08:30

Registration

09:00 to 09:30

Welcome and Introduction

Speakers Include:

• Robert Bell, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum
• John Jung, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum
• Louis Zacharilla, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum
• Megan O’Callaghan, City Manager, City of Dublin, Ohio, USA

09:30 to 10:30

Keynote Panel | The Future of the Connected City

Digital connectivity is the foundation of the tech-focused Smart City and of the Intelligent Community, with its holistic digital strategy for economic, social and cultural growth. What futures does connectivity make possible and how can they be achieved in the face of today's challenges: disruptive innovation in business, the slow handover of leadership from aging Boomers to new generations, economic dislocation breeding political division and accelerating climate change?

Speakers include:

• Peter Cresse, President, Entropy, Inc.
• Lindsay Miller, President, Lit Consulting
• Peter Portheine, Director, Eindhoven International Project Office
• Chao Hsiung Tseng, Chief Secretary of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, New Taipei City, Taiwan
• Lou Zacharilla, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum (Moderator)

10:30 to 11:00

Refreshment Break

11:00 to 11:45

Panel | Reimagining Development for the Digital Age

Tech innovation typically takes decades to change the world. And more than four decades have passed since the introduction of the personal computer launched the digital revolution. How has the practice of economic development by cities, counties, states and provinces adapted? What can we learn from success stories and underperforming strategies? A panel of practitioners share their experience and insights from the field.

Speakers include:

• Wendy Dupley, President, Economic Developers Association of Canada; Principal, WeDu Consulting
• Paul Skillen, Manager, Business & Innovation, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Jim Stifler, Chief Economic Officer, City of Hudson, Ohio, USA
• John Jung, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum (Moderator)

11:45 to 12:15

Use Case | The Smart Mobility Development Opportunity

The city of Dublin marks one end of the US Route 33 Smart Mobility Corridor, a public-private partnership that has installed a fiber network and short-range communications transmitters along a 35-mile section of Route 33. The transmitters will communicate with 1,200 public and private test vehicles to trial connected-vehicle applications, autonomous technologies and traffic management systems. The same corridor will host research into a low-altitude air traffic management system for unmanned aircraft. Hear from project partners about the program's origins, objectives and initial successes, and its long-term potential for economic growth.

Speakers include:

• Terry Emery, City Manager, Marysville, Ohio, USA
• Jennifer Klus, Economic Development Director, City of Dublin, Ohio, USA
• Sophia Mohr, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Central Ohio Transit Authority
• Kirby Dearth, Economic Development Administrator, City of Dublin, Ohio, USA (Moderator)

12:15 to 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 to 14:15

Panel | Driving Growth Through Sustainability

The common perception of environmental sustainability is that it costs money, limits opportunity and ties up worthwhile activity in red tape. But as climate change outpaces all forecasts, responding to climate change and finding ways to restore the climate are primed to be the greatest growth industry of the 21st Century. The sustainability strategy of every community should reach beyond reducing carbon emissions and cleaning up pollution to start, grow and attract green industries. Hear from community leaders who are building innovative green clusters about the challenges they face, the potential gains and the successes they have already achieved.

Speakers include:

• Alison Burgess, Manager, Corporate Initiatives, Region of Durham, Ontario, Canada
• Kerstin Carr, Ph.D., Chief Regional Strategy Officer & Sr., Director of Planning, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
• Lucienne Pears, VP Economic and Business Development, Babcock Ranch, Florida, USA
• Dan Taylor, President and CEO, Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership
• Robert Ranc, Deputy City Manager, City of Dublin, Ohio, USA (Moderator)

14:15 to 15:00

Use Case | Creating Value Through Regional Collaboration

The Columbus metropolitan region is home to four Intelligent Communities and the public and private partnerships they have developed to benefit their own citizens and employers while lifting the economic potential of the region. Hear from city, state and county leaders, and the companies they work with, how to start collaboration, nurture its growth and share its value.

