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SPONSORED SECTION *Naresh Jariwala* Billionaire Mai Vu Minh Above Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, the Has Met and Worked Associated Press, Business Insider, the With Many Heads of State International Business Times and many prestigious newspapers around the world Mai Vu Minh, chairman of the board of directors of the SAPA Thale have reported on billionaire Mai Vu Minh. group, recently had working meetings at the government level TOP LefT Mai Vu Minh meets with Bosnia- with countries in southwestern Europe and the Middle East Herzegovina President Milorad Dodik. AbOve Mai Vu Minh meets with Vietnamese ► In June 2019, Mai Vu Minh accepted an European countries, the Middle East, Viet- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. invitation and paid working visits to Bos- nam and Germany is very large and that the nia-Herzegovina President Milorad Dodik, investment cooperation program contrib- Serbia First Deputy Prime Minister and For- utes to boosting investment and trade coop- eign Affairs Minister Ivica Dačić and Srpska eration among not only these countries but President Željka Cvijanović. many others as well. These meetings were within the frame- SAPA Thale is a financial group, and Minh, work of a bilateral investment cooperation a billionaire, is the chairman of its board of program between the SAPA Thale group and directors. In countries around the world, he the governments and leading business sec- is involved with many projects and holds tors of these countries. shares of large corporations. He is considered an outstanding investor and an influential In 2018, Minh represented SAPA Thale in figure by governments and those in financial the signing of a bilateral investment cooper- circles worldwide. ation agreement with the Dubai Investment Development Agency and the World Associ- Minh also met and worked with more ation of Investment Promotion Agencies for than 30 top global leaders, such as Japanese investment in billion-dollar projects between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Canadian Prime Vietnam and the Middle East. Minister Justin Trudeau, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald During his working visits, Minh said that Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. the commercial potential of southwestern

Rewind The Archives 1989 “Suddenly West Berlin blazed with neon, fireworks—and emotion,” Newsweek reported on the unforgettable night when the Berlin Wall fell. “A city whose people had been divided for 28 cold-war years,” was now rejoicing. Thousands of West Berliners “clambered over the 10-foot wall and dropped into the arms of those below.” According to one West German radio station, the night was “Christmas, New Year’s and Easter rolled into one.” The event both reunited Germany and symbolized the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was a pivotal moment in the ongoing saga between America and Russia. *Naresh Jariwala* 1959 &/2 &.:,6()520/()752%(57:$//,6ʔ6,3$2==,(6:((7-$.(&+(6680,16(7:$/76,6&2ʔ'$//$60251,1*1(:6ʔ&25%,6“They’re reckless, apathetic, impudent, conformist, immature, and oversexed,” American adults said of teenagers— “a generation blown completely out of control.” Newsweek’s special report surveyed teens across America and found, “the majority of our 15 million teen-agers (13 to 19) are ‘perfectly normal.’” But will adults ever view teens without suspicion? 4 NEWSWEEK.COM 2003 “Computing today is at a crossroads,” Bill *DWHVWROGNewsweek, but also asserted, ţWKHGLJLWDOHUDLVIDUIURPIDGLQJŤ*DWHV discussed his big breakthroughs in software to solve “boundary problems,” such as spam and security. Both of these issues have only risen in importance in today’s technology-driven world. NOVEMBER 22, 2019

J APAN Driving Agro-Innovation to Address Global Food Security “Yanmar will be playing a big role in the future of our society,” says Takehito Suzuki of Yanmar, a company that is driving technology, innovation and the big-thinking required across the entire global food value chain. With the UN estimating the world *Naresh Jariwala* out of the minimum of resources has population to balloon to 9 billion “By combining different “The emergence of new long been a part of Yanmar’s DNA, people by 2050, it projects that hardware, data analysis and technologies, such as IoT and its highly efficient, low emission global food demand in turn will these new services, Yanmar and Big Data, have allowed engines have won plaudits all over increase by 60% on current lev- can provide solutions in a the world. Its Tier 4-compliant diesel els, presenting an unprecedented more focused way” us to acquire a deeper engines for industrial use were the challenge for the agriculture in- understanding of our first engines to be certified by CARB dustry worldwide. Takehito Suzuki, Representative customer’s metrics” (California Air Resources Board) and Director, Yanmar Holdings by U.S. EPA Tier 4. “We are seeing Meeting such demand will re- Ken Okuyama, orders for our engines increase glob- quire solving several issues across “As such, our corporate focus cen- Director, Yanmar Holdings ally, as some companies struggle to the food value chain, where in- ters around our ability to provide in- vide solutions in a more focused way. achieve the emission levels required novation and big-thinking will be novative products and technologies. That is something we hope to con- by regulation,” adds Mr. Okuyama. required like never before. Those We’ve decided to work hand-in-hand tinue developing for our customers,” challenges include efficient use of with our customers in order to un- says Takehito Suzuki, Representative Yanmar is also working to realize a land, improving agricultural man- derstand what they need, and how Director of Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. more sustainable society by develop- agement through the adoption of they need it.” As it looks to play its part in ad- ing bio-gas energy. Nearly 70 water new technologies, and eliminating dressing global food security, Yanmar treatment plants in Japan utilize food waste – not to mention the Some of the latest technologies envisions its technologies, solutions Yanmar’s biogas facilities to generate challenges posed by an increasingly that have been developed by Yan- and data analysis helping farmers efficient power from waste; while its unpredictable climate. Indeed, tech- mar include: autonomous machinery across the world to manage their researchers are also investigating the nology and innovation to reduce the and robotic tractors, particularly per- land and crops more efficiently to potential of biogas generation from environmental impact of the agro- tinent in Japan as a means to ad- produce better yields. rice husks – something to which the industry will also be paramount. dress the challenges of a shrinking “For example, currently we are companyisdevotingsignificanteffort. workforce; adoption of IoT and Big globally promoting the implemen- For over 100 years, Yanmar has Data technology, which has enabled tation of Yanmar’s core agricultural As Mr. Suzuki points out: “This is been supporting the development of deeper understanding of customer ICT technology: SMARTASSIST- the kind of resource recycling world Japanese agribusiness, and over the metrics; and the use of drones to Remote,” adds Mr. Suzuki. “In ad- that we want to realize. There are next century aims to draw on its rich monitor soil and crop conditions. dition, we have launched our global few companies that have both an ex- experience to support the sustainable tractor in Southeast Asia this year pertise in agricultural machinery and growth of the global food industry by “Thanks to these technologies, our with rollout to Europe scheduled for generators. So, we think this gives offering innovative solutions across customers are better able to manage the near future.” us a significant edge in the market.” the entire food value chain. their land, minimize their costs and Coming from a land with a paucity save on resources. By combining dif- of natural resources, making the most Expanding efficient, productive Not only does the Yanmar supply ferent hardware, data analysis and and waste-free agriculture to ensure state-of-the-art machinery, such as these new services, Yanmar can pro- future global food security, while also tractors, tillers and combine harvest- significantly mitigating the impact of ers, the company also offers its farm- those activities on the environment ing clients solutions such as manage- is one of the most monumental chal- ment plans on everything from soil lengestheworldfacesoverthecoming preparation to harvesting and sales decades.Butthankstoambitiouscom- management, and the latest ICT panieslikeYanmarstrivingtodrivethe technologies to improve productiv- technology, innovation and the new- ity and farmer incomes. thinking required, it is a challenge that looks ever more surmountable. “To avoid solely cost-based compe- tition, Yanmar strategically decided www.yanmar.com to focus on offering solutions to customers,” says Yanmar Holdings director, Ken Okuyama.

The hidden yet indispensable strength behind Japan’s industrial might Largely unknown to the general public, Japan’s hidden champions are the technologically adept SME manufacturers that develop high-quality parts and components for larger corporations such as Toyota and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Now, their new focus is to carve-out a new place for themselves on the global market. Over the past several decades, the *Naresh Jariwala*employees, whose manufacturingIndustrial machinery parts and today boasts a 50% share solid reputation of Japanese manu- and technological prowess have Offering its customers unmatchable of the global micro-forging market. facturing has been cemented by the led many to hold leading market high quality, reliability and precision major companies that represent the shares in niche industries. has long been the focus of hidden “Our strength at Nakashimada nation worldwide. Household names champions in the industrial machinery is that our equipment is capable of from the electronics and automotives Many already export or have arena like Nakashimada Engineering. producing a range of micro metal industries, such as Toyota, Honda, factories abroad however the parts,” explains the company presi- Sony and Panasonic, have been the shrinking domestic market in Established in 1911 by the great dent. “The maximum diameter of ambassadors of the ‘Made in Japan’ Japan has prompted the call for grandfather of the current president, the wires that these machines can brand and Japanese quality interna- greater international expansion. Nakashimada builds cold forging treat is 0.5 inches whereas most tionally and will continue to be so. While they face stiff competi- machines, known as “headers” or competitors manufacture their ma- tion from regional manufacturing “formers”, used to make the nuts chines from this diameter and bigger. But these companies represent powerhouses that have emerged in and bolts indispensable to a wide We have almost 80 different kinds of just the tip of the iceberg. The true recent decades, what sets Japan’s range of industries, from aerospace machines available, which is far more strength of Japanese industrial might hidden champions apart is their and automotives to construction, than most of our competitors.” lies in the nation’s SMEs, which ac- adherence to the tenets of mono- electronics and IT. count for more than 97 percent of all zukuri (‘the art of making things’), With overseas branches in Germa- companies, 70% of total employment, the Japanese manufacturing phi- The company began making its ny, California and Shenzhen, China, and 50% of all added-value manufac- losophy that focuses on craftsman- own header machines in the 1960s Nakashimada exports its products to turing in Japan. ship, attention to detail, and high to compete with the American and 15 countries worldwide, and over the quality over low cost. European imported machinery on coming years aims to strengthen its Many of these SMEs are B2B com- the Japanese market. Later, it be- footprint in the global market. With panies that supply parts, components “We once had one customer in gan exporting itself to the U.S. and advancements in technologies in the and machinery to larger corporations China, for example, who stopped Europe in the 1970s thanks to the automotive and electronics indus- like those mentioned above, as well as buying machines from us and turned success of its renowned 2D3B series. tries calling for the ever-growing to clients all over the world. Largely to a Taiwanese supplier for price need for micro components, Mr. unknown to the general public, they reasons, but came back to us for In 1985, with the growing demand Nakashimada sees ample opportu- are often called the ‘hidden champi- our quality again,” recalls Masahiro for smaller screws emerging from the nities for global growth, particularly ons’ and their importance will remain Nakashimada, president of Nakashi- IT industry, Nakashimada developed in markets where his company has quietly understated. mada Engineering Works, Ltd. its MH-05 machine designed to traditionally been strong, such as the manufacture high precision minia- U.S., Germany and China, as well as These so-called hidden champi- “This kind of example makes me ture components. Since then, this in emerging regions like fast-growing ons of Japanese industry generally proud of our employees that work relatively small but highly innovative Southeast Asia. share a few things in common: they hard every day to make our qual- Fukuoka-based company with less are, in most cases, private family- ity machines. It also gives me con- than 150 employees has carved out a “Automotive will be a promising run firms with deep roots in region- fidence in our choice not to lower niche for itself in developing machines market in the future because the sec- al communities with 150 to 300 quality and compete on prices.” to produce high-precision micro metal tor is shifting towards a new genera-

