1. Future Cities CatapultVision and ScopeJune 2012Technology Strategy BoardDriving Innovation

2. 2 Future Cities Catapult Vision and ScopeVision and ScopeJune 2012Introduction of the UKs GDP are telling us that they need By 2030 there new solutions if they are going to investThe Technology Strategy Board is establishing could be a effectively. Although this is a global challenge,a Future Cities Catapult a world-leading no other country has yet developed a nationaltechnology and innovation centre. 200bn global centre to provide integrated solutions to themarket annuallyfuture needs of cities.The Catapult will help UK businesses tocreate products and services that meet the for integrated city The market is large and growing. Over 6.5tn will be invested globally in city infrastructureneeds of the worlds cities as they adapt to systems over the next 10-15 years, and the accessiblefuture demands. market for integrated city systems isAs cities compete to deliver a thrivingexpected to be 200bn a year by 2030.economy and good quality of life with a The larger and more accessible market forsmaller environmental footprint, there is future cities is in retrofitting existing citiesa rapidly growing market for innovative and serving rapidly expanding cities.solutions that integrate and optimisethe major systems of a city. This includes The UK is well positioned to exploit thisa citys health, energy, water, waste, A future city has growing market. We have world-leadingcommunications, buildings and transport.a thriving economy companies in project management, engineering, architecture, energy and transportThe centre will focus on integration acrossand good qualitysystems, communications and the digitalthese systems. We estimate that by 2030there will be a 200bn global market annuallyof life with reduced economy, finance, legal and insurance. Our ability to bring together the cluster of companiesfor integrated city systems. environmental needed to design, finance, risk manage andThe Catapult will address the followingfootprint execute large infrastructure projects makes thechallenges:UK a major global centre for such projects. connecting city systems to enable The UK has a world-class science and research integration and interoperabilitybase that supports the development of innovative increasing city density and populationsolutions and provides a talent pool for UK without congestionand global firms. transitioning to resource-efficient, low-carbon cities Vision resilient energy systems.What are Catapults?The Future Cities Catapult will help UK businessesWe invite organisations and individuals to helpto develop high-value, integrated urban solutionsus to develop the detailed programme for theThe Future Cities Catapult forms partand then sell those solutions to the world.Catapult. Initial contributions to feed intoof the Technology Strategy Boardsdevelopment of an outline business case and 200m-plus programme to establishIt will create a technical capability to achievemodel are requested by 9 July 2012. and oversee a network of technologynew levels of systems integration. It will joinand innovation centres. Thesebusiness, city governments and academiaCatapults will be drivers of sustained in a unique collaboration to enableFuture cities:economic growth, attracting substantialbusinesses to develop products and serviceschallenges and opportunitiesinvestment to establish world-leadingfor this emerging market. It will act as ancapability and global impact in pre- accelerator for UK firms as they innovate toCities are a vital part of future globalcommercial development.meet the needs of the worlds cities. It willeconomies and are growing rapidly. But theyprovide both a neutral space, and the intensityare threatened by challenges including a of collaboration, that cities and firms say ischanging climate, population growth,What are future cities?currently missing.shifting demographics and resource crunches.A future city is one that can provide aWe therefore need to create integratedthriving economy and good quality of lifeSpecific barrierscity-wide systems that maximise the benefitswith a reduced environmental footprint.of major cities, whilst managing the downsides. It is able to maximise the many economic We need to overcome the specific barriers toThe complexity of the challenge facing cities isbenefits of a city, often related to density innovation. These include:beyond any single business, sector or discipline, and proximity, whilst managing the a focus on innovation in specific cityand there is strong demand for solutions in the downsides, such as congestion or waste. subsystems, such as water and energy, ratherUK and globally. Cities representing over 80% than integration. 3. 3Future Cities Catapult Vision and Scope These silos are seen in the work ofThe transition to resource-efficient,businesses, the research base, and in city low-carbon cities Many major cities havegovernment organisational structures set challenging targets for becoming more no individual company has all the skillsresource efficient and in particular for carbon necessary to deliver the requirements of Over 6.5tn will be reduction. City governments talk about the cities in the future. This is a particular probleminvested globally in city importance of decoupling growth from for smaller innovative companies, but eveninfrastructure over the resource consumption. How should cities the largest find it difficult to build broaddevelop their infrastructure to enable enough collaborations to meet the challenge next 10-15 yearslow-carbon resource-efficient growth? no neutral space for city governments,What levers are available to cities and how business and the knowledge base tocan they be used? collaborate on new integrated solutions Resilient energy systems City leaders solutions need to be demonstrated and are concerned that their current energy validated at scale and in use to convince infrastructure will not be able to cope with the market. Little data is available on increased population, increased demand performance in use of integrated systemsfrom new low-carbon transport systems, and wider use of distributed and renewable limited involvement of the social and Projected cityenergy supplies. New energy supply systems behavioural sciences in developing solutions that recognise cities as placespopulation will involve new players beyond the where people live and work; placinggrowths of moretraditional utilities. citizens at the heart of the city.than 40% areDeveloping innovative responses to these challenges will provide UK firms with major commonopportunities globally, as they reflect theScope and initial priorities priorities of so many cities.Our extensive consultation identified thechallenges facing cities and those seeking toCapabilitiesserve cities with new technologies, productsand services. Many of them can only be tackled Supporting business to develop productsthrough focused integration across city The Future Cities Catapult programme willand services to meet these challenges willsystems, requiring cross-sector and cross-initially focus on the following challenges. require the Catapult to develop a strongdiscipline collaboration.set of capabilities including:Connecting city systems to enableThis has given us a clear scope for the integration and interoperability A key real-time analysis and control for city systemsCatapult. The Catapult will focus on thechallenge in integrating city systems is a cities observatory that monitorsintegration of city