Growth of smart cities awareness sees it enter mainstream consciousness

The biggest change around the conversation on Smart Cities that has occurred over the last three years is one of awareness.
In the inevitable way that all fringe technological concepts are destined to move from the preserve of the geek to the lips of the trend setters, Smart City is now going mainstream. The number of talks and panels at this years South by Southwest festival is testament to this.
The first panel of this years SXSW for me got off to an inspiring start. The panellists were the Ma