Product Authors
              Jim Anderson, Schneider Electric
Gordon Feller, Cisco Systems 
Bill Mitchel, Microsoft 
Joe Phillips, IBM 
           
            
            Smart Cities and Eco-Cities initiatives around the world promote sustainable communities that meet present social and economical needs without compromising future generations. ICT enables many of the solutions needed by businesses and individuals to increase virtuous synergies and minimize both energy use and impact on natural resources.
This session is a panel discussion led by Jim Anderson, Schneider Electric's VP of Strategy for Smart Cities, who outlines the vision of current Smart Cities projects. Panelists represent ICT companies to discuss technologies and the types of solutions that help to make the Smart Cities vision a reality.