Smart City:

More Than
Technology

The Intelligent City

Growth & History
Louis Zacharilla
Co-Founder
ICF, New York
June 21, 2022

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About ICF

◼ Officially formed in 2003

◼ A privately-funded research organization to help
cities understand how to grow using one simple
Method
◼ ICF has achieved international recognition
◼ ICF seeks harmony between technology & human
intelligence for national, economic & social growth
◼ Promotes the idea that every city & village can be
prosperous

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When ICF Was Young &
Getting Started…..

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The Start of Intelligent
Community Ideas
◼ Broadband was new & its potential was not fully
realized
◼ The work force, media & labor was changing quickly
◼ Small villages & mid-sized industrial cities were
experiencing great losses
◼ There was a need to “re-industrialize” & find new
methods of designing our cities
◼ Local governments became very innovative

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The ICF Method

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ICF Cities Today Realize the
Possibilities
Guided
by
Satellites

The RURAL
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The ICF Community & City
Today
◼ High-speed, integrated networks fully integrated
into the “ecosystem”
◼ 5G, AI, Cloud-data center infrastructure & LEOs
(low earth orbit broadband satellites) provide tools
to manage, information for guidance & economic
strengths
◼ There is a new “Digital Economy”
◼ It unlocks the most important thing in the world:
human creativity, entrepreneurship & a more
harmonious life
◼ ICF studies the “balance” between tech & the
mind; between economic & social growth
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3 Lessons We Have Learned

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#1: Intelligent Communities
Do NOT Resist Change

Do NOT Resist Change

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#2: Intelligent Cities
Communicate Very Well

They Communicate
Very Well

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 They Do NOT Lose Focus

Do Not
Lose
Focus on
Their
Mission

80% of growth in a modern

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Eindhoven Riverside Taichung Toronto

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Best Examples
◼ Dublin, Ohio (“Intelligent Ohio” USA)
◼ Eindhoven, The Netherlands - Absorbs 36% of all
private Dutch R&D spending
◼ Espoo, Finland - 520,000 citizens & 37 million
customer contacts
◼ Sunshine Coast, Australia
◼ ICF Taiwan (Taipei, Taoyuan, others)
◼ Binh Duong, Vietnam

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