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Smart Cities @ Catalyzing collaboration between academia, industry and government to solve global problems

What is a ‘Smart City’? A Smart City facilitates access to information, enabling and engaging all citizens to improve the human experience.

Smart Cities Stages 2 1 3 1 2 3 Prescriptive Collect, store and Predictive analytics analytics to analyze data to identify patterns optimize processes and forecast trends automatically

Global Challenges HEALTH ENERGY FOOD & TRANSPORTATION SECURITY WATER

NC State’s Strengths: > Complex Systems Holistic Solutions

NC State University: Creating Societal, Intellectual and Economic Prosperity Largest Students For Industry Engineering Sponsored Research Program Annual Statewide Research Colleges Economic Impact Expenditures Startups and Centers and Spinoffs Faculty Institutes

Centennial Campus: Live-Work-Play-Learn Innovation Destination Corporate, Scenic Acres Acre Lake Government and Nonprofit Partners Hole Housing Hotel Championship Communities Rooms Golf Course Daily Parking Buildings Population Decks

Centennial Campus: A Proven Test Bed EcoPRT CentMesh Turfgrass & Stormwater Smart Grid

NC State and City of Raleigh: Solving City Challenges with Advanced Technology Sept. 2016: June 2017: Announce Formal Co-Host Triangle Partnership Smart Cities Summit July 2017: June 2017: Dec. 2015: Platforms for Join MetroLab U.S. DOT Advanced Network Smart City Wireless Research Challenge

NC State and City of Raleigh: Current Projects TomorrowNow: Next Generation IoT Climate Smart Civic Planning Using Control Engagement in Rapidly 3D City Models Urbanizing Regions

Regional Opportunity: Smart Growth Durham Wake Forest Rolesville Research Triangle Park Chapel Hill Zebulon Morrisville Wendell Cary Knightdale Raleigh 64% Apex Garner Holly Springs Projected Fuquay-Varina growth by 2040

Regional Positioning: Smart Growth Colleges & Universities Tier-one Research Universities Fastest Growth Research for Tech Jobs Triangle Region Fastest Growing Cleantech Cluster Fostering Entrepreneurial Growth

Progress Wireless Platform Awarded Submission MetroLab Triangle Designation Smart Cities NC State Summit Faculty Formalize Roundtable Partnership with City of Raleigh

Activities Roadmap Smart Cities Connect 2 nd Annual Conference Triangle Centennial Smart Cities as a ’Smart’ Summit Smart Campus Series Internal & Meet-ups External Outreach

Get Involved Dennis Kekas Associate Vice Chancellor, Office of Partnerships and Economic Development kekas@ncsu.edu Amy Lubas Director, Strategic Projects Office of Partnerships and Economic Development aelubas@ncsu.edu Learn More: https://research.ncsu.edu/smartcities/