Jamie established the regional Smart Dublin program in 2015, an award-winning urban innovation programme which embraces new tech opportunities such as Internet of Things and Big Data to solve the many challenges that the city faces. As the Smart City lead in Dublin City Council he has a track record of bringing together partners from industry, start-ups, academia and public agencies to accelerate deployment of new ideas using the ‘city as a testbed’ and solving challenges in areas such as citizen engagement, sustainable mobility, connectivity, environmental management and more. He has delivered successful collaborations with global companies such as Bentley, Google, Microsoft, Mastercard, IBM and Intel. He represents Dublin on technology alliances including the Cities Today Institute, Mastercard's City Possible initiative, and the Telecoms Infrastructure project (TIP). He was acknowledged as ‘Civic Innovator’ of the year award (2021) in Europe by Harvard’s technology and entrepreneurship centre (TECH) for his role in scaling up the Smart Dublin programme and an accelerated districts approach. In 2021 he guided Dublin to runner up position for Europe's prestigious Innovation Capital (I-capital) Awards.
Sessions in which Jamie Cudden participates
quarta-feira 22 junho, 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...