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and people who are trying to facilitate the development of smart systems or cities – whether that is energy , particularly looking at transport infrastructure , air quality , or generally liveable cities – rather than smart for smart ’ s sake .”
Developing smart cities is where a lot of demand is going to be driven , however it will require commercial organisations to change their attitude towards data sharing .
“ We ’ re doing pretty well in the UK in certain places , and parts of the US do it really well too ,” Pritchett says . “ Cities like Tel Aviv seem to be getting on top of this . I think the concept of cities taking more control over their systems and improving traffic , air quality and energy usage , and becoming energy independent , represents not only great opportunities for people within those cities to have a better quality of life , but also for commercial organisations to get involved .
“ In order to do that they ’ re going to have to change the way they look at information and the way they look at the data they ’ re generating . That ’ s going be a very exciting opportunity .”
22 December 2017