Smarter Cities
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this series, Jason de Sousa explores urban life and how it's changing around us with people focussed on creating better places, cities and new ways of getting things done.
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Helena Pacitti - Associate Lecturer, Education Focused, UNSW
October 31, 2023 01:49 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBIn this episode of the Smarter Cities Podcast, Dr. Helena Pacitti, an Associate Lecturer at UNSW with a PhD in behavioural neuroscience, discusses the impact of AI on education. As concerns about the effects of social media on mental health and cognitive development continue to grow, Jason de Sousa and Dr. Pacitti raises important questions about the role of AI in enhancing or harming learning. We explore how we can identify and combat fake news online, and what we need to do to ensure that ...
Tim de Sousa - Senior Director Technology at FTI Consulting
September 29, 2023 00:23 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBTim de Sousa, Senior Director Technology (Privacy | Information Governance | Emerging Tech). Tim joined Smarter Cities to delve into data, privacy, and misinformation. He discusses the potential consequences of the importance of data, data for the sake of data, and the consequences of it falling into the wrong hands. Listen and subscribe at Spotify here: https://lnkd.in/fJq96sk Listen and subscribe at Apple Podcasts here: https://lnkd.in/fRBYnZf You Tube: https://lnkd.in/g8rFxGf E-mail us at...
Kelly Brough - ANZ Lead of Applied Intelligence - Accenture
August 20, 2023 23:42 - 44 minutes - 10.4 MBCan artificial intelligence represent the solution for fostering more robust, efficient, and just economies and societies? Kelly Brough, Head of Applied Intelligence Australia New Zealand at Accenture, contends that beneath the surface lies a multifaceted landscape. Kelly delves into diverse AI applications, its potential as a remedy, and the pragmatic considerations involving regulatory frameworks. Listen and subscribe at Spotify here: https://lnkd.in/fJq96sk Listen and subscribe at App...
Maddy Proud - Sports leader and author
July 05, 2023 22:37 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBMaddy Proud is Co-Captain of the NSW Swifts netball team, represents Australia in national netball and is the author of the children's story series "Grace on the Court". Maddy joined Smarter Cities to discuss why sport is so important to the development of children and communities and what it is like to play sport at the highest levels. Listen and subscribe at Spotify here: https://lnkd.in/fJq96sk Listen and subscribe at Apple Podcasts here: https://lnkd.in/fRBYnZf You Tube: https://lnk...
Libbie Doherty - Head of Children's Content at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
May 03, 2023 21:55 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation - known as The ABC - is Australia's national public broadcaster. It holds a consistent place in recording the evolution of Australia as a nation. At its heart is its focus on high quality children's programming, which consistently displays excellence in Australian creative talents and projects the best of Australia internationally. Libbie Doherty is the Head of Children's Content for The ABC. She joined Smarter Cities to discuss the how chi...
Tim Williams – International advocate for better cities
March 13, 2023 01:09 - 58 minutes - 141 MB VideoTim Williams is a passionate advocate and expert in designing, procuring and delivering better cities. Originally from the UK, Tim was a founding member of the Blair Government’s Prime Minister’s delivery unit, which drove significant policy reforms to British Government services, and served as special adviser on urban development, city strategy and housing to successive UK ministers. From there, he advised both national and regional authorities on the development and regeneration of East ...
Russell Fortmeyer, Global Head of Sustainability - Woods Bagot
January 18, 2023 22:54 - 1 hour - 14.8 MBAs the world faces rising energy costs and global inflationary pressures, the case for Net Zero by 2050 might be under question. However, Russell Fortmeyer, Woods Baggot’s Global Head of Sustainability, argues the business case has never been stronger. Visiting Australia from California, Russell joined Smarter Cities to argue the case. Smarter Cities Podcast Listen and subscribe at Spotify here: https://lnkd.in/fJq96sk Listen and subscribe at Apple Podcasts here: https://lnkd.in/fRBY...
