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Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Dentons Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat is a podcast that aims to help cities, communities, and stakeholders modernize digital, physical and social infrastructure to take advantage of technological developments that enable the integration of essential services. We share stories on the latest technologies and smart city development from industry professionals and legal thought leaders. What makes a community ‘smart’? Why is everyone obsessed with data? How do municipalities integrate…
Episodes
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Five burning questions facing city leaders
Dentons is proud to share this special episode in partnership with the Intelligent Community Forum (www.intelligentcommunity.org). Robert Bell, ICF co-founder…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Who Owns the Curb? Robots, Sidewalks & the Soul of the City
Dentons is proud to share this special episode in partnership with the Intelligent Community Forum (www.intelligentcommunity.org). Lou Zacharilla, ICF…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Building smarter cities with AI-powered permitting and plan review
In this episode, Kat Sliwa and Todd Daubert, Partners at Dentons, are joined by Arjun Choudhary, CEO of Blitz AI, to explore how artificial intelligence is…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Redefining “Smart” in an Age of AI, Connected Systems & Data, panel at the Smart Cities Expo World Congress in Barcelona
In this episode, Kat Sliwa, Partner in Toronto and leader of the Dentons Municipal Planning, Land Use and Development Law group, moderates a dynamic discussion…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
The Basque’s Intelligent Gem
Dentons is proud to share this special episode in partnership with the Intelligent Community Forum. Lou Zacharilla, ICF co-founder, speaks with Iñaki Gaztelu…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Exploring the Advantages of Private Smart Cities and the Path to Efficient Urban Innovation
In this episode, Todd Daubert dives into the concept of "private smart cities" and how they’re transforming urban spaces through technology. Unlike traditional…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Smart cities & data insights: How universities shape the future of urban planning
Explore the pivotal role of universities as key partners in building smarter, more sustainable cities. This episode dives into how universities provide…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Why are public-private collaborations important to smart cities?
In this episode, Amer Pasalic speaks with William Muller, Vice President of Business Development at Seoul Robotics, to explore emerging traffic technologies…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
What comes first for implementing a smart city; The chicken and egg problem in broadband
In this episode, Monica Song has a policy discussion on broadband with Ian Scott, former Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Why every smart city needs smart density
In this episode, Diana Doracin speaks with Naama Blonder who is an architect and urban designer and the co-founder of the architecture firm Smart Density…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Bridging the digital divide
In this episode, Katarzyna Sliwa speaks with Larry Williams, President and CEO of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), about some of the key challenges…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
How geothermal energy systems contribute to sustainable development
In this episode, Diana Betlej speaks with Kevin Beaudette, Director of Mid-Rise at Caivan Communities, to discuss the benefits of implementing geothermal…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Bringing communities along on the smart city journey
In this episode, Katarzyna Sliwa speaks with Shannon Brushe, Partner at Dentons Global Advisors, to discuss the communications challenges companies and…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Dentons joins IBI Group-led Smart City Sandbox
In this episode, Kat Sliwa speaks with Rahul Mehra , Director, Senior Practice Lead Intelligent Systems at IBI Group to speak about Dentons becoming the newest…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Using technology to improve the development process
In this episode, Dentons counsel, Mary Ellen Bench sits down with Arash Shahi, CEO at AECO Innovation Lab and Ralph Kaminski, CBO at the Town of Oakville to…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Expanding high-speed internet across Canada
In this episode, John Casola, CIO of Canada Infrastructure Bank joins Dentons Partner, Michael Ledgett to discuss how rural municipalities and indigenous…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Smart sustainable communities from the ground up
In our latest episode, Kat Sliwa sits down with Tim Cane, Director of Growth, Mike Melinyshyn, CFO/Director of Corporate Service at the Town of Innisfil and…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Waterfront Toronto and what makes a city "smart"?
In this episode, Katarzyna Sliwa sits down with Chantal Bernier, National Practice Leader Privacy and Cybersecurity, Dentons, and Kristina Verner, Vice…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Proptech, smart buildings, and digital twining
How will proptech impact the future of construction? How can a digital twin assist with identifying and optimizing the static and active assets within a…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Top 5 Things Privacy Officers need to know about the CPPA
The introduction of Bill C-11, the new Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), could change the privacy landscape in Canada leaving many chief privacy officers…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
From autonomous vehicles to smart cities: privacy implications
Description: In this episode, Karl Schober and Kelly Osaka sit down with Mary Ellen Bench and Anca Sattler and discuss how smart cities harness advances in…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
A fireside chat with AirMatrix: How drones fit into the smart city ecosystem
Drones offer the ability to go where people aren’t, and do things that people can’t. This gives rise to countless opportunities to increase connectivity and…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Intellectual property issues at the heart of smart cities
IoT as well as third party collaboration and co-development are central to Smart City technologies.
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Smart cities roadmap to recovery
Cities have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis. Online shopping and teleworking are now the norm, and digital infrastructure is more important than…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
The power of data for smart cities
The Smart Cities space moves fast. Intelligent infrastructure is becoming essential. Data is helping to innovate in the Smart Cities space, but also gives rise…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Smart mobility
As zero emission and autonomous vehicle technology becomes increasingly commonplace, how can transit agencies and governments use these technologies to move…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Communities from the ground up
What makes a community ‘smart’? How do planners, developers, and municipalities leverage smart technologies to plan for and create communities based on…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
5G Network deployment - Enabling an essential driver of smart city solutions
In this episode, Shawn Slack (Director, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, City of Mississauga) and Paul Cowling (Senior Vice-President…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Smart cities in Canada: The role of Infrastructure Canada
In this episode, Kelly Gillis (Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada) joins Dentons Partner, Michael Ledgett to discuss the role of Infrastructure Canada in…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Securing social license from the start: Identifying privacy challenges and strategies
As the administrator and implementer of a vast number of programs and services, municipalities are the keepers of large amounts of their constituents’ personal…
- Infrastructure & Strategic Innovation Chat
Understanding the role of drones in a smart city’s ecosystem
What roles will drones play as cities modernize? How will drones support the development and connectedness of smart cities? Listen in as Bashir Khan (Founder…