by Andrea Di Maio | April 22, 2013 | 3 Comments
When people talk about smart cities, there seems to be an implicit assumption that those who get the concept and are able to lead the change must be demographically young. The same applies with other recent technology-driven phenomena, such as open government or government 2.0. Datapaloozas. hackatons, hangouts, unconferences: people who are over 40 can [...]
Category: smart government Tags: Italy, smart city
by Andrea Di Maio | December 14, 2012 | 4 Comments
Yesterday Gartner held a local briefing in Milan on the topic of Smart Cities. This was attended by local government, vendors and research organizations. Bettina Tratz-Ryan, who is our lead for Sustainability research, and myself were joined by Renato Galliano, Director for Economic Innovation and University of the City of Milan, and Michele Vianello, General [...]
Category: e-government Europe and IT smart government Tags: smart city
by Andrea Di Maio | October 4, 2012 | 2 Comments
(WARNING: this is an unusually long post for my blog. However I want to set the foundations for a dialogue and new line of research, and I hope my reader will find it worthwhile) Over the last many years, information technology has been celebrated as a driver of business and social innovation, with an impact [...]
Category: public value of IT smart government Tags: government 2.0, smart city
by Andrea Di Maio | September 24, 2012 | 4 Comments
Last Thursday I attended a panel about Smart Cities in the context of the ICT competitiveness week, organized by DG CONNECT of the European Commission. The purpose was to discuss how both the European vendor community and European cities can best position themselves in this growth market as competitive in terms of securing a growing [...]
Category: smart government Tags: European Commission, smart city
by Andrea Di Maio | August 10, 2012 | 7 Comments
Yesterday and earlier today I had two quite interesting and revealing conversation on the overhyped theme of smart cities. The first one was about how to determine a set of criteria, toolkits, frameworks and so forth to advise cities about how to build a roadmap and self-assess with respect to “smartness” objectives. The second was [...]
Category: smart government Tags: smart city
by Andrea Di Maio | July 25, 2012 | 1 Comment
People have been following with a moderate sense of worry the financial crisis unfolding in Greece and other European countries, Despite how dramatic the situation has become in Greece, many have remained in denial about the possibility of a serious contagion to other vulnerable countries. However things have suddenly changed, as Valencia, Murcia, Catalonia and [...]
Category: e-government Europe and IT open government data smart government Tags: euro crisis, government 2.0, open government, smart city
by Andrea Di Maio | February 9, 2012 | 3 Comments
The Italian government, after dealing with the financial emergency and market pressures by introducing new austerity measures, has shifted gear, looking into initiatives that can help reignite a much needed economic growth. In this context, it announced a new digital agenda (see here and here, both in Italian) and a new governance structure involving the [...]
Category: e-government Europe and IT open government data smart government Tags: digital society, Italy, smart city
by Andrea Di Maio | November 9, 2011 | Comments Off
Yesterday my colleague Dave Aron and I had the pleasure to interview Gerry Pennell, the CIO for the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, at the Gartner European Symposium in Barcelona . He spoke about his challenges, how they are closer than one might think to those that CIOs face in any complex organization, [...]
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Category: cloud smart government Tags: smart city, symposium
by Andrea Di Maio | August 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
This morning I was discussing about an idea for an innovative R&D project that one of our most interesting and unconventional clients – who leads a technology transfer and incubation organization – wanted to check with us. In the course of this stimulating conversation, he highlighted the difference between a “citizen” and a “city user”. [...]
Category: smart government Tags: smart city
by Andrea Di Maio | June 2, 2011 | 2 Comments
Gartner defines smart government as an administration that integrates information, communication and operational technologies to planning, management and operations across multiple domains to generate sustainable public value (see Gartner note The Five Dimensions of Smart Government – login required) Although a government can be smart at any level (federal, state, local), in individual domains (environment, [...]
Category: smart government Tags: Italy, smart city
