What are the pitfalls you should avoid when building a Smart City?

When you think of Smart Cities - you think of connected, digital utopias where the usual daily hassles are minimised by the power of data and technology. Today most cities around the world are aspiring to be a ‘Smart City'. But how do you get there? How do you truly become a Smart City and by the way, what is a Smart City? In the last couple of years, there have emerged many lessons surrounding the topic.

What is the technology trap that smart cities often fall into? In building smart cities, is data really the new oil? Is the world ready to embrace ‘digital communities’? Who really are the players in the Smart City ‘market’?

In this podcast we dive into a discussion about the 10 biggest factors that hinder Smart Cities - and how to avoid them, in order to effectively build cities that actually benefits every citizen in every society.

This podcast is hosted by Manuela Krull (Managing Director of the Smart City & IoT Program in Startupbootcamp Amsterdam), featuring special guest speaker Bas Boorsma (Author of ‘A New Digital Deal’ /www.anewdigitaldeal.com)