The Future of Urban Movement
The Future of Urban Movement
The Smart Cities SIG is putting on a pub social at the well-known and friendly Maypole Freehouse in Cambridge. The event will start at 6:30pm (with registration and time to get a drink from 6pm) and short talks from experts in the Smart Cities space who will explore the changing needs of citizens for transport in cities and towns, and examine the challenges of meeting these needs in a sustainable way. We have a private room upstairs booked until 8:30pm after which delegates are welcome to continue networking in the bar area downstairs.
Registered delegates are entitled to one free drink from the bar on CW.
Background to the talks:
Covid significantly disrupted the way that people move around and between cities and towns. This had led to city authorities having to reimagine the future and adapt to these changes. Core to this has been the collection and use of data, utilising new technologies to both better understand where, when and how people are moving. Authorities are developing better tools and models to understand and plan for the future, including visualisations, models and digital twins. Regions are seeing new modes of transport emerge such as electric scooters, demand-responsive transport and shared vehicles to meet this new demand. How can cities begin to integrate these modes into a user friendly transport system and ensure that we are supporting a move from the car to more sustainable modes?
Access:
Unfortunately there is no access for wheelchair users to the private room upstairs where the talks will take place. However, delegates are welcome to network in the bar area downstairs as well.
Speakers include:
- Megan O'Connor - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Vivacity Labs
- Andy Walker - Commercial Director, Ito World
Smart and Intelligent Cities SIG Champions
Dejan Bojic
Dejan is a senior consultant advising a range of clients across both public and private sectors. His particular focus is development of open and shared digital infrastructure to support product development and service transformation within complex innovation ecosystems. Until recently Dejan worked at the UK government's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) where he led the technology advisory team within the Future Networks Programme. A firm believer in creating value through collaboration between public and private sectors and across technology layers, Dejan’s aspiration as a SIG Champion is to shine a spotlight on market innovation opportunities through CW’s uniquely rich network of experts and influencers.
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/deyanb/
David Brown
David has spent the past 15 years helping start-up/scale-up companies in the UK build successful Customer Service, Customer Success, and Professional Services teams. He has done this mainly as a player/coach; initially working with customers himself and only building teams once he’s gained a clear understanding of what's needed to support the company's unique customer base. In 2015, he used the knowledge gained from years of working in web analytics to found Adavow, an ad suppression platform that enables advertisers and ad networks to stop serving digital ads to consumers who have recently purchased a similar item, which increases digital budget efficiency by 10% or more. David is a keen believer that the best way to become successful is to help others become successful and "What comes around, goes around."
- Twitter:
- @4dmbrown
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/4dbrown/
Dan Clarke
Dan is Head of Innovation and Technology for the Greater Cambridge Partnership and works with new and emerging tech to help address the challenges facing Cambridge such as traffic flow, the public transport system, and air quality. Dan’s work has included the deployment of sensor networks, data platforms and travel planning apps and trialling the UK’s first purpose-built automated bus as part of the public transport system. He has also worked with the University of Cambridge on a digital twin of the city.
Dan has supported Cambridge being used as testbed for new technologies. He works across local and central government, business and academia to ensure that the city is using new technologies to support its ambitions. Dan is currently on the UKTIN Transport working group, on the advisory board for DaRe (a university led project to support net zero transport) and he is a SIG champion for the Smart and Intelligent cities SIG.
Previously Dan worked for Connecting Cambridgeshire on the deployment of connectivity across the county. He led projects including the adoption of a LoRa network, assisted MNO’s in establishing mobile connectivity (including deploying 5G small cells) and explored the use of neutral host and private networks across the county.
John Davies
John has carried out a unique mix of strategic and operational roles with placements in the USA and Europe and partnerships in Asia. Over recent years much of his private sector and Government activities has been in the area of mobile and wireless communications, digital media, Smart Cities, Cloud and Big Data and M2M/IoT as well as emerging and disruptive technologies. Helping technology start ups in the UK and internationally sourcing technology and partners as well as provide due diligence in areas of M&A and stock listings. Operating as a UK Government Advisor John has briefed both UK and International Government Ministers and Departments on Smart Cities and respective technologies and applications. This has included providing international workshops, mentoring and consulting at senior levels. John has designed and ran awareness and implementation workshops for international companies and led international delegations to overseas markets, the most recent to Singapore and Malaysia in partnership with InnovateUK. John is an active member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Smart Cities. John will be engaging with potential new international companies and organisations, and supporting CW member companies.
