Currently Technology Director for the Smart City focused Urban Technology Alliance (UTA), Dr. Rodger Lea is responsible for coordinating technical activities across UTA's worldwide membership spanning Asia, North America and Europe. With over 30 years of experience in the technology space, he has held senior positions in academia, large corporations and startups and currently is CEO of the IoT startup Sense Tecnic. For the last 15 years, he has started or helped start 4 new companies while managing an active research program (University of British Columbia, Canada and Lancaster University, UK) into distributed and ubiquitous computing with a focus on Smart Cities. Prior to his startups, Dr. Lea spent over 15 years in industrial research in France, Japan and the USA, most recently as Vice President and Director of Sony’s Distributed System lab, located in Silicon Valley, CA.
Sessions in which Rodger Lea participates
Wednesday 22 June, 2022
Cities worldwide are working hard to exploit IoT and ITC technologies to deliver new services to citizens and improve their operations. While there have been considerable success, many cities struggle to transform ideas and proof of concept trials into sustainable services. Key to success seems to be involving citizens and other community stakeholders early and often in service development and deployment. This session brings together speakers covering the ho...
Thursday 23 June, 2022
The Urban Technology Alliance has been working with cities, academia and companies for a number of years - all with the goal of helping cities develop and deploy new services to improve the lives of citizens. This session brings together European and Asian cities to discuss what has worked (and not worked) and will highlight the different approach taken by cities around the world. Of particular focus will be the IoT testbeds created and managed by cities who...
Sessions in which Rodger Lea attends
Monday 20 June, 2022
Wednesday 22 June, 2022
Taylors Three Rock - Traditional Irish PubWhat can be more Irish than an evening spent in a cosy traditional Irish pub! Nestled at the food of the Dublin Mountains, Taylors Three Rock is a fantastic venue for an informal conference party. Delegates will then be entertained by world champion Irish Dancers and famous Dublin traditional Irish musicians. This show is full of audience participation, delegates will be sing...