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- 17:26: zoernert (42723) Live Coverage from the Smarter Cities event in Berlin.
- 17:29: zoernert (42723) On June 23–24, in Berlin, IBM will host a unique gathering, SmarterCities, to explore how progressive cities are modernizing to spur economic development, drive greater innovation, transform for competitive advantage and meet the pressing demands of a more engaged and intelligent citizenry. This is the first of a series of SmarterCities gatherings hosted by IBM in collaboration with major partners across the globe.
- 17:50: zoernert (42723) In 1900, only 13% of the world's population lived in cities. By 2050,
that number will have risen to 70%. We are adding the equivalent of
seven New Yorks to the planet every year.
- 17:59: zoernert (42723) A Planet of Smarter Cities PDF 922KB.
- 10:09: zoernert (42723)
- 12:49: smarterplanet New post: Smarter Cities bit.ly
- 12:51: SilviaEmilia One week left: Watch IBM leading the conversation on making our cities smarter, Berlin 23.06 tinyurl.com #smartcity
- 15:10: chrkoester (44003) New Blog Post on IBM BlueBlog: "Warum die Metropolen dieser Welt mehr Intelligenz brauchen" http://bit.ly/WO0KK #smartercit|
- 11:16: Kevin Kevin I would love to be able to get around a city by bike, rather than car. I hope smarter cities are more bike friendly.
zoernert: Maybe of interest for you are the two break out sessions on Wednesday morning about transportation and healthcare.
Christian:Paris has launched a self-service bike-hire system called Velib in 2007. They have terminals all over the city – best way to get around in Paris (in summertime only, though): www.en.velib.paris.fr
- 11:43: smarterplanetfr What would make Sydney or Bucarest a better, smarter city to live in? (QuickPoll Sydney) or (QuickPoll Bucarest)?
[Modified for LiveBlog]
- 15:24: Chintan Chintan:I think that johannessburg needs to sort out its traffic problems ASAP – there is just too many cars around!
Answer You might want to check the transportation Breakout on Wednesday morning.
The economic growth of urban centers is dependent on the efficient movement of people, vehicles, freight and goods. These transportation systems have a huge impact on quality of life. At stake are a range of essential issues, from personal and economic productivity, to environmental sustainability, to social cohesion, to the 'personality' of a city. The discussion of transportation in a smarter city must encompass both the many modes of possible movement within a city, but also movement between the city and world around it. Planning holistically across a city's entire transportation system will require a move beyond traditional solutions of steel, asphalt and concrete. Rather, integrating available and developing technologies—cameras, sensors, dynamic signage, signals, fiber optics, network connectivity and analytics—as vital elements of a smarter transportation system will be needed. This session will examine relationships across the entire system, including elements of other systems touched by it (supply chains, businesses, where and how people live and work, etc.) and how to create transportation systems that are adaptable, responsive, sustainable and economically sound.
- 20:25: markcleverley Arrived in Berlin for the Smarter City conference. I'll help run the public safety breakout – otherwise here to learn – #smartercity
- 07:57: markcleverley (45343) http://tinyurl.com/kme6n5 – interactive map of Berlin "as was" for visitors #smartercity
- 10:14: markcleverley (45343) Martin Jetter gave a warm welcome – and pointed out how Berlin is a perfect city to represent transformation… #smartercity
- 11:15: Caroline Oates Is there a live video feed to Berlin event?
zoernert: unfortunately not.
- 11:28: Benu For developing countries like india and its cities traffic snarls are huge. The honking of horns, noise caused by vehicles are huge. Sometimes it get beyond the permissible limits. To control that there must be honking energy meter which calculates the amount of energy used while blowing the horns. We can set the monthly permissible limit based on type of vehicle, city, and other factors. If the vehicle crosses the limit they should charged for it.
- 11:36: wiwiking Guess first and see what are the largest cities in the European Union by population http://is.gd/1a256 #smartercity #europe
- 11:38: smarterplanet (44021) RT @coastw: Expected attendance for our smarter cities event, starting in a few hours, now beyond 500. #smartercity ^kr
- 11:38: coastw (45711) We will offer clients a tool and assistance to help them assess their "smartness" relative to other cities.
- 11:39: zoernert (42723) Getting settled for liveblogging from #SmarterCity – However still struggle a bit with the kiosks :)
- 11:39: wiwiking (45710) Guess first and see what are the largest cities in the European Union by population http://is.gd/1a256 #smartercity #europe
- 11:44: adamclyde Looking forward to the live blogging to begin of the Smarter Cities summit in Berlin in 20 minutes. http://bit.ly/7XKdK #smartercity
- 12:06: thereyesreport (44839) Just finished watching the latest #smartercity YouTube video – Worth the 8 mins if you're wondering why I'm in Berlin.
- 12:17: andikopp2 (44005) #Hannover is at #48 :-) on the list of the largest cities of the EU by population within citylimits #smartercity bit.ly
- 12:17: zoernert (42723)
- 12:17: cnygard Participate via Twitter: Use Hashtag #SmarterCity
- 12:26: andikopp2 (44005) ..wow… there are currently 159 watcher of the live blogging stream from the #smartercity event in #Berlin www.scribblelive.com
- 12:30: Rick Cole Your Advertisement talks about a Smart Water policy in Gallway— not too long ago ie 2-3 years ago visitors, or residents couldn't even drink the local water due to contamination—so I thought you should know that and possibly pick another city as an example for your ad.
- 12:53: smarterplanet (44021) German Blog Post RT @jkoeber: smarte cities, metropolen im chaos http://bit.ly/h5bgY #smartercity
- 13:24: kafkaspice I think that Stockholm is a pretty smart city. Safe, clean and good public transportations. #smartercity
- 13:24: skoerble #SmarterCity in Berlin http://twitpic.com/86hip
- 13:30: chrkoester (44003) In Berlin, 32% of all ways are done by bike or by walking, 27% with public transportation and 40% by car or motorcycle #smartercity
- 13:35: chrkoester (44003) If you put all cars licensed in Berlin together on one place, it had the size of 1740 soccer fields or formed a line of 7100 km #smartercity
- 13:42: carloit Keep up to date about Smarter City concept #smartercity
- 13:42: PaulHofheinz (45721) Backstage at #smartercity IBM' s Mike Rhodin prepares to take stage. http://yfrog.com/0wusvj
- 13:42: PaulHofheinz (45721)
- 13:42: wiwiking the good news is that line 1 of the metro in Paris is going automatic by 2012 which should improve public transportation and #smartercity
- 13:43: SilviaEmilia (44006) A big day today: SMARTER CITIES get going in BERLIN and we have the first GreaterIBM get together in Hannover #smartercity #greateribm
- 13:44: andikopp2 (44005) Stockholm spotting.in Berlin ;) http://twitpic.com/86hip #smartercity (via @kafkaspice)
- 13:44: andikopp2 (44005)
- 13:44: SilviaEmilia (44006) In the heart of Berlin, the electric power comp Vattenfall is operating one of the world's most modern heating plants #smartercity
- 13:44: chrkoester (44003) If you put all cars licensed in Berlin together on one place, it had the size of 1740 soccer fields or formed a line of 7100 km #smartercity
- 13:52: ThePetra asked 40 people what's the worst thing about living in Prague. Most of them said traffic, congestions & lack of green space. #smartercity
- 13:53: zoernert (42723) Geich startet das SmarterCities in Berlin. Liveblogging auf deutsch http://bit.ly/EYCYR und engl http://bit.ly/19yr6K #smartercity
- 13:57: chrkoester (44003) Air pollution in Berlin has decreased since 1990, but Co2-Emissions caused by inner-city traffic up 12% #smartercity
- 14:02: thereyesreport (44839) Three of us already in #smartercity overflow room.
- 14:03: ragtag (44007) in the overflow room in Berlin, over 500 people showed for the #smartercity event here, very busy
- 14:09: AnnaSilvia @ragtag how's the feeling there ? #smartercity
- 14:16: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity – doors open and this is very well attended…
- 14:23: coastw (45727) Event about to start. Main tent is jam packed. #smartercity
- 14:23: SilviaEmilia (44006) Charité hospital complex in Berlin is the largest university hospital in Europe and has over 3300 beds #smartercity #healthcare
- 14:24: coastw Event about to start. Main tent is jam packed. #smartercity
- 14:24: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity overflow room may need an overflow room…
- 14:31: zoernert (42723) For the first time in history more people living in cities.
Martin Jetter is opening Smarter Cities Summit 2009 in Berlin
- 14:32: ragtag (44007) transport problems caused #smartercity to start late – even more need for a #smartplanet
- 14:33: zoernert (42723) Martin Jetter: "Conversation is what this forum is all about"
- 14:35: zoernert (42723) You are always welcome to join the conversation using the liveblog comment function or Twitter #SmarterCity
- 14:35: andikopp2 (44005) RT @mattm54: IBM leader Martin Jetter kicking off smarter cities forum. Talks about 20th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall. #smartercity
- 14:35: mattm54 IBM leader for Germany, Martin Jetter kicking off smarter cities forum. Talks about 20th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall. #smartercity
- 14:38: zoernert (42723) Martin Jetter: "Cities are humanities biggest innovation" – "7 New Yorks are added to the planet every year"
- 14:40: zoernert (42723) 130 cities represented in the Smarter Cities Summit from all over the wold.
- 14:41: smi1e_cat #smartercity on visible tweets http://post.ly/vtV
[Remark: Visualisation of Tweets about Smarter Cities]
- 14:44: zoernert (42723) Martin Jetter is bringing Berlin as the location of the event in relation to the dynamic that was required within the last 20 years after the wall came down. And welcomes Klaus Wowereit the governing Major of Berlin.
