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ICF
Organized by the Intelligent Community Forum.
Announcement of the Top Seven Intelligent Communities of 2007 & Leadership Discussion
The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) hosts a reception for the Smart21 Communities of the world. The Smart21, named in November, are public policy innovators who are using broadband strategies to positively impact economic development, job creation and social cohesion in their communities. Of these 21 -- represented at PTC by their CIOs and economic development officials -- seven will be named asTop Seven Intelligent Communities. After the announcement, a panel of former ICF nominees and technology companies will discuss the role of leadership in forming intelligent communities and examine how broadband has helped communities rise on the road to prosperity.
| Listed in alphabetical order, the 2007 Smart21 are: |
• Ashland, OR, USA
• Bettendorf, IA, USA
• Burlington, ON, Canada
• Corpus Christi, TX, USA
• Dundee, Scotland, UK
• Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• Hong Kong, China
• Ichikawa, Japan
• Isle of Man, UK
• Issy les Moulineaux, France
• Jia Ding, China
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• Kabul, Afghanistan
• Karlskrona, Sweden
• Loma Linda, CA, USA
• Ottawa-Gatineau, ON, Canada
• Reykjavik, Iceland
• San Francisco, CA, USA
• Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, UK
• Tallin, Estonia
• Waterloo, ON, Canada
• Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Chair:
JOHN G. JUNG, Co-Founder and Chairman, Intelligent Community Forum
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Introduction by Louis Zacharilla, Director of Development,
Intelligent Community Forum
Panelists:
W. JAMES HETTRICK, CIO, Loma Linda Connected Community, Loma Linda, California, USA (Smart21 Community 2007)
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MARK WHALEY, Councillor, City of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Top Seven Community 2006)
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MIKIO IHORI, CIO, City of Ichikawa, Japan
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SANGJOO KIM, CIO, Gangnam District, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Top Seven Community 2006)
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RICHARD YIN, Advisor Taipei City Government, Chinese Taipei (Intelligent Community of the Year 2006)
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