
The Smart City.Blog Podcast
The Smart City.Blog Podcast is available twice a month and hosted by Alan Cross of "A Journal of Musical Things." We'll talk Smart City infrastructure, buildings, transportation and smart communities. The goal will be to tackle the challenges of the very changing world of Smart City initiatives. Co-hosted by industry expert Grant Furlane, CEO of LocoMobi World Inc. and will be joined by guest industry experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Jan 20, 2021 • 48min
John Lorinc - Journalist and 2019-20 Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy
Join TheSmartCity.Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss a variety of smart city topics with Journalist and 2019-20 Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy, John Lorinc. After recently completing a series of 10 stories on Smartcities for the Toronto Star, John covers a variety of topics from climate change technology to smart city traffic management and transportation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 6, 2021 • 45min
Elliot Kohn, Principal and COO of kubik
Join TheSmartCity.Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the evolution of trade shows during a pandemic with Elliot Kohn, Principal and COO of kubik. Elliot discusses how kubik was quick to react to the cancellation of physical trade shows and replaced them with their new suite of virtual digital solutions such as remote launches, virtual product demos with high detail 3D modeling, and digitizing key areas of exhibit performing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 23, 2020 • 21min
Grant Furlane reflects on 2020, and looks forward to 2021
Join TheSmartCity.Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross of A Journal of Musical Things & Grant Furlane, CEO of LocoMobi World, as they reflect back on 2020, what they learned during the pandemic and how the future will be defined by technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 9, 2020 • 33min
Carter Li, CEO & Founder SWTCH Energy Inc.
Join TheSmartCity.Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss How SWTCH Energy Inc. is "Electrifying the Transportation System," with Carter Li, CEO & Founder.Carter discusses how EV charging stations are rapidly becoming part of the mandatory infrastructure in condominiums and commercial buildings, and why SWTCH is on its way to being the predominant player in EV charging stations and energy management. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 25, 2020 • 42min
Security in the Connected World with Steve Dentinger
Join TheSmartCity.Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the future of Security in the Connected World with Steve Dentinger, Vice President Sales, Canada of Dormakaba Group and Brian Storrie, President of LocoMobi World. Steve discusses the future of access security and how Smartphones are already being used in commercial buildings and hotels to access doors using dormakaba's technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 11, 2020 • 36min
The Future of CyberCities with Stephen Meagher
Join TheSmartCity.Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they discuss the future of CyberCities with Stephen Meagher, Director, CyberSecurity and IOT, Risk Advisory at Deloitte Canada. Stephen explains why future technology needs to be based on the needs of people and why vision, communication, leadership and trust are the keys to transform today's cities into CyberCities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 28, 2020 • 32min
Daniel Marinovic, Chief Development Officer for Dream
Join TheSmartCityBlog.com Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they have an engaging conversation with Daniel Marinovic, Chief Development Officer for Dream. Daniel explores what it takes to develop an impactful and smart community and Dream's approach to creating liveable, thoughtfully designed and highly sought after neighbourhoods that focus on positive social and environmental impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 30, 2020 • 29min
Adrian Wang of Deltera on the Next Generation of Buildings
This week, co-hosts Alan Cross and Grant Furlane chat with Adrian Wang, Director of Innovation & Sustainability at Deltera, part of the award winning Tridel Group of Companies. Adrian talks Smart Homes featuring Tridel Connect technology, which creates healthier, safer, smarter, efficient and more cost effective condominium communities . Adrian also discusses how Locomobi World is part of the seamless customer and visitor experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 23, 2020 • 23min
Sandy Carter: Amazon World Services Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector Global Partners and Programs
Join TheSmartCityBlog.com Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they have a robust and informative Smart City conversation with Sandy Carter – Amazon Web Services (AWS) Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector Global Partners and Programs. Among other topics Sandy discusses how she sees government using social media to engage with their constituents, how Smart Cities are making smart decisions based on data, mining positive feedback from customers, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 21, 2020 • 9min
Welcome to The Smart City Podcast
Alan Cross introduces his SmartCity.Blog Podcast Co-Host, Grant Furlane, CEO of LocoMobi World. In this episode Grant introduces LocoMobi World and the SmartCity.Blog. Listeners will learn more about what a Smart City is, the formation of Smart Buildings and Smart Communities and how everything ties into Smart Transportation creating seamless, secure, frictionless and touchless experiences for customers. Grant will help navigate listeners questions and will also provide predictions on where Smart Cities are headed. Alan and Grant will be joined by high profile guests in future episodeshttps://www.thesmartcity.blog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.