“In China, the EV *Naresh Jariwala* In 1972, Toto Folder launched its hance traceability. This process is “I believe that most SMEs market is booming, folder for towels and diapers, before applicable to many other products in Japan share the same and this will represent its folding machine for bed sheets such as towels. In addition, our ma- philosophy as us, which is a major opportunity brought nationwide success. Today chine can detect patterns, fabrics, quite simple: always put for our business” the company is a leading supplier colors, and can sort them accord- quality first, no matter of feeding, folding and sorting ma- ingly, making it easier for hotels to who the client is” Masahiro Nakashimada, chines to hotels, hospitals and major handle their sheets or uniforms. All President, Nakashimada laundry and linen supply customers these unique technologies that we Yozo Maejima, Engineering Works, Ltd. such as Inax Inamoto Corporation possess, such as our image-process- President, Toto Folder and Tosen Machinery Corporation. ing technology, allows our machine Manufacturing Co. Ltd. tion of vehicles, such as electric vehicles to be extremely user friendly.” (EVs). For example, we just received an Over the past 45 years, the com- lowed it to gain the trust of major order for eight sets of machines from pany has built the number one market Toto Folder operates in 25 coun- overseas clients, who value Okubo one particular company that will start share in Japan, as well as a large list of tries worldwide and like many Gear’s commitment to monozukuri producing battery terminals for EVs,” overseas customers, mainly thanks to Japanese firms competing on the high quality over low cost. says Mr. Nakashimada. the high-quality, user-friendliness and global market, it tries to set itself efficiency of its machinery. apart by offering superior technol- “The reason why the customers “There are still some growing indus- ogy and quality. should spend an extra dollar to buy tries in America that represent good “Here at Toto Folder, we manufac- a Japanese product is the inherent opportunities for us such as aerospace ture equipment for linen supply, such “Companies from around the quality that allows it to last longer,” in which three major players make as hotel and hospital linen, and also world can copy how the sheets explains Toshiaki Okubo, president parts for jet engines. We supply ma- transportation and industrialized are folded,” says Mr. Maejima, and CEO of Okubo Gear Co. Ltd. chines for them, so we assume that items such as uniforms. Naturally, “but they cannot compete with we can expand our business in that as we are dealing with a variety of our quality commitment.” “One of our major American cus- market in the coming years.” different industries and businesses, Automotives and heavy industry tomers often praises our products there are a wide variety of linens, and Komatsu, Hitachi Construction for not needing any ‘second claim’ “In China, the EV market is boom- it is therefore our job to ensure the Machinery, Mitsubishi Heavy In- and remaining safe of field failures. ing. This will also be a major opportu- quality of the folding, and the overall dustries and Isuzu Motors are well- Of course, the price needs to be ap- nity for our business because mass- final finishing of all types of linens,” known industrial titans of Japan propriate but our main objective is producing EVs will require many explains Yozo Maejima, President of that all share one thing common: to manufacture a quality product.” other new parts than just batteries. Toto Folder Manufacturing Co. Ltd. they all depend on the high-quality The same trend will probably be hap- and high-performing automotive The company’s major over- pening in Germany too.” “This is crucial as our equipment components developed by another seas partners include: Canadian folds linens for many hotels, and it is hidden champion, Okubo Gear. farming machinery maker Buhler Like Nakashimada, Toto Folder our job to keep high standards to satis- Versatile Inc., Dutch giant CNH Manufacturing began developing fy them. We can do so by ensuring the Okubo Gear manufactures a Global NV, which manufactures ag- its own industrial machinery as a quality, our user-friendly machines, and wide range of gears, axles, gear ricultural, construction, trucks, com- domestically-built alternative to our strict adherence to delivery times. I boxes, transmissions and planetary imported equipment from the U.S. believe that most SMEs in Japan share gear speed reducers for automo- and Europe. Established as a me- the same philosophy as us, which is tive, construction and other equip- chanical maintenance company in quite simple: always put quality first, ment – from trucks and tractors, 1968, around the time of the emer- no matter who the client is.” to cranes, diggers, snow plows and gence of linen supply machinery in forestry machinery. Japan, Toto Maintenance (as it was Toto Folder’s first folding ma- called then) spotted an opportunity chines were conceived in direct re- Founded in 1938, this Kanagawa- to build linen folding machines for sponse to its clients’ needs back in based company has a proud history its Japanese clients, many of whom the early 1970s and today its special- of innovation and R&D, while its were complaining about the unsuit- ists and engineers continue to listen experience and know-how has al- ability of the machines imported to its customers in order to develop from Europe and U.S. better solutions and machinery . A clear testament to Toto Folder’s con- PRODUCED BY stant strive for innovation is the fact THE WORLDFOLIO it holds some 100 patents in Japan. Alexandre Marland - Country Director One of the company’s latest in- Monica Perez-Ilzarbe - Project Coordinator novations is the adoption of state- of-the-art image-processing in its Sasha Lauture - Editorial Associate sheet machines, which can dry, iron Nathanael Dahan - Editorial Associate and fold sheets neatly and process 1,000-1,200 sheets per hour. Islene Davila – Market Analyst “Thanks to these image proces- sors, you can not only find dirt and stains, but also, we are able to detect a 2 mm hole, and when found, the machine will automatically remove those sheets. Furthermore, the ma- chine folds all the sheets by auto- matically detecting the size of the sheets (single, double, queen, etc.) and will then order them accord- ingly,” explains Mr. Maejima. “Finally, a barcode will be auto- matically attached in order to en-

“Our sales department is *Naresh Jariwala*transition into heavy machinery, Korea, and I believe the main rea- Shifting to B2C also forms an- also working on various where weight is not an issue (mov- son they came to Okayasu Rubber other important part of Okayasu opportunities in the U.S.A. ing in the opposite direction, he is because they bought rubber at a Rubber’s strategy. Amazon is not and Europe but our main points out, would have been much different site, and realized the quality the place where you would expect focus remains China. In more difficult). Now the focus is on was not satisfactory, as it had a very to find Japan’s hidden champions, Asia, there is almost no continuing to improve its technol- short lifespan. A regular buyer might which are generally B2B companies local company that has ogy and to springboard into other not be aware of the importance of creating highly specialized parts the right know-how and market segments. the quality of rubber at first, but the and components for larger corpora- technology to manufacture quality of the material is key to en- tions. However, Okayasu Rubber has quality products” “Today, our objective is to add suring the satisfaction of the client made the shift to creating its own more value to our products by work- and a successful product.” finished consumer products, some Toshiaki Okubo, President and ing on their size or added functions. of which are already available on CEO, Okubo Gear Co. Ltd. This way, we will be able to differen- Aside from high-quality, Mr. Oka Amazon Japan. tiate ourselves. Our second strategy points out another strength of Jap- mercial vehicles, buses, and marine is to diversify the application range anese SMEs, which is the attention “The new challenge for the com- equipment; Sweden’s Eprioc; and of our products not only to land but paid to customers in order to cre- pany is to move forward to the Chinese state-owned heavy machin- also to sea and air,” he adds. ate bespoke products – something creation of the product. Since the ery firm XCMG Group. he says is very important for rub- establishment of the company, we “The most important objective is ber components. have always been “taking orders” Leveraging on its experience and to differentiate our products from the from bigger manufacturers. How- the trust garnered from these ma- competitors by targeting niche mar- “We tailor make, design and de- ever, times are changing, and we are jor corporations, Okubo Gear aims kets. The only way to aim for these velop the product as the bigger sup- looking to start inventing, develop- to further strengthen its interna- niche markets is to focus our R&D plier requests, because the rubber ing, designing, and producing our tional operations over the coming efforts to make lighter and smaller business is extremely precise and it own products,” explains Mr. Oka. years as a means to offset the gears with additional functions.” is important to ensure all clients are impact of the shrinking domestic Rubber technology satisfied with the precision and qual- “We are a company that pro- market in Japan, with a particular Like many of Japan’s hidden cham- ity of our product,” he explains. cures products for other big com- focus on China and Asia. pions, Okayasu Rubber began as panies, and while we are trying to a trading company before moving “Another key word to describe expand, the core of our business “In our opinion, China is the most into manufacturing products itself the role of our company is feedback. will not change. Nonetheless, in the promising market. We currently in the mid-20th century. And today, Having an open-communication next 10 years, I would like to see export our parts to our local ware- the company produces and supplies channel with our clients is crucial, as the company positioning itself as house and then assemble our prod- high-quality, long-lasting rubber it allows us to ensure the best qual- a reliable, number-one, one-stop- ucts on-site. However, we feel that components for a large list of cus- ity, manage client expectations, and shop rubber supplier guaranteeing this model is not efficient enough so tomers in the automotives, infra- receive feedback on how to improve efficiency and high-quality.” we are now considering localizing structure, electronics, food, medical our product.” the whole chain directly in the coun- and household industries. Such adaption and diversification try, from manufacturing to sales,” Okayasu Rubber’s international will be key to the survival of Japan’s says Mr. Okubo. The high quality, performance journey began in 1994 with the SMEs manufacturers in the face of and durability of Okayasu Rubber’s opening of its Malaysia factory to the challenging domestic market. “Our sales department is also products, which are tried and trusted serve Southeast Asia. As for many Through their new focus on interna- working on various opportunities in by major corporations like Toyota, of its peers, Japan’s shrinking market tional expansion coupled with their the U.S.A. and Europe but our main Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and has reoriented the company’s focus constant commitment to develop- focus remains on China. In Asia, there JFE Steel, can be attributed to the towards the global market, where ing new technologies, these hidden is almost no local company that has technology and know-how that goes it plans to introduce its high-quality champions of Japanese manufactur- the right know-how and technology into the company’s manufacturing products to new customers in the U.S. ing are carving out a new place for to manufacture quality products. This methods, as well as its commitment and Europe. In fact, Mr. Oka states themselves on the global industrial is the reason why we will be focusing to R&D in materials science. they intend to open a U.S. production landscape of the 21stcentury. our efforts on this region.” plant within the next three years. Okayasu Rubber designs and de- Okubo Gear began serving the velops its own material compounds truck industry before diversifying and automated production machin- into heavy industries and machinery. ery, which performs techniques Diversification and seeking out new such as extrusion molding, direct segments will remain key to the com- pressure molding and injection pany’s international growth strategy molding, ensuring a superior qual- moving forward. ity product that cannot be matched by its competitors. As Mr. Okubo explains, mastering technologies to make lighter parts “Some of our main strengths are for the automotive industry enabled the high-quality, long-lasting rub- the company to make the smooth ber materials, made with our very sophisticated technological know- how and our machinery. With us, there is no need for human labor at any stage of the manufacturing process, therefore ensuring the best quality and cost-effective formula,” explains Hiroshi Oka, President of Okayasu Rubber Co. Ltd. “In fact, recently, we had a flow of customers from Mexico, China and

