“Cambridge is a city of considerable magic”Lewis Herbert – City Council Leader

• 1525 tech companies, directly employing over 53,000 people, with a combined turnover of over £11.8 billion

• Cambridge files more patents per head of population than the next ten highest UK cities combined

• Grown ten £1 billion-pound businesses (and one $20bn business) from scratch.

Economic Success – Cambridge Phenomenon

Educational Success

In 2012, the student population was estimated at 29,087

Tourism4.5 million People visit Cambridge each year

Quality of Life

• 743.59 hectares of protected open space

• Highest rate of cycling per head in UK• 1,500 listed buildings; 13,000

properties in 11 conservation areas –Quality built environment

• Arts and Culture

Challenges

Growth - 2031•Approx. 33,000 new houses•Population increase of approx. 50,000 people•44,000 new jobs•Constrained City

Ageing Population•By 2022, Cambridgeshire social services expect more than 3,000 people aged over 90 and an additional 4,500 aged between 75 and 90.

Reducing Budgets•£115m in last 3 years, another £121.4 million over next 5 yrs –overall budget of £1.3b over the whole County (680,000 pop)

‘Wicked Problems’• Transport

• Congestion – increasing pressure on the network• Already high levels of cycling/public transport use

• Health and Social Care• Ageing population• Increases in demand as Cambridge grows• Pressure on budgets

• Energy• Grid Capacity• Energy Security• Carbon emissions

• Digital/networked society• More people have the ability to connect, share and take action

independently of traditional institutions and structures.

How can the ‘Internet of Things’

help build a better society?

How can we support the

development of the IoT in

Cambridgeshire – ensure innovation

and support economic growth?

Data – from

data

management

to data science

Sensor connected

devices &

Internet of Things

Big Data &

Analytics

Data SharingConnected

Infrastructure

Digital

Connectivity

Infrastructure –

Fibre, Wi-Fi and

Mobile

Open Data

Smart Cities

Intelligent mobility projects

IoT data sharing & analytics across public & private domains - Use case: cycling in

Cambridge & London

• Making private IoT data more useful & valuable

–combine with public data

–made discoverable through entitlement

–cross-domain analytics

Internet of Things – Tech City Launchpad

STRIDE - Smart Transport Internet of Things Data Ecosystem

• Create an environment where organisations can share data

• Created a Data Hub

• Acted as a focal point for the development of smart transport

applications and business process improvements