FUTURE CITIES CATAPULTREMOVING BARRIERS AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES

DR CATHY MULLIGAN, HEAD OF DIGITAL STRATEGY AND ECONOMICSRESEARCH FELLOW, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON@API_ECONOMICS

2W H O W E A R E & W H A T W E D O

THECATAPULTFAMILYSEVEN WORLD-LEADINGINNOVATION CENTRES

MAKING CONCEPTS COMMERCIAL

TAKING UK INNOVATIONS TOTHE REST OF THE WORLD

OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGYGlasgow

HIGH VALUE MANUFACTURINGAFRC - StrathclydeCPI - Wilton/SedgefieldAMRC & NAMRC - RotherhamWMG - CoventryMTC - AnstyNCC - Bristol

TRANSPORT SYSTEMSMilton Keynes

CONNECTED DIGITALECONOMYLondon

FUTURE CITIESLondon

CELL THERAPYLondon

SATELLITE APPLICATIONSLondon

THE FUTURE IS URBAN

OVERWHELMING PRESSURE TO DO MORE WITH LESS

INCREASINGPOPULATION

HIGHERINEQUALITY

RESOURCE PRESSURES

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…BUTIT FACESCHALLENGES

THEFUTUREIS URBAN…

MARKET

DEVELOPMENT

AND / OR

CREATION IS

NOT SIMPLE

FACILITIES

CENTRAL LONDON INNOVATION CENTRE

Housing our Cities Lab:a facility for business, SMEs, cities to do data analytics, modelling, visualisation

To provide evidence,support innovation &help unlock the market

BUILDING DIGITAL STRATEGY IN CITIES

• Building a series of demonstrator test-beds in cities

• Creating the world’s first database of economic impact of ICT in cities

• Proving the market exists and that the economics are viable for SMEs and cities alike

MARKET CREATION IN THREE (RELATIVELY) SIMPLE STEPS

1. Digital EconomyFundamentals

3. GlobalDEMAND-DRIVEN

Standards

2. Appropriate, correctly targeted

Technologies

Market

Build the right business case

Build the rightecosystem

Build the rightstuff

THANK-YOU

@API_ECONOMICS