Event: Building a Smart City

From our friends at Leaders in Energy …

Are you wondering what makes a “smart city” and why cities are interested in achieving this designation? A number of urban centers around the world are turning themselves into smart cities by using technology to track what’s happening in the city to help improve the quality of life. By slicing and dicing data, officials hope to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, improve health, clear up traffic jams, cut crime, and generate employment.

Our next professional networking event will be on “Building a Smart City: Global and DC Metro Area Perspectives.” Panelists will include representatives from the Dutch Embassy, the General Services Administration, Montgomery County, and US-Ignite. We will explore what the attributes are which make Amsterdam a top-rated global smart city, and we will discuss how local cities and counties in the Washington, DC metropolitan area are creating strategies and programs to become the next smart city or community. Our speakers include:

• Bart de Jong, Counselor for Infrastructure and the Environment, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
• Daniel Hoffman, Chief Innovation Officer, Montgomery County, MD;
• Kevin Kampschroer, Chief Sustainability Officer & Director, Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings, US General Services Administration; and
• Bill Maguire, Project Director, for US Ignite, and liaison to the Global City Team Challenge, a partnership with the National Institute of Technology and Standards.

We will meet at the WeWork Wonder Bread Factory on Tuesday, September 15th, from 6-8 pm. Our event will take place during Smart Cities Week (September 15 -17th) in Washington DC.

Our event sponsors include Budderfly and WeWork and is being co-hosted with DC Net Impact.

Pizza and beer (and non-alcoholic beverages) will be provided.

Please contact Leaders in Energy directly with questions about this event or to register.