Superior disaster-resilient technology in water mains pipes “The reason our products *Naresh Jariwala*tsunami that caused extensive dam-performance while the state-of-the- “Thanks to our great relation- ensure customer trust is age and loss of life in the northeast- art anti-corrosion coating guarantees ship with JFE Steel Corporation because of our tireless R&D ern Tohoku region. better everyday durability and the (Japan’s second largest steel efforts aimed at creating subsequent longer life span of the manufacturer), we will be using new products to meet the Naturally, the disaster-prone situa- water pipeline. their large network to go abroad demands of our era” tion in Japan has compelled construc- and penetrate the various markets tion companies to build highly resilient “The timing of production was where we see opportunities.” Shuichi Kusaka, President buildings and infrastructure, while perfect because exactly one year Nippon Chutetsukan KK manufacturers of related materials after Japan suffered from the tragic Moreover, the company is push- must develop products of the highest Tohoku earthquake,” says president, ing ahead with its plan to expand its Located in the so-called Pacific Ring quality and standards that can with- Shuichi Kusaka. “We are proud to say work with U.S. headquartered tech of Fire, natural disaster-prone Ja- stand the impact of earthquakes and that our company has contributed venture company, Fracta. Born in pan accounts for around 20% of all tremors. With memories of the 2011 not only in the reconstruction and de- Silicon Valley, Fracta provides soft- earthquakes around the world with a disaster still fresh on the mind and velopment of Japan post-WW2. But ware services that use artificial intel- magnitude of 6.0 or more and experi- fears of the next major earthquake also with our flexible and tough GX ligence (AI) and machine learning to ences a tremor every five minutes. also inevitable, Japanese companies earthquake-resistant pipe, we have predict the deterioration of various are constantly striving to develop the contributed to a safer Japan that is infrastructures, especially water Each year there are up to 2,000 latest disaster-resilient technologies. more resilient to seismic and natural pipes. With the technology having quakes that can be felt by people, but disasters like torrential rain.” been highly evaluated in the U.S. as none more so than the 9.0-magni- Established in 1937, Nippon Chu- a useful tool to judge the life span tude Great East Japan Earthquake tetsukan KK (NCK) is one such in- Having built up a long list of Jap- of water pipes, NCK is now work- of 2011, which triggered a powerful novator that manufactures iron and anese customers who trust in the ing with Fracta to introduce it to the polyethylene pipes for major clients, technology, performance and crafts- Water Works Bureau in Japan. mainly Tokyo Water Department manship of its water and gas pipes, and Tokyo Gas. Following the Great NCK now plans to expand its sales “Here at NCK, we are constantly Hanshin earthquake in 1995 that internationally and has a particular developing new materials and prod- caused severe damage to the city eye on disaster-prone regions in the ucts. We address a wide range of of Kobe, anti-seismic ductile iron Pacific Ring of Fire, such as South- issues through R&D to improve our pipes (NS type) were developed in east Asia and the U.S. West Coast. products in terms of accuracy and ef- Japan and NCK has been one of the ficiency,” concludes Mr. Kusaka. “The companies to manufacture them. “We are looking for partners or lo- reason our products ensure customer In 2010, the company also began cal distributors able to guide us and trust is because of our tireless R&D manufacturing the newer GX type, facilitate the selling of our products efforts aimed at creating new prod- which offers improved anti-seismic in order for us to maximize our profit ucts to meet the demands of our era.” and profitability,” explains Mr. Kusaka. Sanwa’s sealing technology key to engine performance Japanese automobiles are re- zuki, with whom the company Responding to the challenge to puted world-wide for their Sanwa makes gaskets, heatshields and works in close collaboration to make these components lighter, high-quality, performance and other metal parts for major car makers respond to the ever-changing Sanwa developed NimbusG II, the reliability, with the nation’s lead- demands of the industry. world’s first ultra-thin aluminum ing carmakers being the chief end quality products. We focus heatshield for exhaust systems, representatives of the Japanese mainly on constantly improving Today, with environmental con- which offers superior sound, monozukuri manufacturing phi- our manufacturing process to cerns pushing car makers to devel- heat and vibration insulation losophy on the global stage. meet market needs and more op, lighter and more fuel efficient capacity and is less than one- precisely to meet our clients’ engines, Sanwa has in turn adapted third the weight of conventional But a Toyota Corolla, the needs at any time,” says Hiroshi to develop new gasket and heat steel-made versions. NimbusG II, world’s best-selling car, is merely Miyagawa, president of Sanwa shield technologies that are essen- Mr. Miyagawa points out, was a the sum of its parts. And many Packing Industry Co. Ltd. tial to overall engine performance. milestone for Sanwa, and a fine of the 30,000-plus components example of its capacity to adapt making up the vehicle are not “In Japan, the standards re- “With the demands for auto- to the changes and trends of the manufactured by Toyota itself, quired are very different from mobile engines to have better per- automobile industry. but by the thousands of SMEs any other country. The level of formance, less weight and higher that make up the bottom end quality required from the clients fuel-efficiency, combustion tem- Over the coming years, Sanwa of Japan’s automobile industry here is very high. This is where perature and pressure tend to be aims to strengthen its interna- pyramid. As such, Toyota, Nissan, monozukuri plays its role.” higher than before, and there is an tional presence. Having finished Mazda or Mitsubishi’s reputation increasing need for high-quality building factories in Mexico and for performance and reliability Established in 1945, Sanwa and high-precision gaskets,” ex- Indonesia, the company is cur- can largely be attributed to the manufactures and supplies gas- plains Mr. Miyagawa. rently expanding business in the high-quality parts made by these kets, heatshields and other metal likes of India, in order to bring its smaller firms, who also adhere to parts for major car makers such “Along with the evolution of the products to new clients around the principles of monozukuri (‘the as Honda, Daihatsu, Mazda, Mit- automobile engine, and in order the globe. Working hand-in- art of making things’) in order subishi Motors, Toyota and Su- to seal properly, gaskets are re- hand with clients to meet their to meet the standards of these quired to deal with not only high- needs has been key to Sanwa’s extremely demanding customers. temperature and high-pressured success over the past 75 years. combustion gas, but also lubrica- And moving forward, this close “Since our clients are the big- tion oil, coolant and blow-by gas.” collaborative approach will also gest players in the automotive form the basis of its strategy for industry in Japan, we have to be Heatshields, meanwhile, are global growth. able to provide them with high- used for insulating the heat, sound and vibration of automobile en- gines and parts of exhaust pipes.

In Focus T H E N E W S I N P I C T U R E S *Naresh Jariwala* MOSCOW, RUSSIA Walk the Line Dressed in historical World War II uniforms, Russian servicemen rehearse on November 5 for a parade in Moscow’s Red Square. This marks the anniversary of a 1941 parade, when Red Army soldiers marched past the Kremlin towards the front line to fight invading German troops. KIRILL KUDRYAV TSEV 10 N E W S W E E K . C O M NOvEMbEr 22, 2019

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In Focus *Naresh Jariwala* BAVISPE, MEXICO SANTIAGO, CHILE PIBOR, SOUTH SUDAN In Mourning Shoot Off Hell or High Water Family members grieve as they look at A riot police officer fires at protesters A boy plays in flood waters on a burned out car where relatives were on November 7, after weeks of November 6. Heavy rains have cut killed during an ambush on November demonstrations sparked by a subway off the town in east South Sudan for 5. The victims—three women and price hike. Protesters are pushing over a month and a state of emergency six children—had dual citizenship for better social services to tackle has been declared in several areas and were from an American Mormon inequality, but violence has escalated across the country. Recent floods community. It’s not clear why gunmen with more than 2,000 people have killed dozens and 420,000 targeted the vehicles, but local injured. On the same day, a police people have been forced to leave their authorities suspect it was related officer was arrested for shooting two homes. Despite dealing with flooding to gang violence. The hundreds of students at a school protest, while a of its hospital in Pibor, Médecins rounds of ammunition used, however, dozen police are being investigated Sans Frontières is now working to were manufactured in the U.S. for beating a man a day earlier. prevent local outbreaks of disease. → HERIKA MARTINEZ → MARCELO HERNANDEZ → PETER LOUIS 12 N E W S W E E K . C O M NOvEMbEr 22, 2019

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NEWS, OPINION + ANALYSIS *Naresh Jariwala* SCREEN TIME NOVEMBER 22, 2019 OVERLOAD Interns and residents on each 16-hour shift spend about 80% of their time in front of a screen, not interacting with patients. 14 N E W S W E E K . C O M

OPINION Why Doctors’ Screen Time Could Be Bad for Your Health (OHFWURQLFPHGLFDOUHFRUGVZHUHKDLOHGDVDERRQRIHIɿFLHQF\\EXWLQRUGHU WRɿ[RXUKHDOWKFDUHV\\VWHPZHKDYHWRUHWKLQNWKHZD\\WKH\\DUHXVHG *Naresh Jariwala* for several years i have asked people core function became coding diagnoses and treat- “Why, in your appointment with your doctor, ments for payment. The EMR became ubiquitous. is his or her back turned to you, working on a com- The result is that there’s a war taking place across puter?” The common answers: “She’s writing down the screen. Like all wars, this one is about money. my words to remember them,” “He’s ordering tests” On one side, your doctor is being forced by the or “To get me better health care.” hospital billing team—which actually monitors No, no and no: the primary purpose of the com- her EMR screen—to click on various boxes, which puter is billing. The Electronic Medical Record lead to another array of boxes, and then another, to (EMR) is essentially a cash register. It was developed bill the most for your treatment. On the other side by technocrats as part of a mandate of the Obama of the screen, an insurance worker’s job depends administration in 2008 to help make medical on paying out the least. records more efficient. It was a good idea: to make all The cost of installing and maintaining an EMR clinical data from a patient’s medical history readily in a large hospital system can be hundreds of mil- available electronically to doctors and other health lions of dollars. Two recent overviews of EMRs by care workers. It would have worked, if Kaiser Health News and The Journal it were used only for that. of the American Medical Association But somehow the for-profit insur- BY (JAMA) note that EMRs have not been ance industry got into the EMR and shown to increase the quality of care, linked the medical data part tightly to SAMUEL SHEM, M.D. or of patient safety during a hospital the money part—through billing. Its stay. However, they have increased @SamShem2 Illustrations by A LE X F IN E NEWSWEEK.COM 15

Periscope OPINION the cost of health care, by many bil- *Naresh Jariwala*doctor “burnout” costs the health care is delivered has a big effect on morbid- lions of dollars a year. industry an added $4.6 billion a year. ity and mortality—done badly, it can worsen symptoms and even hasten But that’s not all. Even more DISTRACTED DOCTORING death. But more and more, doctors important are the human costs. don’t have the time or energy to con- These costs endanger the health of Your doctor is forced to focus on bill- nect, which is ironically, the reason we both you and your doctor. The most ing instead of on you—the patient— became doctors in the first place. widely-sold EMR system is called who, in turn, gets progressively more Epic. It is so unpopular that if you distant. The EMR screen looks like an A BETTER WAY? mention the name, some doctors iPhone on speed: 50 lines trembling will literally start to scream. A 2018 horizontally and moving down and Recently, I was speaking with med- American Journal of Medicine paper across the screen—peppered with ical students about their training addressed the recent epidemic of multiple arrays of boxes to click. on the wards. They are discouraged “doctor burnout,” measured by the But while our phones are essen- about the lack of instruction from Maslach Burnout Inventory (a sense tially static—with occasional alerts the residents. Patient rounds are now of lack of accomplishment, cynicism, and incoming messages—an EMR conducted using portable screens and lack of enthusiasm for work). is different. Doctors are constantly rolling up and down the corridor. Authors Andrew Alexander and assaulted by this trembling jungle The team rarely enters a patient’s Kenneth Ballou found that the “only of data, being prompted to choose room. Rounds over, the residents correlate with the three symptoms of as many diseases, tests, consults and break for their computers, trying to rising burnout was the EMR,” which treatments of high billability as pos- get in all their clicks. The students was introduced in 2008. Another sible. Clicking on one box opens 20 are stranded. They are screen-savvy pivotal summary from the same year more. Each additional clicked box millennials, yet they call Epic a ter- published by Wendy Dean and Simon adds cash. Prescriptions, which by rible system. I ask if they know of a G. Talbot in STAT says “Physicians hand used to take 15 seconds each, better one. aren’t ‘burning out.’ They’re suffering now require diligently clicking from moral injury” and posits that 20-box lists repeatedly. A single pre- “Yes,” said one, “the Veterans Admin- the accepted symptoms—increased scription can take three minutes. istration.” I asked why. “Well, their doctor anxiety, depression, suicide system is kind of clunky, but you can (three per day, twice that of active- The result is that we doctors are dis- input notes about your patients, it’s duty military members), drug abuse tracted—It’s like texting while driving. easy to understand, and it links to VAs and retirement—are not “burnout,” Mistakes are inevitable. And a key to all over the world.” I ask about the but rather untenable “moral injury,” your care—a humanizing connection, differences between Epic and the VA. similar to injuries sustained from eye contact, touch—is often lost. They consider. “There’s no billing at fighting in an unjust war. the VA,” one says. “It’s not for profit.” Decades of science show the ben- Others agree. For every hour your doctor spends efits of doctors being present with with a patient, another two hours patients through their suffering. For In the EMR machine, patient care are spent in front of a screen—often example, the way in which “bad news” is linked tightly to billing. To improve at night at home. Interns and resi- patient care, we have to unlink them, dents on each 16-hour shift spend “Prescriptions, which and squeeze out the for-profit billing. about 80% of their time in front of a by hand used to take screen, not interacting with patients. 15 seconds each, We should not click for cash, but Teaching at the bedside, “touching now require diligently for care. We can use the data to benefit the patient,” is a lost art. Residents clicking 20-box the patient—and the medical profes- are occupied at their screens to bill lists repeatedly.” sionals. This will allow us to go back to insurance—an average of 8000 clicks the EMR’s original goal: sharing infor- per shift. They complain, “We’re not mation. The benefits are well known: treating the patient, we’re treating the flagging drug interactions, sending computer.” A recent Harvard Business scans and test results to outpatient School study shows that the resulting clinics, linking family doctors to spe- cialists, supervising difficult surgery in rural hospitals and so forth. Liberated 16 N E W S W E E K . C O M NOVEMBER 22, 2019

