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Manchester City Region: Manchester Digital Development Agency:MDDA set up in 2004 to coordinate Digital Agenda for the city region
Dave Carter, Head, MDDA, Manchester City Council. UK.
Manchester’s Digital Agenda• Smart, inclusive & sustainable growth• Green & Digital• Transformational public services – e-Government +
e-Services• Open Innovation, Open Data & Open Networks
• Future Internet enabled Smart Cities• Internet of Things + Cloud + Open Data + + +
• Manchester Living Lab open innovation test-bed
• Partner networks: Manchester Digital trade association
MadLab – Manchester Digital Lab
Manchester - transitions
• ‘original, modern’ city• ‘shock’ of rapid industrialisation• legacy of urbanisation• impact of de-industrialisation• a ‘tale of two cities’ from the
start• poverty and pollution alongside
wealth and culture• de-population: from 750,000 to
420,000• 21st century growth: now nearly
500,000 people
Digitisation
ROAD - 50ADCANAL - 1734
RAIL - 1830
FIBRE - 1970s-Next Generation Access 2010-
SHIP CANAL - 1894
AIR - 1938
Global Market Connectivity
Innovation, Creativity and Diversity“Technology, Talent and Tolerance” Richard Florida.
• Largest urban regeneration programme in the UK• Transformational Infrastructure (mobility, digital, energy)
• User driven open innovation – Living Labs• Co-creation – co-production
– innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs– building, operating and owning infrastructure– user generated content and services– generating global skills and jobs locally
• ‘Smart Cities’