The winners of the 2018 Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant shared their experiences orienting their city leaders, community stakeholders and businesses around their smart city programs. Hear from officials from Birmingham, Cary, Las Vegas, Louisville, Virginia and Puerto Rico as they address their plans for advancing their cities as well as their major challenges to date.

This episode features:Jennifer James, Global Readiness Program Director, Smart Cities CouncilCarlos Mercader, Executive Director, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs AdministrationDavid Ihrie, CTO, Center for Innovative Technology, Commonwealth of VirginiaTerry Yates, Smart Cities Program Manager, City of Cary, NCJosh Carpenter, Director, Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity, City of BirminghamGrace Simrall, Chief of Civic Innovation and Technology, Louisville Metro GovernmentDon Jacobson, Business Partner for Innovation in the Information Technologies Department, City of Las Vegas