- 14:45: coastw (45735) Martin Jetter, our GM of Germany, just announced new analytics center to be in Berlin.#smartercity
- 14:45: ragtag (44007) Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin is now talking at #smartercity – live translation in the overflow room
- 14:46: thereyesreport (44839) Berlin selected to host first #smartercity event b/c of its past and for new plans for its future.
- 14:47: zoernert (42723) Klaus Wowereit remembers to the old "Deutsche Holerid Maschinen GmbH" that was original located in Berlin and became IBM later on.
- 14:50: sandyberman new analytics center in Berlin ! can't wait to hear more about that! #smartercity
- 14:50: smarterplanet (44021) RT @mattm54: Klaus Wowereit, no copyright for good ideas, can share and copy ideas from other cities, purpose of forum. #smartercity ^kr
- 14:50: PaulHofheinz Translation in French, German, Polish, Mandarin, Potuguese, Spanish and Dutch at #smartercity Shows truly international reach.
- 14:50: zoernert (42723) 100 Mitarbeiter werden im Center in Berlin vorhanden sein #smartercity
- 14:51: thereyesreport (44839) Berlin's mayor enjoys having ibm for its business and its citizenship #smartercity and helpful employee citizens.
- 14:52: mattm54 Mayor Wowereit says location of conference was a deserted area before fall of the Wall just 20 years ago.Amazing progress. #smartercity
- 14:52: ragtag (44007) Appears to me that the end of the wall is still full of emotion for people in Berlin M. Wowereit #smartercity
- 14:54: zoernert (42723) Klaus Wowereit describes it as our task to leave the crisis stronger than before #smartercity
- 14:55: thereyesreport (44839) Talking about walls coming down at #smartercity – so many other virtual walls to overcome.
- 14:56: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity Berlin has transformed since the wall, sure. But it has always been a place of cultural and industrial innovation.
- 14:56: zoernert (42723) Klaus Wowereit mentions that Berlin has one of the best public transport systems. – The investments need to be seen not as an alternative to individual cars. In order to sort transport problems out expertise is required , energy and new concepts.
- 14:59: smarterplanet (44021) Why Berlin? End of the Wall, innovation and complex public systems form east and west integrated Martin Jetter #smartercity ^kr
- 14:59: smarterplanet (44021) RT @mattm54: Klaus Wowereit, no copyright for good ideas, can share and copy ideas from other cities, purpose of forum. #smartercity ^kr
- 14:59: smarterplanet (44021) RT @zoernert: Klaus Wowereit describes it as our task to leave the crisis stronger than before #smartercity ^kr
- 14:59: PaulHofheinz (45721) More than 500 leaders from 30 cities join #smartercity summit in Berlin.
- 14:59: PaulHofheinz (45721) Translation in French, German, Polish, Mandarin, Potuguese, Spanish and Dutch at #smartercity Shows truly international reach.
- 14:59: PaulHofheinz (45721) Klaus Wolvereit, Mayor of Berlin, says cities are place where innovation takes place. #smartercity
- 14:59: PaulHofheinz (45721) Wolvereit: Can no longer build cities based only on motor transport. Must build "reasonable and meaningful" alternative in public transport.
- 15:00: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity Klaus Wowereit (paraphrased) "smart" does not mean "expensive" – justifications are there to be found.
- 15:01: smarterplanet (44021) we have over 200 watchers on our scribblelive event page for #smartercity http://bit.ly/goIxV ^kr
- 15:01: thereyesreport (44839) If its possible to architecht and construct green and smart bldgs, should that become a regulated requirement? #smartercity
- 15:01: zoernert (42723) Synergy can be created in the area of health – as Berlin has headquarters of several market leaders in the life-science market. "How can we make sure that older people can stay at home as long as possible?" having in mind that more and more living in single households. Those are challenges cities need to deal with.
- 15:02: PaulHofheinz (45721) Wowereit: 50% of households now single people. This will change meaning of health care and ageing. #smartercity
- 15:03: ragtag (44007) A growing population and increased knowledge means we have to find new solutions with finite resources #smartercity
- 15:03: zoernert (42723) IBM Analytics Solution Center #smartercity – 100 in Berlin / 400 in Germany / working on making cities smarter. Makes Berlin rich & sexy :)
- 15:04: smarterplanet (44021) Berlin Mayor accepts plaque from Martin Jetter, CGM IBM Germany 4 opening of the Business Analytics Innovation Centre ^kr
- 15:05: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity Wow – Herr Wowereit – great close! Encouraging us to make sure we spend some time and money in his fair city.
- 15:05: sandyberman In Berlin, saw a very cool green display in Potsdamer Platz – showing impact of energy use over time #smartercity
- 15:05: markcleverley #smartercity Wow – Herr Wowereit – great close! Encouraging us to make sure we spend some time and money in his fair city.
- 15:07: mattm54 Rudy Provoost,CEO, Philips Lighting up.IBM and Philips in same business:share dream of smarter planet,innovating to make real. #smartercity
- 15:08: PaulHofheinz (45721) Philips' Rudy Provoost: "a better planet powered by health and well being." #smartercity
- 15:09: PaulHofheinz Philips' Rudy Provoost: "a better planet powered by health and well being." #smartercity
- 15:10: thereyesreport (44839) On healthcare, WHO says little known fact that pneumonia is #1 killer of kids – worst than malaria + aids … And treatable #smartercity
- 15:10: PaulHofheinz (45721) Provoost: "Embrace the culture of open, collaborative innovation." #smartercity
- 15:13: PaulHofheinz (45721) Provoost: 19% of world energy consumption is in lighting. #smartercity
- 15:13: zoernert (42723) Rudyc Provoost (CEO Philips) – lists challenges for society:
1. Change of Demographics,
2. Urbanization,
3. Center of gravity is moving to the east,
4. Hygiene factor
5. Political affectness (social equity)
- 15:14: AnnaSilvia energy is one of the most critical items in smarter cities: can anyone in berlin twitter on what is said on energy ? #smartercity
- 15:17: zoernert (42723) 19% des Energieverbrauchs wird durch Beleuchtung verursacht (via Rudy Proovost / CEO Phillips). #smartercity
- 15:17: PaulHofheinz (45721) Provoost: 80% of buildings today use out-of-date, energy-inefficient lighting. #smartercity
- 15:19: PaulHofheinz (45721) Provoost: Could improve 40% globally, equivalent to planting a forest the size of Germany. Possible today. #smartercity
- 15:20: Andy Hasse Uh, This is hot stuff…we will watch this from Stuttgart as the Smart Berlin City unveils ways to push forward our society…thanks.
- 15:20: ragtag (44007) Takes 30 years to plan and implement renovation on our streets and roads #smartercity need to be quicker
- 15:22: PaulHofheinz (45721) Provoost: "It's more than a cost discussion. It's a values discussion." #smartercity
- 15:23: smarterplanet (44021) For success you need: shared dream business and govt, intelligent solutions, people need to id w/ vision #smartercity ^kr
- 15:23: zoernert (42723) Nice quote – to be successful: "All need to share the same dream." … "people need to identify with the vision" #smartercity
- 15:23: markcleverley #smartercity – Rudy Provoost – wise use of stimulus as investment into digital infrastructure can accelerate renovation "for vital elan".
- 15:23: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity – Rudy Provoost – wise use of stimulus as investment into digital infrastructure can accelerate renovation "for vital elan".
- 15:23: zoernert (42723) Nice quote – to be successful: "All need to share the same dream." … "people need to identify with the vision" #smartercity
- 15:23: smarterplanet (44021) For success you need: shared dream business and govt, intelligent solutions, people need to id w/ vision #smartercity ^kr
- 15:27: mattm54 Provoost says cities are great ecosystems for breakthru innovation, collaboration with biz to drive real progress for citizens #smartercity
- 15:28: PaulHofheinz (45721) Putstanding presentation from Rudy Provoost of Philips at #smartercity in Berlin
- 15:29: ragtag (44007) Looks like Linda Stanford in the back row of the overflow room.. and Sam is on now #smartercity
- 15:30: wiwiking (45710) RT @ragtag: Takes 30 years to plan and implement renovation on our streets and roads #smartercity need to be quicker
- 15:31: mattm54 (45732) IBMs Palmisano"series of shocks to world: climate change,energy,supply chains,threats like 9/11 r byproducts of connected world #smartercity
- 15:32: smarterplanet (44021) SJP computers are everywhere, in everything and cost very little in historical terms #smartercirty ^kr
- 15:32: PaulHofheinz (45721) IBM's Sam Palmisano: World is connected psychologically, socially, economically as never before. #smartercity
- 15:33: mattm54 (45732) Palmisano "connected world + embed intelligence gives us data/info 2 apply analytics to mine/create solutions for world's probs #smartercity
- 15:34: thereyesreport (44839) SJP: yes the word is smaller and flatter, but inexpensive tech has made them interconnected and opens opp to solve big probs #smartercity
- 15:35: markcleverley (45343) Rudy Provoost had a striking phrase – #smartercity "is a meeting of hearts as much as of minds".
- 15:35: PaulHofheinz (45721) Palmisano: The digital and physical infrastructure are becoming one thing. #smartercity
- 15:35: sandyberman great to be sitting in NC and following #smartercity in Berlin – feels smart to me !