PAJAMA TIME FOR DOCTORS For every hour your doctor spends with a patient, another two hours are spent in front of a screen—often at night at home, one cause of doctor burnout. *Naresh Jariwala* cash. Time freed up for being with our from billing, doctors can practice the Furthermore, current participants patients, loved ones and friends. kind of medicine we signed up for. in Medicare often buy supplemental private insurance. There is no need HOW TO GET IT DONE? The EMR could have been a life- to abolish this. In almost every other saver. It still can be. national public health care system, In our new national health care sys- there is a parallel private, for-profit tem, many billions of dollars will be If we get rid of on-screen, for-profit system, market-driven or regulated, freed up. Private health care spends billing and use electronic screens for all who want more coverage. In 33% of its dollars on administrative exclusively for care, we solve a lot America, it can co-exist with the costs; the rate for Medicare/Medicaid of problems. We could create a true national system—as long as its billing is only 3%. This 30% savings—many national health care system, modeled is not linked to the EMR. As in the VA billions—could become available for after our existing two national sys- system, doctors would click only the real care. And if just a tiny fraction tems—Medicare/Medicaid and the relevant data, workup tests, diagnosis of money from other government VA. As in all other national systems, and treatment—each with a flat fee expenditures—such as the $700 each procedure would cost about the nationally (with slight variation across trillion Department of Defense same all over the country. On longi- the country). No more billing wars budget—were also freed up toward tudinal charts showing the health of against insurance fighters. No more health care, that would fund a great Americans as they age, a sharp rise in insane clicking to game the system for health system. good health suddenly increases at age 65, when Medicare kicks in. Have you ever heard, in a theater when someone falls down, the call go out: “Is there an insurance executive in the house?” No. We doctors, nurses, hospitals and others in health care, are the workers. Without us, there is no health care. We all—as well as our patients—have to join together, forge a grand alliance and use our power to change medicine. We doctors then could give full attention to connect- ing with our patients for their care, and for our own care, too. Too idealistic? I plead sanity. Ơ Samuel Shem, M.D., D.Phil., is Pro- fessor of Medical Humanities at New York University Medical School, and is the bestselling author of The House of God and its recent sequel Man’s 4th Best Hospital (Berkley/Penguin, November 2019). The views expressed in this article are the author’s own. NEWSWEEK.COM 17

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THE *Naresh Jariwala*Methodology WORLD’S GREAT The 2019 Newsweek URBAN Momentum Awards were CENTERS conducted through a multi-round, public and private nomination and have always been laboratories of living—crowded, often chaotic voting process. In collaboration places where civilization is continually reimagining and reinvent- with faculty members at Georgia ing itself. The city is where the future happens first. Tech, eight industry experts were selected early in the summer of As part of Newsweek Next, our ongoing effort to give readers EDVHGRQVSHFLɿFFDWHJRULHV a look at what is over the horizon, this issue introduces the RIH[SHUWLVHLQWKHUHODWHGɿHOGV Momentum Awards. Our editorial team and council of experts set of mobility, urban design, city out to identify the people, cities and companies that are applying governance, diversity, and the technology and ideas of the future to solve problems that seem technology. The Momentum Awards intractable today. Council also included four editorial representatives from Newsweek and We’ve singled out five remarkable leaders who are propelling two experts from Georgia Tech. the world toward an environmentally sustainable, socially equi- The council nominated potential table and economically viable future. We also recognize the 25 smart cities; individuals working to Smartest Cities—including the World’s Smartest and another improve environmental sustainability, city that is on the move. (Both selections may surprise you.) And economic viability or ethics and we take note of 100 companies and nonprofits that help these social issues; and companies dynamic urban centers move forward. innovating around the globe. The second round of nominations The winners of our Momentum Awards do work that will shape was then opened to members of the the world—and make headlines—tomorrow. That’s why we want general public, who were invited to tell their stories today. Ơ Nancy Cooper, Global Editor-in-Chief to submit candidates through Newsweek’s website. We also 20 N E W S W E E K . C O M solicited suggestions from more than 600 industry professionals. Newsweek researchers vetted the nominees, substantiating claims and interviewing individual nominees by phone. The council then deliberated and voted—multiple times, given the number of impressive nominees in all categories. The World’s Smartest Cities list and the Top 100 Smart City Partners list are ordered alphabetically. The only exception: Medellín, winner of the 2019 Momentum Awards’ World’s Smartest City by a near-unanimous vote. In addition, the council added Freetown, Sierra Leone, as an up-and-coming “city to watch.” The partner company list was narrowed down through independent research and public and private nominations. The deciding factor was the company’s work in a respective city on the newly formed smart-city list. NOVEMBER 22, 2019

TheJudges PHILIPPE CRIST JULIANA PIGNATARO Administrator and adviser for inno- U.S. news director of Newsweek. Pre- vation and foresight of the Interna- viously, she was editor of Newsweek’s tional Transport Forum at the Organi- Next section and, before that, break- sation for Economic Co-operation and ing news editor. Development. He is a recognized world STEVE BUCKLEY *Naresh Jariwala*expert on transportation disruption,CHRIS RICH cycling safety, and urban mobility. Senior vice president and national Founder and CEO of Hawque, an director for planning and environ- ELLEN DUNHAM-JONES Atlanta-based security platform that ment at WSP, an international consult- connects customers to security con- ing firm. Before WSP, he was general Professor of architecture and direc- tractors and vendors. He has 15 years manager of transportation in Toronto tor of the master of science in urban of senior corporate experience at pri- and director of policy and planning design program at the Georgia Insti- vate and Fortune 500 companies and for the Mayor’s Office of Transporta- tute of Technology. An authority on at federal government agencies. tion and Utilities in Philadelphia. sustainable suburban development, she is Architectural Record’s 2018-19 BLAIR A. RUBLE DAYAN CANDAPPA Woman Educator of the Year. Distinguished fellow at the Wood- Chief strategy officer of Newsweek, FRED GUTERL row Wilson International Center for where he leads content, audience and Scholars, where he was previously commercial strategy. Before coming Special projects editor at Newsweek. director of the Urban Sustainability to Newsweek, he worked at Reuters, Previously, he was executive editor of Laboratory. He has written several where he served as regional editor, Scientific American and is the author books about cities around the world. Americas, and, before that, deputy of Fate of the Species: Why the Human managing editor. Race May Cause Its Own Extinction MIKE TINSKEY and How We Can Stop It. ALICE CHARLES Director of global emerging service at the Ford Motor Co., focusing on Leads all cities and urbanization DEBRA LAM the development and implementa- work at the World Economic Forum, tion of new products, business mod- including managing the Future of Managing director of smart cit- els and partnerships. Before that, he the Urban Development and Ser- ies and inclusive innovation at the led Ford’s global sustainability activ- vice Initiative and the Global Future Georgia Institute of Technology. She ities for electric vehicles, energy and Council on Cities. She has 17 years of served as Pittsburgh’s first chief of infrastructure. experience in urban development. innovation and performance. NANCY COOPER JENNIFER MUSISI NANCY VANDYCKE Global editor-in-chief of Newsweek. City leader in residence at the Program manager in the Transport Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Ini- Global Practice at the World Bank. She has been senior editor for spe- tiative. She has three decades of experi- She also heads Sustainable Mobility cial projects at Newsweek, managing ence turning around government insti- for All, an umbrella platform that tutions and systems. In 2011, she became brings together 55 public and private editor of The International Business the first executive director of Uganda’s organizations from around the world Kampala Capital City Authority. to transform the future of mobility. Times, an editor at MSNBC.com and deputy executive editor of NPR’s The Takeaway program. NEWSWEEK.COM 21

*Naresh Jariwala* TMHEEDELLÍN With a combination of tech savvy, urban planning and public support, Colombia’s by DaviD H. MIRACLE FreeDman 22 N E W S W E E K . C O M

- 2 + 1  & 58;  3 + 272 * 5 $ 3 + <ʔ* ( 7 7 < *Naresh Jariwala* second-largest city rebounded from troubling times AIR TRAVEL The gondola in Medellín, which opened in 2004, is not just a tourist attraction. It is also a lifeline for many of the city’s poorest inhabitants and a symbol of the city’s transformation.

NEWSWEEK NEXT hink of a gondola suspended under a *Naresh Jariwala* initiatives are of, by and, to a large extent, for the cable, floating high off the ground as it hauls )520/()7*<6(0%(5*+%(12,7ʔ3$5,60$7&+ʔ*(7 7<(5,&9$1'(9,//(ʔ*$00$ʝ5$3+2ʔ*(7 7<.$9(+.$=(0,ʔ*(7 7< already tech-savvy and well-resourced segment of a cabin full of passengers up a long, steep the population, Medellín’s transformation has for mountain slope. To most people, the image the most part been focused on people who have would suggest ski resorts and pricey vacations. the least. “Smart-city efforts tend to be centrally To the people who live in the poor mountainside planned, with change driven by tech companies,” communities once known as favelas at the edges of says Soledad Garcia-Ferrari, an urban development Medellín, Colombia, the gondola system is a lifeline, researcher at Scotland’s University of Edinburgh and a powerful symbol of an extraordinary urban who has studied smart cities around the world. transformation led by technology and data. “Medellín looked for initiatives that are inclusive The technology that helped save Medellín is not of every facet of society, and they were driven by what you’d see in San Francisco, Boston or Singa- the communities themselves.” pore—fleets of driverless cars, big tech companies and artificial intelligence. It is about gathering A city of more than 2 million that had long been data to make informed decisions on how to deploy renowned as a center of narcotics-related crime, technology where it has the most impact. And it poverty and despair, Medellín embarked on its is about establishing a constituency for change smart-city journey in the mid-1990s, more than a that transcends wealth and decade before “smart city” was a thing. Progress class. When experts get together to discuss the path to smarter since then has spanned five mayors of cities, Medellín often comes up different political parties. Today, Me- as a standard against which any dellín’s homicide rate is one-twentieth city’s vision for transformation of what it was in 1993, and nearly two- should be measured—includ- thirds of those who were once mired ing the judges of Newsweek’s in poverty have emerged from it. Vir- Momentum Awards (see page 30). tually everyone in the city, including Where most smart-city the majority that a decade ago had few basic services, has full free access to education, health care, transportation “Instead of rebuildi and range of cultural, economic and online services, most of them free. TRANSFORMATION The vision of a more Along the way, Medellín’s dramatic prosperous, equitable city program of change has blurred the was forged in meetings distinction between the technolog- in the favelas. Left, ical and the humane. “This was all Escobar in 1988; a village about innovation,” says Carlos More- outside Medellín circa no, a Medellín-born urban researcher 1979, before reforms. at Paris’ Panthéon-Sorbonne Univer- Above, escalators whisk sity. “But it was also about a shared residents to their homes vision of social innovation.” high on the mountainside in only six minutes. The key ingredient of Medellín’s transformation, experts agree, is perspective: The city looked beyond technology as an end in itself. Instead, it found ways to integrate technolog- ical and social change into an overall improvement in daily life that was felt in all corners of the city—and especially where improvement was most needed. “Medellín’s vision of itself as a smart city broke from the NOVEMBER 22, 2019

*Naresh Jariwala* ng homes after a natural disaster, we wereRESBOUCILIEDTIYNGafter a social disaster.” usual paradigms of hyper-modernization and auto- cartels were crumbling. Escobar would die a few mation,” says Robert Ng Henao, an economist who months later in a shootout with police. heads a smart-city department at the University of Medellín. “It replaced them with a more anthropo- That year, a few dozen people made their way to centric vision of the city’s future.” a small house that had been rented for the occasion. They were not gangsters. They were ordinary local Out of the Dark residents invited by a coalition of government lead- ers, academic experts, civic organizers and corporate ThaT vision was firsT forged in The crowded, executives. The participants brought in books, assem- destitute and crime-ridden mountainside neigh- bling an impromptu micro-library. The idea was to borhoods of Medellín. Gangs allied to the Colombi- read, sit around and relax, and, most important, talk. an narcotics cartels ruled by Pablo Escobar had met The main topic of conversation: how to fix Medellín. routinely in these favelas to exchange drugs and money and hand out kill orders. By 1993, however, The ideas that came out of this meeting, and oth- Medellín’s “dark period” was coming to an end. The ers like it, formed the roots of the ambitious plans that would change the city over the coming decades. NEWSWEEK.COM 25

