1. www.intelligentcommunity.com Louis Zacharilla Co-Founder ICF, New York 15 April 2014 The Rise of the Intelligent Community THINK CONFERENCE

2. INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM The Stakes

3. INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM The Analogy

4. INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM The Facts “In Europe where the idea of the nation state formed, the state is losing its significance.” -Henry Kissinger. Tahrir Square, Egypt, November 2011

5. INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM The Historic Moment

6. INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM The Mission: Energize Communities for the 21 st Century “There is no place like home.”

7. INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM The Early Stage Connectivity as a utility Elimination of “Middle of Nowhere” “Research” and “Knowledge” redefined. Emergence of culture & quality of life as economic raw materials and resources (Brain Gain Effect) Cities and communities seizing their destinies

8. INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM BROADBANDBROADBAND KNOWLEDGE WORKFORCE INNOVATION ADVOCACYADVOCACY DIGITAL INCLUSION The Method

9. INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM The Final Slide “The chief object of education is not to learn things, but to unlearn things.” G.K. Chesterton, British writer