The Smart and Sustainable City podcast

In this conversation with Tom Dodd from the European Commission, I deep dive into the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Tom is the team leader for sustainability reporting at DG FIS...

Today we talk with Alice Charles. Alice works at the World Economic Forum and is the Lead, Cities, Infrastructure & Urban Services See us on youtube here: https://youtu.be/jV09X14AOxw  In thi...

Today we talk with Cristina Bueti. Counsellor at the International  Telecommunication Union in Geneva. When the United Nations defined its Sustainable Development goals in 2015, one of these goal...

In this episode, I talk with Andres Guevara, BP vice president for City  Integrated Solutions. It is great to hear, a historical Oil and Gas company, that restructures itself, and pivots to becom...

Today we talk with Chris Shannon the CEO of FOTECH, a company that was  recently acquired by BP, as part of their Launchpad Initiative.   FOTECH has developed some unique sensing techno...

Today we talk with Marc Elian Bégin, CEO of SIXSQ, a company that develops technology which enables cities to become smarter, by better taking advantage of their vast amount data produced at “the Edge...

In the European Commission, the Directorate General focused on Information technology is called DIGIT. Today we talk with Joao RODRIGUES FRADE head of sector for the Building Blocks in DIGIT. A Buildi...

In this episode, we look at a startup company called Makemydayapp.  When Electric vehicle drivers start their journey, they wonder how long and how far they will be able to drive without a rechar...

In this episode, we look at a startup company called Waycare. Since  2016, Waycare has been trying to solve one of the world’s biggest  problems - preventing fatalities due to traffic crashe...

22 million vehicles around the world use Otonomo’s and its partners'  technologies. Together they enable many use cases and services to feed  real-time Live Cars data into data platforms. Th...

On this episode we talk with the Smart city program director for Copenhagen, Marius Sylvestersen. Together we discuss the Smart Steps taken by Copenhagen to address Denmark's capital city main challen...

The Wi-Sun Alliance is an industry consortium of 250 members of Global  Corporations and World Leaders in Smart Utility, Smart City and Internet  of Things Markets.  In this episode Phi...

The European Network of Living Labs  ( www.enoll.org ) is the international federation of benchmarked Living Labs in Europe with a global reach. Living Labs are all about user-centric  open ...

The OASC is a cities network which gathers over 150 Small and large Smart cities. The OASC ensures best practices and applications get shared for some of our cities' biggest challenges. My guest today...

Our guest today is Cristina Martinez from the European Commission.  Cristina is the Deputy Head for Smart Mobility and Living at DG Connect.  Cristina and I discuss the sustainability challe...

 Pully is a small and quiet town along lake Geneva in Switzerland. This little town surprised the smart city community recently by announcing a major milestone achievement: It had verified and va...

The Backbone of a Smart City lies in its smart use of technology; to develop its ability to understand what is going on, in real time, and respond to events & incidents in the most effective way. ...

Dubai has set itself on a trajectory to become the happiest city on Earth. Today we talk with Hannah Saud from the Smart Dubai organization. Hannah shares her perspective on the city where she grew up...

Welcome to season 2 of the smart and sustainable city podcast. A Big Thank you to all of you listeners from around the world ! This program is now in the chart of the top Smart City podcasts. In this ...

Improving Smartness and Sustainability of Cities towards realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the UNECE region. Dr Agata Krause is an adviser in the United Nations Economic Co...

Gulnara Roll works at the United Nations UNECE as the Secretary for the Intergovernmental committee on Urban housing, development and management. We discuss the impact of Covid-19 on cities and citize...

Energy sourcing and management is a key challenge for Smart and sustainable cities. While being high tech, Solar thermal power is a sustainable energy source, it is more durable than photovoltaic and ...

Martin Klein leads the global industry business unit for Public Sector  at the software company SAP. He shares with us his views on Smart Cities  best practices and reflects on the current h...

Our guest today is Olzhas Sartayev,  the CEO of  the Special Economic Zone of Almaty, One of the 13 special economic zones created in Kazakhstan to promote innovation and attract investments...

Anders Jönsson is the Chief of the innovative Policies Development section of the United Nations UNECE organization. Anders shares with us his expert view on effective Policy development practice...

Today I talk with Ade McCormack. Ade is an international Consultant and speaker on Digital Transformation. We discuss his views on Cities evolution and Urbanization. We talk about Sustainability, Anth...

Open Geneva is the open innovation festival for Science, Technology and   Society. In this episode I talk to Thomas Maillart, the founder of Open   Geneva. We discuss about how the...

In this episode, I talk to Michael Donaldson, The CIty of Barcelona   Commissioner for Digital Innovation. Michael shares his observation on   how Barcelona has evolved into a...

Miguel Eiras Antunes leads Deloitte's Global practice on Smart Cities,  Smart Nations and local governments. Together we discuss about his home  city Lisbon and about his experience in helpi...

In this episode we talk to Kapil Narula a Senior researcher at Geneva University leading the Energy efficiency team. We discuss the Key Urbanization Challenge facing cities in their Carbon Emissions. ...