Ellen Hwang - Director, Smart City Philadelphia

Ellen Hwang is currently a Program Director at the Knight Foundation and was previously the Director of Smart City & Municipal Innovation for the City of Philadelphia, where she helped drive an initiative to lay out the City’s first ever Smart City roadmap.

In this conversation, we dive into…

• Ellen’s journey, from her time at Temple University to the Knight Foundation today
• How SmartCityPHL, the first Smart City Roadmap for Philadelphia, came into existence and all the joys and challenges during the journey
• How the City of Philadelphia determined the City’s guiding principles for executing on this vision
• How the Knight Foundation, a key player in supporting community orgs, is promoting and laying out a vision for Open Data
• And as always, some comprehensive advice on how to learn more about and begin working in the smart city space

This was an inspiring conversation, seeing Ellen’s love for her city shine in her tireless effort to build a thoughtful vision for Philadelphia’s future. Enjoy!

Ellen can be reached at the following: LinkedIn, Twitter

Enjoy the show!