Future City Glasgow Scottish Government City Council Universities Commercial Collaboration City of Glasgow Population 600,000/1.2Million Largest City in Scotland (4th UK) One Unitary Local Authority 5 Universities Colleges Economic core of Scotland Innovation and best practice in Future Cities
Smart Cities in the UK Renewal of Infrastructure Investment in technology..but not just technology Solutions as blending social, political, economic, environmental and technological New ways of working New forms of collaboration; industry, Government and academic Cities as complex entities.solutions as complex Smart Cities in Scotland National Strategy Digital Strategy connectivity, economy, participation public services Investment in technology Investment in skills Improvement of services - prevention, personalisation and better performance Dialogue with ICT industry via Industry Board Digital first approach- services so good that citizens choose to use them www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/economy/digital/digitalservices
Industry, Government and Academic Collaboration in Smart Cities Glasgow Urban Big Data Centre...urban informatics; transport, education, housing Datalab Innovation Centre...industry collaboration and skills development in data science Sensors and real time city management e.g. traffic control and asset performance management What Works...data driven social and economic policy Digital Health/Stratified Medicine... Institute for Future Cities..City Observatory Programme level industrial engagement with a series of strategic partners Establishing Glasgow as a leading world University in Future Cities research and solutions delivery Future Cities Demonstrator Technology Strategy Board has invested 24m in a Future Cities Demonstrator. Integration of multiple systems in novel ways; Tackle specific challenges in the city; Impact on the economy, quality of life and environment of the city; Combine recent or current investment in city infrastructure with the demonstrator funding to create a more effective test environment; Platform that allows innovative companies, particularly SMEs, to test their ideas; Potential for further development and use beyond the initial two years of funding - sustainability. City of GLASGOW.
Glasgow Operations Centre Central command function Traffic control City centre monitoring Public safety Dynamic response range of further measures developing Future City Demonstrators Social Transport Active Travel Street Lighting Energy Demand Management Open data www.open.glasgow.gov.uk Positioning in a Complex Landscape Significant Opportunity Emerging market; cities as 80% of global GDP Global Future Cities market of $400B total by 2020 (BIS 2012); $1.5Tr (F&S 2014) Linking industry, academia and Government Open up new data sources for research on complex urban problems Connect directly to decision makers in public policy Provide a research resource for UK and international partners Acknowledged as a Centre of Excellence Build on our unique strengths to offer insight and solutions to major societal challenges Organise the University and the City s resources around this Articulate a distinct, powerful proposition Shape the emerging Future Cities agenda Develop new funding streams and collaborative partnerships
Glasgow Proposition Glasgow as a leading city a distinctive proposition Positioning the city in a rapidly evolving policy and practice landscape. Skills base, investment and landing site for industry Solid platform from the Demonstrator (projects and partnerships) Organisation of research, networks and resources around emerging opportunities Inter-disciplinary Data, Transportation, Population, Environment A clear Future City identity through the focussing of existing and development of new research and collaboration - cluster Neil.bowering@glasgow.ac.uk Michael.burns.2@glasgow.ac.uk