Smart cities: from digital twins to connected vehicles | Paul Wilson | Episode 04

Paul Wilson, Chair of the Smart Cities World advisory board, joins Rebecca Jackson to talk about the future of our cities. They discuss what makes a city ‘smart’ and how smart transportation is a crucial part of this, from real-time traffic monitoring to vehicle-to-infrastructure connectivity, public transportation enhancements to other enhanced mobility solutions. They examine why this evolution in our cities is so important and how Digital Twins are crucial to making this happen. All opinions expressed are those of the individuals. This is an IAM RoadSmart podcast. You can find out more about IAM RoadSmart here. To support their work with a donation, head to iamroadsmart.net/donate  Presented by Rebecca Jackson.  Produced by Kate White.  This is an Our Media Production.  Guest bio: Paul Wilson is Chair of the Advisory Board for Smart Cities World, read by over 1m people worldwide. He is also Senior Advisor at Open & Agile Smart Cities with 170 city members and an honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol’s Smart Internet Lab. Until recently Paul was Chief Business Officer at Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership. Paul founded the pioneering Smart City Project ‘Bristol Is Open’, winning numerous international Smart City awards, and became a founder and Board member of the UK Government’s UK5G. Paul draws on 30 years’ international leadership experience in technology and cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices