2024 Catch Up

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01:25: Smart City Vision into Reality - Liz St Louis, Director for Smart Cities, Sunderland City Council
Progress to date, the impact and benefits of many of the digital developments and an outline of what’s next. Download slides

12:45: Integrating with smart systems – getting the most out of your data (Part One) - Nick Pates, Highways Maintenance and Assets Manager, Bristol City Council
Nick from Bristol City Council discusses the values of asset management and having a central repository for data. He outlines the benefits of various initiatives from LED replacements to interfacing with other smart providers like Gaist to provide a Safety view. Managing a system which is flexible and dynamic to ingest data, store data and run reports; Bristol has an ambition to measure carbon emissions through the data outputs. Download slides

25:24: Integrating with smart systems – getting the most out of your data (Part Two) - Hannah Winstanley, General Manager and UK Lead, Brightly
Hannah support Nick's conversation by describing how Bristol and other authorities use Brightly's software Confirm, plus a toolbox from Siemens, to act flexibly and sustainably – combining the real and digital world. Download slides

35:31: Digital Inclusion is Everyone’s business - Emma Weston OBE, CEO, Digital Unite
Digital inclusion needs to be reimagined. It’s not a project or a programme. It needs to be everyone’s continuous practice that’s reframed as an investment not a cost. But how do we go beyond manifestos and make this actually happen? And what’s the job for local and national government in a shared endeavour that needs to work alongside the private and third sector to succeed? Download slides

47:50: Q&A and panel discussion - all speakers

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02:18: Secure Connected Places - Liam O'Brien, Head of Secure Connected Places, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
How can we ensure that our smart connected places are also secure connected places? Download slides

13:34: Connected Places: Inclusive Connectivity for Social Housing - John Duncan, Connected Places Lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Here in Greater Manchester we are focused on creating Connected Places through our world class digital infrastructure, using technology and data to create resilient, accessible and sustainable places for everyone. As part of our Connected Places strategy, we recognise the importance of social housing and aim to build sustainable, scalable digital solutions to support our residents. With high levels of digital exclusion amongst social housing residents, we want to remove barriers to digital access, and help enable our residents to benefit from our connected, inclusive future. This session explains our strategy and how we are working to deliver this goal. Download slides 

28:15:Enabling smart connected places, digital infrastructure investment and whole council digital transformation (Part One) - Iqbal Singh Bedi, Managing Partner, Intelligens Consulting
In this session, Iqbal Singh Bedi explores how strategic digital investments can transform communities into smart, connected places. The session covers the benefits of leveraging advanced technologies such as AI, IoT, and 5G to enhance public services, drive economic growth, and improve the quality of life for citizens. Key case studies illustrate successful implementations of smart city projects, and practical insights are shared on securing funding and ensuring cybersecurity and resilience in digital infrastructure. Download slides

45:15: Enabling smart connected places, digital infrastructure investment and whole council digital transformation - Case Study (Part Two) - Steven Eke, Business Development Manager, Colchester Council's Amphora Trading 
Steven explains how Colchester is generating investment in digital infrastructure and growing a large open-access fibre network. He outlines their achievements and future aspirations. Download slides

56:35: Space & Geospatial Services - David Livingston, Commercial Manager, Crown Commercial Service
An overview of space within the UK, the RM6235 CCS agreement and what customers can procure, some use case studies and questions. Download slides

1:08:05: Q&A and discussion - all speakers

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01:58: ONS Local – how can we support places and communities to be smarter? - Becky Tinsley, Deputy Director, ONS Local, Office for National Statistics
This presentation describes how ONS Local, a new analytical advisory service, is supporting local government by providing the data, analysis, tools and skills to enable the growth of smart places and smart communities. Download slides

11:44: Using IoT data to tackle Damp and Mould in London - Jay Saggar, Programme Manager: Data, Smart Cities & Cyber Security, London Office for Technology and Innovation (LOTI)
How the Pan London Damp and Mould project aims to build the collaborative infrastructure to help solve London's big housing, climate and public health challenges. Download slides

23:48: Using tech to improve outcomes for residents - Nicholas McCarthy, Head of Digital Services, London Borough of Hounslow 
How Hounslow is working with other West London boroughs and beyond to build the infrastructure to harness tech for great outcomes with digital inclusion at heart of everything. Download slides

34:35: Delivering IOT & Smart Cities - Ralph Hegarty, Commercial Manager, Crown Commercial Service
The CCS route to market for delivering IOT and Smart City solutions (with example use cases) and our collaboration with the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT), showing how our framework aligns to the DSIT playbooks. Download slides

45:26: Q&A and panel discussion - all speakers