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Developing a Blueprint for a Smart City where Enterprise and Social Collaboration Thrive

Developing a Blueprint for a Smart City where Enterprise and Social Collaboration Thrive. Digital Birmingham - Birmingham City Council Raj Mack, Head of Digital Birmingham M: 07823534981 raj.s.mack@birmingham.gov.uk http://twitter.com/digibrum. Putting Birmingham First 2013.

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Developing a Blueprint for a Smart City where Enterprise and Social Collaboration Thrive

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  1. Developing a Blueprint for a Smart City where Enterprise and Social Collaboration Thrive Digital Birmingham - Birmingham City Council Raj Mack, Head of Digital Birmingham M: 07823534981 raj.s.mack@birmingham.gov.uk http://twitter.com/digibrum

  2. Putting Birmingham First 2013 • An engine for the West Midlands economy (20%) • 160,000 daily commuters • 4.3 million people of working agepopulation within a one hour drive of the city centre • 32m visitors per annum • Innovation & research centre: 65,000 students in three universities • Youngest city in Europe: 37% population aged less than 24 • UK’s largest cluster of life, bio, medical sciences businesses • +25% of UK’s digital games production companies

  3. Why be Smart ? - Challenges of urban growth Resource SCARCITY POPULATION GROWTH 2008 > 50% 2050 > 70% Legacy systems CLIMATE CHANGE 60% carbon reduction by 2026 Buildings use40%of world’s energy savings and up to 40% of energy savings are not captured today Acute and long term challenges & Current systems strained More than50%of web connections will be mobile by 2013

  4. What is a Smart City?- multiple definitions

  5. A new mindset and approach to shape design • Set up a Smart City Commission • Chaired by the Cabinet Member for Green, Safe and Smart City • 16 international / national / local “experts” • Collaborate - learn from others and import the best ideas • Identify our guiding principles, a vision and strategic direction to design a smart city • Initiate Roadmap by Autumn 2013 with strong stakeholder engagement

  6. Birmingham: The Enterprise Capitalbuilt on an inclusive, sustainable and smart economy Birmingham, the agile city where enterprise and social collaboration thrive helping its people live, learn and work better using leading technology To create the sustainable environment that will enable our businesses, communities and citizens to learn, create and prosper in an open and collaborative way, through the provision of city governance, platforms, and spaces, which integrate and leverage intelligence across our all our communities Tackle inequality & deprivation promoting social cohesion Lay the foundations for a prosperous city built on an inclusive economy Involve local people & communities in the future of their local area & their public services

  7. Identified 7 key smart city Principles • Leadership and ownership • Exploiting technologies & Future proofed infrastructure • Service transformation • Support mechanisms that enable innovation for all • New information marketplaces • Support to citizens and businesses to close the digital divide • Profiling and Influencing

  8. Creating Birmingham’s vision - a journey not a destination • Learning and collaborating - linked across Europe and wider • Understanding what’s important • What are the city’s burning challenges • One size does not fit all • Co-creating useful solutions City Protocol

  9. Birmingham First - Starting from a strong base – Investment Infrastructure and connectivity in urban and built environment £14M telecare service to support 27,000 Birmingham people World class digital connectivity programme The City has a 25 year, £2.7 billion highways PFI with Amey Library of Birmingham World class, knowledge hub - 0pens 2013 £188 million investment New Street Gateway £600million investment: busiest station outside of London - completes in 2015

  10. Birmingham First - Starting from a strong base – R&D / Global living lab test-bed - collaborative , scalable & experimental projects Parker app trial in Jewellery Quarter ICT & social Media to make urban living happier On demand cars Birmingham’s Civic Dashboard SMARTSPACES is the largest of the projects to be launched by the European Commission in the area of saving energy in public buildings using ICT.

  11. Birmingham First -Starting from a strong base – InnovationEnterprise, skills & collaboration – people, place, business “Droplet plans to disrupt mobile cash with no charges payment app for iPhone””

  12. Smart Birmingham: A vision of what it looks and feels like • The best place to start and grow a business • Well connected to opportunities, spaces, places and markets • Open minded, collaborative and experimental • Joined up in our city thinking • An easy, friendly and attractive place to come together • A pleasant, safe and fun city known for its great natural environment • Better information, more choice, more convenience, less waste • A great place to grow up and grow old

  13. Local Enterprise Partnership & City Region Core Cities Birmingham Science Park Aston European Community Smart City Commission Marketing Birmingham Business Birmingham Green Commission DigitalDistrict / 4G Digital Blueprint Open Data strategy, platform INCA / BDUK / SOCITIM Library of Birmingham Group DISCOVER: carers’ eLearning Open Data engagement Aston, Birmingham Universities, BCU Leaders Priorities: Smart City, Open City Network Rail / Interconnect Board Universal Credit Transformational events Clinical Commissioning Groups P3: To involve local people and communities P1: To tackle inequality and deprivation Housing Associations Welfare Reform Health & Well Being Board Creative andDigital Media Digital Media Business Cluster Digital Champions Carers’ Strategic Partnership P2: To lay the foundations for a prosperous city Living Lab Service Birmingham Social Care& Telehealth Science City Centro Interconnect & Gateway Digital Skills Agenda Major Cities in Europe Smart Mobility projects UTMC Smart Energy projects Funding Bids European Network of Living Labs ENoLL Procurement CISCO EUROCITIES AMEY Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Carillion BRE/SHABA A Collaboration of City–wide Partners Activities Priorities

  14. The journey continues… • Our aim is to create a smarter city, not just a city where smart things happen • Strong bottom-up approach • Recognise that the role of the city is to act an enabler / facilitator to accelerate opportunities • Real change will only be possible through city system integration and making data open and accessible • A smart city is not about buying new technologies – It’s about learning to do things differently as innovation lies in the application of knowledge Follow us on Twitter @ digibrum

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