The Smart City.Blog Podcast

The podcast explores the importance of infrastructure projects, introducing Transcend, a multinational software company. It touches upon innovative technology for kidney stones, high-speed drones, and optimizing water infrastructure. Additionally, it discusses a massive building project in Saudi Arabia and hints at disrupting the future of real estate with a focus on infrastructure and the environment.

Parsons is a giant construction and infrastructure company that works on the the really, really BIG stuff including a science fiction-level project for the government of Saudia Arabia called The Line. Wait until you hear about that. We welcomed Bruce Irwin the CTO for the company's mobility solutions in North America to our offices along with Daniel Weng, who is on Bruce's team and leads a lot of partnership initiatives.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keeping everything and everyone moving in an urban area is becoming increasingly complex. More vehicles and people on the road. Choke points. The lack of real-time data about what's actually happening. Seoul Robotics, a company based out of South Korea has some solutions. We spoke with William Muller, the vice president of Business Development.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you have a car, you know how annoying it is when you run out of windshield washer fluid. It's a small thing, but it's one of the things that go along with owning and maintaining a car. It turns out that the whole universe of windshield washer fluid can be very environmentally unfriendly--and this is a problem that needs to be solved. Robbie Mair is the CEO of EcoTank Canada and he will explain everything.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colin Chan is from JLL, international company with 80,000 people spread out in offices worldwide, that aims to help clients make the most out of the real estate they own. One area where they excel is the use of data and analytics to determine the best uses--or alternative uses--where people park their cars and in a responsible and sustainable way. We found Colin at his office in London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grant has written a new paper outlining a theory on urban transportation. Big ideas and big investments are needed, but when it's rolled out it will make a huge difference for people getting from point A to point B. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode will look at a company called Otorio which is looking to make the world more secure. Every second, the world becomes more connected. And with infinite inter-connectablity comes infinite risk. There are people--from guys in their mom's basement to ransomeware gangs to shadowy state actors--with a mission to break into systems to wreak havoc. Focus on cybersecurity has never been more important--and as we'll hear, will only become more important which each passing day. We had a conversation with Matan Dobrushin who is going to walk us through what Otorio does and the risks they work to mitigate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arif K. Rafiq works for a company called ESRI. It's a Canadian outfit that believes geography is critical to decision-making. Arif is an expert in the digital systems that manage roads, highways, and public transit infrastructure, things that (unfortunately) often do not talk to each other. But what if they did? What if there was some way to incorporate all the data and analytics from the ways we move? Could this make our roads safer, more secure, more reliable, and sustainable? Absolutely. We found Ariq in his office in Toronto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We packed everything up and headed to the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto to check out Project Arrow, a proof-of-concept plan to showcase all the amazing tech available from Canadian manufacturers when it comes to the cars of the future. The hope is that existing manufacturers will take advantange of what Canadian companies have to offer--and to inspire someone to create a domestic EV brand. We have the tech, the knowledge, and the worker base, to why not? Locomobi CEO Grant Furlane and Alan Cross sat down with Flavio Volpe of the Automotive Parts Manaufactures Association for the story of Project Arrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the risk of bringing up a lot of bad memories, let's think back to the worst days of the pandemic. Many people could work from home. But what if you were an essential worker and had to get to the job even though transit wasn't running? Robin Tam is here to explain how this start-up identified and solved a problem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.