Week | Mon/Wed | In-Class Activity | Project Phase |
Haas | 12/11/14 | Orientation – Bonding – Overview of the Course – Kick-off Dinner | None |
India | 12/29/2015 | Business Model Approach for Building & Operating Smart Cities | Observation |
India | 1/5/15 | Developing Framework for Designing Smart Cities – Param Singh | Observation |
1 | 1/21/2015 | Group Exercise: What is your City’s Current Business Model? | Group Assignment |
2 | 1/26/2015 | Why is Open Innovation Relevant in today landscape? | Group Assignment Due |
3 | 1/28/2015 | How organizations leverage the process of Open Innovation? | Research |
4 | 2/2/2015 | How exponential Innovations are impacting societies? – Guest Speaker (Haas MBA student) | Research |
5 | 2/4/2015 | Why are ecosystems and communities important for cities? – Guest Speaker (Param Singh) | Research |
6 | 2/9/2015 | What can we learn from innovations from Emerging Economies? – Guest Speaker (CTO, State of CA) | Research |
7 | 2/11/2015 | Lecture 8: How do you measure Innovation? | Research |
8 | 2/16/2015 | Academic Holiday | Resting & Relaxation |
9 | 2/18/2015 | Lecture 9: How do organizations Manage Innovation? | Analysis |
10 | 2/23/2015 | In-class group work specific to the project – details will follow | Analysis |
11 | 2/25/2015 | In-class group work specific to the project – details will follow | Formulation |
12 | 3/2/2015 |
Mid-Term:Group Presentation (Group work: Frame work for Smart Cities in India) – Guest Judges (VIP) |
Mid-term presentation |
13 | 3/4/2015 | Work in groups – Guest Speaker TBD | Formulation |
14 | 3/9/2015 | Pre-Presentation to Other City Officials and Corporate Executives for input | Pre-Presentation |
15 | 3/11/2015 | No-Class – Individual assignment due – Personal Innovation Plan | Individ. Assign. Due |
16 | 3/16/2015 | Mid-point Review of the Final Project with city officers – International Guests | Review |
17 | 3/18/2015 |
Work in groups |
Formulation |
18 | 3/23/2015 | Spring Break | Resting & Relaxation |
19 | 3/25/2015 | Spring Break | Resting & Relaxation |
20 | 3/30/2015 | Work in groups – incorporating external ideas | Testing & Refining |
21 | 4/1/2015 | Work in groups – incorporating external ideas | Testing & Refining |
22 | 4/6/2015 | Work in groups – incorporating external ideas | Testing & Refining |
23 | 4/8/2015 | Individual group meetings with Prof. Darwin for final prep. | Testing & Refining |
24 | 4/13/2015 | Individual group meetings with Prof. Darwin for final prep. | Testing & Refining |
25 | 4/15/2015 | Final Presentations to Mayors’ Offices & City Managers | Course Project Due |
India Travel Schedule
Day # | Day | Date | Activity | Details & Activies |
Day 1 | Sun | Dec 28 | Program Begins: Team Arrives inAhmadabad. MICA CampusHousing http://www.mica.ac.in/ | Host: TiE, Ahmedabad:https://ahmedabad.tie.org/chapter/tie‐ahmedabadStudents arriving as a group will be picked up at the airport. |
Day 2 | Mon | Dec 29 | 9am - 12pm: Smart City VisitVisit with Chief Minister (Time?) | Welcome by Chetan Parikh, CEO, ezDI. (Governing Member ofTiE) ‐ Executive Brief followed by a visit to the Smart City andChief Minister of the State (Time TBD) |
Day 3 | Tues | Dec 30 | 9am – 5pm: Visit to Smart Citymeet govt. officials, planners,builders and designers | To learn about the planning, design, architecture, financing,operating cost, benefits and return on investment of the smartcity. Interviews with officials of the governor’s office. |
Day 4 | Wed | Dec 31 | 9am – 5pm: Visit to the famousuniversities and institutes: MICA,IIM, IIT, Center for EnvironmentalPlanning and Technology and Natl.Institute of Design. | To learn about the academic research and perspectives on thebenefits of building smart cities from India’s famous professors.This includes types of technologies, systems, design andarchitecture employed in building smart cities in India.Presentations by eminent professors in the field. |
Day 5 | Thrs | Jan 1 |
8am - 5pm: City & Culture Tour
9:00 pm: Arrive in DelhiWelcome by Haas Alum in Delhi |
To appreciate the historical significance and cultural aspects ofthe Gujarathy people’s culture, customs and hospitality. Hotel Lalit: http://www.thelalit.com/the‐lalit‐new‐delhi/Host: All Indian Management Assoc. http://www.aima.in/ |
Day 6 | Fri | Jan 2 |
9am ‐ 12pm: IIT, New Delhi 1pm ‐ 4 pm: The Energy &Resources Institute |
Executive Brief by AIMA Executive Team ‐ followed bycorporate presentations on smart cities technologies.Dinner Hosted by Haas Alum in India |
Day 7 | Sat | Jan 3 |
9am ‐ 12pm: HCL Infosystems 1pm ‐ 4 pm: The Tyco Corp (TBD) |
Coporate Presentations on the role of business organizations inbuilding smart cities. |
Day 8 | Sun | Jan 4 | 6am ‐ 12pm Visit to Agra ‐ The Taj | To learn and appreciate India’s history, art, architecture andsee one of the seven wonders of the world ‐ The Taj Mahal |
Day 9 | Mon | Jan 5 |
9am ‐ 12pm: SPML Infra Limited 1pm ‐ 4 pm: Bharti Airtel |
Coporate Presentations on Waste Management, Power GridManagement and Telecommunications Techonologies of SmartCities. |
Day 10 | Tues | Jan 6 | 9am ‐ 12pm: Metro Rail Corp.Visit with Prime Minister: Time? | Coporate Presentations on Metro Transporatation System andTechnologies of Smart Cities. |
Day 11 | Wed | Jan 7 | 9am ‐ 5pm: AIMA Smart CitiesInaugural Sessions with key firms | Presentations: Smart Cities Development1. IBM Research ‐ Ashish Verma, Smart Cities2. Cisco ‐ Harish Krishnan, Dir of Global Policy & Govt Affairs3. Deloitte Rajiv Kumar, Centre for Policy Research4. Pepsico Holdings ‐ Shivakumar, Chairman &CEO |
Day 12 | Thrs | Jan 8 | Depart from Delhi | Hotel checkout at noon. Haas Program Ends |
Day 13 | Fri | Jan 9 | Arrival in San Francisco |