- 15:35: PaulHofheinz Palmisano: The digital and physical infrastructure are becoming one thing. #smartercity
- 15:36: markcleverley Rudy Provoost had a striking phrase – #smartercity "is a meeting of hearts as much as of minds".
- 15:36: AndreaDiMaio Sam Palmisano depicting Web 3.0 without naming it such #smartercity
- 15:36: AndreaDiMaio Heat generated by data center used to heat swimming pools or small neighboroughoods #smartercity
- 15:37: smarterplanet (44021) RT @thereyesreport: SJP world is smaller & flatter, but cheap tech has m/ them interconnected & opens opp 2 solve big probs #smartercity ^kr
- 15:38: ragtag (44007) RT @AndreaDiMaio: Heat generated by data center used to heat swimming pools or small neighboroughoods #smartercity
- 15:38: PaulHofheinz (45721) Palmisano: "This is real. This isn't the future. It's happening now." #smartercity
- 15:40: PaulHofheinz (45721) Palmisano: A city is a system of systems, has all of the challenges of complex systems integration. #smartercity
- 15:40: smarterplanet (44021) SJP "You need to deal with the potholes so people think you are doing your job" #smartercity ^kr
- 15:40: wiwiking (45710) latest RT makes me think of a test you can do: find a picture taken 30 yrs ago of a street in your city and compare with today. now take a picture in your city today and imagine how it might look like in 10 or 20yrs from now: what would you change? #smartercity
Remark: maybe add #smartercitylight to a tweet of your findings.
- 15:41: markcleverley (45343) SJP discussing early career talking to the Mayor of Baltimore – which itself later innovated with CityStat. #smartercity
- 15:42: ragtag (44007) SJP Mayors need to change, grow, innovate and develop to stay in their jobs but need to get the basics right #smartercity
- 15:44: PaulHofheinz (45721) Palmisano: You have to deal with the potholes. That's how your performance will be judged, among other things. #smartercity
- 15:45: smarterplanet (44021) SJP: for collaboration you need standards to solve the end-to-end problem eg to manage systemic risk #smartercity ^kr
- 15:45: thereyesreport (44839) Does leadership = balance b/w big ideas and fixing the pot holes that slow you down? #smartercity
- 15:45: PaulHofheinz (45721) Palmisano: At end of day, only way to solve problems is through collaboration. #smartercity
- 15:47: ragtag (44007) SJP: We need to encourage openness & innovation 2 allow goods, skills and ideas to flow #smartercity
- 15:48: zoernert (42723) Palmisano: "You need innovation in public policy?" – What would public policy be in Germany? #smartercity
- 15:48: PaulHofheinz (45721) Palmisano: We need innovation in public policy. Easiest thing to do in hard times is run to past. #smartercity
- 15:49: markcleverley (45343) SJP phrase that hits home: "the easiest thing to do is to run to the past". #smartercity
- 15:50: PaulHofheinz (45721) Palmisano: Most important thing to bring about change is to build awareness and readiness for change. #smartercity
- 15:51: smarterplanet (44021) SJP peoples well being is not political, we just need to solve the problems. #smartercity ^kr
- 15:51: coastw (45750) Sam speaking, says conditions ideal to make cities smart… Issues citizens care about are apolitical. #smartercity
- 15:53: smarterplanet (44021) We know have a panel session with Sir Martin Sorrell (WPP), SJP and Rudy Provoost #smartercity ^kr
- 15:56: blueblog Blue Blogger am LiveBloggen von Smarter Cities Summit in Berlin: http://is.gd/1aeLY #SmarterCity
- 15:56: markcleverley (45343) SJP – action on enabling smart cities is "non-political" – his point is that "we campaign in poetry but we govern in prose".
- 15:56: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity SJP suggests the need for action is non-political. Remembering "we campaign in poetry but we govern in prose".
- 15:56: PaulHofheinz (45721) Palmisano: "Society today expects all of us to get on with solving the problems." #smartercity
- 15:56: PaulHofheinz (45721) Outstanding, insipiring remarks from IBM's Sam Palmisano on need, necessity for change. #smartercity Sir Martin Sorrell takes floor.
- 15:57: smarterplanetfr Sam Palmisano (CEO IBM) s'adresse aux maires qui sont en charge du "système des systèmes" http://bit.ly/goIxV #smartercity
- 15:57: markcleverley #smartercity SJP suggests the need for action is non-political. Remembering "we campaign in poetry but we govern in prose".
- 15:58: PaulHofheinz (45721) Personal note: smarter cities will require better batteries. Will keep coverage going as long as possible. #smartercity
- 16:00: ragtag (44007) IBMers can also follow #smartercity on w3 with an aggregated social media feed http://bit.ly/AjY6S
- 16:01: wiwiking (45710) RT @smarterplanet: SJP> who is going to be in charge of the system of systems? Mayors #smartercity
- 16:02: PaulHofheinz (45721) WPP s Sir Martin Sorrell: Sustainability is not about charity, it's about good business. #smartercity
- 16:03: PaulHofheinz Personal note: smarter cities will require better batteries. Will keep coverage going as long as possible. #smartercity
- 16:05: smarterplanet (44021) RT @cityforward: Live-tweeting from IBM Smarter Cities summit in Berlin. See @smarterplanet. <<< Thanks ^kr
- 16:06: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity panel:: lacking a roadmap, implementing with multiple stakeholders, seem to be challenges 1 and 2 here.
- 16:06: ragtag (44007) RT @zoernert: now i am really waiting for a tweet about a nick name… it is not me… << You know you want to
- 16:07: ragtag (44007) Rudy:City Branding is about creating a shared id, a shared vision and a shared dream #smartercity
- 16:10: markcleverley #smartercity panel:: lacking a roadmap, implementing with multiple stakeholders, seem to be challenges 1 and 2 here.
- 16:13: ragtag (44007) Panel discuss: How do cities gain longevity in planning and development? #smartercity
- 16:14: coastw (45755) Sam… Competition intensifying between cities.. Comes down to who can provide best quality of life. #smartercity
- 16:15: wiwiking (45710) I'm finding interesting things about Paris investing in geothermal energy to heat 170,000 houses and more http://is.gd/1agC2 #smartercities
- 16:15: ragtag (44007) Questions from the audience: Does the procurement process by govt for solutions get in the way of innovation?
- 16:16: smarterplanet (44021) RT @ragtag: Questions from the audience: Does the procurement process by govt for solutions get in the way of innovation? ^kr #smartercity
- 16:17: SheenaBee i was fascinated by advert on CNN with Omar Sharif where he talks about outside airconditioning ! Could do with that today #smartercity
- 16:18: Anders_Quitzau are policy makers hindering the #smartercity?
- 16:20: zoernert (42723) If you want to comment with more than 140 characters as possible via Twitter – open asmarterplanet.com in your browser and use "Make a comment" bar.
- 16:20: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity Can government innovate via small companies given procurement rules? (hint: yes of course – but partnering helps)
- 16:21: thereyesreport (44839) How can entrepreneurs but red tape 2 better partner w/ gov'ts to be more involved w/ these new opps? #smartercity
- 16:22: smarterplanet (44021) Q How do we get smarterpeople? Sam: T-shaped skills ^kr
- 16:22: AndreaDiMaio Smarter planet and cities need smarter people: are we developing those? Great question from the audience #smartercity
- 16:26: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity questioner reinforces the role of legislature and defends government's agility. Quite right.
- 16:26: smarterplanet (44021) Q How do we communicate as councils better with our people? ^kr
- 16:27: markcleverley #smartercity questioner reinforces the role of legislature and defends government's agility. Quite right.
- 16:27: AnnaSilvia art cities need to be smarter to be efficient but without changing appearance; it that possible ? #smartercity
- 16:29: joelrubino You should all follow #smartercity great event in Berlin around Smart planet / smart cities. Very inspiring.
- 16:29: thereyesreport (44839) NL mayor sees need for tools that aid inter-city collaboration, not autocratic govs. #smartercity
- 16:30: AndreaDiMaio Aren't we pushing this competition between cities a bit too far. The corporate world does fully get "public value" #smartercity
- 16:30: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity panel please recall Churchill: democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
- 16:30: smarterplanet (44021) The right people in charge of the right city will get things done #smartercity ^kr
- 16:30: smarterplanet (44021) Closing comments@ Rudy: this is all possible today, walking out of here we can all do something #smartercity ^kr
- 16:31: wiwiking (45710) RT @joelrubino: You should all follow #smartercity great event in Berlin around Smart planet / smart cities. Very inspiring.
- 16:32: PaulHofheinz (45721) Provoost: "We should walk out of here with the conviction that we can do things differently – today." #smartercity
- 16:32: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity SJP reinforces need for action – will public/private partnership help?
- 16:32: smarterplanet (44021) SJP closing: we need to get in a room and do something rather than be victims of our own inaction #smartercity ^kr
- 16:53: zoernert (42723) We have a break now for 20 – minutes [This post will be removed as soon as over]
- 16:59: wiwiking (45710) #smartercity event held by IBM in Berlin (Germany) > http://twitpic.com/86hip
- 16:59: wiwiking (45710)
- 17:01: wiwiking (45710) RT @junkstar: The IBM 'roadrunner' hybrid #supercomputer breaks petaflop barrier of 1,000 trillion ops per second. http://ow.ly/fDPc
- 17:06: adamclyde Great seeing all the #smartercity conversation happening and seeing the live blog light up http://bit.ly/7XKdK I feel like a proud dad
- 17:07: Anders_Quitzau Philips and IBM share the vision for a #smartercity in Berlin
- 17:07: junkstar The IBM 'roadrunner' hybrid #supercomputer breaks petaflop barrier of 1,000 trillion ops per second. http://ow.ly/fDPc #smartercity
- 17:13: PaulHofheinz (45721) IBM's Ginny Rometty: What is a smart city? Instrumented, interconnected, intelligent. #smartercity
- 17:19: PaulHofheinz (45721) Rometty, quoting Plato; "The city is what the city is because the citizens are what the citizens are." #smartercity
- 17:21: PaulHofheinz (45721) Rometty: Energy use to rise 40% by 203 on current trend. #smartercity Systems built when energy inexpensive and environment not in trouble.