*Naresh Jariwala* )520723-2$48,16$50,(172ʔ$)3ʔ*(7 7<ʤʥ7+(&2/20%,$1:$</7'$ʔ*(7 7 < “This was all about innovation. But it was also SOCIAL about a shared vision of INNOVATION.” “Instead of rebuilding homes after a natural disaster, there from the mountains required a two-hour ON THE REBOUND we were rebuilding society after a social disaster,” commute each way on multiple buses. Medellín’s reforms says Jorge Pérez Jaramillo, dean of the School of Ar- have brought online chitecture at Medellín’s St. Thomas University and And no one felt safe. The dissolution of the access to doctor’s chief planner of the city of Medellín for several years cartels didn’t end gangs and crime. The obvious appointments, children’s during the 2000s, under two different mayors. “The solution would have been to flood the neigh- sports facilities, electric mayors never told us what to do. They saw their job borhoods with armed police. But through those buses and bike lanes. as doing what the citizens told them to do.” neighborhood meetings, the people of Medellín Above, residents use bikes convinced the city administration to take a differ- and scooters. Top right, The citizens told them to do a lot. Most residents ent approach: alleviating the poverty, isolation and a driver charges his taxi. still lived without basic necessities, such as sewage lack of opportunity that led young people to seize Bottom right, interactive systems, clean water and schools. Their children on crime as their best pathway to success. “Instead museum Parque Explorer. had nowhere to play. Rains brought flooding and of putting more guns on the street, they decided mudslides that washed away homes and even entire to invest in the poor communities and treat the villages. There were jobs in the valley, but getting residents like first-class citizens,” says Boyd Cohen, 26 N E W S W E E K . C O M NOVEMBER 22, 2019

NEWSWEEK NEXT until recently an urban strategist and dean of re- quarter of their budgets on development and ser- search at the EADA Business School in Barcelona, vices, Medellín has been dedicating, on average, Spain, and now the CEO of urban-mobility-app more than half its budget on that spending since developer Iomob. “That’s how you change lives.” the early 2000s. How should they pay for the programs that would Rebooting the City save the city? In spite of its recent crime-ridden history, Medellín’s economy had robust elements, The various iniTiaTives ThaT emerged from including strong oil and clothing industries. Manu- those mid-1990s community meetings and panels facturers were able to shoulder much of the burden of experts took years to implement, and in some in taxes, trusting that a city renaissance would pro- cases decades. Proposals and studies started in 1995, vide a return on investment. To close the remaining including some for a gondola line, but the first tangi- gap, the city government looked to its public utilities ble results didn’t start to take shape until 2000, with company, EPM, which not only provided water, en- the election of Mayor Luis Perez. He convinced the ergy, telecommunications services and waste man- management of the city’s Metro subway line, which agement to Medellín but also competed as a private is jointly run by the city and the Colombian state of company throughout Colombia and in other coun- Antioquia, to split the cost of building the gondola tries in Latin America and elsewhere. EPM would line with the city. Construction began immediately, eventually boost its average annual contribution to and the gondolas started operating in 2004, cutting Medellín’s budget to $400 million a year. The city the commute time for residents of the poor moun- focused these resources on the program. Whereas tain communities to their jobs in the city center, cities in South America typically devote about a from two hours down to 20 minutes. That original *Naresh Jariwala* line carries 30,000 people a day, and since it opened, four additional gondola lines have started operating. Under Medellín law, mayors can serve only one four-year term. In 2004 Perez turned the reins of the city over to Sergio Fajardo, a mathematics professor and the son of an architect. Fajardo cam- paigned door to door in the city’s poorest neigh- borhoods, promising to let the people make the big decisions about spending on new projects. He kept his word, and during his term he frequently solic- ited and followed the guidance of neighborhood councils to set spending priorities. Under the local councils’ direction, Fajardo re- vamped the city’s education system, putting 20,000 teachers through additional training at special centers that focused on innovative teaching ap- proaches. All children now have free access to local after-school programs that include courses in cul- ture, science and technology, and language learning. Initiatives to guide more young people away from crime pulled thousands of young children a year out of the gangs, and efforts at raising the rates of college education directed tens of thousands of young people to one of the city’s 30 universities and technology training centers. Fajardo also upgraded health care, with extra attention for children, initi- ating child care centers that offer health and nutri- tion services to young children and their families. NEWSWEEK.COM 27

Fajardo also won the councils’ support for *Naresh Jariwala* “Instead of putting more guns on the street, they projects aimed at improving the city’s cultural and and treat the residents like quality of life. The city began adding what would FROM LEFT: KAVEH KAZEMI/GET TY; R.M. NUNES/GET TY eventually amount to more than 4 million square on manufacturing. It set up an innovation district, feet of public space for a variety of uses, including called “Ruta N” (Route N), and provided offices, the building or renovation of 40 public parks. Fajar- seed funding, expertise and other support for do authorized the building of the Spanish Library high-tech startups. It also helped broker partner- Park, a massive, contemporary library surrounded ships between Ruta N companies and larger tech by green space at the mountaintop that just happens companies, and it lowered the bar on the require- to be the site of the end of the city’s first gondola line. ments needed for companies to bid on city projects That park, close to poor communities, has become to ensure that even tiny startups would have a shot a global tourist draw, along with a 50-mile stretch at contracts. Salazar earmarked 2 percent of the of highway along a river that has been converted city budget for Ruta N companies and other efforts into a greenway. Fajardo also directed the creation at fostering innovation. Partly as a result of these of one of the world’s most popular science museums, efforts, more than 170 companies from 25 coun- funded primarily by city businesses. EPM, the utili- tries have set up operations in Medellín, generating ties company, built a second massive library. nearly 4,000 new jobs in just the past three years. Even though Fajardo had to step down at the end Aníbal Gavaria Correa, who took over as mayor of 2007, his initiatives and community-driven style in 2012, set up a series of programs addressing dan- were so popular that it became virtually impossible gerous flooding and mudslides, installing sensors for politicians who followed him to win election that monitor rain, water levels, soil moisture and without promising to keep the projects coming. soil movement on hillsides throughout the city. This provided earlier, more precise warnings of where Fajardo’s immediate successor, Alonso Salazar flooding and other catastrophes might occur. Citi- Jaramillo, built a series of outdoor escalators into zens in villages who were at risk of floods and slides the hills that are as long as 1,200 feet each, reaching could use smartphone apps that let them supple- tens of thousands of other poor mountainside resi- ment sensor data with their own observations and dents who aren’t close to gondola stations. He also pictures of potential hazards. Planners used the expanded the park and library systems and the ca- ble lines, and he continued investing in improved education and health care. Salazar brought a more explicitly high-tech, dig- ital perspective to the ongoing stream of improve- ments—targeting, for example, the city’s choking and outright dangerous car traffic. By 2009, 40 cameras at the most accident-heavy intersections were keeping watch over 1 million cars a day, flag- ging speeders, red-light runners and reckless drivers who swerve between lanes. The system reads the li- cense plates of offenders and fires off tickets via mail, cutting violations between 2009 and 2014 by 80 per- cent. Another 80 smart cameras detect accidents or disabled vehicles causing jams, calling them to the attention of police and other services. Altogether, more than 800 cameras watch Medellín’s roads for trouble of any sort. Twenty-two electronic messag- ing boards throughout busy areas provide drivers with up-to-the-minute guidance on the best routes. Under Salazar, the city began to build and nur- ture a digital economy to reduce its dependence 28 N E W S W E E K . C O M NOVEMBER 22, 2019

NEWSWEEK NEXT UPLIFTING data to locate drainage pipes and other conduits to grams that offer education and personal advice to Decades ago, Medellín direct excess rainwater away from vulnerable areas. pregnant women and new mothers. A new city- wide online system was set up in order to easily was plagued by drug- A lack of access to Wi-Fi sidelined many city resi- make any sort of health-related appointment at a related violence and mired dents on the mountainsides and elsewhere from the hospital or clinic, and a revamping of health care online revolution. So the city set up more than 150 emergency services cut response times by 37 per- in poverty. It now has public Wi-Fi zones, which are free. In addition, it put cent. The city also built dozens of new sports facil- some of the lowest rates free computers in more than 500 locations where ities focused on youth participation. To continue of poverty and crime—and residents could get access to them, and it established the city’s mobility improvement and cut down on highest rates of education 48 internet-education centers offering free classes. pollution, Gutiérrez added 64 electric buses and a Two-thirds of the city’s lowest-income residents citywide free bike-sharing service, along with 60 and access to health now have smartphones, and almost 500 companies miles of separated bike lanes. care—in South America. have agreed, under Gavaria’s encouragement, to al- Left, a boy with his laptop. low employees to work remotely via telecommuting, To make it easier for citizens to interact with the Below, downtown Medellín. helping alleviate traffic. city government, Gutiérrez placed access to the vast majority of city and utility services online. Almost Under Mayor Federico Gutiérrez Zuluaga, who any service can now be started, changed, stopped or took office in 2016, the city established online pro- paid for from a web-browser or smartphone. Resi- *Naresh Jariwala* dents can get online updates on city legislation, pol- decided to invest in poor communities icymaking and projects. And they can interact with city officials in a variety of ways, providing a valuable ),567ʝ&/$66That’s how you change lives.” input for city leaders and administrators and allow- CITIZENS. ing communities to directly participate in decisions about how some of the city’s budget is spent. Smart-city-related efforts have helped rocket Me- dellín from its grim situation in the early 1990s to its current status as a city with some of the lowest rates of poverty and crime—and highest rates of education and health care access—in South America. Residents’ sense that they have actually helped make decisions that moved Medellín toward these improvements has been a critical part of the process, notes Edinburgh’s Garcia-Ferrari. “Smart-city solutions need to be com- bined with this sort of participatory platform,” she says. No one claims that Medellín’s transformation is a finished project. While the poverty rate has plunged over the past 20 years from its highs of 48 percent, in recent years it has leveled off at a still troubling 14 percent. But there’s great satisfaction in what’s been done so far—at least to judge by the mayoral election at the end of October. That election saw the surprise resounding defeat of a right-wing candidate whom many have compared to Donald Trump. The victor, Daniel Quintero Calle, a former Colombia deputy minister of the digital economy, campaigned on continuing previous mayors’ investments in educa- tion, infrastructure and high-tech initiatives aimed at especially benefiting the poor and vulnerable. Apparently, Medellín is not ready to cut short the renaissance that claims a gondola as its emblem. NEWSWEEK.COM 29

THE WORLD’S SMARTEST CITIES Smart cities come in different shapes, sizes and socioeconomic situations. Here’s how some of the best pull it off by maya page and noah miller *Naresh Jariwala* Addis Ababa, Ethiopia )520723(5,&/$))25*8(ʔ&25 %, 6ʔ*(7 7<$%'8//$+ $6,5$1ʔ$1$' 2/8$* ( 1 &<ʔ* ( 7 7 <Ethiopia’s capital is undergoing a massive public trans- portation renaissance. For one thing, under the city’s Urban Renewal Project, officials have been constructing trams and commuter train lines to improve lower-end communities and social sustainability. But that’s not all: In 2017, it unveiled a 15-story smart parking system. The big, hoped-for payoff: All these projects will reduce the very severe urban conges- tion and help mitigate carbon emissions. 30 N E W S W E E K . C O M Amsterdam, theNetherlands This Dutch metropolis is widely known as one of the world’s leading—and most innovative—smart cities. It has launched more than 150 green energy, transportation and urban planning projects. Also, in 2009 the Amsterdam Smart City was launched; it is an online platform where citizens, govern- ment officials and businesses can test smart-city projects. NOVEMBER 22, 2019

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Barcelona, Spain About six years ago, Barcelona aimed to become the first smart city in Spain. It has come a long way. Since 2013, the city has implemented smart sensor systems, modern lighting technology and even a smart waste- disposal system. Barcelona is also widely known for its fuel-efficient hybrid bus system and a bike-sharing service. )520%27 720/()7+25$&,29,//$/2%26ʔ&25%,6ʔ*(7 7<6$5$0$*1,0,5$2%(50$1ʔ$)3ʔ*(7 7< CarloRatti *Naresh Jariwala* CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Ratti is an Italian architect, engineer, inventor and professor of urban Chicago is one of America’s technologies and planning at most storied metropolises, and the Massachusetts Institute of now one of its smartest. The Windy Technology. He is the director City is a leader in integrating “in- of MIT’s Senseable City Lab, a ternet of things” technology with research initiative that takes a its infrastructure. One example: the multidisciplinary approach to installation of 270,000 smart street studying how Big Data and new lights with all different types of sen- technologies affect the urban sors that quickly pay for themselves environment. He is also a founding by saving energy and millions in member of the international design maintenance. Other accolades: Chi- ɿUP&DUOR5DWWL$VVRFLDWL5DWWLŠV cago is the eighth smartest city world- recent projects include developing wide, according to a recent study multipurpose robot boats for in the Journal of Urban Technology. $PVWHUGDPWKDWFDQIRUPʀRDWLQJ bridges, make deliveries and pick up garbage, and robots that can traverse the sewers of Boston to collect human health data. He has co-authored over 500 publications and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and a special adviser on urban innovation to the European Commission. NEWSWEEK.COM 31