systems to help businessesto break through the current silos to enablemultiple field trials across different citiescreate the products and services that citiesmulti-way communications between the advanced modelling, data capture, datawill require in the future to meet their need systems. This means using current dataanalysis and visualisationfor a strong economy and excellent qualityinterchange standards where they exist,of life with low environmental impact. instrumentation and communications forand developing new standards where theysmart city infrastructureIt will focus initially on helping businesses do not. This will enable businesses and citiesto extract and analyse information from management, integration and analysis ofprovide solutions for retrofitting existingcity systems, make decisions and act upon very large datasetscities and for rapid expansion of cities thisis the larger and more accessible market. those decisions. design, implementation and managementIncreasing city density and populationof field trials and demonstration projectsThe Catapult will not work on individualwithout congestion Cities in both the integrated urban design and planning forcity systems in isolation. Instead, it will workdeveloped and developing worlds are future citieson the integration of systems, specificallyfocusing on the way they combine andexpecting rapid growth in population. understanding of consumer choice andinteract to create opportunities for better Projected population growths of more than behaviour within citiesperformance and greater value.40% in the coming years are common. developing new finance and insuranceHow can a city develop and integrate its builtstrategies for citiesIt will work on projects that are rooted in environment, transport, communicationsspecific, practical challenges of cities, where and other infrastructure to support that understanding of the interaction of differentsolutions to real market needs can be level of growth without losing all the gainscity governance structures, and of fundingdeveloped into investable propositions. to congestion?and executing city-wide projects. 4. 4Future Cities Catapult Vision and ScopeRegister your interest atwww.catapult.org.uk/futurecitiesOperating principlesCities will gain opportunities to collaborate We would like to hear from companies, citywith business on co-creating new solutions, governments and organisations that:The Catapult will be a centre for integration,support to become better procurers, are interested in using the facilities andcomplementing existing academic and and pragmatic strategies for enhancedparticipating in the programmes of thebusiness-led centres, and will focus on cross-economic growth. centre, and/ordiscipline and cross-sector collaboration.As a centre of excellence with an have relevant resources and capabilitiesIt will be an autonomous research and international reputation, strongly linkedthat could contribute to the operations ofdevelopment organisation, with its ownto the knowledge base of the country, thethe centre and to projects and activities.management, R&D and support staff,Catapult will help to anchor the research andWe welcome input from individuals,resources and capabilities. It will be locatedinnovation programmes of internationalbusinesses, cities, academics and otherin a single physical location, led by anand multinational companies in the UK, andinterested groups to help shape theentrepreneurial director of international will strengthen the position of the UK forfocus of the centre. We are not seekingstanding and overseen by a business-led inward investment in city system innovation.consortia to lead or to run the Catapult.supervisory board.It will create partnerships that would notThe next stage in the creation of the FutureThe Future Cities Catapult will be: otherwise form. It will help to develop Cities Catapult is to take the vision and scope a single centre to create intensity of standards and new ways of collaborating described here and to develop it into an collaboration across many disciplinesthat will accelerate the development of outline business case and business modelnew and commercially significant products that provides more detail on the facilities linked to demonstration projects in citiesand services. and capabilities that need to be provided, in the UK and in other countriesand the financial investments required. host to a city observatory to enable real- time data-capture, analysis and visualisationFunding We plan to complete this phase of the workby late summer 2012. linked to multiple in situ projectsAll Catapults will obtain their funds from aPlease visit and register with the Future linked to related Catapults includingcombination of core Technology Strategy Transport Systems and Connected DigitalCities Special Interest Group at www.Board support and competitively won catapult.org.uk/futurecities, where Economy, drawing on their skills andbusiness and public sector funding. It is you will find further information on the developing joint programmesexpected, when fully established, to generate Catapult and a questionnaire about the linked strategically with relevant centres revenue broadly equally from three sources: programme and facilities. Please complete of expertise in the UK and beyond. business-funded R&D contracts, won the questionnaire by midnight on 9 July toCollaborations between businesses, citycompetitivelyallow us to include your suggestions in thegovernments and academics to develop, deploy national and EU collaborative applied development of the Catapult plan.and learn from new integrated city-wide R&D projects, funded jointly by The Technology Strategy Board is a business-solutions will build projects of global significance. the public and private sectors andled executive non-departmental public body,The Catapult will enter into non-exclusivewon competitively established by the Government. Its role is topartnerships with businesses and work with core public funding of up to 10m perpromote and support research into, andother innovative organisations within theyear for long-term investment in development and exploitation of, technologyUK and internationally. These will include infrastructure capability and the abilityand innovation for the benefit of UK business,partners wishing to exploit its capabilities,to support business- led collaborative in order to increase economic growth andand partners who can bring capabilities andprojects and contracts.improve quality of life.facilities to the Catapult.Join in Developing the CatapultBenefitsThe Technology Strategy Board is leading theThe Catapult will provide UK businesses process to establish the Future CitiesTechnology Strategy Boardwith a unique facility and the necessaryCatapult with the support and help of the North Star Housecapabilities to develop and test new products business, city, and academic communities. North Star Avenueand services. This will include live trials,This will include drafting the initial business Swindon SN2 1UEreducing the time-to-market for new plan and appointing a leadership team,Telephone: 01793 442700integrated technologies, reducing the costunder the guidance of the Technologyand risk of pursuing new collaborativeStrategy Boards governing board, and withHelpline: 0300 321 4357www.innovateuk.orgapproaches, and increasing understandingthe help of an interim advisory groupof how to scale up city-wide solutions. appointed by the Technology Strategy Board. Technology Strategy Board T12/061