- 17:23: zoernert (42723) 100 Mrd USD gehen in der EU durch "im Stau stehen" an Produktivität verloren #smartercity
- 17:27: smarterplanet (44021) GinniRomertty hands over to Alex Puissant who will hand the next panel #smartercity ^kr
- 17:27: PaulHofheinz (45721) Rometty: Amount of electricity lost each year through analog grid could power Germany, India and Canada for year. #smartercity
- 17:29: smarterplanet (44021) Paul Bevan, Eurocities, Annemarie Jorritsma, Mayor, Almere (NL) and Harald Wolf, Mayor, Berlin #smartercity ^kr
- 17:29: zoernert (42723) RT @PaulHofheinz: Amount of electricity lost each year through analogue grid could power Germany, India and Canada for year. #smartercity
- 17:31: ragtag (44007) RT @PaulHofheinz: Rometty: electricity lost each year through analog grid could power Germany, India & Canada 4 a year. #smartercity
- 17:34: thereyesreport (44839) Mayor of Almere NL says it is brand new, before it was fully under water. Now nearly 200k+ residents and expects to double! #smartercity
- 17:36: markcleverley (45343) Paul Bevan – Cities are the "most sustainable pattern…" critical mass for providing goods… #smartercity
- 17:37: smarterplanet (44021) inclusion is one of the most important parts of a successful city so that smart technologies are open to everyone #smartercity ^kr
- 17:37: zoernert (42723) @panel "How do we ensure that all the "smart technologies" are open to the society?"
- 17:38: thereyesreport (44839) Science and math skills still critically impt to a cities development. Heads up uni students! #smartercity
- 17:40: thereyesreport (44839) How do you address the digital divide and not widen gap b/w poor and well-educated?Be practical says NL mayor. #smartercity
- 17:40: Anders_Quitzau jorritsma,mayor of almere: bring experts together in the #smartercity not the CEOs
- 17:41: markcleverley (45343) Don't take a solely technocratic view… it excludes… #smartercity
- 17:47: thereyesreport (44839) Is it governments job to seduce private sector to follow this smarter path? #smartercity
- 17:48: zoernert (42723) A. Jorritsma: "If you have smart citizens – you get smart cities"
- 17:48: markcleverley (45343) #smartercity wondering why my tweets aren't appearing?
- 17:48: ragtag (44007) Can the panelists give a sound-bite in 140 characters? #smartercity
- 17:48: wiwiking (45710) RT @smarterplanet: inclusion is one of the most important parts of a successful city so that smart technologies are open to everyone
- 17:50: AndreaDiMaio Mayor of Almere gives great examples. However how many cities can afford to start from scratch? #smartercity
- 17:51: thereyesreport (44839) Is it governments job to seduce private sector to follow this smarter path? #smartercity
- 17:51: thereyesreport (44839) Smart social services isn't simply a by-product. But where is the line for big brother and security? #smartercity
- 17:52: smarterplanet (44021) New blog post: Mark Cleverley Linkages, "subsytems" of cities http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/06/linkages.html
The Smarter Cities conference has breakout sessions, as you would expect, on the "subsystems" of cities – transportation, health, education, and so on. I was reminded yesterday, in a preparatory discussion on public safety, that a main idea here is that there are important linkages between these subsystems.
Our discussion moved from new approaches in law enforcement and emergency response to the importance of safe streets to our educational systems, and from there to the contribution that education makes to safer communities, and then back again…
Of all the capabilities that being "smarter" provides, one of the most important is to be able to look across the subsystems, make connections, test hypotheses, take action. It's natural enough to take separate looks at each subsystem, at least to start. But perhaps really new (smart) insights will come from the (more, or less obvious) linkages that we can find. I'll be looking for those in particular as this event rolls forward.
- 17:54: wiwiking (45710) RT @PaulHofheinz: Rometty: Amount of electricity lost each year thru analog grid could power Germany, India and Canada 4a year. #smartercity
- 17:55: smarterplanet (44021) panel closing: Open for change, need creativity, socially innovative, citizens need to be proud of themselves and the city ^kr
- 17:55: smarterplanet (44021) Final comment from panel: a #smartercity needs to be inclusive ^kr
- 17:56: zoernert (42723) Martin Jetter introduces Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker on stage #smartercity
- 17:56: thereyesreport (44839) From russia: what is the role of grown-ups with infusing social responsibility in the minds of our youths?#smartercity
- 17:59: smarterplanet (44021) Dr. Richard von Weizsaecker, former President, Germany makes an address to the forum. He is giving his speech in English language.
- 18:00: zoernert (42723) R. v. Weiszäcker: "The poorer cities are – the faster they grow"
- 18:03: AndreaDiMaio Former President of Germany addresses audience in English in Berlin: something many in his position wouldn't do. Kudos to him #smartercity
- 18:09: rmbutlin Hey @ragtag #smartercity, next best city would be Paris (after London) – does this consititute a formal application for an emea role? ;-)
- 18:09: emilyobyrne @ragtag I'd try Edinburgh. Maybe not smarter than London, but very beautiful. #smartercity
- 18:12: zoernert (42723) #personal-opinion: @ragtag I am not living in Berlin. Yes, I've been here several times this year – and yes you hear a lot of things in the news about Berlin. But the speech of RvW would make me pick Berlin for several reasons.
- 18:12: chrkoester (44003) Wenn Ihr Euch eine Stadt aussuchen könntet, in der Ihr lebt, welche würdet Ihr wählen und warum? http://bit.ly/EYCYR #smartercity
- 18:12: ragtag (44007) @emilyobyrne I think one of the people on the panel said that quality of life was a major measure of a #smartercity looks count :o)
- 18:13: wfavero @ragtag if cost wasn't an issue, it would be New York City #smartercity
- 18:15: jbaeck DAH meetings were really productive today, saw #ibm #smartercity banners all over berlin
- 18:15: smarterplanet (44021) RT @AndreaDiMaio: Inspiring recap of rises & falls of Berlin 1871 to today. A great tale that politicians should listen to #smartercity ^kr
- 18:16: AndreaDiMaio Can we get the Former German President a contract to run my country? He is clever, funny and articulated, unlike our leaders #smartercity
- 18:20: ragtag (44007) @AndreaDiMaio he's very good.. what he doesn't say is just as good. #smartercity
- 18:20: carloit @smarterplanet how to contribute to a #smartercity ..http://bit.ly/17AXKW
- 18:21: ragtag (44007) In his own words Dr Weizsacker is "boasting" about how great his city is – it sounds great, hope I get to see some of it #smartercity
- 18:21: ragtag (44007) RT @wfavero: @ragtag if cost wasn't an issue, it would be New York City #smartercity << never been, someone got a ticket?
- 18:22: zoernert (42723) Standing ovations for Dr. Richard v. Weiszäcker as he is closing speech.
- 18:22: stafferner 1st Europe Analytics Solution Center opened in Berlin – www-03.ibm.com #smartercity
- 18:22: ragtag (44007) What city other than your own would you live in if you had to make a choice? #smartercity
- 18:23: AndreaDiMaio Integrate immigrants into the social fabric of the city is key – speech gets better and better #smartercity
- 18:25: smarterplanet (44021) wow, even in the overflow room that got applause – standing ovation in the main tent for former German president #smartercity ^kr
- 18:25: zoernert (42723) "Smarter Citizens drive Smart Cities"… now the fact behind: 80% of the patents come from cities.
- 18:27: Anders_Quitzau weizsäcker: ibm's succes at #smartercity will be our benefits …
- 18:37: smarterplanet (44021) RT @Anders_Quitzau: wiezsacker: ibm's succes at #smartercity will be our benefits … ^kr
- 18:39: Carlo IBM can make #smartercity a relaity and foster cooperation
- 18:42: zoernert (42723) Closing question for this evening:
What are the points that make a city to be not smart? Are there any examples of cities that do not act smart? – add a comment directly via the "Make a comment"-Bar (dark bar) above.
- 19:11: Mat I'm proud to be working for IBM – a company that invests in our future to create smarter cities and a smarter planet for all of us
- 19:12: andikopp2 (44005) RT @mamadopolis Stadtwerke Kooperation Jena und Gera. Sehr passend zu #Smartercity (via @PetraBaeuerle)
- 19:30: zoernert (42723)
- 19:31: tiffitis thanks to all for tweeting about Berlin Smarter Cities event #smartercity
- 19:35: zoernert (42723)
- 08:38: smarterplanet (44021) New post: Cultivating a Smarter Food Supply http://bit.ly/P976D
- 08:38: smarterplanet (44021) RT @Ralph_Jacobson New IBM survey says less than 20% trust the food they buy is safe and healthy. More tomorrow at D.C. event #ibmfoodDC
- 08:38: smarterplanet (44021) New post: A critical moment in time for the environment and organizations. http://bit.ly/OJ2e6
- 08:38: holecard Use lasers instead of sonar to track subsand ships. To protect the whales.
- 08:38: holecard Manditory registation of small engines.