NEWSWEEK NEXT*Naresh Jariwala* JANETTE 6$',.ʝ.+$1 Columbus, Ohio &/2 &.:,6()520%27 720/()7:(67(1'ʔ*(7 7<6($13$921(ʔ*(7 7<2/8*%(1523+272*5$3+< Sadik-Khan was commissioner The home of the Buckeyes won of the New York City Department a $40 million grant from the U.S. of Transportation from 2007 Department of Transportation’s Smart to 2013. She led an effort that City Challenge in 2018. How did they reshaped the city, adding nearly spend the money? Over the past year, 400 miles of bike lanes and the city officials launched 15 smart-city ɿUVWSDUNLQJSURWHFWHGELNH projects. To name a couple: the instal- paths in North America. She lation of 3,000 units in vehicles—and managed a $2.8 billion budget, 175 intersections—that enable cars to repurposed 180 acres of asphalt connect with one another and city in- for pedestrian and bike use, had a frastructure. They also added, with the hand in developing over 60 plazas grant money, six electric autonomous around NYC and helped launch transit shuttles in one neighborhood. seven bus routes. Sadik-Khan also oversaw the 2013 launch Copenhagen, Denmark of Citi Bike, the nation’s largest bike-sharing system. She works at A big focus in Copenhagen is to reduce the reliance on cars. Bloomberg Associates, an urban The city’s “Strøget car-free zone” is one of the longest, at GHVLJQFRQVXOWLQJɿUPIRXQGHGE\\ almost 2 miles, pedestrian shopping areas in Europe. (Only her former boss, ex-NYC Mayor walkers and bikers are welcome.) In terms of urban design, Michael Bloomberg, and is chair the “Connecting Copenhagen” project utilizes public and of the National Association of private data in an app that unveils, among other things, how &LW\\7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ2IɿFLDOV people use public spaces so they can better shape their city. NOVEMBER 22, 2019

FUKUOKA, Fukuoka, on the northern shore of HELSINKI, FINLAND JAPAN Japan’s Kyushu Island, is known as the largest startup city in Japan. So it Here’s a lofty goal: Helsinki plans is no surprise that the municipality is on implementing a “mobility on a hotbed for smart tech. City officials, demand” system to potentially render in fact, launched Fukuoka Smart East, private cars obsolete by 2025. Mean- an initiative that partly focuses on while, a city in the Greater Helsinki mobility (and even personal wellness) area, Kalasatama, is a “living smart-city to create “the world’s most livable experiment” that has implemented smart city.” One example: DragonFly internet of things–linked street lighting Pods, an autonomous mobility service systems and electric car and self-driving (think crazy, driverless golf carts). systems. Oh, and Finnish law doesn’t CLO CKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: EMMI KORHONEN/AFP/GET TY; ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/GET TY; RUBEN EARTH/GET TYrequire vehicles to have a driver. *Naresh Jariwala* Hong Kong, China Hong Kong has a long history of weaving technology into its transportation systems. The city is also known for its use of facial recog- nition and identification technology, which is now being utilized at airport kiosks. Hong Kong emphasizes smart tech in importing and exporting. A global shipping hub, the city has cre- ated Smart Locks, which secure cargo containers and automatically unlock when sensors indicate goods are in designated terminals. NEWSWEEK.COM 33

LONDON, ENGLAND *Naresh Jariwala* KIGALI, RWANDA London officials have launched more than 20 initiatives to promote smart tech- &/2 &.:,6()520723/()77+,(55<)$/,6(ʔ/,*+752 &.(7ʔ*(7 7<3$:(/72&=<16.,ʔ*(7 7<&+5,65$7&/,))(ʔ%/2 20%(5*ʔ*(7 7<(<(8%,48,7286ʔ*(7 7< nology and data sharing. Examples: a podcar system at Heathrow Airport and “Innovation City,” a Rwandan contactless payment cards in its transportation systems. The city also has an open data government project launched in May 2016, has led to the development platform—called the London Datastore—that is used of an extensive fiber-optic infrastruc- by more than 50,000 individuals, companies, research- ture, which could deliver 4G LTE ca- ers and developers every month. Future London: all- pability to more than 95 percent of its new home construction will have full fiber connectivity. citizens by the end of this year. Other projects: a platform to allow citizens 34 N E W S W E E K . C O M to register online for driving exams and request birth certificates. And Ki- gali’s Vision City will create a tech-en- abled neighborhood with solar-pow- ered street lamps and free Wi-Fi. OSLO, NORWAY %HOLHYHLWRUQRWSHUFHQWRI all vehicles now sold in Oslo are electric. The clean energy ideal is what the city is renowned for. Oslo leaders also plan to build a state- of-the-art “energy positive” smart city called OAC (Oslo Airport City) E\\7KHJRDODFLW\\SRZHUHG entirely by renewable energy (it will sell off its surplus to other municipalities). What’s more, OAC will have electric-only autonomous vehicles, high-speed light rail and technology like auto-street lighting. NOVEMBER 22, 2019

NEWSWEEK NEXT Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A long way from Steel City: Pittsburgh ranks among the top cities in the United States for green-certified building space and is named a top “NextTech” city. Through Carnegie Mellon University’s Metro21 program, the city has produced numerous successful smart-city projects, such as the 3D Visual- ization Program for the Department of Planning, Smart Service apps for the homeless, air quality monitoring and the Open Pittsburgh Wireless Research Accelerator. Paris, France &/2 &.:,6()520723/()7&+(6127ʔ*(7 7<%,//',&.,1621ʔ*(7 7<&2857(6<2)5(8%(1$%5$+$0 This crowded city’s Grand Paris Express project *Naresh Jariwala*is one of the biggest overhauls of transporta- tion in Europe. Bottom line: completely rethink— and redesign—the transport network in the city’s Métro area. A pilot program, called “Rein- venter Paris,” has already helped a bit: Since 2014, 23,000 public-sharing vehicles have become ac- tive. The first electric-bike-sharing program, “au- tolib,” was launched with more than 400 vehicles and 600 charging stations. Plus, 16 Métro lines have been constructed, with 300 stations. ReubenAbraham Abraham is CEO of the IDFC Institute, a Mumbai, India-based think tank. He works with Indian RIɿFLDOVXVLQJGDWDPDSSLQJPDFKLQHOHDUQLQJ satellite imaging and other techniques to yield insights on Indian infrastructure capacity, urbanization and urban mobility. Abraham studies how India’s growing preference for micromobility and declining private car ownership are altering the country’s economic and social landscape. He is also a nonresident scholar at the Marron Institute at New York University, a senior fellow at the Milken Institute and an honorary adviser to the New Zealand government at the New Zealand Asia Foundation. NEWSWEEK.COM 35

NEWSWEEK NEXT Portland, Oregon Portland’s smart-city initia- tive, “Smart City PDX,” was launched about two years ago with the goal of transportation safety. In other words, fewer injuries and fa- talities. With traffic sensors, for ex- ample, engineers will evaluate the impact of street design tools, like protected bike lanes and the place- ment of new crosswalks, to better serve everyone. *Naresh Jariwala* JAN GEHL &/2 &.:,6()520/()7&2857(6<2)-$1*(+/-25'$16,(0(16ʔ*(7 7<3$75,&,2+,'$/*23ʔ*(7 7< Gehl is a Danish architect Quito, Ecuador and urban designer based in Copenhagen. He is a founding Quito is one of the leading smart cities in Latin Amer- partner of a renowned design ica. Its calling card is mobility. It has implemented VWXGLR*HKOb$UFKLWHFWVDQGKHKDV smart traffic lights in more than 600 city intersections, been credited for helping make with more than 320 free Wi-Fi points. Quito has also con- Copenhagen one of the world’s structed new mass transit operations for the underserved. most livable cities. Gehl is famous These include a cable and trolley system and new Metro IRUKLVţSHRSOHɿUVWŤDSSURDFK stations fit with Braille, elevators and wheelchair lanes. which focuses on creating a positive relationship between NOVEMBER 22, 2019 people and their built environment. By studying how people actually XVHXUEDQVSDFHb*HKObZDVDEOH WRUHYROXWLRQL]HKLVɿHOGDQGKHOS make cities around the world more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly. He has designed streets in major cities like Berlin, New York, Stockholm, San Francisco, São Paulo and, most recently, Moscow. Gehl has received numerous awards. His books include Life Between Buildings (1971) and Cities for People (2010). 36 N E W S W E E K . C O M

R EY K JAV I K , I C E L A N D To no one’s surprise, Iceland is ahead of the curve. Renewable power sources account for more than 70 percent of its primary energy con- sumption, higher than anywhere else in the world. There’s more: the Reykja- vik Fibre Network is one of the world’s most advanced, offering 100 percent fiber to all its homes. Everyone seems to have a stake in this. “Better Reykjavík” is an online forum where citizens pres- ent ideas on town services and opera- tions. The result? More dialogue, and more than 200 municipal projects. ) 5 2 0  7 2 3   5 8 % ( 1  5 $ 0 2 6 ʔ * ( 7 7 <  * 0  7 + ( 5 , 1 ʝ : ( , 6 ( ʔ 5 2 % ( 5 7 + $ 5 ' , 1 * ʔ * ( 7 7 <  ) 5 $ 1 & . 5 ( 3 2 5 7 ( 5 ʔ * ( 7 7 < San Francisco, California SINGAPORE *Naresh Jariwala* San Francisco has got it down. Wireless sensors help with park- ing management: Prices are determined, and adjusted, according to demand. The city is also testing smart traffic signals to deploy autonomous shuttle buses. Last year, city officials received $11 mil- lion in funding from the U.S. Depart- ment of Transportation for six projects aimed at reducing traffic congestion, among other things. They include con- nected high-occupancy vehicle lanes for public transit and carpools. Plus, smart traffic signals to reduce congestion. Under its Smart Nation Initiative, launched in 2014, Singapore has embarked on strategic national projects that reduce friction between the government, businesses and citizens, improving productivity while paying attention to sustainability. Singapore’s thriving business ecosys- tem, urban planning, internet quality and its efforts toward clean energy make the city-state a leader in smart mobility. Singapore’s universities have emerged as test beds for autonomous vehicle technology. NEWSWEEK.COM 37

el iv has the h cn of h st s p r L capi , o pe square m , side Silicon ey (B oken wn another w y, one star p r every 290 residents.) So, no surprise, there s a l f hi -tech inn vation g on. F r instance, Israel s Wave Power has developed technology to extract energy from ea waves at Old Jaffa Port. *Naresh Jariwala*TORONTO, ONTARIO )520723.2/'(5$/ʔ*(7 7<9 ,(11$6/, '(ʔ&216758&7,2 13+272 *5$3+<ʔ$9$/2 1 ʔ* ( 7 7 <  ' , ( * 2 * 5 $ 1 ' , ʔ* ( 7 7 <Sensors are a big thing in Toronto. In certain neighbor- hoods they provide information on energy consumption, VIENNA, AUSTRIA building use and traffic patterns. The result, city officials say, is improved reliability and transportation system speed. Smart sig- 9LHQQDLVWUXO\\DPRELOLW\\FLW\\,WKDVWHFKQRORJ\\WKDW nals that adjust to traffic patterns, in real time, also help. A con- harnesses braking trains’ power into light and also troversial district, called Google City, will include a data-centric LQWRHQHUJ\\WRRSHUDWHHVFDODWRUV9LHQQDKDVRYHU light rail line and heated, snow-melting pavement. Other smart miles of bicycle paths, cycle lanes and cycle routes, and it things: self-driving delivery vehicles and free Wi-Fi everywhere. ZDVRQHRIWKHɿUVWFLWLHVWRGHSOR\\DQHOHFWULFEXVʀHHW,W KDVHFKDUJLQJVWDWLRQV:KDWHOVH\"ţ0XOWLVHQVRU\\ guidance systems” and “custom-designed routing planners” for those with disabilities and even families with strollers. NOVEMBER 22, 2019

