In this episode of The Intelligent Community, ICF Co-Founder Lou Zacharilla speaks with Alexander Schmidt, CEO & Founder of BABLE

The CEO and Founder of BABLE Smart Cities in Germany is on a mission: to accelerate change for a better urban life by helping a city or a region’s stakeholders create sustainable, innovative, and inclusive places.
How’s he doing?  And why is his company called “BABLE??”

In this episode we speak with Alexander Schmidt, whose company has been working on process of improvement for cities and which is partnering with ICF for the Barcelona Summit in early November at the Smart City Expo.

Schmidt says that by “simplifying innovation” cities can save 80% of money allocated to them by the EU and other sources. He discusses this.

Mr. Schmidt, whose company continues to open offices throughout the EU, also tells us why he finds the ICF method for creating better communities everywhere on Earth a compelling proposition.


And he tells us how BABLE got its name….