- 08:42: adamclyde I've stayed up late enough to start catching the Berlin crowd waking up. #smartercity LiveBlog should start revving soon http://bit.ly/7XKdK
- 08:42: markcleverley Public safety breakout today. See BBC report on Andy Stanford-Clark's home twittering him – at http://tinyurl.com/lkszvg #smartercity
- 08:42: inkones Wishing team at #smartercity ! forum in Berlin a fab day2! Watching out for your news (and getting used to its new hashtag ;-)
- 08:45: zoernert (42723) As people getting to the summit – starting to resume live blogging #smartercity
- 08:51: chrkoester (44003) IBM hat heute das erste europäisches Analytics Solution Center in Berlin eröffnet #smartercity #bizanalytics
- 08:55: thereyesreport (44839) From russia: what is the role of grown-ups with infusing social responsibility in the minds of our youths?#smartercity
- 08:57: PaulHofheinz (45721) Rometty: Amount of electricity lost each year through analog grid could power Germany, India and Canada for year. #smartercity
- 08:58: AndreaDiMaio Smarter Cities or Stimulus Cities? My first day at IBM event in Berlin – blogs.gartner.com
The first day was mostly devoted to introducing the very concept of smarter city, to stress how important cities are in the future, what are their common challenges and how technology can help face those challenges.
I particularly liked the concept of city as a "system of systems", which Sam Palmisano (IBM's CEO) put forward in his speech, as well as his remark that most of the key issues for cities, such as health and well-being, have no political color, and therefore can be pursued irrespective of the political situation.
- 09:00: smarterplanet (44021) So back at the Hyatt for this morning, breakout sessions on utilities, health, transport, govt, education & public safety #smartercity ^kr
- 09:03: smarterplanet (44021) So the sessions will run twice for 1.5hrs to give everyone a chance to get to hear two – we will cover each session once #smartercity ^kr
- 09:03: PaulHofheinz (45721) Day two of #smartercity begins with high-level working group on improving public health.
- 09:12: mattm54 (45732) Palmisano "connected world + embed intelligence gives us data/info 2 apply analytics to mine/create solutions for world's probs #smartercity
- 09:29: markcleverley (45343) Fernando Garcia Ruiz – improving security in Madrid by integration of emergency response functions locally and nationally #smartercity
- 09:36: zoernert (42723) Frage an meine Follower: Wie weit sind Computer im Unterricht vertreten? Wie weit werden Digital Natives angesprochen? #Schultyp ?
- 09:48: nicoduck Smarter Education
@zoernert bei mir wars zwar ganz ok aebr hätte man trotzdem öfters einsetzen können, wirkliche neuerungen wurden kaum genutzt
- 09:48: andikopp2 (44005) Smarter Education
RT @zoernert: leider noch zu selten und an den Schulen die die Regierung abschaffen will #KGS vermutlich am besten =kontraproduktiv
- 09:52: ragtag (44007) Endesa: José Arrojo de Lamo, Director – says hello to a smart audience #smartercity #smarterutil
- 09:52: Anders_Lundin RT @ibmsverige: Stockholm Named Intelligent Community of Year 2009 by ICF http://is.gd/1bBEC #smartercity ^hl
- 09:54: andikopp2 (44005) Mobile devices also may help offer data on smarter traffic information to yield insights for cities. #smartercity (via @thereyesreport)
- 09:55: Anders_Quitzau Dong reduce CO2 by 85% by becoming a smarter utility #smartercity
- 10:02: chrkoester (44003) Starting some Live-Blogging on the #smartercity event in Berlin: http://bit.ly/O3tG2
- 10:16: markcleverley (45343) Any intelligent buildings folks out there should look at what Bosch is doing with this #smartercity
- 10:26: thereyesreport (44839) Does congestion pricing offer dynamic alt to flat road tax? Makes sense to pay exactly what you use, when, and the car u r in. #smartercity
- 10:43: zoernert (42723) Smarter Education #smarteredu
Opening questions:
What return on invest are your city schools bringing?
Is your city connected to the global classroom?
Are your city's future leaders getting ready for the real world?
From Brandenburg we could learn that the adoption of technology needs accompanying change management effort.
Discussion about getting computers into classroom. Generation change in technology adoption visible in different states/countries. Causing challenges to speed up with.
Trying to build the link between technology in the classroom, adoption of teachers and what is calles Digital Natives. (see for example German FAZ blog post).
Learned about Computer Club for Girls.
Further details for could be found at:
Discussion about e-learning vs e-teaching.
- 10:43: ragtag (44007) Smarter Utilities
Is your city's energy strategy fueling economic growth?
Energy needs to be sustainable.. the only part of this conversation that needs to be worked out is how?
ICT-based energy system of the future – smart grids: intelligence in energy distribution
Cornerstones – profitability, security & enironmental compatibility
Example of a customers breakfast, using energy at the right time, bread starts at 3am, fridge cools to 3c at 4am
Model city of Mannheim develops the energy marketplace
Kjartan Skaugvoll from Nuon up next
Nuon www.nuon.nl help make consumers energy consumption smarter
Nuon "Display" similar to CurrentCost device, is touchscreen & wireless, helped reduce test group power by 9% & gas 14%
Wonder if @andysc has seen the Nuon "Display" #smarterutilities
Wow a smarter energy home! Where have I seen that? runs on linux too
Dong energy from Denmark now – I remember seeing their name everywhere when I was there last year
Energy companies are part of the planets problems, we recognise that but are changing
Aiming for 85% renewable energy
customers will need to become energy generators (especially if we will all have electric cars!)
"citizens must be committed and involved" which was also a theme from yesterday
Another theme "Collaboration" being mentioned, many, many partners for this project in Málaga
Málaga uses small scale energy generation stored in batteries for use later..
barrier for customers to take action – 80% of faulty thermostats returned in factory settings
smarterutilities starts with the customer..not in a big thermo plant
- 10:43: markcleverley (45343) Smarter public safety
Colin Port, Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset, kicks off Public Safety session – how to collaborate and share services
Paula Verhoeven talks about protecting Rotterdam from potential climate-induced water disaster
Fred Streefland demonstrates the decision support behind the Rotterdam water approaches
Green roofs, smart multifunctional levels, water plazas – this is really an holistic approach
Fascinating "dashboard" to give Rotterdam the information to take the right actions at the right times during climate extremes
City Situational Awareness – a concept that should spread from this subject – water – to others
Michael von Foerster from Bosch talks about smart evacuation of buildings in emergencies
Instrumented buildings can perceive, comprehend, project and respond to (eg) fires
- 10:44: thereyesreport (44839) Smarter Transport
Stockholm traffic congestion solution – started as political suicide, ende as a sunshine story – green city award results. #smartercity
A gaps in the room as speaker shares data of stock'S success. Lots of note-taking. Maybe nyc should reconsider. #smartercity
Nick Donofrio in transportation – its not about the tech innov'n, its what you do differently w/ it that matters
TomTom VP says gps helps consumers cut gas and omissions and travel safer by getting lost less.
TomTom lets users change gps maps and share back. Collaboration at its best – wish my Nuvi did that.
Mobile devices also may help offer data on smarter traffic information to yield insights for cities.
Recommended reading: the rise of the creative class.
Sustainability isn'T an easy thing and maybe its a trend term- so viol about how to brand your city or the improvement project
- 10:52: zoernert (42723) Toronto has 1 million Facebook subscribers. #smartercity – LiveBlog now: Government Services at http://is.gd/1bAa0
- 10:55: dkreuz @zoernert Bei uns in der Hochschule Heilbronn ermuntere ich alle Twitter zu benutzen. Plus: Wiki, Foren, …
- 10:55: kafkaspice RT:zoernert: Toronto has 1 million Facebook subscribers. #smartercity
- 10:55: zoernert (42723) @dkreuz Du bist mir übrigens als gutes Beispiel eingefallen – besonders unser Gespräch beim Tweetup HN
- 10:57: zoernert (42723) London has more Twitter Users than every other city #smartercity http://is.gd/1bAa0
- 10:58: markcleverley (45343) Irving Wladawsky-Berger starts the second iteration of the breakout on Public Safety
- 11:01: markcleverley (45343) Second iteration of the public safety breakout starts – integration, collaboration, "system of systems" #smartercity
- 11:03: markcleverley (45343) Colin Port reminds us that the rural hinterland is also "part of" the city #smartercity
- 11:04: smarterplanet (44021) Round two of the breakout session at #smartercity @ragtag in Health, @thereyesreport is in Public Safefty, @zoernert in govt services ^kr
- 11:06: markcleverley (45343) Shared services – while not yet all that common – "should be" a no-brainer for smart cities #smartercity
- 11:11: markcleverley (45343) Proof point – Colin's police force is one of the few (of 52) in the UK that is actively recruiting #smartercity
- 11:13: markcleverley (45343) Good phrase – "Policing is far too important to be left to the police" #smartercity
- 11:18: markcleverley (45343) Fernando Garcia Ruiz sums it up – a smart city needs to be a safe city #smartercity
- 11:19: zoernert (42723) Searching for link to a illustration of "City" as organism. Artist is from Berlin. http://is.gd/1bAa0
- 11:19: zoernert (42723) #smarteredu – 3 Worte die den Punkt treffen: RT @dkreuz: Sozialisiert von Internetausdruckern?
