In this episode, Jakub Mazur, Deputy Mayor of Wroclaw, Poland, maps how the city is moving from pilots to performance: using nanosatellite imagery to enrich property data and support flood readiness, pairing AI with sensors to predict water-pipe leaks, and shifting from hundreds of disconnected systems toward an e-office standard that cities can share.

He reflects on data gaps around newcomers and why better public–private collaboration matters, the legal and procurement hurdles that slow local co-creation, and lessons from managing recurring crises such as floods.

Above all, he argues for a human-centred Smart City that honours heritage, builds resilience, and turns evidence into everyday improvements.

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Chapters

• (00:01:23) - Teaser Question : “Imagine your city was a song. What genre would it be and why?”
• (00:03:45) - Guest background
• (00:05:51) - City snapshot
• (00:07:49) - From pilots to impact
• (00:08:55) - Nanosatellites (“minions”)
• (00:11:27) - Water resilience
• (00:12:50) - Mobility data
• (00:14:38) - E-office vision
• (00:21:11) - Data alignment
• (00:26:34) - Crisis management
• (00:28:20) - Flood resilience
• (00:33:20) - Looking ahead
• (00:35:30) - What’s missing
• (00:41:33) - Inspire Us segment
• (00:46:14) - Ending question: “To you, what is a Smart City?”