Iemke Idsingh
Public Sector Solutions Director
Oracle
The Netherlands

Biography
Acting as a Public Sector Solutions Director for the Oracle Government, Education and Healthcare Industry Business Unit, Mr. Iemke Idsingh (1963) carries the worldwide responsibility for the Oracle Smart City Platform Industry Solution. Mr. Idsingh takes ownership in developing and leading strategic, functional and technical business development activities – covering the full range of Oracle solutions for Public Sector organizations. As part of his role he builds key relationships with strategic partners and large customers to ensure the growth in Oracle's share of these markets. Representing over 25 years of experience in both Oracle and Siebel, of which over 20 years in Public Sector, Mr. Idsingh advised customers, partners and colleagues on the potential role of Oracle Technology and Applications solutions. Mr. Idsingh played a pivotal role in the development of the market for Case Management in Europe. His Public Sector domain knowledge as well as his strong architectural and Oracle solutions expertise supports Oracle to modernize even more government agencies. Mr. Idsingh holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from HTS Amsterdam.

Abstract
Location Enabled Citizen Empowerment

Citizens find answers from peers, rather than from City officials. Cities need to redefine citizen interaction. Decentralization leads to citizens organizing their own life. Offering a location based Citizen Experience infrastructure that is open, available, standard and secure to facilitate crowd sourcing is key. Local initiatives pave the way for a return to self-regulation. Citizens are organizing their own life (like in neighborhood watch, sharing means of transport, producing energy with reusable resources) – more than often based on location based services. Citizens’ creativity may solve City issues faster, better, cheaper. Offering an open location enabled infrastructure to facilitate crowd sourcing is key. Empowering communities may vary from providing complete Land Information Systems to full reliance on citizens’ initiatives. Cities may provide all geographical and spatial instruments for citizens to exploit. Or perhaps it is enough for the city to just create the foundation for citizens to develop their own solutions. The Oracle Smart City Platform exploits Oracle’s geographical and spatial functionality to allow for two-way interaction, the basis for closed loop interaction between the city and residents. High quality Citizen Experience is the result. Inclusiveness designed into an inviting collaboration infrastructure.