Agenda

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.

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 and Hannah  from Brightly, a Siemens Company will discuss the values of asset management and having a central repository for data. Nick will walk through 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 have an ambition to measure carbon emissions through the data outputs. 

Integrating with smart systems – getting the most out of your data (Part Two)  - Hannah Winstanley, General Manager and UK Lead, Brightly
Hannah will 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.

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?

Q&A and discussion - all speakers

Connected Places - Inclusive Connectivity for Social Housing - John Duncan, Connected Places Lead, Greater Manchester
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 will explain our strategy and how we are working to deliver this goal.

Liam O'Brien, Head of Secure Connected Places, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

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 will explore how strategic digital investments can transform communities into smart, connected places. The session will cover 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 will illustrate successful implementations of smart city projects, and practical insights will be shared on securing funding and ensuring cybersecurity and resilience in digital infrastructure. 

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

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.

Q&A and discussion - all speakers

Friday, 12 July morning: 11:00 - 12:30

ONS Local – how can we support places and communities to be smarter? - Becky Tinsley, Deputy Director, ONS Local, Office for National Statistics
This presentation will describe 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 

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.

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.

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.

Q&A and discussion - all speakers