2. The Smarter Cities Challenge
Cities are home to more than half the world s population, and
boast more economic power, greater political influence and more
advanced technological capabilities than ever before. Simultaneously,
cities are struggling with a wide
range of financial and service
delivery challenges, in areas
as diverse as transportation,
energy, clean water, education,
social services, public safety
and economic development.
Smarter City Challenge Highlights
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3. The Smarter Cities Challenge
Launched in 2010, the Smarter Cities Challenge is a major IBM
grant program designed to enable up to 100 cities around the world to
utilize the time and expertise of top-performing IBMers to become more
vibrant and rewarding places for their citizens to live in.
Cities will also have access to a wide array of IBM resources including
City Forward, a powerful tool which allows cities to analyze, compare
and visualize data across systems.
Grant Details
£ Team of 5-6 IBM experts
£ 3 week engagement on a focused topic, including evenings and weekends
£ Direct engagement with Mayor and top city officials
£ Strategic roadmap with actionable recommendations
£ Follow-up with connections to
other initiatives
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4. Program Objectives
Extend IBM s
brand as a
Philanthropic trusted advisor
collaboration to cities
with cities
where we work
and live Support
forward-thinking
city leaders and a
global network of
practice
Connect city
leaders strategic
priorities to Demonstrate
the power of
drive meaningful
data-driven
change
decision
making
Experiential
leadership
development
for IBMers
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5. Where we’ve been – where we’re going
Completed Cities 2012 Cities will
be announced in
March 2012
Industry Sectors
Energy Food Water Education Public Safety Transportation Government Healthcare Traffic Sustainability
systems
Map reflects last update on 2/14/2012
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6. Edmonton, Canada
For the Smarter Cities Challenge, the IBM team was tasked with
providing the City of Edmonton with ideas and recommendations to
improve the integration, analysis and dissemination of data used for
decision-making on traffic safety issues and the prioritization of road
safety initiatives. The IBM team delivered their recommendations to
Mayor Stephan Mendel in June 2011.
Since the engagement, Edmonton has:
Created an action plan to apply the team's recommendations:
1. Aggressively position Edmonton as a global leader
on smarter urban traffic safety
2. Strengthen governance and accountability for the
Office of Traffic Safety (OTS)
3. Simplify performance measurement of the City s
strategic plans for transportation
4. Further support the open government and open
data approach for traffic safety and transportation
5. Create an Analytics Centre of Excellence to support
a Road Safety data governance model, and
analytics leadership across the organization
6. Empower citizens with timely traffic safety and
transportation information via social media
View the Edmonton video
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7. St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is fighting crime with information
Mayor Francis G. Slay asked the IBM team to develop a set of
recommendations that he and his extended team could implement in
order to ensure the right information getting to the right people in the
public safety team. This would enable better decision making and
have a positive influence on crime rates in the city. The IBM team
delivered their recommendations to Mayor Slay in March 2011.
Since the SCC engagement, the City of St. Louis has:
£ Appointed a former police captain as Director of Operations for the
city, ensuring that city services are evaluated through a lens of public
safety
£ Hired a Chief Performance Officer with experience in neighborhood
organizing, law, journalism and the Board of Police Commissioners
£ Held weekly meetings bringing together the Circuit Courts, Police
Department, Mayor's Office and Missouri Department of Corrections
to resolve operational issues and propose long-term solutions
£ Instituted offender cover sheets using common criteria for identifying
top-priority offenders
£ Begun organizing a performance indicators committee made up of
representatives from all relative agencies
£ Begun collecting ideas for special initiatives around planning, Team St. Louis in City Hall
coordination, information sharing and performance measurement
View the St. Louis video
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8. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
The government of Mecklenburg County asked IBM to recommend an
approach for conducting joint master capital planning across those
entities which collectively constitute local government within the
political boundaries of the county. The IBM team delivered their
recommendations to Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones in
November 2010.
Mecklenburg County Board of
Commissioners Chair Jennifer Update:
Roberts speaks to team
members Frieda Yueh and
£ Mecklenburg County, the City of Charlotte and the Towns of
Montressa Washington Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill and Pineville
have approved resolutions of support for comprehensive capital
planning.
£ The Charlotte Neighborhood Quality of Life Study has been
expanded to include an overlay of all towns within Mecklenburg
County. This will make it possible to use the study as a benchmark
for focused neighborhood planning and investment; to share data
across the County; and to pilot enhanced collaboration in providing
operational services at the neighborhood level.
£ The Board of County Commissioners has adopted criteria for
prioritizing capital project funding across all departments and
agencies that receive capital project funding from Mecklenburg
County. In July 2011 the criteria were applied to a list of 65 capital
projects for which bond funding had been approved but not yet
issued.
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9. Townsville, Australia
Townsville, Australia has been undergoing large growth in recent years, and is
highly invested in keeping their operations economically sound and
environmentally sustainable. The City asked the IBM team to examine ways to
build upon existing programs for sustainability through behavior change, smart
grid & partnerships with energy providers. The IBM team presented their
recommendations to Councilor Les Tyrell OAM in July 2011
Recommendations:
Townsville has a strong, informal collaboration via inspired leaders. The results
are numerous projects and growing awareness of sustainability. The team s
Recommendation is an acceleration of that progress via a focused city
sustainability hub. Combining an open data and open applications approach with
structured guidelines and key performance indicators (KPIs), Townsville s many
constituencies can collaborate with each
other, with regional sources of
information and funding, and with global
expertise enabled by digital platforms.
Team Townsville
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10. Media Coverage What the press is saying about The Smarter Cities Challenge
“IBM was smart. It didn’t come to town with a satchel of pre-
determined solutions. The Smarter Cities team spent its time
listening to public servants who understand the system and
want to improve it.
There is no excuse to avoid putting these home-grown
“I’m very optimistic, but my optimism is based on recommendations into action right away.”
a very pragmatic approach… the potential is
there to create jobs. There's no doubt.”
– Mayor Tom Barrett
“Syracuse is using its [SCC] grant to analyze neighborhood
data… The data-driven approach, as opposed to the real-estate
development model, is one that other municipalities throughout
the region would do well to follow.”
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11. Where we are headed in 2012
round 2:
In-person
Application Interviews
period:
round 1: Announce:
10/20 – 12/16
Read & 2012
2012 Application Deadline: Review Winners
October 20 – December 16
Cities can apply at
smartercitieschallenge.org.
2012 Application Cycle September - December January February March
Smarter Cities and Citizenship Focus Areas City Forward Integration
• Economic Development • Applicants who feel their project has a
• Education & Workforce Skills strong data component are encouraged
to complete the City Forward section of
• Health & Social Services
the application.
• Public Safety
• Learn more about City Forward at
• Transportation cityforward.org.
• Water, Energy & Environment
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12. How to contact us
Find out more about the Smarter Cities Challenge – including how to apply
for the program on behalf of your city – at smartercitieschallenge.org.
Find the latest video coverage of the SCC and other IBM Citizenship
programs at youtube.com/citizenibm.
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