NEWSWEEK NEXT Yinchuan, China In 2013, Yinchuan became one of China’s “smart construction pilot cities.” In six years, it has under- gone major tech transformations to combat traffic congestion, unbal- anced medical resource allocation and inefficient administrative op- erations. Face-recognition software has replaced fare boxes on buses, and public trash bins run on solar power and double as compactors. Residents walking into Yinchuan’s City Hall will be greeted by holograms and can receive various bits of info by scanning QR codes. Zurich, Switzerland As a global financial powerhouse and Switzerland’s largest city, Zurich has had all the means necessary to become a smart city. It is leading in public transportation by transitioning to electrically powered bus fleets, in testing autonomous shuttles and by boasting state-of-the-art elec- tric ride-sharing and bike-sharing services. In an expanding city, 3D augmented-reality glasses can be worn to display future buildings and urban designs, called HoloPlanning. The city also experiments with “child-friendly urban mo- bility” spaces by repurposing streets into safe, community- oriented hangouts for children to exercise, socialize and play. & /2 & . : , 6 (  ) 5 2 0  72 3  / ( ) 7  ; , 1 + 8$ ʔ :$ 1 *  3 ( 1 * ʔ* ( 7 7 <  & 2 8 5 ( 67 <  2 )  6 (/ ( 7$  5 ( < 1 2 / ' 6   $ 1 ' 5 ( :  0 ( 5 5<ʔ* ( 7 7 < Seleta Reynolds *Naresh Jariwala* Reynolds, general manager of L.A.’s Department of Transportation and president of the National Association RI&LW\\7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ2IɿFLDOVKDV been instrumental in instituting Los Angeles’ “Great Streets” initiative. It’s an effort to make L.A. more walkable, VDIHDQGYLEUDQWE\\UHGXFLQJWUDIɿF fatalities, doubling the number of people riding bikes, expanding access to transportation choices and enhancing community engagement. Reynolds is a leading advocate IRU0RELOLW\\'DWD6SHFLɿFDWLRQD standardized format for mobility companies to provide cities with detailed trip data from scooters and dockless bikes. Under Reynolds’ leadership, the LADOT has hired VWDIIWKDWEHWWHUUHʀHFWWKHFLW\\ŠV population: Sixty-three percent of executive leadership is women, and 63 percent of the executive team is people of color. Between 2018 and 2019, the LADOT quadrupled the number of women engineers it hired. NEWSWEEK.COM 39

*Naresh Jariwala* CITY ON THE MOVE Few cities face the kind of chal- President Julius Maada Bio established lenges that Freetown faces. A the Directorate of Science, Technology SFRIEERERTAOLWENO,NE city of 1 million and capital of the and Innovation and appointed David West African nation of Sierra Leone, Moinina Sengeh, a Harvard- and MIT- This city of 1 million is turning Freetown endured a bloody civil war trained Ph.D. who developed a new to technology to repair the in the 1990s and continued rebel at- system for attaching prosthetic limbs, ravages of civil war tacks through 2002, when the coun- to head up the chief innovation office. try established a stable government. by DaviD h. FreeDMaN The nation ranks near the bottom of Sengeh pioneered ambitious smart- the United Nations’ Human Develop- city projects. He established an “educa- 40 N E W S W E E K . C O M ment Index, which gauges essential tion data hub” that gathers test scores quality of life in 187 nations. More from every school and correlates them than half the country’s residents live with data on location, demographics, on less than $1.25 a day. Although spending and policies. The data allow Freetown is slightly richer, many res- workers to track conditions that affect idents live in slums, where they’re test scores and make changes to help exposed to floods and disease. schools that are lagging. The national government has re- sponded to these crushing problems Sengeh’s office has extended these with smart-city solutions. Last year, data-collecting practices to health care, water access and government finances. It partnered with U.S. company Kiva to NOVEMBER 22, 2019

TheTopʺʸʸCompanies These businesses and nonprofits, from San Francisco to London and Addis Ababa, are at the vanguard of the smart-city revolution ƹABB ƹArity ƹBiometrika 7KLV6ZLVV6ZHGLVK A unit of Allstate in Illinois, %DVHGLQ(FXDGRU%LRPHWUL- multinational has provided Arity is a mobility data and ka offers technology that key infrastructure projects analytics company. It gathers HQDEOHVUHFRJQLWLRQRIɿQ- IRU4XLWR(FXDGRUVXFKDV billions of miles of auto gerprints, vascular patterns power systems for hospitals operator data, for example, to and faces. It does business DQGɿQDQFLDOLQVWLWXWLRQV help predict driver outcomes. in Latin American markets. *Naresh Jariwala* ƹAdaptricity ƹArray of Things ƹBosch Global offer a micro-lending digital platform %DVHGLQ6ZLW]HUODQG This is a collaborative urban %DVHGLQ*HULQJHQ*HUPDQ\\ 7 , 0  0 $ 1 6 ( / ʔ$ / $ 0 < to help consumers and entrepreneurs Adaptricity is a clean-tech, measurement project that %RVFKKDVVPDUWFLWLHVVPDUW establish a credit history—an import- award-winning software involves Chicago-area scien- homes and manufacturing ant step in a nation where most resi- company that specializes WLVWVDQGJRYHUQPHQWRIɿFLDOV tech in its portfolio. Its dents lack access to the banking system. in innovative software It collects data on infrastruc- customer base is worldwide. Kiva’s platform relies on fingerprints systems for power grids. ture and the environment. and retinal scans to keep the data secure. ƹBYD ƹAEP Ohio ƹArup 7KLV6KHQ]KHQ&KLQDFRP- Now, the city is working on making This company is modernizing An international engineer- pany makes battery-powered portable DNA sequencers available to the transportation network ing and design company, bicycles, buses, forklifts help law enforcement fight the high in Columbus, Ohio. One of its Arup has partnered with and trucks. Recently, it has incidence of rape, and using drones to specialties is reducing car- the Ethiopian Railway been involved in a monorail distribute medicines and emergency bon emissions in the world Corp. to optimize trans- SURMHFWLQ<LQFKXDQ supplies to hard-to-reach areas. of transportation and power. portation in Addis Ababa. ƹCambridge Industries, These innovative measures prompt- ƹAmpaire ƹAT&T Reppie Waste-to- ed the experts on Newsweek’s Momen- Los Angeles–based Ampaire 7KH'DOODVEDVHGFRPSDQ\\ Energy Project tum Awards Council to flag Freetown UHWURɿWVDLUFUDIWZLWKHOHFWULF has partnered with cities in The ambitious project, led as a smart city to watch. As innovative power systems. Its claim WKH8QLWHG6WDWHVWRKHOS by Cambridge Indus- as Sengeh and his colleagues are, they to fame is developing the solve sticky problems in tries of Addis Ababa, is a confront a difficult task. But they have ɿUVWHOHFWULFDLUFUDIWWREHJLQ transit, lighting, parking, power plant that harvests made a hopeful start. commercial production. security and infrastructure. waste to produce enough HOHFWULFLW\\IRUSHUFHQW ƹAmsterdam Smart City ƹAutotoll of the city’s households. 7KLVQRQSURɿWFRRUGLQDWHV A unit of the Wilson efforts among compa- Group, Autotoll provides ƹCar Club nies, public authorities, electronic toll collection 6LQJDSRUHEDVHG&DU&OXE citizens and academic services and surveillance is the largest car-sharing institutions to advance WHFKWR+RQJ.RQJ operator in the city-state, innovative tech projects. ZLWKVWDWLRQVDFURVV ƹAveva the island. Its secret is the ƹAnyline 7KLV6SDQLVKFRPSDQ\\LVLQ JURZLQJɿHOGRIWUDQV- The Austrian company the engineering and indus- portation telematics. provides mobile text-recog- trial software business. For nition technology that allows H[DPSOHLWKHOSV%DUFHORQD ƹCisco users to scan data—including ZKHUHLWŠVEDVHGHIɿFLHQWO\\ <RXPD\\NQRZ6DQ-RVH serial numbers, license manage the city’s water California’s Cisco for its SODWHV,'VDQGGRFX- and energy resources. VHUYHUV%XWWKHFRPSDQ\\ ments—on smart devices. also develops technologies ƹBetter Reykjavik for the digital city of the ƹArgo AI This online platform lets the future, such as intelli- A Pittsburgh-based citizens of Reykjavik present gent outdoor lighting and technology company, Argo LGHDVWRJRYHUQPHQWRIɿFLDOV VHQVRUEDVHGWUDIɿFOLJKWV provides, among other things, to help improve various self-driving software plat- services and operations. forms for some of the world’s 6RIDUSURMHFWVKDYH leading auto manufacturers. been implemented. NEWSWEEK.COM 41

