360 episodes

"Making Smart Communities that are Accessible, Liveable and Sustainable for All"​

The Smart Community Podcast is a hub where Smart and exciting people from all around the world come to discuss all things Smart City, Smart Town, Smart Region - anything that makes a place more liveable. Together we can create the Smart Community Collective.

Disclaimer: All content is representative of personal opinion only and is not associated with any company, organisation or government agency.

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"Making Smart Communities that are Accessible, Liveable and Sustainable for All"​

The Smart Community Podcast is a hub where Smart and exciting people from all around the world come to discuss all things Smart City, Smart Town, Smart Region - anything that makes a place more liveable. Together we can create the Smart Community Collective.

Disclaimer: All content is representative of personal opinion only and is not associated with any company, organisation or government agency.

    2024 Updates and the Power of Pausing to Connect

    2024 Updates and the Power of Pausing to Connect

    Hi #SmartCommunity friends! I sat down with my podcast producer Ellen to record a little update episode, there is a little bit of Smart Community Podcast news and we want to keep you in the loop! 



    We are planning to take an extended break from the podcast because unfortunately my Mum is very unwell. So I'm going to take some time to be with her and just scale things back a little bit for a while. I will still be doing my consulting work for My Smart Community, working with my amazing clients that I have contracts with at the moment and into the future.
    But we're pressing pause on the podcast for a time while I spend time with my Mum and family, and while Ellen goes off on her second maternity leave. So your podcast feed won’t be updating for a while, but we will be back in some form or another later down the track. 



    In the meantime, connect with me on LinkedIn or email. I’m not going anywhere, just taking some time to pause and prioritise the people who are important to me. 



    Talk to you soon!

    Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community



    Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube



    Podcast Production by Perk Digital

    • 12 min
    Summer Series: The Neon Grid and Nighttime Economy in Smart Communities, with Samuel Austin

    Summer Series: The Neon Grid and Nighttime Economy in Smart Communities, with Samuel Austin

    Hi #SmartCommunity friends! Welcome to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we’re taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we’re sharing my interview with Samuel Austin from Episode 340, which was published in May 2023.

    Sam is an Urban Planner, Community Engagement Specialist and Placemaker, and also the NSW Young Planner of the Year 2022. In this episode, Sam tells us about his background in urban city planning, and his interest and passion for the relationship between people and place. We talk about the role data plays in planning and analysis of how people are using spaces, and Sam tells us about his work on the neon grid and nighttime economy strategy for Sydney.

    Sam and I discuss the importance of breaking down barriers and silos within cities and communities to foster an integrated approach for a seamless experience for customers, as well as what the nightime economy and neon grid looks like in semi urban and regional or rural settings. Sam tells us about community engagement projects he’s worked on in Sydney and we finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of live data allowing for appropriate and timely responses to community requirements. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.

    Connect with Sam on LinkedIn 

    Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community

    Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube

    Podcast Production by Perk Digital

    • 40 min
    Summer Series: Pioneering Intelligent Transport Systems in Uganda, with Michael Wanyama

    Summer Series: Pioneering Intelligent Transport Systems in Uganda, with Michael Wanyama

    Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we’re taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we’re sharing my interview with Michael Wanyama from Episode 335, which was released in March 2023 as part of our annual Mobility March series.

    Michael and I met at Smart City World Expo in Barcelona in November 2022 where his company Auto Safety Uganda won the Innovation Category of the World Smart City Award. In this episode Michael and I discuss his background in IT and automatic technology and why he’s so passionate about happy, healthy and inclusive communities. Michael tells us about the context in Kampala, Uganda, why it’s the best tourist destination in Africa and also about some of the challenges Uganda faces with traffic safety, vehicle reliability and air pollution due to lack of systems, skills, infrastructure and regulation. We talk about the many different areas of the community that transport impacts and the importance of supporting the community in the process of transitions to new and cleaner mobility options. 

    Michael tells us about the projects they are working on, including upskilling mechanics, promoting gender inclusivity in the automotive industry and collecting data to support policy change in Uganda. We also discuss the problem of African nations having to ‘copy and paste’ solutions from other countries but finding they don’t work in the African context. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trend of great ideas and policies being stymied by the lack of resources and skillsets to implement the changes, as well as the need for community engagement, leadership and education to work together to solve these problems. As always, we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it!