- 11:21: thereyesreport (44839) Police offices like fiefdoms. Partenering in joint ventures helps collab'n w/ community, union & effectiveness of force. #smartercity
- 11:21: Anders_Quitzau Malta is becoming a Smarter Island – reducing water losses of 15 mill euros annually #smartercity
- 11:22: ibmers Maria Rauch-Kallat is speaking first, she is Minister of Health a.D., Austria #smartercity #smarter… via @ragtag http://bit.ly/bhKtH
- 11:22: markcleverley Fernando Garcia Ruiz sums it up – a smart city needs to be a sassusd fe city #smartercity
- 11:22: ibmevents RT @markcleverley: Good phrase – "Policing is far too important to be left to the police" #smartercity
- 11:27: zoernert (42723) To participate in the conversation, just include #SmarterCity in your Twitter post, or add a comment directly above "Make a comment" (dark bar).
- 11:38: ragtag (44007) RT @monkchips: IBM to collaborate w/ city of Rotterdam for #smartwater & energy mgmt http://bit.ly/J7zCb @charmermark http://bit.ly/8eWoK
- 11:41: jkoeber #smartercity #healthcare in meinem Blog: http://bit.ly/UzOjF
- 11:41: ragtag (44007) RT @jkoeber: #smartercity #healthcare in meinem Blog: http://bit.ly/UzOjF
- 11:47: zoernert (42723) Makiert zum später lesen RT @jkoeber: #smartercity #healthcare in meinem Blog: http://bit.ly/UzOjF
- 12:05: markcleverley (45343) For smart evacuation research go search for "bosch + SESAME" #smartercity
- 12:06: smarterplanet (44021) Breaking for lunch now.. keep the comments coming in. #smartercity ^kr
- 12:14: AndreaDiMaio @zoernert the problem is not paper, you can have the same amount of bureaucracy with an "e" in front #smartercity
@Anders_Quitzau open data are cool but much hyped. Not sure people have clear ideas about what to do with those #smartercity
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- 12:17: zoernert (42723) @AndreaDiMaio ACK! Paper was placeholder for "old" processes that have grown organically #smartercity
- 12:17: Anders_Quitzau #smartercity Ireland introduced open access for public collected data. Spurs innovation
- 12:22: zoernert (42723) Question to followers: Do you feel as a citizen well integrated into the e-systems of your city? Too much paper? #smartercity #smartergov
From @AbdreaDiMaio – the problem is not paper, you can have the same amount of bureaucracy with an "e" in front #smartercity
- 12:26: PaulHofheinz (45721) Smarter Utility
Marine Institute in Ireland brings new meaning to "sea change"
Fascinating discussion of Malta's smart grid for energy and water at #smartercity Increases efficiency, cuts foreign dependancy, more green
In Malaga, energy is managed and produced on small scale and stored in batteries. 31 million euro project over 4 years.
Malaga, Spain aims to cut carbon emissions by 50% with smart grid, solar voltaic project.
"The key players are consumers' habits, behaviours and dreams."
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- 12:27: ragtag (44007) Smarter Healthcare
Now in the #smarterhealthcare seesion at #smartercity berlin – in the library for this session
Quick fact: Preventable illnesses constitute as much as 90% all healthcare costs
Maria Rauch-Kallat is speaking first, she is Minister of Health a.D., Austria
what's eMedication? prescription on a card & pharma safety belt to prevent drug interaction with OTC meds
Austrian solution for health means no more boring form filling and questions every time u c a new dr or go to another facility
Lifestyle choice – is this something we can say to customers that this is a positive choice,value proposition for
Karlsruhe look to improve chances for stroke victims with a Digital Awareness Layer in the infrastructure
Stroke Angel : number of patients treated tripled 300 – 900
iRegion Karlsruhe looking to expand the Stroke Angel pilot for other regions
traditional remedies infra/s bottlenecks don't work – need a new interpretation of data security so we can share health data
Could we share our healthcare data like we do with Amazon, if you are willing to share then you could get benefits?
Quick fact: by 2010 medical images will take up 30% of all data stored on worlds computers
Stroke units are for a single player, care needs to be integrated from the home to hospital, aftercare and back home
- 12:27: zoernert (42723) Smarter Government Services #smartgov
Toronto has 1 million Facebook subscribers. / London has more Twitter users than every other city.
Opening questions:
What's possible when you empowere your citizens by sharing information?
Are you prepared for coming changes in your city's pupulation?
How can connected citizens advance your city' s information agenda?
Comparing results on Google for federal govnment services www.lmgtfy.com and www.lmgtfy.com city services (amount of results)
Trying to find link to an illustration of a Berlin artist that shows what a city actually is: an organism. Homepage of artist is www.christophniemann.com – Hope that someone is able to send me link via Twitter (@zoernert).
Helsinki illustrates SOA, scablabe infrastructure… however surprised by amout of usage by citizens. Lessons learned: align processes with www-service and demand.
Personal opinion: seeing the infrastructure from Helsinki it looks for me like taking Enterprise 2.0 practise and adopt it to a Government 2.0 solution.
Barcelona – Public services mentioned in Twitter style – @simple @dynamic @efficient
Just mentioned eHealth system / www.ehealthserver.com
Getting insides into the 0 km policy – from Parma.
- 12:58: mfkne For me a smart city is one where u don't need a car to get around, run errands, or basically to live. Almere is a good example #smartercity
- 13:25: chrkoester (44003) A hundred years ago, people also have been dreaming of a #smarterplanet – slightly different though: http://bit.ly/S2qar #smartcity #german
- 13:25: chrkoester (44003) RT @michaeltwu: IBM's Smart Planet – vision for a better world through technology. Very cool! http://bit.ly/ujtJM #smartcityc
- 13:25: chrkoester (44003) Two of the worlds fastest Supercomputers are located in Germany – both are in Juelich and both are by IBM: http://bit.ly/akGh0
- 13:42: smarterplanet (44021) From Vermont's Recovery Csar, Tom Evslin: The Smart Grid Opportunity in Pictures http://bit.ly/Lv3iL
- 13:54: chrkoester (44003) Danke – immerhin 5 aus den Top10 sind aber IBM-Rechner RT @mwhiegl: @chrkoester leider nicht korrekt – nur Jugene arbeitet mit IBM Systemen
- 13:56: markcleverley (45343) Mike Rhodin, i/c IBM NE Europe: Zurich is smarter than Boston… (uh oh) #smartercity
- 14:01: markcleverley Paul Hofheinz, chairman of the Lisbon Council, moderating the final session here. #smartercity
- 14:01: AndreaDiMaio New ecosystems, new forms of collaboration, system of systems: themes emerging from breakout sessions #smartercity
- 14:02: zoernert (42723) Just on stage: "Thanks for keeping the discussion up – during the last 2 days and continue." #smartercity
- 14:04: zoernert (42723)
- 14:04: markcleverley (45343) Paul Hofheinz, chairman of the Lisbon Council, moderating the final session here. #smartercity
- 14:05: AndreaDiMaio Lisbon agenda was not exactly a success – is Europe really leading? #smartercity
- 14:05: markcleverley Gunnar Soderholm – Stockholm congestion charging – from political disaster (before) to popular triumph (after). #smartercity
- 14:09: markcleverley Trial BEFORE referendum key to building stakeholder consensus #smartercity
- 14:09: Anders_Quitzau stockholm roadcharge system originally viewed as the most expensive political suicide. But now a huge success #smartercity
- 14:11: markcleverley Austin Gatt, Malta Minister: smart grid project – paradigms of change themselves have changed #smartercity
- 14:11: carolinabigblue @adamclyde thank you for the Berlin #smartercity link — as a former Berlin resident, I'll be watching/posting today!
- 14:11: markcleverley (45343) Gunnar Soderholm – Stockholm congestion charging – from political disaster (before) to popular triumph (after). #smartercity
- 14:11: markcleverley (45343) Trial BEFORE referendum key to building stakeholder consensus #smartercity
- 14:11: markcleverley (45343) Austin Gatt, Malta Minister: smart grid project – paradigms of change themselves have changed #smartercity
- 14:12: mattm54 Back in the states, IBM's Bill Pulleyblank talks Smarter Transportation and Smarter Rail on CNBC: http://tinyurl.com/ll6z6u #smartercity
- 14:18: zoernert (42723) Rotterdam
With this collaboration with IBM, Rotterdam aims to transform into the first Smart Delta City — a city that utilizes real-world, real-time operational information to manage infrastructure and operations related to the effects of climate change in a dynamic, complex natural water system. The Smart Delta system's information portal will enable officials and professionals to more quickly and effectively respond to concerns such as flood and drought threats, safety or accessibility issues, and changes in water conditions that could harm fish and other aquatic life.
"We are committed to reducing carbon dioxide by 50 percent and reaching a climate adaptive situation while also strengthening our region's economic condition by 2025," said Paula Verhoeven, Rotterdam Climate Office Director. "To reach these goals, we have defined a holistic approach to climate change and water management, considering economic and spatial planning factors in the decision-making process. This collaboration is important to help Rotterdam evolve to a Smart Delta City."
As part of the collaboration, IBM intends to leverage the expertise of its Research arm, involving scientists across a broad spectrum of disciplines to explore additional areas such as the management of carbon in logistics processes.
Together with leading people from academia, industry and government, IBM has engaged over the past two years in projects worldwide to identify current and future impact on operations from changing water availability, accessibility, quality and quantities. In February 2008, IBM opened the Global Center of Excellence for Water Management in the Netherlands.
"Governments and companies that don't understand how climate changes will impact their operations will increasingly find themselves at a disadvantage," said Sharon Nunes, Vice President, Big Green Innovations, IBM. "Over the next few years, the business impact of either too-much or too-little water will be devastating in many parts of the world. The Smart Delta City initiative addresses the need to start thinking and acting in new ways to make our systems more efficient, productive and responsive."