Jace Tyrrell - CEO of Australia’s first Business Improvement District – the New Sydney Waterfront Company
December 06, 2022 01:39 - 56 minutes - 78.5 MBHow do business improvement districts (BIDs) create better cities? Jace Tyrrell is an expert on building them and is also the inaugural CEO of Australia’s very first Business Improvement District – the New Sydney Waterfront Company. He joined Smarter Cities to explain why a BID is right for Sydney. Catch the Smarter Cities Podcast at: Listen and subscribe at Spotify here: https://lnkd.in/fJq96sk Listen and subscribe at Apple Podcasts here: https://lnkd.in/fRBYnZf You Tube: https://lnkd.in/...
Sarah Kay - Global Client Leader - Woods Bagot
November 11, 2022 10:11 - 58 minutes - 14.8 MBSarah Kay, Global Client lead at architecture firm Woods Bagot, joins Smarter Cities to talk about the business of architecture in changing cities and what is like to run an architecture practice with a global reach. Catch the Smarter Cities Podcast at: Listen and subscribe at Spotify here: https://lnkd.in/fJq96sk Listen and subscribe at Apple Podcasts here: https://lnkd.in/fRBYnZf You Tube: https://lnkd.in/g8rFxGf E-mail us at [email protected]
William Ruh, Chief Digital Officer, Lendlease. How do you transform a company into a digital leader?
September 21, 2022 02:03 - 1 hour - 98.8 MBHow do you transform a company into a digital leader? This is something Lendlease’s Chief Digital Officer, William Ruh, has done multiple times. Bill joined the Podcast to discuss the opportunities and challenges of creating new things in a corporate environment and why the future will be captured by firms that innovate and change.
Heba Elhanafy - The Charter Cities Institute
July 21, 2022 01:20 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBCan we do cities better? Researcher Heba Elhanafy, and the American headquartered think tank the Charter Cities Institute, think so. Heba joined Jason and the Smarter Cities Podcast from her office in Zambia, where she is working with African governments on creating new and better cities that work for people as well as deliver economic development. Learn more about Heba and the Charter Cities Institute at: https://chartercitiesinstitute.org/ Smarter Cities Podcast: Listen and subscribe...
Anne-Marie Elias - CEO of impact investment firm Beckon Capital
June 01, 2022 03:29 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBEnvironmental Social Governance (ESG) has become paramount in corporate and investment decision making and in the national discourse. The hope is that intense ESG focus across the global economy will lead to solutions for entrenched environmental, economic and social problems. But is this really happening? Impact investment firm CEO, Anne-Marie Elias joins the podcast to delve into this question. This episode is presented with thanks to Podium, the end-to-end digital platform that provid...
Fiona de Jong - Head of Australia's Nation Brand
March 17, 2022 22:57 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBHow do you brand a country? Why does a country need a brand? Fiona de Jong - Austrade's Acting Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Australia's Nation Brand - explains why in this episode of Smarter Cities. This episode of Smarter Cities is presented with thanks to Podium - the end to end digital platform for the property and construction industry. www.lendleasepodium.com
Smarter Cities Clips: Is space really the final frontier?
January 05, 2022 11:35 - 17 minutes - 12 MBCan the recent focus on private space travel lead to better outcomes on Earth? Recorded as part of the Autonomous21 Conference.
Matt Baumgurtel - energy and resources sector lawyer
December 07, 2021 05:46 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBCop-26 illuminated the focus of governments, institutions and investors in transitioning to a zero carbon world. At the heart of the world’s plan is a belief that green hydrogen production and fuel can displace a global reliance on emissions intensive fossil fuels. Australia, with its gift of plentiful sun, land and sea—combined with its economic capacity and trade connectivity—sees a chance to become a leader in driving its economy towards being a new export superpower of “green” hydr...
Chris Seller - Aviation Expert
October 25, 2021 09:23 - 53 minutes - 63.2 MBAs Australia moves towards the opening of international borders, our thoughts are turning to what international travel will look like and how it will take place. Facing a world at different vaccination levels, differences in vaccine recognition, a myriad of rules on quarantine and the ever-present question of travel security, what does the future of travel look like in a post Covid environment? How does technology and infrastructure need to change to make it happen? Aviation expert Chri...
