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At our Summit III, we shared and discussed approaches to AI in our communities, the need and ways to approach training and workforce development for the “new AI” world, and we turned our attention to how we continue and expand our work in our communities and the Region.

With big thanks and presentations from Todd Lewis, Founder of All Things Open and Tom Snyder, Executive Director of RIoT we have been challenged to explore how we improve and expand our regional efforts and make the Connected Triangle+ the “smartest” region in the USA. We will explore opportunities to build upon recent and future loal investments in outdoor spaces to create tangible results and places for innovation. There are other models and regions we can lean from and we will do that as we explore creating public outdoor innovation spaces and campuses across the Triangle+.

If you want to contribute your thoughts and leadership to our future challenge, please reach out and connect with John Holden at john.holden@raleighnc.gov.

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Connected Triangle+ Summit III Agenda

*Draft Agenda*
Time	Topic	Speakers
9:30-10 a.m.	Opening Remarks and Vision Can we Envision a Collected "Connected" Future?	John Holden, City of Raleigh Rachael Newberry, RIoT
10-11:15 a.m.	A Leader Panel How we are and Might Use AI in Local Government	Jon Minshew, State & Local Gov Strategy Khadir Abdullah, Dell Tai Huynh, Acta Solution
11:15-11:30 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	Workforce Preparation and Capacity for the Region What is the Art of Possible: New Ideas for Improved Capacity	Tyler Robinson, Transfr Inc. Maggie Woods, NCDIT Johnnie-Lynn Crosby, Transfr Inc. Brian Johnson, City of Peachtree Corners
12:15-1:45 p.m.	Grab Lunch and share ideas and join others. We encourage networking to explore how to expand digital programs and to share ideas about regional smart city projects
1:45-2:30 p.m.	The Why and How to Create Something Big	Todd Lewis, All Things Open
2:30-2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45-3:30 p.m.	Rapid Fire: Future of Connected Triangle+ What are our priority regional use cases to tackle	John Holden, City of Raleigh Marc Holt, NCSU Joey Nelson, AT&T Bernard Hughes, Axis Comm Greg Syer, NWN Corp
3:30-3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45-4:30 p.m.	Closing Comments and Challenge Connected Triangle+ Vision	Tom Snyder, RIoT

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John Holden
Smart City Manager
john.holden@raleighnc.gov

Department:: Strategy and Innovation

Service Categories:: Smart Raleigh

Related Services:: Regional Smart City Movement: Connected Triangle+

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