21 episodes

Host Jeremy Goldberg, Worldwide Director of Critical Infrastructure at Microsoft, is on a journey to learn more about how infrastructure is being built around the world, by talking with public servants, philanthropist, artists and place-makers who have spent their lives working in the public interest. This is a series to help us build things and plan for the future while putting people first.

Future of Infrastructure Microsoft Podcasts

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Host Jeremy Goldberg, Worldwide Director of Critical Infrastructure at Microsoft, is on a journey to learn more about how infrastructure is being built around the world, by talking with public servants, philanthropist, artists and place-makers who have spent their lives working in the public interest. This is a series to help us build things and plan for the future while putting people first.

    Delivering Amazing for the World Cup

    Delivering Amazing for the World Cup

    Mohamed Abuagla is the Chief Executive for Hayya, the organization in Qatar responsible for helping the country manage the massive influx of people for the World Cup, while providing as seamless experience for fans entering the country, using transportation, and attending the games. 
    “The vision behind [Hayya] was basically to create a system or an app or an experience, you know, a platform that brings everything in one place." -- Mohamed Abuagla
    Visit the Future of Infrastructure site for transcripts of all episodes. 
    Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn | Twitter
    Mohamed Abuagla | LinkedIn
    Hayya
    Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise  Microsoft’s Public Sector Center of Expertise brings together thought leadership and research relating to digital transformation in the public sector. The Center of Expertise highlights the efforts and success stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers with a variety of resources from podcasts and webinars to white papers and new research. Join us as we discover and share the learnings and achievements of public sector communities.
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    • 36 min
    Infrastructure is Our User Interface for the Planet

    Infrastructure is Our User Interface for the Planet

    Peter Torrellas is President for Connected Communities at Parsons Corporation leading infrastructure-focused business across cities, transportation and utilities. Peter joined the podcast to talk about embracing the complexity of infrastructure to implement projects across domains.
    “What we do now with infrastructure over the next five to ten years will be the legacy that generations live with for the next 50 or 100.”
    Parsons
    Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn 
    The Future of Infrastructure at the Public Sector Center of Excellence

    • 25 min
    The Power of Having a Vision

    The Power of Having a Vision

    Enrique Penalosa, the former mayor of Bogota, Colombia joined the podcast to talk about the importance of having – and sticking to – a clear vision to overcome resistance and drive change at the city level and how it helped him transform Bogota.
    Enrique Penalosa | TED Talk| Twitter
    Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn | Twitter
    TransMilenio Bogotá bus rapid transit system

    • 37 min
    How Art is Driving Change in Philadelphia

    How Art is Driving Change in Philadelphia

    Jane Golden is the Executive Director of Mural Arts Philadelphia. Jane joined Jeremy to talk about how engaging communities is driving positive change in the city and how murals are changing SEPTA spaces to improve the passenger experience.
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    Mural Arts Philadelphia | Jane Golden
    Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn | Twitter
    Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise  Microsoft’s Public Sector Center of Expertise brings together thought leadership and research relating to digital transformation in the public sector. The Center of Expertise highlights the efforts and success stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers with a variety of resources from podcasts and webinars to white papers and new research. Join us as we discover and share the learnings and achievements of public sector communities.
    Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts

    • 22 min
    How Cascais Became a Smarter City

    How Cascais Became a Smarter City

    Miguel Pinto Luz, the Deputy Mayor of Cascais, Portugal, joined us to share how Cascais prioritizes quality of life, and how it’s putting service delivery and economic development first to achieve it. Learn about Cascais’s transportation system and why accountability and transparency are at the core of how Cascais is becoming a smarter city.
    Visit the Future of Infrastructure site for transcripts of all episodes.
    Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn | Twitter
    Miguel Pinto Luz | LinkedIn | Cascais
    Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise  Microsoft’s Public Sector Center of Expertise brings together thought leadership and research relating to digital transformation in the public sector. The Center of Expertise highlights the efforts and success stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers with a variety of resources from podcasts and webinars to white papers and new research. Join us as we discover and share the learnings and achievements of public sector communities.
    Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts

    • 22 min
    Charting the Future of Water

    Charting the Future of Water

    Peter Fiske is the is the Executive Director of the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI). He joined The Future of Infrastructure to talk to us about the future of water – and how infrastructure will need to change to combat climate change, become more efficient, and meet demand in the coming decades.
    Visit the Future of Infrastructure site for transcripts of all episodes.
    Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn | Twitter
    Peter Fiske | LinkedIn
    National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) – Innovating for a water and energy secure future for the United States (nawihub.org)
    Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise
    Microsoft’s Public Sector Center of Expertise brings together thought leadership and research relating to digital transformation in the public sector. The Center of Expertise highlights the efforts and success stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers with a variety of resources from podcasts and webinars to white papers and new research. Join us as we discover and share the learnings and achievements of public sector communities.
    Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts

    • 28 min

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