Las Vegas 2020

Many cities across the globe are plagued by low efficiency, corruption, high unemployment, high crime, pollution, and low citizen participation in their community. For cities of the future, a dramatic change is needed to ensure optimal allocation of resources and to ultimately provide a higher quality of life for their citizens.

A dramatic, new model for a city government will be introduced. This model is based on a concept of decentralized decision making with a strong centralized execution authority. One of the core ideologies is to motivate good citizen behavior and reprimand destructive conduct. At the same time, modern technology will be used as a key enabler to provide solutions, such as devices for real-time communication between citizens and the government, and a voting system where everyone participates in frequent, mandatory voting on key issues such as crime fighting and education optimization. Finally, a groundbreaking idea for boosting city revenues and job growth will be introduced. The presentation will include a series of illustrations depicting the presenters’ vision for the City of Las Vegas in the year 2020 based on the implementation of the ideas discussed in the session.

Who should attend: Public policy personnel, business community, law enforcement, citizens.

What you’ll learn: A brand new vision for the city of the future where citizens and business will thrive and where citizen participation truly counts.

How this new knowledge can be applied: The ideas presented in this session can become a platform to help city policy makers, administrators, and planners create a successful strategy for how to get their cities on the right track for the year 2020.

Nils Rasmussen, CEO and founder of international technology company (Solver, Inc.), author and speaker on topics related to Cyber Government, Los Angeles, California

Christian Schoyen, CEO and founder of an international headhunting company (ESR, Ltd.), author and speaker on topics related to “socio-economic evolution derived from cloud-based citizen/government interfaces”, Los Angeles, California

Key words: decentralized decision making, communication, cities

Issue area: Governance and Communities