1. The Rise of the
Intelligent Community
“Louie Communities”
www.intelligentcommunity.com
Louis Zacharilla
ICF Co-Founder
25 April 2012

2. ICF’s Mission: To Energize
Communities for the 21st Century
Non c’e’ posto migliore pio della
mia casa
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3. ICF’s Mission
 To study the economic and social development of
the 21st Century community at the local level
 To share best practices of Intelligent Communities to
accelerate development of ALL communities
 To enable a sustained, global dialogue among the
world’s committed Thought Leaders
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4. The Rise of the Intelligent Community
Why Do We Need Them?
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5. The Why Part Is Easy
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6. The Crowd
is Here
As of today 52% of the world’s population lives in cities. By
2050, it is projected to grow to 70%, placing demands on
cities that far outstrip the current capabilities of most urban
centers.
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7. Consequences:
Vanishing Hometowns, Brain Drains &
Shaken Community Survivors
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8. some good news if you aren’t a big city.
Non c’e’ posto migliore pio della mia casa
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9. We are in a singularly unique moment in the
history of technology & economics
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10. ICF Calls It:
The “Broadband Economy”
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11.
Or the Age of the Light
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12. Dynamics of the
Broadband Economy
 For economic purpose$, the people of Regina, Hong
Kong and Seattle live next door to the people of
Waterloo, Eindhoven and Suwon, leading to -
 Brain drain – a zero sum game
 Investment Shifting – locations offering best mix of cost,
appropriately-trained labor, broadband access & quality of life
get the cash and keep their kids home – others lose
 Disintermediation – shortens product lifecycles, disrupts
social continuity and puts premium on innovation
 Local economic success – is increasingly dependent on your
plug to global economy. If you’re not thinking globally, it’s hard
to function locally.
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13. Is There a New Tribalism?
“In Europe where the idea of the nation state formed,
the state is losing its significance.”
- Henry Kissinger. April 2011
Tahrir Square, Egypt
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14. 3 Ways into the 21st Century
 Enter it kicking and screaming
 Take the long way into it (like, through the 12th
Century)
 Or become a “Louie” community
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15. As in a “Louie Armstrong”
Community?
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16. Intelligent Community
Indicators (the “hot fives”)
KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION
B WORKFORCE A
R D
O V
A O
D C
B A
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N Y
DIGITAL INCLUSION
D
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17. Sixth Indicator Each Year
 Education
 Healthcare
 Leadership
 Platforms for Ecosystem Innovation
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18. ICF’s Intelligent Communities
1999 - 2011
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19. 2012 Smart21 Communities
 Arlington County, Virginia, USA  New Taipei City, Taiwan
 Austin, Texas, USA  Oulu, Finland
 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain  Prospect, South Australia, Australia
 Columbus Region, Ohio, USA  Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil  Riverside, CA, USA
 Dakota County, Minnesota, USA  Saint John, NB, Canada
 Danville, Virginia, USA  Stratford, Ontario, Canada
 Durango, State of Durango, Mexico  Taichung City, Taiwan
 Frankfurt, Hess, Germany  Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
 Heraklion, Crete, Greece  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
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20. “Empires of the future will be empires of
the mind.” - Winston Churchill (1943)
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21. Building Empires in
Saskatchewan
“The great advances are made not by individuals so
much as by environments. It is not a coincidence that
innovations tend to come in bundles.”
Everything is Illuminated, J Safran Foer
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22. The “Mining” of Culture
 The 2012 Wealth Report (cities of 2050)
 The Triple Helix
 Creativity as a core competency
 “True Growth” strategies
 Connect it to the “new railroad”
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23. Think like “Louie”
 Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is
never the point…Being right can stop all the
momentum of a very interesting idea. - Robert
Rauschenberg, American artist
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24. Think about “Louie” (2)
 “The chief object of education is not to learn
things, but to unlearn things.” G.K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton, British writer
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25. What the Unlearned know:
 Intelligent Communities use broadband for economic,
political and social development
 Small and midsize companies have global trade
opportunities
 Innovation is as important as location. “The middle of
nowhere is no more!” (Zacharilla)
 “Students” go global and non-linear in search of education
 Collaboration is as good as sex! (“The triple helix”)
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26. Eindhoven 2011
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27. Everyday “Louies” Do It Everyday
 Issy-les-Moulineaux & Taiwan: Inspirational
leadership and at least one champion
 Eindhoven & Stratford: “Triple Helix” among local
govt, private sector & academic and learning
institutions (egos left at the door)
 Stockholm : Plan human environments first
(innovation, creativity & collaboration as core
competence)
 All: Follow Zacharilla’s 3 NobleTruths
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28. One Kid, One Small Town
Stratford
Ontario, Canada
POPULATION
32,000
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29. Meet Seven “Louies” in NY
June 7 – Free!
 Use this code: 2012GUEST to be admitted to
NY Summit (6-8 June) for June 7 Plenary &
Reception for Top Seven
 icfsummit.com
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30. You are the global dialogue
Thought Leaders in New York
The founders of the Intelligent Community Forum are
visionaries. Before anyone else in the world they alone
understood the importance of sharing and exchanging best
practices to accelerate development within our communities.
- Andre Santini, Mayor, Issy-les-Moulineaux & Minister of
State for Civil Service (France).
ICF is an important advocate of best practices for economic
and social development in the 21st Century. Our home city of
Waterloo has embraced many of ICF’s tenets to foster a
collaborative spirit among residents, government, businesses
and academic institutions.
– James Balsillie, Co-CEO & Founder, Research in Motion/
BlackBerry (Canada)
At the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, we are
pleased to be a partner with ICF and to support its essential role
in designing a better future for the world's urban communities.
– Jerry Hultin, President, Polytechnic Institute of New York
University & former Under Secretary of the Navy (USA)
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31. Unknown Future but a Path to
the Light
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