Ottawa: Rise of a Smart Community

摘要: The need to communicate forced Canada invent the tools of modern Communications Age, which are now being used worldwide. Ottawa in particular became a hotbed communications technology development, as it was home government Research and Development Laboratories. It also had heritage innovation from local inventors who pioneered many electronic aids households today. Innovation, therefore, given springboard for growth Ottawa’s culture. Innovation is driver Smart Economy today, responsible three-quarters all economic USA since World War II. triggered by associations ideas intuitive; arises hunches that vague hard-to-describe sense there an interesting solution problem has not yet been addressed. number innovations centre directly tied linkages centre: higher between people, greater momentum innovation. To be effective force, second ingredient needed: ability find commercial value This value-adding characteristic thus far difficult assess due tentative nature their early stages. In Ottawa, new assessment tool can detect overall intensity “Smart City” environment, based on hundreds factors. Another drills down organizational level assesses efficiency organization’s commercialize These any city wishing obtain Economy.