Presentation given by Matt Clifton at the Urban University Conference,

organised by the University of

Northampton, in the Guildhall, Northampton,

3 July 2015

MILTON KEYNES“Smart City”

Optimal location:

• London: 88 km

• Oxford: 74 km

• Cambridge: 77 km

• Birmingham: 110 km

Where?

A Planned New City

Pop: 70,000

Pop: 260,000+

The evolving economic performance of UK cities: city growth patterns 1981-2011, Foresight Future of Cities: working paper , August 2014

Economic Success

Growth in Jobs 2004-13Cities Outlook 2015Centre for Cities

Milton Keynes Growth 2010-2026 – infrastructure challenges

• 28,000 new homes • 1.5 jobs per home• Population grows to

300,000+

Travel demand increase of 60%but practical capacity improvements address only 25% increase

Reduce carbon emissions per person by 40% (2010 – 2020)

MK Future City: Programme Objectives

The Metropolitan Century , OECD, February 2015

Address barriers to sustainable housing and jobs growth

— manage infrastructure pressures

— create new service models— reduce carbon emissions

• Improve the lives of citizens — responsive/bespoke services— engaged citizens — education and skills

• Build leadership in urban innovation— foster innovation & business

growth — attract investment — enhance reputation

Milton Keynes Future City: Innovation Cluster

Satellite Applications

Internet of Things

City Network

Smart Waste

Smart Homes

ElectricMobility

Intelligent and on-demand mobility

Smart Grid & Energy

MK:Smart City Data Hub

MK:Smart – City Data Hub

City Motion Map- Information- Services

Empowering citizens

Urban Data School- with 5 MK schools

My Milton Keynes

Connect MK - refurbished PC rental - tablet and training

CitizenMiDataStudio

Education and skills

Citizen-driven Innovation

Digital Services

Smart CitiesMOOC

Courses for businesses and business students

MK App

Satellite Data: Urban Planning

IoT: Experimental Sensor Networks

MESH

UNB

MK DatahubAnalytics

Integration

Curation

Storage

Import

SENSORS NETWORKS DATA HUB & APPLICATIONS

TVWS

Recycling collection use case

October 2013

Journey Planner

Traffic and Weather

Take a Picture

Journey Analysis

User Settings

Driver Assistance Application

Real-time Location Updateswith ETA and current position

What’s in it for me?

Save fuel & improve your driving style

Play a role in improving MK by sharing information about your road journeys anonymously

Play your part in road maintenance - report potholes and poor road surfaces automatically

Route 7: Electric Bus Service

October 2013

Principal route through city centre,operating from 6:00am – 11:00pm

High annual mileage (c. 56,000 miles per bus) and Service frequency of 15 minutes

Tailpipe emissions reduced by 500 tonnes CO2 p.a.

LUTZ Autopods

• On demand 2 –person pods• Run on pedestrian surfaces• MK railway station to city

centre

LUTZ Autopods

Sensors on Autopods – lidar and stereo cameras – create digital 3d picture of the environment in which they operate

South East Midlands

SEM SMEs and Innovation

SMEs:

70,238 businesses <250 employees56,340 businesses <5 employees28,708 knowledge intensive business services (KIBS)25,287 other service sectorsTurnover per employee: KIBS £196k; non-KIBS £139k

Innovation:

Strategic & marketing innovation: =2/39 LEPsProduct innovation: =2/39 LEPsNew to market innovation: 6/39 LEPsProcess innovation: =7/39 LEPs

Innovation collaboration: =4/39 LEPs

HEFCE/ERC – Collaboration between SMEs and Universities – May 2015

Universities Mean Business

Capacity to deal with micro businesses

Knowledge transfer models applicable to business services

Broader HEI engagement channels

Mix of skills specific and generic training

Accurate information on changing business needs and demand for graduates

Conclusions

• Platforms for IT enabled collaboration

• Smart region model

• What’s the academic framework?

• Place-making

• GIS science

• Data analytics

• Decision-making & problem-solving

• City governance