- 14:18: mattm54 (45732) Back in the states, IBM's Bill Pulleyblank talks Smarter Transportation and Smarter Rail on CNBC: http://tinyurl.com/ll6z6u #smartercity
- 14:21: markcleverley Elio Catania (IBM alum): Milano is "the university of congestion" #smartercity
- 14:22: Anders_Quitzau Rotterdam wants to be a #smartercity. Biggest problem is how to implement with many stakeholders
- 14:23: AndreaDiMaio Living in Milan and suffering from bad service and dirty trains, hearing that the local bus company has a vision is weird #smartercity
- 14:24: zoernert (42723) Blog Posts related to panel:
- Malta
- Stockholm
- Rotterdam [press]
- Milan
- 14:26: wiwiking (45710) RT @junkstar: #smartercities – The Tale of a Smarter City video – http://bit.ly/1aq52W >> I'm working on a French version – coming soon…
- 14:26: wiwiking (45710) RT @ragtag: Quick fact: by 2010 medical images will take up 30% of all data stored on worlds computers #smartercity
- 14:26: markcleverley (45343) Elio Catania (IBM alum): Milano is "the university of congestion" #smartercity
- 14:26: markcleverley (45343) Catania: In Stockholm, you pay for entry, vs Milano where you pay for your pollutio
- 14:29: smarterplanetfr RT @ragtag: d'ici à 2010 les images medicales occuperont jusqu'à 30% de la capacité de stockage des ordinateurs dans le monde #smartercity
- 14:29: Anders_Quitzau Rotterdam wants to be a #smartercity. Biggest problem is how to implement with many stakeholders
- 14:29: markcleverley Elio Catania (IBM alum): Milano is "the university of congestion" #smartercity
- 14:31: AndreaDiMaio Italian CEO shows that while ruling politicians in Italy cheat on their wives, members of the opposition are cheated by theirs #smartercity
- 14:34: markcleverley (45343) Austin: secret recipe for change? Keep your eyes on the prize" and go and sell #smartercity
- 14:34: Urbanverse Trains safer, good experience, cost effective transportation. CNBC vid. http://tinyurl.com/ll6z6u #smartercity #green
- 14:41: markcleverley (45343) Paula: we learned… the city doesn't do it by itself – citizens, businesses must be in from the outset #smartercity
- 14:41: markcleverley (45343) Paula: more, better metrics info needed #smartcity
- 14:41: markcleverley (45343) Elio: attitude to and speed of change in government is slow – address politically, communicate, execute #smartercity
- 14:47: AndreaDiMaio "Democracy" and "global governance" missing terms in this conference, says a thinktank rep from the audience. Pheew. #smartercity
- 14:47: zoernert (42723) Comment from audience: "Democracy and global governance need to mentioned/thought of more often" #smartercity
- 14:48: kareltje innovative water-cooling system and direct heat reuse http://bit.ly/1arLbz datacenters can become heat suppliers in a #smartercity
- 14:48: coastw Final session underway. Lessons learned from Stockholm, malta, rotterdam, Milan. #smartercity
- 14:49: markcleverley (45343) Elio: no limit to our societal opportunities once we link these "systems of systems" #smartcity
- 14:49: markcleverley (45343) Elio: but we do need standards, and we need skills #smartercity
- 14:49: markcleverley (45343) Q: risk apportionment and PPP – critical but constrained by EU legislation #smartercity
- 14:49: markcleverley (45343) Austin: PPP gives more flexibility – and don't overspecify – then use EU negotiated procedure #smartcity
- 14:49: coastw (45966) Final session underway. Lessons learned from Stockholm, malta, rotterdam, Milan. #smartercity
- 14:49: coastw (45967) Procurement processes for govt do not favor innovative approaches, but it can be done#smartercity
- 14:53: Urbanverse Gd to see IBM #smartercity forum bring up the idea of meta-systems thinking. Now to see if anyone can do something w/ that idea; contribute.
- 14:59: Urbanverse Will cities be better due to stimulus funds? @andreadimaio on IBM #smartercity forum day 1. http://bit.ly/shOhh
- 15:02: markcleverley SJP wrapping up…borrowing from Nike – Just Do It (re some big societal problems) #smartercity
- 15:02: markcleverley Paul: we have never had a stonger mandate than we have now… #smartercity
- 15:02: AndreaDiMaio Panelist says: Liberalization is the way out. But do private players really care about the "system of systems"? #smartercity
- 15:02: coastw Official from rotterdam says public sector tends to talk too much, time to take action#smartercity
- 15:02: markcleverley SJP: seeing societal benefit requires seeing personal benefit – thus inclusion… #smartercity
- 15:05: Anders_Quitzau http://twitpic.com/89yg4 – Sam J Palminsano call to action for #smartercity
- 15:05: mattm54 Palmisano says smarter projects need partners, nobody can do it alone. Stockholm smart traffic project had 30 partners." #smartercity
- 15:05: danielcrow @zoernert I think that paper will always be an inhibitor to innovation in the very least its fragile
- 15:08: mattm54 Palmisano announces Smarter City Assessment to cities. Will Benchmark "smartness" of cities and show gaps to improve. #smartercity
- 15:13: zoernert (42723) SJP closing: "Why do you want to be a victim if you could control the outcome?"
- 15:15: codeispoetry An @zoernert @coastw weiss nicht, ob L:München CIO hat, aber es hat das Projekt LiMux http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux #smartercity #Linux
- 15:15: markcleverley Compelling closing speech. Go watch it if you can. k thx bai #smartercity
- 15:32: Anders_Quitzau great outcome of #smartercity. 500 change agents eager for action & collaboration
- 15:42: Anders_Quitzau great outcome of #smartercity. 500 change agents eager for action & collaboration
- 15:42: bob_sutor Smarter Cities discussion from Berlin (#smartercity) – http://bit.ly/f06SQ
- 15:43: AndreaDiMaio Good closing pitch by Palmisano, but too bad he announced a smarter city benchmark. Didn't people agree that cities are unique? #smartercity
- 15:43: zoernert (42723) To join the conversation, post your thoughts on Twitter and include #smartercity in your post. Or post a comment using this blog.
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The Cost of Delaying Marketing Automation
from Modern B2B Marketing – Marketo Best Practices Blog
It's likely that you'll encounter some resistance when you're making a business case for marketing automation, whether stakeholders push back directly or simply get distracted. Here are some common reasons why people may delay investing in marketing automation, and how you can overcome them.
What You Can (and Should) Ask for on Your Landing Page Forms
from HubSpot's Blog
There's no hard and fast rule that governs what fields are mandatory for all landing page forms. Instead, marketers need to review their sales and lead generation goals and balance how much information they absolutely need from their leads vs. how much information those prospects will actually provide on a first form.
Facebook debuts new search tool: What does it mean for brands?
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Facebook on Tuesday unveiled a new feature that enables users to search for information that has been shared with them. The feature is called Graph Search, and it has implications for businesses using Facebook.
20 content ideas readers love
from PR Daily
Social media is a hungry beast, and social networks require constant feeding. They need a diet of content that keeps readers and viewers coming back for more. This is one of the biggest challenges of social media. Most companies and bloggers have a hard time finding inspiration to come up with varied content. Here are some ideas:
How to Use a Survey to Deliver 4 Powerful Content Assets
from Business 2 Community
When you have original content that appeals to a large audience, you need to make the most of it by extending its reach and lifecycle as far as possible. One way to do this is by finding interesting ways to repurpose your content for different channels and mediums. Here's an example of how our team did this with a simple survey.
Is 2013 the Year Marketers Lose Keyword Research?
from HubSpot's Blog
As encrypted search rolls out to more and more internet users, it's time to start re-thinking how we optimize and track our SEO efforts. Well, there's no time like the present, right? So let's talk about the changing SEO landscape as it relates to keywords, well, right now.
Intro to Lead Generation: How to determine if a lead is qualified
from B2B Lead Blog
The best place to start is with a universal lead definition. This involves a sales-marketing huddle since, much like good art, it is not only the artist but also the art viewer and buyer that must agree on a definition. To put it more bluntly – if Sales doesn't think the lead is qualified, it ain't qualified.
Mobile Marketing: 63% of marketers view increasing sales conversion and revenue as a top objective
from Marketingsherpa Blog
In the MarketingSherpa Mobile Marketing Benchmark Report, we asked marketers about their business objectives for mobile marketing. As always, we turned to our audience for insights on this data. Here's what they had to say …
Content Curation for B2B Marketing: Part One
from Social Media Today
This is the first of a 3-part series on content curation and curation in general. What is curation? The spellchecker on our CMS here doesn't even know the word. Is it like art curation? Wine tasting?
Twitter Marketing: How to Use Twitter for Business
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To learn about Twitter marketing and how it can help your business, I interview Mark W. Schaefer for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast. Mark shares how he uses Twitter to create stronger business relationships and improve customer service. You'll learn about the best Twitter tools and how they can fit into your marketing strategy.


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The budgetary trial balloon went up: the budgetary trial balloon came down. And in the end, the province's finance minister wound up delivering a stand-pat budget that forecasts $258 million in deficit spending this year, and posits a $432 million deficit for 2013-2014.
Instead of the three per cent in program cuts suggested at one point by Premier Kathy Dunderdale, the province will actually increase its program expenses by $113 million and its debt-servicing expenses by $40.5 million.
