NEXT GENERATIONBROADBAND CITIES

Megan SmithU.S. Chief Technology Officer

Daniel CorreaSenior Advisor, Innovation Policy

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Smart Cities

White House Smart Cities Initiativewh.gov/webform/smartcities

Transportation ▪ Housing ▪ Utilities ▪ Education ▪ Workforce ▪ Business/Civil Society/Governance ▪ Green Spaces ▪ Civic Institutions ▪ Sustainability

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Sokwoo Rhee Associate Director of Cyber-Physical Systems National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST Global City Teams Challenge

Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC)

Establish and demonstrate replicable, scalable and sustainable models for incubation and deployment of interoperable, standard-based IoT solutions and demonstrate their measurable benefits in Smart Communities/Cities

For more information, visit : www.globalcityteams.orgContact: Sokwoo Rhee (sokwoo.rhee@nist.gov)

Guru SethapathyChief Economist and Director of Product

DevelopmentNew America FoundationTechHire

&Opportunity@Work

Dozens of training providers will be flexible and able to respond to employers’ demand signals and are focused on training competencies and job placement

500+ employers have publicly expressed their commitment to hire based on mastery, not history – re-setting demand signal for education/training, app developers & job seekers

35 communities are aggregating employers, using different models, learning from each other, develop policies over time to complement and scale the market’s efforts

Onramps, assessments, and tech tools, discerning and matching talent with open jobs are the key glue in the ecosystem to ensure that this hiring channel is viable

Employer Participation Education & Training Matching & ValidationCivic Engagement

Get Involved by…

is a national initiative that builds a superior network to connect employers with IT hiring needs to individuals who possess the skills and motivation to be successful employees, in a world where non-traditional

pathways often render them “invisible” to traditional recruiting processes

going to www.techhire.org

The key elements of are:

Stephanie SantosoSenior Advisor, Making

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Maker Movement

Jeff MeiselChief Marketing Officer

U.S. Census Bureau

CitySDK

The Census Bureau’s open source development kit is designed to make Census open data easier to access and interoperate with other data sources.

What is the City SDK?

Provides real-time actionable information

Provides contextual data

SENSORDATA

OPEN DATA

POPULATION

ECONOMY

WEATHER

TRANSPORTATION

ENERGY

SAFETY SmartCitiesServices

GitHub Open Source Platform

How Does it Help?

Platform (ecosystem) enables interaction

among data consumers and Producers

Cities ProvideThe Context forValue Creation

How Does it Work?

The US Census Bureau is the largest federal statistical agency with authoritative data about the Nation’s people and economy.

Fen ZhaoChief Data Scientist

Saros Intelligence

Regional Big Data Hubs

National Science Foundation

MIDWEST

SOUTH

Alaska & Hawaii are part of the West region. US Territories can participate in any region

106 Personnel79 Organizations12 states NORTHEAST

193 Personnel99 Institutions9 States

WEST

Berkeley (PI)

UW (PI)

86 Personnel 47 Organizations13 States

University

Non-profitGovernmentIndustry

HPC Center

116 Personnel95 Organizations15 States + DC

Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs & SpokesMap of Hub leadership institutionsCurrent Spoke solicitation at NSF 16-510

Aadil GinwalaAssistant Director, Education and Telecommunications

Innovation White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Startup in a Day

Colin RogisterSpecial Advisor

White House National Economic Council

ConnectED

Karen HansonManager, Partnerships and Interagency Affairs

U.S. Department of Commerce

Broadband Connectivity Index

Goal: Empower communities with strategies that increase broadband access, adoption, and use.

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Connectivity Initiative

Self-Assessment Tool

Report, Recommendations and Index

Planning and Implementation Support

National Community of Practice

Assessment Scope:• Access• Adoption• Policy• Use

Be a Partner:• Community Partners provide input on indicators and pilot tools• Organizational Partners engage their members• Philanthropic and Business Partners directly support communities

during implementation and planning

Ben MoskowitzDirector of Development Strategy

Mozilla Foundation

Community Gigabit Fund

Glenn Richart Chief Technology Officer

U.S. Ignite

Smart Gigabit Cities

Fin.