Another shameless plug: Partly inspired by IBM's Smart City project on Nairobi, we have adopted as the theme for this year's AITEC East Africa ICT Summit in October: "Smart Cities, Smart Communities, Smart Exports". We hope this will help carry this discussion forward in a number of creative ways. Presentation proposals are invited and the Call for Papers is attached. Regards, Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm@aitecafrica.com -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Marie-Ann Kinyanjui Sent: 08 March 2012 07:22 To: Sean Moroney Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] A Vision of a Smarter Nairobi Listers, Alert! Shameless plug follows... but I hope it will be of genuine interest :-) Yesterday IBM launched a white paper titled "A Vision of a Smarter City - How Nairobi can lead the way to a prosperous and sustainable future" - while it does not claim to hold all the answers for Nairobi, I think its a nice starting point for more discussion on how technology can resolve some of Nairobi issues. I particularly liked one suggestion in the white paper - using mobile signal density to track traffic flow. You can download it here: http://www-05.ibm.com/za/office/pdf/IBM_-_A_Vision_of_a_Smarter_City_-_Nairo... Hope you find it useful. Kui. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/seanm%40aitecafrica.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.