IEEE Smart Cities interviewed with IEEE President-elect 2022, Saifur Rahman,  on helping to make a smarter city a reality.  In the context of making urban living more safe, secure and environmentally sustainable, we focus on environment governance, public safety, city planning, industry facilitation, resource utilization, energy conservation, traffic control, telemedicine, homecare, interpersonal communications, social activities and entertainment.  In order to materialize some of IEEE’s humanitarian goals, this lecture will also focus on how some of the lessons learned from the IEEE Smart City program can be used in the IEEE Smart Village initiative.