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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
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’
What is a Fab Lab?"A Fab Lab (fabrication laboratory) is a fully kitted fabrication workshop which gives everyone in the community from small children through to entrepreneurs and businesses, the capability to turn their ideas and concepts into reality."Manchester has been chosen as the first city in the UK to host a Fab Lab, a community inventors' workshop where new products can be built by both businesses and individuals. It was born out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology see about us for more info.
www.fablabmanchester.org
Thank [email protected]
FreeFree, , not-for-profitnot-for-profit, , volunteervolunteer run run central spacecentral space for for creative technologistscreative technologists, , artistsartists, , critical practitionerscritical practitioners to support to support serendipitous cross-overserendipitous cross-over and and signpostingsignposting
Grass Roots Community Space
Learning by doing
Supporting alternative &
sustainable practices
Space for user groups & peer
learning
Supporting Voluntary Sector
Organisations
Digital Creatives
Workshops
http://omniversity.madlab.org.uk/
@Omniveristy
http://diybio.madlab.org.uk/@diybiomcr
10 years old
“By, for and of” the member businesses
Funded by member subscriptions
Close working relationship with MDDA