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Smart communities podcast
Welcome to the seventh episode of BAI Communications’ smart communities podcast, where we speak with business leaders and industry experts to ask them what the future holds for connectivity. In the second part of this two-part episode, we re-join the conversation with Liz St Louis, Assistant Director of Smart Cities, Sunderland City Council and Paul Osborne, Chief Commercial Officer, BAI Communications UK. Liz and Paul delve further into the critical success factors, including the benefits being a smart city will provide that form the basis of their 20-year partnership that will deliver the UK’s most advanced smart city.
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Episode one: The power of private networks
Listen as Brendan O’Reilly, Group CTO at BAI Communications, and Regius Professor Rahim Tafazolli, founder and director of the ICS 5G Innovation Centre, as well as the new 6G Innovation Centre, discuss the power of private networks and the exciting future of 5G.

Episode six: Connectivity and smart cities - part 1
In the first part of this special two-part episode, Brendan O’Reilly Group CTO for BAI Communications, is joined by Susan Shaheen, Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkley & Co-Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center.In part one they examine what it will take for transport authorities to recover their ridership and what technologies we need to ensure people can return to travel safely.

Episode five: Smart transport, smart communities - part 1
In the first part of this special two-part episode, Brendan O’Reilly Group CTO for BAI Communications, is joined by Susan Shaheen, Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkley & Co-Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center.In part one they examine what it will take for transport authorities to recover their ridership and what technologies we need to ensure people can return to travel safely.

Episode five: Smarter transport, smarter communities - part 2
In part two of this special two-part episode, we continue the conversation between Susan Shaheen and Brendan O’Reilly with a deeper look at the key takeaways from the connectivity outlook report. Including how connected technology can help to improve transport equity, how public transport creates a backbone for smart cities and what exciting innovations the future holds.

Episode four: Rural connectivity and the future of farming
Join Stephen Farrugia, Chief Technology Officer of BAI Communications Australia, and Dan Winson, the founder & CEO of Zetifi, as they discuss solving connectivity problems for people and business in regional areas and the exciting technologies for smarter farming that coverage will enable.

Episode three: A brighter future with connected lighting
Join Justin Berger, BAI Communications Chief Strategy Officer, and Khalid Aziz, Head of Global Ventures and Smart City Connectivity Solutions at Signify, as they discuss how connected lighting and partnerships between ecosystem players are illuminating the future of smart communities. ubiquitous coverage across smart communities in Canada and around the world.

Episode two: Bridging the digital divide
