local network provider, a local cable
channel and with our IT group to be
able to have all of our counselors meet
and vote virtually on a virtual voting
platform and conduct meetings via
Webex.” Among its other responses
to the virus was a partnership between
the city, the public library, two school
boards and its regional innovation
centre. “That involved collecting up
all of the 3D printers that were pre-
sent across those organisations and
setting them up at the central library
branch. This resulted in a lab of 25
to 30 devices printing PPE face shields,
which were then distributed and pro-
vided back to the city and then also
distributed out to agencies in need.”
The city’s initiatives are supported
by the work of trusted partners,
including Nokia, which support’s the
city’s connected and autonomous
vehicle innovation test bed. “That’s
a part of our Center for Integrated
Transportation and Mobility, which sits
on a private LTE network that is sup-
ported by Nokia, including the network
core itself.”
There is a lot of innovation also
occurring in the city including the—
Cyrus Tehrani,
Chief Digital Officer, City of Hamilton“ We’ve gone from,
historically, a mostly
manufacturing-based
economy to a mix of
technology, life sciences,
creative industries,
goods movement,
agribusiness and food
processing, tourism and
advanced manufacturing”175technologymagazine.com