The Smart City.Blog Podcast

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss how Kite Mobility is supporting a world of clean and connected shared mobility with Co-Founder, and CEO, Scott Macwilliam. Scott explains how Kite's micro-mobility concept is evolving the transportation businesses.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss how the IBI Group is defining the smart cities of tomorrow with Rahul Mehra, Director - Senior Practice Lead Intelligent Systems.  Raul covers a variety of topics including The Smart City Sandbox which is an IBI led initiative to collaborate with like-minded public and private partners...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss what we have learned over the past 15 months during the pandemic. Alan and Grant provide an overview on how the pandemic has affected human nature, how technology is helping people socially and mentally and why frictionless technology will be important for future smart cities.  Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss how the pandemic has impacted how we pay for things with Layal Gedeon, Head of Sales for the MONEXgroup. Layal discusses why the MONEXgroup continues to be the leader in innovative safe, secure payment solutions that providepeace of mind for both customers and merchants. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss why the City of Burlington has the highest rate of livability with Mayor Marianne Meed Ward. Mayor Meed Ward discusses why the City of Burlington has a small town friendly feel with big city amenities and how they used smart city data to ensure residents and visitors receive the best experience...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence with Barney Pell,  AI expert, entrepreneur and start-up investor. Barney covers a variety of AI topics including GPT-3, Quantum Physics, Quantum Computing, and Quantum Communications. Barney discusses how they are being used in our cities and how they will s...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the impact the pandemic has had on our infrastructure with Eric Piessel, Executive Vice President, Advisory and Innovation and Global Manager, T&I Networks, and Lucy Casacia, Vice President Smart Solutions for WSP. Eric and Lucy explain both the negative and positive impact that pandemic has...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the City of Toronto's economic response to the pandemic with Chris Rickett, Director of Municipal & Stakeholder Relations for MPAC. Chris reviews how the Pandemic highlighted economic areas that were struggling pre-pandemic and what the new normal will look like going forward.  Hosted on Acast. Se...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the fascinating and complex world of augmented identity and it's integration into Smart Cities with Matt Cole, Chief Executive Officer of IDEMIA’s Secure Enterprise Transactions Division.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss how Covid-19 has developed a new breed of day traders through chat rooms and social media and the effect it has on the financial markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss a variety of smart city topics with Journalist and 2019-20 Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy, John Lorinc. After recently completing a series of 10 stories on Smartcities for the Toronto Star, John covers a variety of topics from climate change technology to smart city traffic management and transportation...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the evolution of trade shows during a pandemic with Elliot Kohn, Principal and COO of kubik. Elliot discusses how kubik was quick to react to the cancellation of physical trade shows and replaced them with their new suite of virtual digital solutions such as remote launches, virtual pr...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross of A Journal of Musical Things & Grant Furlane, CEO of LocoMobi World, as they reflect back on 2020, what they learned during the pandemic and how the future will be defined by technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss How SWTCH Energy Inc. is "Electrifying the Transportation System," with Carter Li, CEO & Founder. Carter discusses how EV charging stations are rapidly becoming part of the mandatory infrastructure in condominiums and commercial buildings, and why SWTCH is on its way to b...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the future of Security in the Connected World with Steve Dentinger, Vice President Sales, Canada of Dormakaba Group and Brian Storrie, President of LocoMobi World. Steve discusses the future of access security and how Smartphones are already being used in commercial buildings and hotels to...

Join TheSmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the future of CyberCities with Stephen Meagher, Director, CyberSecurity and IOT, Risk Advisory at Deloitte Canada. Stephen explains why future technology needs to be based on the needs of people and why vision, communication, leadership and trust are the keys to transform today's cities into CyberCities.&...

Join  TheSmartCityBlog.com  Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they have an engaging conversation with Daniel Marinovic, Chief Development Officer for Dream. Daniel explores what it takes to develop an impactful and smart community and Dream's approach to creating liveable, thoughtfully designed and highly sought after neighbourhoods that focus on positive social and environment...

This week, co-hosts Alan Cross and Grant Furlane chat with Adrian Wang, Director of Innovation & Sustainability at Deltera, part of the award winning Tridel Group of Companies.  Adrian talks Smart Homes featuring Tridel Connect technology, which creates healthier, safer, smarter, efficient and more cost effective condominium communities . Adrian also discusses how Locomobi World...

Join  TheSmartCityBlog.com  Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they have a robust and informative Smart City conversation with Sandy Carter – Amazon Web Services (AWS) Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector Global Partners and Programs.  Among other topics Sandy discusses how she sees government using social media to engage with their constituents, how Smart Cities ar...

Alan Cross introduces his SmartCity. Blog Podcast Co-Host, Grant Furlane, CEO of LocoMobi World. In this episode Grant introduces LocoMobi World and the SmartCity. Blog. Listeners will learn more about what a Smart City is, the formation of Smart Buildings and Smart Communities and how everything ties into Smart Transportation creating seamless, secure, frictionless and touchless experiences...