Smart Cities: Facilitating Technology Innovation for Better Decisions

Why we picked it

**Smart Cities** are not just about deploying new technologies — they are about making better decisions, faster, in complex and uncertain environments. Calgary’s Smart City approach focuses on facilitating experimentation with new technology to enable informed investment decisions, improve service delivery and prepare for future disruptors. In this informative session, you will learn: * 🌇 Examples from Calgary’s Smart Cities work * 🧭 How Strategic Foresight can be used to design strategy * 🙌🏼 How facilitation techniques can help narrow down problems that technology might be able to help * 🔵 Experiencing AI Problem Framing Methodology [(Design Sprint Academy)](https://www.designsprint.academy/ai-problem-framing) **About the speaker:** Luis has been with the City of Calgary for 13 years. He is currently the Program Manager in the Smart Cities section leading the portfolio of Digital Equity, Partnerships and Regional Collaboration. His role includes working with Calgary’s Smart Ci