Overview

December 8

Over the next five years, the federal government will award $5 billion in funding in the form of Safer Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grants to support initiatives that promote safer streets with the goal of zero roadway deaths. Smart street lighting is a common method governments use to bolster safer streets initiatives – Street lighting is an essential component of road safety, and better lighting has proven to address a broader range of challenges, like lowering crime rates.

Ensuring lighting and other smart city infrastructure remain operational and secure means building resilient grids. Governments can support this next logical step in a city or state's evolution with the $10.5 billion in Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) funding available for initiatives that improve grid flexibility.

Explore how your city, state or locality can optimize street lighting and better manage the grid during a live 30-minute webinar hosted by Government Technology and Ubicquia on December 8, 2023, at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET.

What You'll Learn:

How to improve public safety by making your existing infrastructure intelligent
Strategies for creating connected, smart city infrastructure
What funds are available and tips for securing funding

Speakers

Herb Sih

Smart Technology Consultant

Herb Sih is a smart technology consultant with a deep background in technology, innovation, finance, investment, ROI analysis, and economic development. Herb has advised over 60 cities throughout North America in the areas of smart city master planning and grant funding (including IIJA and IRA). He has significant experience and expertise in the areas of public safety, climate action, sustainability, resilience, transportation and mobility, and technology led economic development. He also has significant experience in helping communities identify federal grants to fund the investment and deployment of smart technology solutions. Prior to working as a consultant, Herb was the co-founder of an emerging technology incubator, general partner for a venture capital fund, started several companies as an entrepreneur, was an investment professional for a Wall Street firm and was a military pilot.

Mike Grigsby

Director of Business Development, Ubicquia

Mike Grigsby is Director of Business Development for Ubicquia, brings a rich history in citizen engagement and smart city technology. With experience as the Chief Information Officer in Kansas City, the Director of Information Services for the Kansas City Missouri Police Department, and a Computer Forensic Examiner for the FBI, he understands the transformative power of technology in community development.

Shonte Eldridge — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Shonte Eldridge is an award-winning strategy and organizational change expert who spent 23 years in State and Local Government leadership. She served in senior positions for a Governor, two States’s Attorneys, and two Mayors, and ended her public sector career as the Deputy Chief of Operations for the City of Baltimore. Shonte is currently focused on helping government leaders simplify cumbersome business operations and navigate an ever-evolving technology landscape. Shonte was named one of the 25 women to watch by the Baltimore Sun newspaper and magazine in 2020 and is most known in the industry for her energetic approach to solving complex government challenges and developing process improvement and digital transformation strategies that get results.

Webinar

How to Build Safer Streets and Better Grids with Federal Funds