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Smart Cities present a lot of opportunities - & a lot of risk. How can governments, businesses, investors, & innovators plan effectively for the smart cities digital transformation to focus on local impact & global reach?
On Tuesday, December 12th at the New York Bar Association, leaders in government, business, & academia will come together to explore setting Smart City Development Goals in New York City, throughout the region, & beyond.
Topics will focus on connectivity, mobility, & resilience, & how we will leverage IoT & advanced technologies to optimize or replace our infrastructure & digital systems. There will be brief presentations from NYC leaders, including:
Brian Platt, Chief Innovation Officer for Jersey City, NJ
Rhonda Binda, Vice President of Policy & Co-founder of Venture Smarter
B.J. Mahal,Vice President of Urban Innovation & Smart Cities for Mastercard
Mitchell Kominsky, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-founder of Venture Smarter
Following the presentations, aforum & open discussion will take place, featuring a number of special guests & industry experts -TBA.
The goal is to help facilitate conversation & awareness on the topic in the community that will drive social mobility andeconomicdevelopment while using technology as a tool to improve outcomes for people. What will it take to make NYC citizens 100% connected, & 100% mobile? How can your organization or business help?
The event will take place from 3:00 - 4:30 pm & include a networking opportunity following the program. Venture Smarter is working with city & state officials with plans of releasing a draft program agenda in the coming weeks.#SCDG
About the Speakers:
Brian Platt
Brian Platt is the Chief Innovation Officer for Jersey City, NJ & helped create theJersey City Office of Innovationin 2015 (thanks to a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies).
The office focuses on addressing Jersey City's most complex challenges utilizing a data driven, collaborative, community-based approach to problem-solving. Major projects include initiatives seeking to better support small businesses & mitigating local flooding & pollution of waterways through better stormwater management.
Brian previously worked for McKinsey & Company & as a kindergarten teacher with Teach For America.He completed his Masters in Public Administration at Columbia University, andwas recently included on the 2017 Traeger List as one of thetop 100 local government leadersin the United States.
Brian is extremely involved in the Jersey City community. Some of his hobbies include
Teaching Olympic weightlifting at CrossFit Jersey City
Volunteering as an Emergency Medical Responder withUnited Rescue
Serving as President & co-founder of theHudson County Young Democrats, a grassroots political organization with a mission to expand civic activism & engagement in the political process for young people throughout Hudson County
Serving as a board member & co-founder ofContent Creators Academy (CCAJC),an after-school youth mentorship program focusing on digital media skills
He also is the founder ofFactual Uprising, a research & education tool providing easy access to information about key national issues.
Rhonda Binda
Rhonda Bindais VP Policy for Venture Smarter & Director of their Regional Smart Cities Initiatives. She has a distinguished history of public service, as Deputy Director for the U.S. Department of State's Global Intergovernmental Affairs Division, & in the West Wing of the White House, under two administrations respectively. In between her government tours she practiced technology law with Alston & Bird.
Binda most recently returned to her hometown & served as the Executive Director of the Jamaica Business Improvement District. Under her tenure, Governor Cuomo awarded Jamaica the #1 award state-wide for downtown revitalization, Jamaica was named #1 hottest neighborhood in NYC by the Wall Street Journal & won NYC's SBS Neighborhood Challenge Grant.
In 2016, she was Queens Chamber of Commerce's Business Leader of the Year & named Community Leader of the Year by QCYD. Binda attended Duke & Oxford & received her JD from Georgetown.
B.J.Mahal
B.J. Mahal leads Smart Cities & Urban Innovation initiatives for Mastercard in North America. His efforts focus on working with municipalities, corporations, start-ups, academia, & non-profits to develop & bring to market solutions to help cities improve capabilities in areas suchas:mobility, economic development, travel & tourism, digital payments & inclusive growth.
Previously, B.J. worked with global companies & governments as part of Monitor Deloitte's Strategy practice helping organizations in the areasof:M&A, go-to-market, organizational design, & business unit strategy.
His earlier experience at Microsoft involved business development with states, cities, & the federal government to integrate cloud & advanced analytics technologies.
B.J. began his career serving in the U.S. Navy leading teams around the world in multiple combat theaters.
He holdsa MBAfrom Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management & a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy.
Mitchell Kominsky
Mitchell Kominsky is the Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer for Venture Smarter. Mitchell is leading the company's effort to build a platform, based on artificial intelligence, to help cultivate the Internet of Things ecosystem. Additionally, Mitchell is a founding advisor to 1776, a global incubator & seed fund with $12.5M under management & advised high-tech startups from seed stage to venture-backed companies with more than $30M in funding.
Mitchell recently served as a senior counsel for U.S. Senate Leadership on emerging technology, & is the author of various cybersecurity laws. As a Counsel in the U.S. Congress, Mitchell led high-profile investigations & congressional hearings into matters at the intersection of emerging technologies & national security.
Contact: hello@venturesmarter.com
Venture Smarter hosts regular webinars, roundtables, forums, & thought leadership summit events. This Fall Venture Smarter hosted the first Smart Regions Conference in the United States with featured keynote Anil Menon,Cisco's Global President of Smart Cities & Connected Communities, as well asKaren Jackson, Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia. This summer we also hosted an international youth leadership forum at The World Bank Group in Washington DC & launched Regional Smart Cities Initiatives in Spring 2017 at the Smart Cincy Summit in Cincinnati OH.
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