    Connect with Michael on Twitter or LinkedIn

    Follow AutoSafety Uganda on Twitter, LinkedIn or their website www.autosafety-ug.org  

    Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community 

    Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube

    The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

    • 48 min
    Summer Series: Smart Communities on Earth and in Space, with Dr. Michaela Musilova

    Summer Series: Smart Communities on Earth and in Space, with Dr. Michaela Musilova

    Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome back to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. As you know, we’re taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week we’re sharing my interview with Dr. Michaela Musilova from Episode 339 which was released in May 2023.

    Dr. Michaela Musilova is an astrobiologist, speaker, analog astronaut and author. Michaela has been conducting space-related research at institutions around the world and was the Director of HI-SEAS and Commander of over 30 simulated missions to the Moon and Mars, in collaboration with NASA, ESA and many international organizations. She also writes articles for Space.com and co-authored her biography, A Woman from Mars.

    In this episode, Michaela tells us about her passion for space and for life on earth, how she got into this Space space, and some of the challenges she has overcome to pursue this dream. She tells us about why it’s so important to share with the public how science is helping humanity and how diversity and also food have both been key to the success of the missions she’s been involved with. 

    Michaela then tells us about the projects she’s worked on, including the Astro Seven Summits, which is focused on performing research related to life in space and also on extreme environments on earth. Michaela and I talk about how to link space exploration science with climate change, as well as what she thinks will happen on the first missions of humans living on Mars. 

    We finish our chat talking about whether there really is life on other planets, and Michaela tells us what she thinks about the likelihood of finding it. As always we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.

    Follow her on LinkedIn and Facebook, or on Instagram and Twitter @astro_michaela 

    Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community

    Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube

    Podcast Production by Perk Digital

    • 41 min
    Summer Series: Local Government Challenges and Lessons Learnt in Smart Communities, with Martin Darcy

    Summer Series: Local Government Challenges and Lessons Learnt in Smart Communities, with Martin Darcy

    Hi #smartcommunity friends! Welcome to the Summer Series here on the Smart Community Podcast. We’re taking a little break from new content over the Australian summer holidays, and instead we are sharing the replays of a few of our all time favourite episodes. This week to kick off the series, we’re sharing my interview with Martin Darcy, who was on the show back in July 2022 in Episode 303.

    Martin is the Service Manager of Business and Innovation with Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council. In this episode, Martin starts off by telling us about his background in the tourism industry, his past roles and current role working in local government, and Martin tells us what a Smart Community means to him. Martin then tells us a bit about how his role at the Council has evolved over time, some of the challenges in the Smart Communities space he has faced in this time, before he discusses his experience working to embed Smart Communities in his organisation. He then shares with us some lessons learnt when measuring and monitoring Smart Community benefits, as well as some of the communication and community engagement challenges he has faced. 

    We then discuss the importance of educating the community about the benefits of Smart Communities and some of the elements that contribute to dealing with change. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of using data to make better informed decisions. There’s a few audio glitches in this interview but it’s a great conversation so we hope you will forgive us the imperfections. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it!



    Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community 

    Connect with Martin via LinkedIn 

    Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community  

    Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube

    The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

    • 44 min
    Data, Digital Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals in Smart Communities, with Calum Handforth

    Data, Digital Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals in Smart Communities, with Calum Handforth

    Hi #SmartCommunity friends! Welcome back to the Smart Community Podcast. In this episode I have a fantastic conversation with Calum Handforth. Calum works for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and has led innovation and digitalisation efforts globally, as well as advised governments around the world. He was also Co-Chair of the Digital Infrastructure Taskforce, part of the World Economic Forum’s G20 Working Group on Smart Cities.

    In this episode, Calum and I discuss the types of things he works on at the UNDP, and the progress made on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals since they were introduced in 2015. We talk about using data and storytelling to drive progress and innovation, including Calum’s BLT acronym when thinking about data, and the potential of open source digital solutions to improve city infrastructure and services. Calum tells us about his favourite project he’s worked on at the UNDP, that incorporated a human-centred design approach to improve a market in Gambia, and the emerging trends of refocusing on the city as the centre of innovation and development. 

    We finish our chat discussing the importance of community and of sharing failures to achieve SDGs and Smart Community outcomes, plus the power of celebrating even small wins. As always we hope you have enjoyed this episode as much as we have enjoyed making it.

    Connect with Calum on LinkedIn, @calumah on Twitter/X and via email calum.handforth@undp.org

    Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community

    Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube

    Podcast Production by Perk Digital

    • 43 min

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