Smart Places, Smart Cities 2021

DAY 1 - Wednesday, 23 June

Host and moderator: Helen Olsen Bedford, UKAuthority

Nathan Pierce, Head of Smart London Team & Programme Director of Sharing Cities, Greater London Authority 

Future-proofing cities with smart technology
Nathan Pierce will present key learnings from the six-year EU Horizon 2020 programme Sharing Cities, exploring smart technology through a recovery lens. Nathan will discuss how smart, low carbon infrastructure can help the green economy to grow, which in turn will help London to recover from the pandemic and respond to the climate crisis

Jon Burt, Lead Enterprise Architect, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Stu Higgins, Head of Smart Cities and IoT, Cisco 

Connected places evolution: Yesterday, today and tomorrow - 5 years of 'smart' cities 
It’s a perfect time to reflect on where we were, where we are and where we are going with connected places. Stu Higgins will reflect on the rapidly changing landscape of smart places in the UK and how towns and cities across the country are looking to accelerate their efforts to deliver more connected communities and provide better services to everyone, no matter where they live or their current circumstances

Liz St Louis, Assistant Director of Smart Cities, Sunderland City Council 

Our Smart City 
Hear about Sunderland's journey as they endeavour to deliver ubiquitous next generation connectivity and deliver use cases that make a transformational difference to residents and businesses within the city, leaving no one and nowhere behind

DAY 2 - Thursday, 24 June

Host and moderator: Helen Olsen Bedford, UKAuthority

Dan Clarke, Strategy and Partnerships Manager, Cambridgeshire County Council

The use of technology and data to support post pandemic recovery 
The talk will explore how data and technology will support Cambridgeshire in addressing some of the big challenges faced post pandemic. This will include responding to the challenge of getting the public back on public transport and the recovery of local economies 

Andrew Parsons, IoT Programme Manager
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Bradley Coupar, Social Worker and Smart Place Project Manager, South London Partnership

Adrian Walker, T-Projects Manager, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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Professor Andrew Wilson, Chair in Forensic & Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford 

Virtual Bradford 
An aspiration of the Metropolitan District Council and brought to fruition by the University of Bradford’s Visualising Heritage group, the free to use virtual model of Bradford provides accurate levels of detail of the built environment for various priority uses for the council, including urban/ civic planning; traffic management; support to the modelling of air quality, flood risk and noise pollution; contribute to disaster management planning; and to highlight the heritage of the city to enhance education, tourism and in fostering civic pride. Its use is only limited by your imagination!