Innovative Cities is an action-oriented, not-for-profit organization that believes in the power and value of data. We bring together industry leaders and innovators to accelerate new technologies applied to the urban environment in a manner that protects data privacy and security. We are committed to creating more inclusive, livable and sustainable cities which use data to improve citizens’ quality of life, while protecting their privacy and earning their trust. To fulfill our mission and vision, Innovative Cities is building CityShield - the Innovate Cities Data Trust, a platform which allows producers of data to share their data, in an accessible and usable form, while delegating the responsibilities of strict governance to a trusted third party data fiduciary. Innovate Cities will act as this data fiduciary. In addition, Innovate Cities is also building CityScape – a digital marketplace which will connect innovators with buyers and adopters of smart city technology as well as function as a data marketplace, selling datasets from the data trust securely while being GDPR compliant. We want to address the need for an innovative ecosystem - a highly collaborative, integrated and accelerated model so that Canadian smart city innovators can successfully translate leading-edge capabilities into high-growth, scaling enterprises and create relevant urban resiliency outcomes to position Canada as a global leader in smart cities. Reach out to learn more.