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Dr. Costis ToregasSyros July 8, 2006

Picasso’s brush

• Connect• Transform• Educate• Create• Empower

Connect

• Multi platform• Cross-boundary• Mobile

Battered women

• Anklet anchor• GIS and GPS the link• Links to police• Using existing infrastructure

Transform

• Re-Engineer• Fear of the unknown• Tradition

Tradition

“… the tending of the Fire, not the worship of the Ashes”

Goethe

A framework for change Old Process

New Process

Old Technology

New Technology

Silicon Valley growth

• Uniform, transparent process

• Common ahead of individual interests

• On line views for customer• Competitive advantage

secured

Educate

• Information Access• Listening• Digital libraries• ICT as a tool

100 square miles of action

Create

• Evergreen resource!• Link disciplines• Creative commons

Small trumps large…

• Start small• Move fast• Scale out

Geography for Miami

• Black hole to lightweight development• Evolution of political support• Application before infrastructure

Empower

• Citizen + Customer• 24/7• Digital Equity

Boston “Mayor’s Food Court”

• www.cityofboston.gov• Shame as a weapon!• Transparency!

Thoughts to consider

• Interoperability for technology and business

• Management backbone• Fight corruption with

transparency

Where to begin

• Strong leadership• Focused initiatives• Social capital• Rethinking structures

Preparing for the futureDr. Costis ToregasSyros July 9, 2006

toregas1@gwu.edu

ICT gets you there!