ICT for ICD: Information & Communications Technologies for Intelligent Community Development. Jay Edwin Gillette

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1 ICT for ICD: Information & Communications Technologies for Intelligent Community Development Jay Edwin Gillette Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies University of Oulu, Finland Professor of Information and Communication Sciences Center for Information and Communication Sciences Ball State University, USA

2 ICT for ICD: Information & Communications Technologies for Intelligent Community Development What we call the Information Revolution is actually a Knowledge Revolution.... The key is not electronics; it is cognitive science. Peter Drucker [coined Knowledge Worker term] The triple-helix model of academia-government-industry emphasizes the role of knowledge-based innovations in driving and disrupting the dynamics of economics and society. Timo Ojala et al. [p. 119]

3 Presentation Topics Topic 1: Intelligent Communities Topic 2: Smart Cities research approach Topic 3: Oulu Finland, an example Top 7 Intelligent Community Topic 4: Preliminary conclusions 2015 by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 3

4 2015: Intelligent Community of the Year--Toronto 4

5 2007: U.S. cities don t make the intelligence cut

6 2008: U.S. cities make list; policy still pathetic

7 ICF: Five Intelligent Community Indicators 1. Broadband Connectivity: Broadband is the new essential utility, as vital to economic growth as clean water and good roads. Craft policies to encourage deployment and adoption. 2. Knowledge Workforce: A labor force that creates economic value through the acquisition, processing and use of information. Develop a workforce qualified to perform knowledge work from the factory floor to the research lab. 3. Digital Inclusion: Promote digital inclusion to provide have-nots with access to digital technology and broadband, by providing skills training and by promoting a compelling vision of the benefits of the Broadband Economy. 4. Innovation: Build the local innovation capacity of companies, because these produce all of the job growth in modern economies. Invest in e-government to reduce costs while delivering services that digitally savvy citizens expect. 5. Marketing and Advocacy: Communities must communicate their advantages. Advocacy builds a new vision of the community from within by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 7

8 2: Smart Cities research framework Five transformative factors or variables: Technologies (like broadband networking; mobile) Social structures (like triple helix; PPPP public, private, people partnership; quadruple helix) Cultural drivers Economic drivers Governance 2015 by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 8

9 Broadband Knowledge Workforce Digital Inclusion Technologies Innovation Marketing & Advocacy Social structures Cultural drivers Economic drivers Governance

10 2: Data from 32 Top-7 Intelligent Communities ( ) Arlington County, Virginia United States 2. Columbus, Ohio United States 3. Ipswich, Queensland Australia 4. Mitchell, South Dakota United States 5. New Taipei City Taiwan 6. Rio de Janeiro Brazil 7. Surrey, British Columbia Canada Hsinchu City Taiwan 9. Kingston, Ontario Canada 10. Toronto, Ontario Canada 11. Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Oulu Finland 13. Stratford, Ontario Canada 14. Taichung City Taiwan 15. Tallinn Estonia 16. Taoyuan County Taiwan 2015 by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 10

11 2: Data from 32 Top-7 Intelligent Communities ( ) Austin, Texas United States 18. Quebec City, Quebec Canada 19. Riverside, California United States 20. Saint John, New Brunswick Canada Chattanooga, Tennessee United States 22. Dublin, Ohio United States 23. Eindhoven Netherlands 24. Issy-les-Moulineaux France 25. Windsor-Essex, Ontario Canada 2010 Country 26. Dundee, Scotland United Kingdom 27. Ottawa, Ontario Canada 28. Suwon South Korea 2009 Country 29. Bristol, Virginia United States 30. Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada 31. Moncton, New Brunswick Canada 32. Stockholm Sweden 2015 by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 11

12 3: Oulu Finland, an example Top 7 Intelligent Community Responded to recessions and changing economic conditions; key social structure adaptation: THM Built triple-helix innovation model: City of Oulu; University of Oulu and other academics; private industry, especially Internet Service Provider (ISP) ICT project as community catalyst: started free and open municipal network: panoulu [hotspots; no Quality of Service guarantees, thus no direct competition to ISP] Twice selected as Top 7 Intelligent Community 2015 by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 12

13 3: Social structure adaptation: Triple-helix model for innovation The starting premise was the traditional institutional differentiation: academia is associated with the generation of intellectual capital, government with the control of the public sphere, and industry with the creation of wealth. However, in the emergent networked knowledge-based society these roles have become intertwined. For example, industries are now important producers of new knowledge, while academia and cities are acting as organizers of regional innovation systems. Further, academia is now increasingly expected to economically support itself with revenues from selling knowledge to industries and government. [Ojala et al, p. 118.] 2015 by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 13

14 3: How triple-helix works in theory 1. internal transformation of the helices; 2. influence of one helix upon another; 3. creation of new overlay of institutional structures from the interaction between the helices; and 4. recursive effect of these entities on themselves and on the larger society. [Ojala et al, p. 118.] 2015 by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 14

15 3: Theory: triple-helix individual interaction promotes creativity THM emphasizes the role of the individual. When individuals from several institutions interact, they reflexively fine-tune communications with different values systems in the background, as expressions of diverse institutional traditions and manifold interests, which promotes creativity. [Ojala et al, p. 118.] [Nota Bene: Is this social structural change?] 2015 by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 15

16 4: Preliminary conclusions 1. In an era of high-stakes political gridlock, and nationstate stasis, regional communities and citistates (Neal Peirce neologism) are the locus of progress. 2. Intelligent Community Forum cities are a good model; 20 years of experience forwarding communities in the broadband economy. [Movement, not maintenance.] 3. Preliminary research indicates triple-helix is the key, with the newest variable the changing role of academia 4. Positive opportunity for community breakthrough; negative impact from changing and possible corruption of roles. Projects are catalysts for progress. 5. The realist s glass is not half full or half empty; it exists as a container; liquid; air a situation with potential: the knowledge society driven by the information economy is here. Our time, our potential by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 16

17 Thank You and Discussion Thank you with professional gratitude to: Finland Fulbright Commission University of Oulu, Finland Intelligent Communities Forum Ball State University Reference: Timo Ojala et al. (2011.) panoulu: Triple Helix Driven Municipal Wireless Network Providing Open and Free Internet Access. C&T 11, 29 June 02 July 20ll, Brisbane, p by Jay Edwin Gillette ICT for ICD" 17

18 ICT for ICD: Information & Communications Technologies for Intelligent Community Development Contact: Dr. Jay Edwin Gillette Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies University of Oulu, Finland Center for Information and Communication Sciences Ball State University, Muncie, IN USA 2015 by Jay Edwin Gillette