About the Author

A consultant, researcher and author in the smart/intelligent/networked community movement for over 25 years, Dr Sylvie Albert is a Professor of Strategy and outgoing Dean of Business and Economics at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. In a previous role, her management consulting firm assisted communities in the establishment of broadband networks and digital projects. Dr Albert was the Chief Jurist of the Intelligent Community Forum in New York and a Special Advisor to the Canadian Government Smart Cities Challenge, where she devised evaluation mechanisms for awards and demonstration projects. She is also part of the Scientific Committee of the Global Forum on Digitalization, and a member of the Information and Communications Technology Council of Canada special taskforce on smart cities.