Michael Cassel - International theatre producer
October 15, 2021 07:47 - 57 minutes - 76.5 MBLive entertainment and the arts; things the pandemic took away from us that are now coming back in force. Michael Cassel is a leading international producer, bringing to our stages some of the world’s greatest theatrical productions and live entertainment. Along the way he has grown some of Australia’s best talent. I asked Michael how living without live arts and entertainment has hurt our national culture and, now we are opening up, how we get it back.
Meredith Hodgman - Smart cities expert
September 11, 2021 07:05 - 1 hour - 99.7 MBSmart Cities. Everyone is obsessed with them - from visions of autonomous cars and flying service drones to everything being connected through billions of IOT devices constantly reporting activity. This has long being the mantra of what smart cities are supposed to be. But being honest this concept is something I have somewhat struggled with. The best cities are those that are people centric - focused on making people’s lives easier, healthier, sustainable and more productive. Sure technol...
SC Clips: Future of the Olympic Games and what it means for cities and fans
September 08, 2021 08:13 - 24 minutes - 27.6 MBThe first 'fan free' Olympic and Paralympic Games - Tokyo2020 - was a success under challenging pandemic circumstances. The fan experience was driven by digital TV connectivity, on-demand viewing and IOT capability more than at any time in the Games' history. Tokyo2020 has changed our future expectations of how the Olympic Games are to be delivered and experienced by fans, and in how cities safely manage athletes arriving and competing, from around the World. What is the future of the Ol...
Smarter Cities Clips: Future of the Olympic Games and what it means for cities and fans
September 08, 2021 08:13 - 24 minutes - 27.6 MBThe first 'fan free' Olympic and Paralympic Games - Tokyo2020 - was a success under challenging pandemic circumstances. The fan experience was driven by digital TV connectivity, on-demand viewing and IOT capability more than at any time in the Games' history. Tokyo2020 has changed our future expectations of how the Olympic Games are to be delivered and experienced by fans, and in how cities safely manage athletes arriving and competing, from around the World. What is the future of the Ol...
Duncan Young - health and wellbeing specialist
August 10, 2021 23:06 - 53 minutes - 61.3 MBWellness. What is it and why should it matter to corporates? These are rather pertinent questions. As the world continues to battle Covid-19, the lines between work and home have blurred, perhaps permanently, and 'zoom calls' have become the norm. According to a recent study in the Harvard Business Review*, 85 per cent of workers surveyed said they were working longer hours but being less productive. 55 per cent said they were having trouble balancing work and home life, with the consequ...
Jean Nepo & Sabrina Sibomana
July 05, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBSometimes you meet truly remarkable people who are making a tremendous difference in their communities and countries. This is the case with Jean Nepo Sibomana and his Australian born wife Sabrina, who founded the Mustard Seed Institute – an organisation driving employment, training and human development in rural Rwanda. Nepo is a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide - which shocked the world in its consistency of application and brutality of purpose. He was just eleven years old when i...
Jean Nepo & Sabrina Sibomana - Founders of the Mustard Seed Institute - Rwanda
July 05, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBSometimes you meet truly remarkable people who are making a tremendous difference in their communities and countries. This is the case with Jean Nepo Sibomana and his Australian born wife Sabrina, who founded the Mustard Seed Institute – an organisation driving employment, training and human development in rural Rwanda. Nepo is a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide - which shocked the world in its consistency of application and brutality of purpose. He was just eleven years old when i...
Selina Short - Managing Partner, EY - Oceania
June 08, 2021 21:07 - 56 minutes - 64.2 MBSelina Short is Managing Partner for Oceania at EY, specialising in the real estate, construction and hospitality sectors. She is a leading voice on cities and urbanisation. Selina argues that a city's future success will be driven by experience and human interaction and that Australian cities have the chance to set the mark for a new way of working and a new style of global workforce in a post Covid World. Selina appeared on the"Autonomous Now" Podcast, which I guest hosted.
