07 Jan 2020
Smart City rankings are fun to read, but they are NOT an accurate reflection of how "smart" a city is. Let me prove it to you...
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Keep up to date on the latest industry trends with Charles’ blogs, videos, podcasts, TV interviews and keynote presentations.
24 Dec 2019
Charles was recently interviewed by BBC about the state of AI in China.
23 Dec 2019
Charles was interviewed by BBC's Business Daily on how cities can leverage sensors to deliver intelligence. Smart sensors can improve citizens' lives, especially when residents are put in charge of gathering the data.
23 Dec 2019
Charles was interviewed by BBC's Business Daily to discuss how governments are using AI technology. From Shenzhen to Toronto, city streets are becoming a valuable source of big data, so should we care who is gathering it and how it is being used?
10 Dec 2019
My interview with Kurrant Insights at Barcelona’s Smart City Expo World Congress. Fast & furious – in just over 5 minutes, we cover Smart Cities, Blockchain, AI, Mobility, Massive IoT and eSIMs/iSIMs. The power of combining jetlag with espresso.
14 Jul 2019
Charles sits down with Analyse Asia to discuss the CRA/JLL report "Smart Cities Success: Connecting People, PropTech & Real Estate."
13 Jul 2019 2
"SMART CITIES SUCCESS: CONNECTING PEOPLE, PROPTECH & REAL ESTATE", a report from JLL and CRA & Associates.
01 Nov 2018
CRA was interviewed at IoT World Asia and was asked to discuss:
1. The emerging trends in the Asia IoT market
2. The drivers behind the massive IoT growth in China
3. How people, not technology, are keeping IoT from reaching it’s potential
4. What sets Taipei’s Smart City strategy apart from the rest
31 Oct 2018
Charles presented “IoT 2018: What’s Hot, What’s Not & What’s Next” as the opening keynote at Asia’s leading IoT event, Internet of Things World Asia, on 19 September 2018.
Presentation Overview
01:10 A Performance Appraisal for IoT
02:30 Where our IoT expectations and forecasts too high?
05:30 What’s Hot #1: IoT in China
08:45 What’s Hot #2: Taipei’s Smart City Strategy
12:50 What’s Not: IoT Stakeholder Engagement
14:35 What’s Next #1: The SIM Revolution: eSIMs & Virtual SIMs
20:00 What’s Not #2: Disruptive Technologies
23:00 IoT’s Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)