Joe Dignan @_joedignan

Future Cities Catapult Succesfull Smart Cities

“Barcelona has been around

for 2000 years, I am not sure

how much longer Spain will

be”

Manel Sanroma- CIO

Barcelona

WE ACCELERATE

INNOVATION, TO

GROW BUSINESS AND

THE ECONOMY TO

MAKE CITIES BETTER

WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO

Making Insights Data

Science

Economics Urban

Futures

Our core capabilities

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CAPSTONE

• Future Cities Catapult is

helping to develop the legacy

of the Queen Elizabeth

Olympic Park.

• Working with Intel Labs

Europe, Imperial College and

University College London,

we're developing and

deploying technologies to

enhance visitors’ experience

• Our aim is to ensure the park

becomes renowned as a

hotbed for innovation and

cutting edge technology.

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CITIES STANDARDS INSTITUTE

• A world-class partnership between Future Cities Catapult and the British Standards Institute for the creation of smart city standards

• CSI is a membership programme bringing together city stakeholders including councilors, academics and businesses

• Our standards are already being used internationally. The two standards delivered to date are being included in ISO standards, via the 268 Committee on Smart and Sustainable Cities

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DUBAI

• We’re helping Dubai to achieve it’s ambition of becoming the happiest city in the world

• Becoming a smarter city is one of our key strategies for making Dubai happier

• We’ve suggested 36 actions city authorities can take to make Dubai smarter and happier

Joe’s smart City Predictions 2016

• Politicians recognise that strong cities are critical to economic growth.

• Acknowledgement that Smart City decisions do not fit into election cycles.

• Acceptence that the market failure is mainly demand side.

• IT companies will no longer be seen as the leaders of Smart Cities.

• Residential comes into the mix.

• Cities will not try to copy the same leaders.

• Second and third tier cities will become the new exemplars.

• Cities will spend less time demanding that they are unique.

• Cities will look for the funding differently.

Joe’s barriers to entry

There are five barriers to entry to

the smart city space- no leadership,

no scale, no need, no money, no

trust

Joe’s top ten traits of succesful smart cities

• They are led by mavericks • They have a dedicated team • They follow the money • They know what they have to work with • They have created the underlying infrastructure • They have a sense of identity and community • They know where they come from but also know their relevance to

the future • They leverage the private sector • They take risks and do things

Joe Dignan @_joedignan

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