Speaker:
Rob Parkes, Lead "Internet of Things" Growth Program, Alcatel Lucent
In the Smart City context, the Internet of Things promises ways of improving our Quality of Life through the ubiquitous connectivity of inanimate objects in conjunction with a City “central nervous system” to control the information, processing the ambient intelligence it receives and acting accordingly.
But what is the reality of today’s Smart Cities? What life-improving capabilities exist today and what do the citizens of these pioneer Smart Cities want? This presentation will attempt to answer these questions with a peek at the Alcatel-Lucent primary market research on Smart Cities and how it relates to everyday lives.