Selina Short - Managing Partner, EY - Oceania
June 08, 2021 21:07 - 56 minutes - 64.2 MBSelina Short is Managing Partner for Oceania at EY, specialising in the real estate, construction and hospitality sectors. She is a leading voice on cities and urbanisation. Selina argues that a city's future success will be driven by experience and human interaction and that Australian cities have the chance to set the mark for a new way of working and a new style of global workforce in a post Covid World. Selina appeared on the"Autonomous Now" Podcast, which I guest hosted.
Richard Kuppusamy - Architect and Disability Rights Campaigner
May 08, 2021 01:39 - 58 minutes - 66.9 MBRichard Kuppusamy has spent a lifetime thinking about what makes a city accessible. He is an architect and disability rights campaigner. In his job, as Head of Digital Engineering - Asia at Lendlease Group, he is pushing boundaries by driving the development and adoption of digital engineering in the development and construction industry. He also has spina bifida, a congenital spinal condition, which he has used to develop and inform his passion and advocacy for inclusive urban design and ...
Rishi Suri - Editor of India's largest Urdu language newspaper - the Daily Milap
April 13, 2021 05:49 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBRishi Suri, editor of India's largest Urdu newspaper, the Daily Milap, joins Smarter Cities in a fascinating discussion on India and its place in the world. India is a rising power. A country of deep history, beloved in Australia for its culture, cuisine and cricket obsession. It is also the country of my parent’s birth, one I have visited since childhood and one which has always captured my love and imagination. Governed now by a nationalist administration and a prime minister, Narend...
The Hon Rob Stokes MP - NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces
March 08, 2021 04:59 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBRob Stokes is one of Australia’s most thoughtful and prescient politicians - with a passion for public policy and public service that has led him to one of the toughest portfolios around - as Minister for Planning and Public Spaces in Australia’s largest state, NSW. Rob argues that Covid 19 is the greatest disruption to how cities and countries will function since the Spanish flu and the introduction of the motorcar. He says the heart of this disruption will be how Australia, and the globa...
Nikki Greenberg - Futurist and thought leader on real estate
February 20, 2021 22:27 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBFuturist and thought leader on the real estate sector, Nikki Greenberg, joins Smarter Cities in this first episode for 2021. The world is emerging from Covid-19 with the release of new vaccines and a global roll out gathering apace. As we take stock of 2020, and the impact of the virus on our lives, what does the future look like for real estate and the way we live work and interact with one another in cities and countries?
Smarter Cities Clips: Kristy McSweeney - on the Covid balancing act
February 17, 2021 00:49 - 6 minutes - 6.97 MBAs Australia's second largest state, Victoria, emerges from a five day lock down, following lock downs in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney's northern beaches, it seems apparent that snap lock downs have become part and parcel of virus management and that they are here to stay. In this clip, Kristy McSweeney discusses the balancing act for families that has come with prolonged home working caused be slow return to work and snap lockdowns.
Smarter Cities Clips - Gary Horwitz on how the retail sector can respond to disruption
February 06, 2021 07:44 - 6 minutes - 7.37 MBGary Horwitz, founder of the pioneering Australian food and homewares chain BaySwiss and creator of retail precinct experiences in many global cities, talks in this clip about online disruption to the retail sector and how the sector can successfully respond.
Smarter Cities Clips - Mukund Narayana Murty on Being Australian
January 23, 2021 01:46 - 5 minutes - 6.01 MBMukund Narayana-Murty, CEO of AsiaLink Business, and I reflect on how proud we are to be Australian, how we respect both our Country and also the cultural heritage of our families, and the importance of values in the ever - and always continuing - improvement of our Australian Nation.
Smarter Cities Clips - Julian Leeser MP
January 04, 2021 05:09 - 5 minutes - 6.07 MBThere is increasing interest in Australia in building closer government to government and economic relations with India, particularly in the wake of increasing trade tensions between the major powers. In this clip, Julian Leeser MP, Member of the Australian Parliament, discusses his love of India and what is ahead in building closer relations between our countries.
