Bristol came 2nd in 2016 and 1st in 2017 in an index of UK smart cities. That’s quite an achievement. To explore this success, last month we helped facilitate and co-ordinate the Bristol Smart City Showcase at the Smart IoT conference in London; one of the biggest of its kind with over 20,000 attendees. I
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It is very likely that the UK will continue to be part of the successor to the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme in some form or another. It’s vital for our science, higher education and knowledge economy. The current programme has a budget of 80 billion euros, started in 2014 and lasts till…well, 2020. The current
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Response to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities call for evidence Last year the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities launched a call for evidence for a UK Government Strategy on Smart Cities. YoUrban responded. We would welcome UK Government support in this sector; not for the sake of another plan or
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On the 28th of February I’ll be speaking at the Urban Future Global Conference in Vienna; a global gathering of people making cities more sustainable. The session I am involved with is around how cities are collaborating with each other, businesses and citizens to progress the transition to more smart and sustainable cities. I’m speaking
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