We are very pleased to have hosted this year's Annual Global Smart Cities & Connected Communities Summit as succinct 3-hour webinars over four days, featuring world class keynote speakers and panels with dynamic industry leaders. Gain insights into the latest legal, economic, policy and technology solutions for 21st century global cities and communities. 

Click here to view the event materials, including the agenda and speaker biographies

Please click on the dates below to review recordings for each day of the summit.

July 20 recording

• Welcome Keynote from Dentons: Joe Andrew (Global Chairman, Dentons)
• Fireside Chat: Paula Gold-Williams, (President and CEO, CPS Energy) and Clinton A. Vince (Chair of US Energy Practice and Co-Chair of Global Energy Sector, Dentons)
• Panel: Trendsetting National Leaders and Policy Makers with Rodney Ellis (Commissioner, Harris County-Houston, Texas and Senior Advisor, Dentons); Duane Highley (CEO, Tri-State Generation); Jason Williams (President, New Orleans City Council); Eric Tanenblatt (Global Chair of Public Policy and Regulation, Dentons), Anna Siefken, (Executive Director, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University; Adjunct Faculty Member, Heinz College)

July 21 recording

• Opening/Welcome: Mike McNamara (CEO, Dentons US)
• Keynote Address: Dr. Ernest Moniz (Former US Secretary of Energy; President and CEO, EJM Associates, LLC and President and CEO, Energy Futures Initiative)
• Keynote Address: Melanie Kenderdine (Former Director of the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis; Principal, EJM Associates)
• Panel: Groundbreaking Developments for Smart Cities & Connected Communities with Fred Bonewell (Chief Security, Safety & Gas Operations Officer, CPS Energy); Morgan O’Brien (Executive Chairman, Anterix, Inc.); Justin Driscoll (Executive Vice President and General Counsel, New York Power Authority); Chantal Bernier (Chair of Canadian Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, Dentons); Lisa Brown (National Senior Director, Local Government & Municipal Infrastructure, Johnson Controls); Gregory Kats (Founder and CEO, Smart Surfaces Coalition)

July 22 recording

• Opening/Welcome: Mary G. Wilson (Managing Partner, Dentons US)
• Keynote Address: Governor Martin O’Malley (Former Governor of Maryland; Smart Governance Advisor, Grant Thornton)
• Public Utilities Fortnightly Panel: Steven Mitnick (Editor-in-Chief, Public Utilities Fortnightly) moderated a panel representatives from three of the communities chosen to receive this year’s Fortnightly Smartest Utility Projects Award including, Gui D. Maia (Manager, Digital Innovation at Ameren Innovation Center); Tracy West (Director of End-Use, Power Delivery, Fleet and Gas R&D at Southern Company); Kevin Schwain (Director of Transportation Electrification at Xcel Energy)

July 23 recording

• Opening/Welcome: Elliott Portnoy (Global CEO, Dentons)
• Keynote Address: Lawrence Jones (Vice President, International Programs, Edison Electric Institute)
• Keynote Address: Aniruddha (Ani) Dasgupta (Global Director, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities)
• Panel: Dynamic New Projects and Developments Around the World with Shihoko Goto (Deputy Director for Geoeconomics and Senior Associate for Northeast Asia, Asia Program, Wilson Center); Robert Boylan (Chief Commercial Officer, Solidia); Dr. Amitabha Ghosh, (Chair, Science Operations Working Group, Mission Operations, NASA Mars Exploration Rover Mission); Wendela Raas (Netherlands Managing Partner, Dentons); José Manuel Larraín (Santiago Managing Partner, Dentons); Igor Ostrowski (Co-Chair, Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector, Dentons)

Questions

Please contact smartcities@dentons.com.