► Citymapper *Naresh Jariwala*► DigiTel Platform► FGN ► Haodaifu Online ► Iomob London-based Citymapper If you like the “digital resident Fukuoka Growth Next is Located in Yinchuan, China, Barcelona-based Iomob is the leading mobile public card” in Tel Aviv, Israel, which a startup hub in Fukuoka, this is a smart e-hospital. It provides the transport and transit app and mapping allows you to access things Japan. What do you do links doctors to patients mobility sectors with open- service, with 20 million like municipal announce- there? Exchange ideas, and allows physicians source blockchain technology users in 39 major cities. ments and product discounts, grow your business and, to prescribe medicine to make traveling smarter. give credit to DigiTel. of course, collaborate. through an internet portal. ► CMU-Africa One plus is that there are ► Irembo Platform The goal of CMU-Africa of ► DG Cities ► FinEst Smart Mobility fewer hospital patients. A so-called e-Government Rwanda, which is affiliat- London-based DG Cities This company creates platform, Irembo provides ed with Carnegie Mellon does the work of connected software solutions to ► Has to Be E-Mobility residents of Rwanda University, is to develop and and autonomous vehi- alleviate cross-border This company, based in with access to services support African entrepre- cles—in other words “urban mobility challenges in Radstadt, Austria, creates that allow them to make neurs. Its long game is innovation”—in munic- waterways. Its aim is to help e-charging infrastructure soft- payments and to obtain IDs to create 50,000 jobs. ipalities everywhere. mitigate congestion with a ware and things like e-mobili- and other certifications. ferry connection between ty charging cards. It is a busi- ► CMU’s Metro 21 ► DOVU Helsinki and Tallinn, Estonia. ness-to-business specialist. ► Korea Telecom Kigali Carnegie Mellon’s The Bristol, England, com- This company is the provider university-wide initiative pany has come up with a ► Futura VR Studio ► HEGIAS of Rwanda’s only 4G LTE is to develop and deploy platform that allows users Based in Barcelona, Futura This Zurich company makes infrastructure. The result smart-city solutions by to earn cryptocurrency for creates virtual reality story- a content management is 10,000 people in Kigali using Pittsburgh as a “living sharing travel data. Crypto- telling by utilizing video game system for the construction have access to a wireless laboratory.” These solutions rewards are to be had. engines. The company also and real-estate industries. broadband network. include improving air has an app to store all that. Virtual reality included. quality and traffic jams. ► Driivz ► Lime This company, based in ► Deutsche Gesellschaft ► Honeywell San Francisco’s Lime ► Copenhagen Solutions Lab Hod Hasharon, Israel, has für Internationale Honeywell Aerospace is an electric scoot- CSL is Copenhagen’s test lab created an electric vehicle– Zusammenarbeit of Phoenix is a maker of er– and bike-sharing for its smart-city initiatives. charging operating system. Bonn, Germany’s GIZ deploys aircraft engines and other company that operates Along the way, it gets help It’s in use by 300,000 workers to countries to provide aviation products. Its latest in over 100 countries. from city officials, local drivers, the company says. sustainable development, is new technology to create and international compa- employment, health care autonomous flight and ► LUCA Transit nies and institutions. ► Eco Wave Power systems and other services hybrid-electric aircraft. Madrid’s practitioner of This company, which to improve living conditions. Big Data can track the ► Cubic launched in Tel Aviv, has the ► Hong Kong Science and movement—and num- San Diego’s Cubic Corp. tech to produce electric- ► Global Traffic Technologies Technology Parks Corp. ber—of people through provides intelligent travel ity from the movement of To help improve safety, the HKSTPC is a center, or Metro stops and systems. systems and services. ocean and sea waves. St. Paul, Minnesota, company industrial park, for research, Drivers beware: Its claim develops and implements in- testing and fundraising. The ► May Mobility to fame is London’s Oyster ► Embotech AG telligent transportation system bottom line: growing the Michigan-based May is a card-ticketing system. The Swiss startup develops solutions and technologies for tech industry in these parts. manufacturer of smart mo- decision-making software for traffic, transit and emergency bility vehicles. It has a part- ► Culligan the likes of autonomous ve- medical services operations. ► IBI Group nership with Columbus, Ohio, Based in Rosemont, Illinois, hicles, reusable rockets and Toronto’s IBI has created to deploy the first round this water company spe- even industrial machinery. ► Gogoro a smart-city platform that, of autonomous shuttles. cializes in making water This company says it among other things, helps filters. It recently opened ► Engie offers Taiwan’s top-selling municipal administrators ► Medellín Digital a regional headquarters in A French energy compa- smart-scooter, powered make better decisions with (Medellín Ciudad Inteligente) Kigali, Rwanda, to build a ny, Engie specializes in by an electric motor and a the help of analytics and This governmental initiative smart water grid for the city. electricity, natural gas and swappable battery system. input from residents. in Medellín aims to provide energy services. Its focus free public access to Wi-Fi ► Dassault Systemes is providing sustainabil- ► Green City Watch ► Indra and computers. Fifty other A French software company, ity and low-carbon and The Amsterdam company The Alcobendas, Spain, programs are in the works. Dassault Systemes develops renewable-energy services. says it has created the first company made Medellín, 3D designs and creates virtual tool to monitor the health Colombia’s traffic manage- ► Metabolic universes for its clients. ► Ericsson of urban parks and green ment system a whole lot This Amsterdam company The Stockholm megacom- space—all from outer space. smarter. “Sustainable mobility is a consultancy providing ► Dayang Parking pany, which spans the globe, management,” they call it. governments and busi- (Megenagna Smart Parking) provides telecommunications ► Grin Scooters nesses with tools that will Dayang Auto-parking Equip- technology and services to The Mexico City–based ► Inmarsat help utilize data science. ment Co., a Chinese-based telecom network operators. company is the first electric The U.K. satellite opera- manufacturer, built the scooter startup to operate tor, which calls London Megenagna Smart Parking throughout Latin America. home, provides services to facility, the first parking proj- Kigali, Rwanda, to support ect of its kind in Addis Ababa. its smart-city initiatives. 42 N E W S W E E K . 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NEWSWEEK NEXT ► Metro de Medellín ► PerceptIn ► Siemens ► Transdev ► Vertix Medellín’s mass transporta- Autonomous Railways A public transportation oper- The Singapore transport tion system has integrated The company, based in Santa The Munich company ator based in Paris, Transdev and planning company has two Metro rail lines, four Clara, California, provides is developing electric buses consulted on more than Metro cable-car lines, two software for robotic com- provides for energy-efficient and zero-emission vehicles. 500 projects across the bus lines and a tramcar. puting platforms. It is known buildings and infrastructure. Asia-Pacific region—for Its big deal is partnering with ► TriMet example, traffic surveys ► Miovision for launching DragonFly Vienna to build 34 fully auto- Portland, Oregon’s bus, using video analytics. The Ontario developer of Pods—small, electric, low- light and commuter rail smart-city tech is using speed autonomous vehicles. mated trains called “X cars.” service is investing in green ► Via artificial intelligence to infrastructure and buses Via’s “on-demand transit” create smart intersections. ► Petuum ► Smart Columbus powered by wind energy. It platform connects public, It works by detecting the Pittsburgh’s Petuum supplies This smart-city initiative is phasing out paper tickets. private, individual and movement of vehicles, software platforms so ride-sharing transit options pedestrians and cyclists. users can design and build is led by local officials. Its ► UberAir to streamline your trip, sav- their own artificial intelli- long-term goal is to reinvent Uber’s electric helicopter ing over 32 million pounds ► Moovel gence solutions. Machine mobility by becoming one ride-sharing venture isn’t of carbon dioxide to date. This Stuttgart, Germa- learning for everyone! of the leading electronic just talk; it is leading the ny, software company race for vertical takeoff and ► Volocopter develops urban mobility vehicle markets in the U.S. landing air transport in cities. An electric air taxi pioneer, technology—most notably, Volocopter, which is ticketing apps. Its U.S. office *Naresh Jariwala*► Pleo ► SoftWheel ► UIC Energy Initiative headquartered in Bruchsal, is in Portland, Oregon. The Copenhagen company The Tel Aviv company This initiative, based at Germany, creates helicopter provides businesses with has developed a suspen- the University of Chicago, drones for passengers, logis- ► Neurala smart payment cards. It sion system that absorbs is an academic program tics, agriculture and more. The Boston software wants companies to say shock and vibrations in researching sustainability company makes camer- goodbye to expense wheelchairs. The result is a and the energy of tomorrow. ► Voom as, drones, robots and reports and bookkeeping. smoother ride and less pain. For those looking for an app self-driving cars via artificial ► Ultra Global PRT that lets them book a heli- intelligence technology. ► Populus ► SparkLabs The Bristol, England, copter in the San Francisco The San Francisco company’s The Korean venture capital rapid-transit specialist area, Voom may be the an- ► Nokia data platform is designed to concern provides money is known for London’s swer. You can travel between The Finnish company is help city officials under- and support for startups Heathrow Pods, 21 electric San Francisco, Palo Alto, spanning the globe, providing stand, manage and monitor and their founders. It says and autonomous vehicles Oakland, San Jose and Napa. 5G network technology ev- shared-mobility services. it has invested in more that make it easier to get erywhere. It is working with than 200 new companies. around the massive airport. ► VTT the government of Rwanda to ► Rodeo Architects This highly innovative Finnish deploy smart-city technology. The award-winning archi- ► Stantec ► Upstream Mobility nonprofit research lab is re- tecture and urban design Smarter than everything: A The Vienna organization sponsible for making Helsinki ► Nordsense company, based in Oslo, consultancy based in Edmon- provides, among many other a global leader in electric Based in Copenhagen, uses the social sciences to ton, Alberta, Stantec helps things, digital infrastruc- bus systems and autono- Denmark, Nordsense uses design its urban spaces. build state-of-the-art utilities, ture for public and private mous vehicle technology. artificial intelligence to help public spaces and buildings. partnership urban projects. cities and waste operators ► Ruta N ► Whim employ more environmen- This is a tech hub, based ► Straetó ► Urban Sharing Travelers in these parts tally friendly processes. in Medellín, that works Straetó is Reykjavík’s public Based in Oslo, Urban can use Whim, Helsinki’s with entrepreneurs to transportation company Sharing creates what it calls transportation app, to plan ► ON Power create businesses that will and operates the city’s easy-to-use technology, trips and pay for them. Reykjavik’s leading utility grow, thrive and survive buses. Its claim to fame is a specifically for mobility Modes of transport include and the largest geothermal over the long haul. free app that was launched solutions like Oslo City Bike, bikes, cars and taxis. district heating company in in November 2014. a bike-sharing system. the world, ON Power uses ► Ruter ► Zipline all-renewable geothermal Welcome to mass transpor- ► Streetlight Data ► Velocia The Half Moon Bay, California, resources, all the time. tation in Oslo. Ruter has de- In an effort to reduce The Toronto company company delivers medical veloped an efficient IT-based crowding, the San Francisco produces a loyalty app, supplies through autono- ► Otovo system to help officials man- company has an interac- which rewards users for mous drones. A particular The Oslo, Norway, energy age the sprawling bus system. tive platform that utilizes taking public transit and focus is providing medicine company sells and installs transportation analytics to utilizing sharing services for and aid to countries in Africa. solar panels across that ► Schneider Electric measure how pedestrians, cars, bikes and scooters. country and Sweden. Other Based in Rueil-Malmaison, bikes and vehicles interact. ► ZTE uses: satellite data and France, Schneider special- This Chinese mobile phone mapping information to izes in sustainable energy ► The Ray giant invested $500 million create 3D models of homes. management. Its business The Atlanta nonprofit is an for smart-city initiatives in is operating technologies 18-mile stretch of highway Yinchuan, providing digital for the internet of things. that acts as a living labora- infrastructure for the city. tory for green technology. One big innovation is a solar-powered electric vehicle charging station. 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Culture H I G H , L O W + *Naresh Jariwala* -2+16+($5(5ʔ&217285ʔ*(7 7<7235,*+768-,7-$,6:$/ʔ$)3ʔ*(7 7< MUSIC NOVEMBER 22, 2019 Rediscovering Charley Pride Decades after his historic debut, the country music star still shines brighter than ever in the 21st century 44 N E W S W E E K . C O M

BOLLYWOOD BRIDE 3UL\\DQND&KRSUDRQKHUODWHVWɿOPDQGZHGGLQJSODQQLQJ. » P.48 of all the gifts charley pride has surely and go try to look ’em in the eye.” Then he told a been given, maybe the one that has mattered story that epitomizes who he is and why, perhaps, most is his seeming ease. he has endured. Not his legendary voice, though it’s earned him It was early days in Pride’s career, and despite 52 top-10 Billboard country hits, including 29 No. being signed to RCA Records, he was struggling to get 1s. Not the arm that got him a spot on the Negro bookings—no great surprise considering the state American League’s Memphis Red Sox as a teenage of American race relations in the mid-1960s. Know- pitcher out of Sledge, Mississippi. Not even his ing an appearance on Johnny Carson’s The Tonight father, a sharecropper who never failed to tune Show could change all that, Pride and manager Jack the family’s Philco radio to the Grand Ole Opry so D. Johnson headed out to California to try their luck. *Naresh Jariwala* young Charley was surrounded by the traditional But the conversations went nowhere. “Johnson says sound of country. that’s it, I’m going back to Nashville—and I say, well, You just get the sense, listening to Pride talk in I’m going to stay out here!” Pride recalls, laughing. that smiling baritone of his, that there isn’t a thing in And he didn’t just stay in Los Angeles; he sat right the world he’d let faze him. I reached that epiphany outside the door to The Tonight Show talent coor- in the midst of a long chat with Pride on a recent dinator’s office, figuring someone worth talking to autumn afternoon. It started off strangely: Just as would have to go in or out eventually. Pride picked up the phone, with a “hello” so unmis- “Pretty soon one of the bigwigs came out to go to takably him it seemed for a second like a recording, the bathroom, so I jump right up, and I introduce a howling wind gave way to a torrential downpour myself and went to the bathroom with him. I said, outside my Brooklyn window. I’m kind of unique, but I’d like to do But the drama felt appropriate your show…I think I told him something because Pride has loomed so large in my B Y like, ‘I’m the Jackie Robinson of country family history—I have vivid childhood music.’” Pride chuckled; he’s said many memories of my rice-farming Guyanese NADIRA HIRA times that he never thought of himself grandfather and uncles belting out his this way until media gave him the label. @nadirahira songs in heartfelt cowboy kinship. And But he didn’t mind deploying it here. his massive 1971 hit single “Kiss An Angel Good “He said, ‘well, wait a minute’—so we both did our Mornin’” was one of the first songs to play at my business.” 2017 wedding. There are big laughs now, as he savors bringing It was hard to believe he could still be walking the story home. “And he says, ‘well come on and go among us, let alone talking to me. Yet more than that, into my office.’ I say ‘okay.’ And pretty soon one guy Pride, at 85, is rocking as we speak. came in, and pretty soon another guy came in. Next In fact, it’s been quite a year for him—2019 has week, I was on the Johnny Carson show.” seen the release of Ken Burns’ documentary Coun- People have asked Pride his whole career how he’s try Music, which features Pride, and the PBS Amer- managed being black (or, back in the day, “Negro” or ican Masters film Charley Pride: I’m Just Me, never “colored”) in country music, but somehow the ques- mind a recent (2017) Grammy Lifetime Achievement tion never really sticks. Pride undoubtedly broke Award and Pride’s steady tour schedule. There’s even barriers—he was the first black artist with a No. 1 renewed talk of a biopic following the fizzling out country record once “country music” entered the SINGING WHAT I WANT of major efforts over the last decade or so that have American lexicon in the late 1940s, the first black Charley Pride began recording in 1965. At included serious conversations with Terrence How- performer at the Grand Ole Opry since pioneering his commercial peak ard, Dwayne Johnson and Tyler Perry. harmonica player DeFord Bailey’s departure in 1941, during the 1970s, he was outselling every other “My plan this year is to go out to California…and and country’s first (and some would still say only) artist on RCA Records except Elvis Presley. do it myself,” Pride says. “I’m going to find the pro- black superstar, outselling everyone at RCA besides ducers and directors and all out there, best I can, one Elvis Presley through at least the 1980s. NEWSWEEK.COM 45