Scott Langford - CEO St George Community Housing
December 07, 2020 00:34 - 1 hour - 79 MBOver the last 20 years there has been accelerated growth in house prices across the World's major cities, with Australian cities running towards the top of the pack. Average house prices in Sydney and Melbourne have increased between five to six times in the last two decades. At the same time real wages have run stagnant, leading to growing affordability pressures and making the “great Australian dream” of owning a home that much more difficult to achieve. Housing policy has, as a conseq...
Martin Creighan - Managing Director AT&T - Australia/NZ
November 18, 2020 06:52 - 1 hour - 80 MBThe work from home “revolution” enforced by Covid-19 has put telecommunications and effective networks at the forefront of keeping people working and economies functioning - hastening technology evolution and adoption. Telecommunications networks have transformed how we live, work, and play in our cities, with each technology generation leading to new ways of doing things. The next great technology shift – 5G – offers a promised land of instantaneous data and new technology horizons. Bu...
Warwick L. Smith AO - Australian Board Director
October 19, 2020 07:04 - 49 minutes - 57.1 MBThe Hon Warwick L Smith AO is one of Australia's most recognised and respected voices on trade and international business. He boasts a stellar career spanning politics, business and international relations - building closer business and government to government relations between Australia and Asia. He has in recent years focused on building closer economic relations with China - an effort that has earned him the moniker “Australia’s Mr China”. As we chart our way out of a one in one hund...
Mukund Narayana Murti - CEO of AsiaLink Business
September 21, 2020 05:01 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBSeven of Australia’s top 10 trading partners are in Asia, with trading relations driven by a growing proportion of cross-border investment and people movement between Asian nations and Australia. The ability of all nations to turbocharge economic recovery post Covid-19 will depend on building trading and investment links between nations stronger than they have ever been before. But, in the wake of increasing geo-political strain between super powers and intense competition for strategic a...
Kristy McSweeney - Communications, political strategist and sky news contributor
August 17, 2020 22:45 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBCommunications and political strategist and Sky News contributor, Kristy McSweeney, joins this episode of Smarter Cities. As Australia struggles with a potential second wave of COVID-19, the depth and impact of locking down the economy, and providing unprecedented publicly funded support, is becoming apparent. Australia has a forecast budget deficit of almost 10% of GDP in 2020-21, and a sharp increase in net debt to over 35% of GDP, levels unimaginable less than twelve months ago. M...
Cynthia Dearin - International business strategist
July 08, 2020 05:32 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBCovid-19 has brought much of the global economy to a stand-still, with containment of the virus in some countries but acceleration in others. Beyond the immediate health impacts, governments are now turning their minds to economic clean up. The IMF’s recent prediction has the world's largest economies – China, the US and the Euro area – set to experience massive year-on-year contractions in 2020 before being able to recover in 2021. Australia has fared better than most nations but f...
Christopher Brown - Chair Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue
June 03, 2020 23:42 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBAs people begin to return to work and school - limited by social distancing rules - the new normal has less people on busses and trains, in restaurants and cafes, and in office buildings. The success of technology in enabling the great work from home experiment has business questioning if staff working from home can be made a permanent thing. Education systems are asking if home schooling options can be expanded and people are asking if long commutes to central business districts are wort...
Christopher Brown - Chair Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue
June 03, 2020 23:42 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBAs people begin to return to work and school - limited by social distancing rules - the new normal has less people on busses and trains, in restaurants and cafes, and in office buildings. The success of technology in enabling the great work from home experiment has business questioning if staff working from home can be made a permanent thing. Education systems are asking if home schooling options can be expanded and people are asking if long commutes to central business districts are wort...
Owen Prime - Chief Technology Officer, Noggin
May 11, 2020 22:59 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBMonth four of the global pandemic and the world is realising that a new normal awaits. As countries begin to consider easing restrictions on business and social distancing, many are turning to technology to prevent a rise in second wave infections. Singapore and Australia, amongst others, have introduced new contact tracing applications to track new infections and prevent further spread of the virus. A global workforce has begin working from home, placing renewed emphasis on telecommunic...
