This paper has been written by Dr. Sylvie Albert ref:6, who has spent more than thirty years working in and around community development. She worked with the ICF in New York to devise and administer an evaluation mechanisms to recognize intelligent communities world-wide; with Infrastructure Canada on an evaluation system for the Smart City Challenge; with several small to mid-sized communities to manage economic development corporations; with academic institutions to develop public-private partnerships on new programs; with provincial governments to devise policies and funding programs for economic development and innovation; with researchers worldwide on the development of smart cities and networked communities. She has written and edited three books focused on smart/intelligent cities, and has been a frequent contributor to other books, journals and magazines. Sylvie is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.