest £60m into 40 projects so far. He talks about some of th...

The latest podcast from SmartCitiesWorld sees editor Luke Antoniou welcome Venturous Group’s Benson Tam and Arup’s Michael Kwok to talk all things collaborative in city technology. Together, there’s discussion of the role that Venturous Group and Arup are playing – both together and individually – in driving forward a partnership model to help develop smarter cities. This includes understanding of...

The latest episode of the SmartCitiesWorld podcasts sees host Luke Antoniou joined by Emily Yates, chief innovation officer at SEPTA - the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. We take a route back through Emily's career to this stage, including her time as Smart City Director for the City of Philadelphia, and discuss how the wealth of experience she has accumulated across her career...

Clare Wildfire and Madeleine Rawlins at Mott MacDonald join the SmartCitiesWorld Podcast for a conversation on all things urban climate action. If you’re a member of SmartCitiesWorld, you’ll know that one of the topics we cover probably most regularly is climate change, and more specifically climate action – what does action look like for cities, where are they making progress, what still needs to...

The latest episode of the SmartCitiesWorld Podcast sees editor Luke Antoniou joined by Sustrans CEO Xavier Bryce for a conversation on all things sustainable urban mobility.  Improving the sustainability of our urban transport networks is a key objective for cities, and while progress has been made in the last five years or so, clear paths forward – especially paths backed by proven business model...

In the latest episode of the SmartCitiesWorld Podcast, senior editor Luke Antoniou catches up with the Urban Mobility Partnership’s Chris Pritchett to talk MaaS implementation, transport integration and a shift to more sustainable travel.    To begin with, there’s discussion of exactly what MaaS means to Chris and UMP at a time when definitions of the term can be fluid. Here, Chris explains why it...

The latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast sees senior editor Luke Antoniou joined by Kalyn Sims, CTO of Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure, to discuss the ley to cross-departmental and inter-agency collaboration in today’s smart cities.   In this latest episode of the SmartCitiesWorld podcast, sponsored by Hexagon, Kalyn Sims, CTO of Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure gives her take on the importance of provi...

The first episode of the SmartCitiesWorld podcast for 2022 take a deep dive into Sydney’s world-leading environmental strategy with city CEO, Monica Barone.  In this episode of the SmartCitiesWorld podcast, senior editor Luke Antoniou hears from Monica Barone, CEO for the City of Sydney to discover what keeps the city’s environmental strategy so forward thinking, whilst also remaining grounded and...

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, news editor Sue Weekes talks to Maria Shiao of Fotech about the opportunities distributed acoustic sensing technology can bring to cities to expand their use of fibre.

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, sponsored by Cloudera and IBM Storage, senior editor Luke Antoniou hosts Anthony Behan, managing director for communications, media and entertainment at Cloudera, to talk 5G, data, connectivity, and what innovation in this space means for telcos and their customers in cities. 

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Luke Antoniou speaks to Cloudera’s Cindy Maike about these empowering technologies .   Fleet management and maintenance represent a major cost center for cities around the world. Remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance solutions, however, can help to deliver major savings as well as provide real-time visibility on fleets – from trucks to buses, and oth...

CAVs and the data they produce could ultimately become a key part of the wider connected communities. SmartCitiesWorld sits down with Michael Ger, Managing Director, Manufacturing and Automotive at Cloudera, and Douglas O’Flaherty, Global Ecosystem Leader at IBM Storage, to discuss the autonomous vehicle market, its opportunities today and what lies in wait for the decade ahead. 

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Sarah Wray talks to Chris Shannon, CEO of Fotech Group and Stuart Large, Product Line Director & Business Development.

There’s a big opportunity for cities to better harness the sharing economy to achieve municipal goals and give power back to the people, Rustrum says.