Marie Scoutas - PR Strategist based in New York City
April 02, 2020 06:53 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBWe are living in a time unprecedented in the modern era. The the world is fighting the Covid-19 pandemic with all its might. Governments are taking are taking drastic action to slow the spread, protect jobs and protect economies at levels of public support beyond comprehension just months ago. New measures preventing social gatherings and public events have become common place and the phrases “social distancing” and “flattening the curve” are now etched in all of our minds. Marie S...
Julian Leeser MP - Member of the Australian Parliament
March 22, 2020 00:32 - 55 minutes - 63.1 MBJoining Smarter Cities in this episode is Julian Leeser MP, Member of the Australian Parliament for the Northern Sydney seat of Berowra. Part of a rising class of young politicians focused on Australia's future, Julian is leading a range of public discussion on Australia as a nation, our constitution that governs us and on our place as a people in the world. In a wide ranging discussion, recorded on 13 March at the Commonwealth's Parliamentary Office in Sydney, Julian and I reflect on: ...
Manish Prasad - CEO of fintech firm Ignition Advice
February 23, 2020 09:17 - 59 minutes - 68 MBThe world’s population is ageing. Virtually every country in the world is experiencing growth in the number and proportion of older persons in their population - driven by declining fertility and longer lifespans. According to the UN, 1 in 6 (16%) of people will be over the age of 65 by 2050 up from 1 in 11 (9%) in 2019. With this comes fundamental implications for how we prepare, manage and fund public services in cities and maintain productivity growth to ensure increasing standards ...
John Persinger - CEO Erie Downtown Development Corporation
January 24, 2020 04:29 - 1 hour - 79.3 MBThe drift of people leaving regional and rural communities is a growing trend across the world as people move to chase economic opportunities in the big cities. Facing economic decline, regional and rural communities are fighting back at the ballot box - most notably by electing President Trump, voting for Brexit in the UK and for One Nation and Independents in Australia - supporting politicians who promise to revitalise regional economies and provide their communities with a fairer share ...
2019 - A year in review
December 26, 2019 23:12 - 50 minutes - 57.3 MBRecorded at the inaugural Digital Twin Summit in Sydney, we end this first season of Smarter Cities with the return of technologist and futurist Ciaran Hennessy to help take us through 2019's key moves in technology, property, innovation and cities. Thank you for your support of the Smarter Cities podcast, for subscribing and sharing with your friends. It's what keeps us doing it. We will return after a short break with more guests in 2020 looking more into urban life and how it's changing...
Craig Allchin - Architect and Urban Planner
December 14, 2019 02:02 - 50 minutes - 58.1 MBDesign excellence versus commercial reality in city making is a battle Craig Allchin knows all too well. Craig is an international architect, urban planner and adjunct professor at Australia's University of Technology, Sydney. He advises developers and governments around the world on creating better cities. What are the challenges we face in the era of the "mega city" and how do we afford them? Smarter Cities: In this series, Jason de Sousa explores urban life and how it's changing ...
Anna Kumar - Campaign Strategist
December 06, 2019 23:18 - 1 hour - 75 MBTechnology and social media is changing the face of politics and society, leading to a world of 24/7 politics and rapid social issue campaigns that often swirl up with global implications. Campaign Strategist Anna Kumar joins Smarter Cities in an engaging discussion on whether technology is a force for good in connecting people on political and social issues and on where it is leading us to. Smarter Cities: In this series, Jason de Sousa explores urban life and how it's changing aro...
Gary Horwitz - Retail Developer
November 16, 2019 23:31 - 43 minutes - 50.1 MBTraditional retail is under threat globally from online competition, changing the landscape of cities. An engaging conversation with American based Gary Horwitz on trends in retail and the future before us. Smarter Cities: In this series, Jason de Sousa explores urban life and how it's changing around us with people focused on creating better places, cities and new ways of getting things done.