Open Programmable City Paul Wilson Managing Director@bristolisopen
• The world’s first open programmable city - Why?
• In the context of five mega-trends shaping the next decade
• How? – ‘City Experimentation as a Service’ - Mass Co-Creation
• Using an Open Software Defined Network, IoT & Big Data
• Who & When to engage
Agenda
‘I see Bristol as a laboratory for change’ Mayor George Ferguson
BIG DATA GENERATION
Why? - our philosophy of innovation, city-scale co-creation, enabled by a JV
Why? Use cases
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TMT businesses& academia
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Culture & creative content
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People, community,service delivery___________
Bettercity management
Source: McKinsey
Mega Trend #1 Technology and data continue to grow
Top 10 Country Average Connection Rates
UK ranks 28th
with av. 29.4 Mb
Fastest Consumer Connection Rate in the World
South Korea offers 1Gb connection rate to consumers
The fastest consumer rate in the UK is 152Mb
Connectivity for R&D partners
Every R&D partner in Bristol Is Open can use at least 30Gb, and lots more if needed
Mega Trend #2 People move to cities, using more tech
Source: McKinsey
Rapid Growth In World Population
7bn people in 2012
9bn people by 2040
Most of this Growth will be in Cities
Most people live in cities
CongestionBristol is 3rd most congested city in UK
Population - Bristol has fastest growth of under 4 children in UK cities & 50% growth in 85+ over 10yrs
Living on 2.3 planetsBristol is home to UK's largest biomass boiler cluster
Pollution – increase in health problems, 60,000 UK deaths pa
Less Govt expenditureWe need smarter ways of working
More home working
Energy requirementsBristol has the first local authority large-scale wind turbine
Urban Challenges Worldwide have a very real local echo
Mega Trend #3 Liveable, Sustainable & Resilient Cities Win
Mega Trend #4 Citizens want more control over daily life
Source: McKinsey
Mega Trend #5: A City Operating System
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Gartner’s Hype Cycle July 2014
OUR RESPONSE…
A LOT OF PEOPLE
INVOLVED
NEEDS GOOD ORGANISATION &
A CITY-REGION
A city-scale digital research infrastructure
3G, 4G, LTE & 5G Technologies
An RF Mesh (canopy of connectivity) across the city
Being tested in the centre of Bristol now
Phase II, wider City-Region, live in stages 2015-17
A CityOS: built from a Software Defined Network
Interoperable IoT platforms
For Example - IoT-Bay Hub Architecture
‘I see Bristol as a laboratory for change’ Mayor George Ferguson
BIG DATA GENERATION
SDN + IoT + Big Data Analytics = foundation for developing livable smart city applications
Co-production - local people, businesses, academics, and local government
How is it run?
£75m investment
How to get involved
Bristol Is Open Paul Wilson Managing Director@bristolisopen@__paulwilson