That $153.5 million increase in costs means the province's spending — despite an expected $1.1 billion in reduced oil royalty and Atlantic Accord revenue income — will actually increase by 2.1 per cent, slightly under the expected inflation rate of 2.2 per cent. This, despite non-core program cuts that saved $38.8 million in additional spending.
"We decided we're not slashing and burning this year," Finance Minister Tom Marshall said to reporters inside the budget lockup.
"We're not doing it all at once."
Truth is, it's not really a matter of not doing it all at once. They're not really doing it at all.
There won't be tax cuts, nor will there be tax increases. For seniors, there will be cuts in the costs of permits and fees, and the government will continue what it says is a reasonable and practical fiscal plan.
In its own particularly hyperbolic style, the budget speech describes it like this: "Our plan is fiscally responsible. It is socially progressive. It is carefully crafted to sustain the momentum that has made Newfoundland and Labrador an inspiration and an example to all Canadians of how it is done. As far as we have advanced already, Mr. Speaker, the best is truly yet to come."
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Certainly successive Conservative budgets have done much to enhance services and infrastructure in a province that has traditionally fallen behind in this county, due to its limited economic base.
But while we may be in some way an inspiration and an example to the rest of Canada, they probably would find the last decade's near-100 per cent increase in provincial revenues — the vast majority of that being non-renewable revenues from oil — the most inspiring part of the equation.
The end result: this could be called a reasonable, prudent stay-the course budget, much like its title, "Reasonable Investments for a Secure Future" tries to imply — except for the absence of one big "if."
It would be reasonable and prudent if we had any expectation that the oil money we now enjoy was somehow a limitless resource, extending off into our future and the future of our children.
More than one dollar out of every three is oil revenue, money being pulled out of the ground that will never be back. Without it, there would be no decision about whether to slash and burn this year or next.
It's what we're doing with that future storehouse, how we're preparing for the eventual winter, that will truly separate the grasshoppers from the ants.


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There are Hail Mary passes thrown from midfield, and ones from deep in your own end. And then there's the one that Cell Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CTIC ) launched yesterday from the parking lot outside the stadium.
The biotech company announced yesterday that it's appealing the Food and Drug Administration's ruling that it needs to run an additional clinical trial before it can get its cancer drug, pixantrone, approved. The company expects a decision on the appeal in the fourth quarter.
To whom does Cell Therapeutics get to appeal? Some court? No. The president? Nope. The appeal goes directly back to the FDA. Essentially, the company needs to get the agency to do a 180 and decide it made a mistake in asking for more data. Good luck with that.
Like any desperate move, there's always a chance of it working. But I only know of one company that managed to get the FDA to reverse its decision: Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD ) convinced the agency to approve Cayston, an inhaled drug to treat lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients, after it had initially rejected the drug.
The difference is that Cayston received a positive recommendation from an FDA advisory committee. Here, an advisory panel voted 9-0 recommending that the agency not approve pixantrone. Clearing those stadium walls will be difficult.
In some ways, Cell Therapeutics has nothing to lose, especially if it's running the clinical trial concurrently with the appeal review. But it does run the danger of upsetting the FDA staffers, who probably don't appreciate having their scientific aptitude questioned.
Wyeth, just before Pfizer (NYSE: PFE ) bought it, and sanofi-aventis (NYSE: SNY ) both ran into similarly awkward situations when they sued the FDA to get the agency to reverse its decisions to approve generic versions of their drugs. The loss of sales because of competition from generics developed by Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Momenta Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: MNTA ) , and Novartis (NYSE: NVS ) forced the lawsuits, but one wonders what kind of long-term consequences they'll have for the pharma giants.
After accounting for recent debt repayments and equity financing, Cell Therapeutics has about $29.3 million in the bank, minus whatever money it has used since the end of the second quarter and $21 million in debt due next year. If Cell Therapeutics can't get new funding soon, long-term consequences may be the least of its worries; time on the clock looks to be running out.
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In the upcoming months leading up to the official April 30, 2012 celebration of the Louisiana bicentennial, NolaVie in partnership with The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) will feature a series of articles honoring 200 years of Louisiana history.
New Orleans culture boasts diverse European influences, which are often considered in many cultural arenas. As an indigenous American art form, jazz music also embraces this variety of European influences.
Born right here in the heart of New Orleans – and some would say the heart of America – those influences are perhaps more pronounced than art forms or movements spawned in other parts of the country, as New Orleans has been a melting pot for European, Caribbean, African, and Latin American influences even before Louisiana joined the United States of America two hundred years ago.
This Wednesday, January 25, 2012, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and The Historic New Orleans Collection will celebrate the bicentennial of Louisiana statehood with a live concert and online webcast exploring the diverse musical customs of Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean and the rich cultural traditions of New Orleans that led to the development of jazz. To do so the "Becoming American: The Musical Journey" concert will feature music by Vincente Martín y Soler, André Ernest Modeste Grétry, Ludwig van Beethoven, Juventino Rosas, Vincenzo Bellini, Dudley Buck, "Jelly Roll" Morton, and Franz von Suppé.
The program for "Becoming American" reminds us that in 1814 Francis Scott Key witnessed the British Royal Navy's attack on Fort McHenry, inspiring him to write a poem that would later be paired with John Stafford Smith's "The Anacreon." This song and lyrics would become the national anthem in 1931.
Years before that, Dudley Buck wrote Concert Variations on "The Star-Spangled Banner" for organ for the instrument that gained popularity in the second half of the 19th century. Buck's Variations became popular in New Orleans and was one of the most commonly performed songs at the 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.The popularity of Buck's Variations in New Orleans before "The Star-Spangled Banner" became the national anthem is a testament to New Orleans and its tendencies to absorb cultural influences and incorporate them into traditions.
The music of Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, the self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz," is another example of the diverse influences of jazz as well as the importance on the roots of New Orleans culture on the development of jazz. Morton was influenced by French and Italian opera as well as a variety of popular music. In Roger D. Abrahams' book "Blues for New Orleans," he writes that Morton also spoke of the "Spanish tinge," often called "the habanera, or 'tango bass line,'" which can also be attributed to an "uneven rhythm patter characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa" known as "additive rhythm."
This rhythm can be found in music throughout the New World and in many French territories, but has been most persistent in New Orleans, where major and minor music influences from almost every corner of the world merged to create unique sounds, including the style we know as jazz. Morton's New Orleans-influenced concept of jazz emphasizes the importance of interactions between members of a jazz band.
As the connection between LPO musicians is almost palpable to their audiences, Morton's concept of musician interaction will undoubtedly play an important role in the "Becoming American" concert this Wednesday creating another cause for celebration in this bicentennial year.
Brianna Smyk has an M.A. in Art History from San Diego State University. She lives and works in New Orleans and writes about arts and culture for NolaVie. Read more of Brianna's articles at www.beingbreezie.tumblr.com.


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Women pray more than men do. The 2008 Pew U.S. Religious Landscape Survey found that two-thirds of all women surveyed pray daily, while less than half of all men surveyed do. The Pew survey was unusually large, accounting for over 35,000 Americans, but gender differences in prayer frequency have been found before (notably by Paloma and Gallup in 1991). In fact, the observation is so common that among evangelicals, we hear it repeated as a cliché.
Why do women pray more? Some argue it's because women are more conservative, that they stick more to tradition, while others believe it's because women feel more responsible for their families' health and well being than men do.
As an anthropologist studying religious behavior, I have a different explanation: Women pray more because women are more comfortable with their imaginations, and in order to pray, you need to use your imagination.
Let me be clear. I am not suggesting that God is a product of the imagination. I am instead noting that to know God intimately, you need to use your imagination, because the imagination is the means humans must use to know the immaterial. This, by the way, is something the church fathers knew well. For Augustine, the road to God ran through the mind. It is our own peculiar era that equates the imagination with the frivolous and the unreal. That is why contemporary Christians sometimes get nervous about the word imagination. But they shouldn't. C. S. Lewis knew so well that the imagination was a path to God that he entitled a chapter of Mere Christianity "Let's Pretend." "Let us pretend," Lewis writes, "to turn the pretence into a reality."
For the past 10 years, I have been researching the way evangelical Christians talk with God and experience prayer as a dialogue in which they talk to God and God talks back. I have talked with hundreds of people, and interviewed many of them quite carefully. I have read prayer manuals and participated in prayer groups. I've followed new Christians as they began to pray consistently, and I've sat with prayer warriors and talked to them about what they do and feel.
What I saw was that people who felt comfortable with a back-and-forth conversation with God had learned to have that conversation by using their imaginations. At the beginning, they often said that they were confused by what it meant to listen for God. As one congregant remarked to me, "In the beginning, people would say to me, 'Do you hear God?' And I'm like, heck, I don't know."
But then these Christians did what their pastor suggested: they set out a (real) mug of hot coffee for God in the morning, and sat down with their own mug, and imagined that they were talking to God. They picked up a sandwich, walked over to the park, sat down on a bench, and imagined that God's arm was around their shoulders, that they were talking to God as their best of friend. They stood in front of their closet and asked God what shirt they should wear that day. Most of them knew that this was artifice, at least in part, and particularly at the beginning, they were cautious about how seriously to take it. Still, they saw these practices as a technique to listen for God in their minds—to turn their attention away from the outer world and to wait patiently for thoughts that they felt might really be from God. "I try to listen to God in the little things," one woman told me, "so that I learn to listen to him about the big ones." After a few months, people would say that they recognized God's voice in their minds the way they recognized a voice on the phone. "You know it's your mom when she calls, right?" someone explained. "Well, that's the way it is with God."


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