Speakers include:

• Jason Bechtold, Assistant City Manager, Westerville, Ohio, USA
• Terry Emery, City Manager, Marysville, Ohio, USA
• Farlie Taylor, Director City Strategy, Community and Culture, City of Prospect, South Australia, Australia
• Michelle Crandall, City Manager, City of Hilliard, Ohio, USA (Moderator)

15:00 to 15:30

Refreshment Break

15:30 to 17:00

Workshop | The Whole Growth Strategy: Lessons in Intelligent Community Development

In this workshop, Intelligent Community developers share the origins, development and results of projects that offers lessons in Whole Growth. That's ICF's unified strategy for seizing the opportunities of the digital economy, creating a knowledgeable workforce and innovative business community while taking care of the impacts this success has on the people and institutions that give the community life.

Speakers Include:

• Lindsay Beyger, Policy Advisor, Durham Region, ON, Canada
• Brittany Dupree, Communication, Engagement and Strategy Manager, City of Prospect, SA, Australia
• Laurie Guthrie, EcD, BIS, City Innovation Strategist, City of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
• Paulo Cesar Krauss, Technical Director, Curitiba Agency for Development and Innovation
• Dr. Viet Long Nguyen, Director of the Science and Technology Department, Binh Duong, Vietnam
• Robert Bell, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum (Moderator)

17:00 to 17:30

Ceremony | Celebrating the Top7 of 2022

As we wrap up the first day of the conference, we celebrate the Top7 Communities of 2022.

Speakers Include:

• Mr. Mai Hung Dung, Standing Vice Chairman of Binh Duong Province, Head of the Binh Duong Smart City Committee
• Louis Zacharilla, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum

From the 2022 Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year
Conference and Announcement in Binh Duong, Vietnam. June 2022

08:30

Registration

09:00 to 09:05

Welcome

Speakers Include:

• Robert Bell, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum
• John Jung, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum
• Louis Zacharilla, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum

09:05 to 9:50

Presentation | The Case for the Intelligent State

For the past five years, the Dublin Institute for the Study of the Intelligent Community has promoted the concept of Ohio as an Intelligent State, where Intelligent Communities and state-level programs coordinate and collaborate on advancing the region's economy, institutions and people . In 2022, ICF and the Institute began development of standards and an accreditation program defining an Intelligent State based on a broad range of data. Hear this progress report and gain insights from Institute and ICF leaders on what it means.

Speakers Include:

• Dana McDaniel, Former City Manager, City of Dublin, Ohio, USA
• Doug McCollough, CIO, City of Dublin, Ohio, USA
• Kirby Dearth, Economic Development Administrator, City of Dublin, Ohio, USA
• Robert Bell, Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum

9:50 to 10:10

Refreshment Break

10:10 to 10:55

Panel | Building An Innovation Ecosystem

Every city and region needs an innovation strategy. But they invest in innovation in different ways to meet different needs. Some are coping with the stresses of growth and make digital investments that maintain or improve quality of life, from traffic management and utility operations to emergency services, street lighting and health management. Others aim to prevent or overcome economic stagnation and invest in the infrastructure of growth, from connectivity and workforce development to innovation and digital inclusion. A systems approach begins with understanding a community's real needs and choosing strategies to meet them. Learn innovation strategy from ICF and community leaders who have applied systems thinking to their challenges.

Speakers include:

• Paulo Cesar Krauss, Technical Director, Curitiba Agency for Development and Innovation
• Tyler Gooch MPA, BSc, Director of Innovation & Technology, City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Laurie Guthrie, EcD, BIS, City Innovation Strategist, City of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
• Renee Coman, Board Member of Silicon Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Rob McCann, Founder, Clearcable Networks; President, Hamilton Technology Centre (Moderator)

10:55 to 11:40

CIO Roundtable | Critical Issues for Intelligent Communities

The top IT officials of city government have responsibilities that extend far beyond the normal remit of enterprise IT, and the decisions they make can have profound impact on the welfare of citizens, employers and institutions. In this freewheeling discussion, CIOs share the most critical issues of the day, their approaches to managing them, and the hard lessons learned along the way.

Speakers include:

• Todd Jackson, President, Medina Fiber
• Doug McCollough, CIO, City of Dublin, Ohio, USA
• Dr. Pham Tuan Anh, CIO, Becamex IDC; Director of the Binh Duong Smart City Office
• Dr. Norman Jacknis, Senior Fellow, Intelligent Community Forum (Moderator)

11:40 to 12:30

Lunch and preparation for the City Tour